Singapore’s primary Chinese language newspaper Lianhe Zaobao recently reported that the State Council of China just emphasized at its latest executive meeting the need to promote the large-scale commercial application of AI to accelerate the popularization and deep integration of AI across the fields of economic and social development.
The State Council meeting reviewed and approved the “Action Plan for Deepening the Implementation of AI+.” The meeting called for “vigorously promoting” the large-scale commercial application of AI, taking full advantage of China’s complete industrial system, large market scale, and rich application scenarios. It also aims to achieve deep integration of AI in all areas of economic and social development. The meeting proposed that efforts should be made to optimize the AI innovation ecosystem, increase government policy support, strengthen talent pool building, and build an open ecosystem to provide strong support for the development and growth of the industry.
On July 23, the U.S. President announced an AI Action Plan aimed at strengthening U.S. dominance in AI. Three days later, the Chinese government released the Action Plan for Global AI Governance at the World AI Conference in Shanghai. At the conference, Chinese Premier Li Qiang also proposed the establishment of a World AI Cooperation Organization. China hopes the organization can promote practical cooperation in the field of AI and is considering setting up its headquarters in Shanghai.
Source: Lianhe Zaobao, August 1, 2025
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20250801-7257930