The world’s second-largest economy continues to grapple with an uneven recovery, but Li and other top leaders have tipped stable growth in the first half of the year and said that the around 5 per cent annual growth objective was attainable. Beijing is trying to whip up more positivity in the lead-up to the reform … Read more
“Artificial intelligence is the common wealth of mankind,” he said. “The Chinese people have always believed that true development is when everyone develops together.” The three-day World Artificial Intelligence Conference is under way in Shanghai. Photo: Xinhua Li’s call came just days after the UN General Assembly adopted a China-sponsored resolution urging the international community … Read more
On Monday, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a China-led resolution that calls on the international community to create a “free, open, inclusive and non-discriminatory” business environment among wealthy and developing nations for AI development. Elon Musk speaks at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on August 29, 2019. Photo: Reuters More than 500 … Read more
China fortified its partnerships from trade to academic collaborations in the Asia-Pacific region during Premier Li Qiang’s recent visits to New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia, with attention centring around exchanges between Beijing and Canberra. Unlike New Zealand and Malaysia that employ a relatively mild approach towards China, Australia – as a more vocal member of … Read more
Version 20 of Baidu Maps, a desktop and mobile web-mapping application released in April, will soon be available on Tesla’s EVs, the Beijing-based artificial intelligence (AI) champion said in a post on microblogging platform Weibo on Monday. Baidu Maps’ new lane-level, 3D navigation software will have a user interface that is “more intuitive” and “better … Read more
SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Chinese Premier Li Qiang agreed on Sunday (May 26) to launch a diplomatic and security dialogue and resume talks on a free trade agreement, Yoon’s office said. Yoon and Li met in Seoul a day before a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the first three-way … Read more
With import tariffs removed for the first time in three years, shipments of Australian wine to China surged in April, with analysts expecting producers to jump back into the lucrative market “quite quickly”. China imported US$10.4 million of wine from Australia in April, up from US$126,045 a year earlier, representing a roughly eightyfold increase, according … Read more
China’s top internet regulator has rolled out a large language model (LLM) based on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s political philosophy, a closed AI system that it says is “secure and reliable”. The machine learning language model was launched by the China Cyberspace Research Institute, which operates under the Cyberspace Administration of China, the national regulator. … Read more
A version of this article has also been published by The Korea Times in partnership with the South China Morning Post. Premier Li Qiang would attend trilateral talks with South Korea and Japan at the end of the month, according to a source with connections to top Chinese officials. But separate bilateral discussions between China … Read more
China is seeking to cut logistics costs to boost domestic consumption and offshore competitiveness as it confronts a series of economic headwinds. On Saturday Premier Li Qiang told a meeting of the State Council, China’s cabinet, that the move would help increase the efficiency of the economy. “There need to be more efforts to optimise … Read more
