A batch of replicable experience is being developed to promote the application of AI.
Ten demonstration application scenarios for AI were recently highlighted by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).
Smart application scenarios in farming, mining, ports, factories, education and supply chains are top of the list.
Innovation in these application scenarios will receive corresponding support, according to MOST, vowing to strengthen the coordination of upstream and downstream R&D, as well as the integration of new technologies.
It is a follow up policy to the Guiding Opinions on Accelerating AI Application Scenario Innovation released this month by six government bodies, including MOST.
Aiming to address major application and industrialization issues, the guiding opinions laid out goals, tasks and measures to promote scenario innovation and spur high-quality development of AI.
Enterprises are urged to play a leading role in application scenario innovation, said the policy, calling for forming a synergy among industry, university and research.
AI, an emerging technology with great promise, is developing very fast in China. It has been applied in a wide variety of fields, ranging from smart manufacturing to new drug R&D.
Official statistics show that in 2021, the scale of the country's core AI industry surpassed 400 billion RMB, with the number of AI enterprises exceeding 3,000.
By 2030, AI could transform transportation and other key sectors in China, adding significant economic value, predicts McKinsey, a multinational consulting firm.
This month, driverless robotaxi service was launched in designated areas of Wuhan and Chongqing, marking a significant step in the country's commercialization of autonomous driving.
As a frontier area of AI technologies, autonomous driving is also among the list of ten demonstration application scenarios for AI selected by MOST.
China is striving to be on par with world-leading levels of AI technologies and applications by 2030, according the New Generation AI Development Plan released by the State Council in 2017.