China’s Tech Regulator Looks to Lay Foundation for AI by Boosting Computing Power

(Bloomberg) — China plans to craft policies to accelerate the build-out of nationwide computing infrastructure, seeking to lay the digital foundation for artificial intelligence.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology pledged Wednesday to push the expansion in computing power needed to drive breakthroughs in generative AI, which Beijing is increasingly prioritizing in its ongoing technological race with the U.S. The ministry now intends to introduce measures to guide “high-quality” development of computing networks and large language models, MIIT spokesman Zhao Zhiguo told reporters in Beijing.