By MLex Staff ( August 24, 2026, 08:50 GMT | Insight) -- Under a new five-year plan, China will push companies primarily engaged in informatization and cybersecurity to develop advanced AI chips, improve foundation models and pursue frontier technologies such as AI agents and embodied intelligence, while tightening oversight of data risks, algorithms and cutthroat competition. The 2026-2030 plan, issued by China’s top internet regulator, sets out 21 measures under seven initiatives spanning corporate development, innovation, industrial upgrading, foreign market expansion, security, the business environment and access to financing, data and talent. Under a new five-year plan, China will push companies primarily engaged in informatization and cybersecurity to develop advanced artificial intelligence chips, improve foundation models and pursue frontier technologies such as AI agents and embodied intelligence, while tightening oversight of data risks, algorithms and cutthroat competition....
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