China to Accelerate Work on Comprehensive AI Legislation

China will accelerate work on comprehensive artificial-intelligence legislation and expand rules governing the technology’s core inputs and key applications, a senior economic-planning official said Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to build a nationwide legal framework for the fast-growing industry.

Wang Ruomeng, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission’s Department of Innovation and High-Tech Development, said at a Nov. 3 news conference that China would draw on its experience governing AI to develop foundational, comprehensive legislation establishing the pillars of an AI legal and regulatory system.