By MLex Staff ( August 18, 2026, 08:57 GMT | Insight) -- China will intensify efforts to develop core artificial-intelligence technologies and deploy them across manufacturing, a senior official said Tuesday, while strengthening the broader industry ecosystem and safety oversight as Beijing seeks to translate advances in AI into industrial gains. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will accelerate breakthroughs in key technologies and explore frontier areas including world models and models of the physical world, Gan Xiaobin, deputy director general of the ministry’s Department of Science and Technology, said at an industry meeting in Beijing.China will intensify efforts to develop core artificial-intelligence technologies and deploy them across manufacturing, a senior official said Tuesday, while strengthening the broader industry ecosystem and safety oversight as Beijing seeks to translate advances in AI into industrial gains....
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