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China plans AI academies to supply talent for global tech competition

  • Artificial intelligence expert Zhu Songchun calls for the country’s academic institutes to open up to the global community
  • Top political advisory body convenes more than 100 experts to discuss ways to boost workforce quality and modernisation

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Shanghai and Beijing will host China’s first AI academies as the country ramps up education to meet tech competition needs, according to a CPPCC Daily report. Photo: Reuters
Sylvie Zhuangin Beijing
China is preparing independent AI academies in Shanghai and Beijing to nurture the talent it needs to grow the artificial intelligence industry, according to an award-winning AI expert.
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The Ministry of Education, which is responsible for the academies, would push for more of the institutes in more provinces, said Zhu Songchun, a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and dean of the school of intelligence science and technology at Peking University.

Zhu also called for China’s academic institutes to open up to the global community as part of efforts to lead the country’s technological innovation.

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He made the remarks on May 11 at a gathering of the CPPCC, which convened more than 100 of its experts to discuss ways to boost the quality of China’s workforce and modernisation.

“[We] should revitalise the academic community and intensify efforts to attract international talent,” Zhu was quoted as saying in a report published on Monday by CPPCC Daily, a media outlet for China’s top political advisory body.

“Artificial intelligence is at the forefront of global technological competition and presents both challenges and opportunities for the quality of China’s population, job market, educational reform and technological innovation.”

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The article did not specify when the AI academies would open.

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