习近平在中共中央政治局第二十次集体学习时强调：坚持自立自强 突出应用导向 推动人工智能健康有序发展

习近平在中共中央政治局第二十次集体学习时强调

坚持自立自强 突出应用导向

推动人工智能健康有序发展

新华社北京4月26日电 中共中央政治局4月25日下午就加强人工智能发展和监管进行第二十次集体学习。中共中央总书记习近平在主持学习时强调，面对新一代人工智能技术快速演进的新形势，要充分发挥新型举国体制优势，坚持自立自强，突出应用导向，推动我国人工智能朝着有益、安全、公平方向健康有序发展。

西安交通大学教授郑南宁同志就这个问题进行讲解，提出工作建议。中央政治局的同志认真听取讲解，并进行了讨论。

习近平在听取讲解和讨论后发表重要讲话。他指出，人工智能作为引领新一轮科技革命和产业变革的战略性技术，深刻改变人类生产生活方式。党中央高度重视人工智能发展，近年来完善顶层设计、加强工作部署，推动我国人工智能综合实力整体性、系统性跃升。同时，在基础理论、关键核心技术等方面还存在短板弱项。要正视差距、加倍努力，全面推进人工智能科技创新、产业发展和赋能应用，完善人工智能监管体制机制，牢牢掌握人工智能发展和治理主动权。

习近平强调，人工智能领域要占领先机、赢得优势，必须在基础理论、方法、工具等方面取得突破。要持续加强基础研究，集中力量攻克高端芯片、基础软件等核心技术，构建自主可控、协同运行的人工智能基础软硬件系统。以人工智能引领科研范式变革，加速各领域科技创新突破。

习近平指出，我国数据资源丰富，产业体系完备，应用场景广阔，市场空间巨大。要推动人工智能科技创新与产业创新深度融合，构建企业主导的产学研用协同创新体系，助力传统产业改造升级，开辟战略性新兴产业和未来产业发展新赛道。统筹推进算力基础设施建设，深化数据资源开发利用和开放共享。

习近平强调，人工智能作为新技术新领域，政策支持很重要。要综合运用知识产权、财政税收、政府采购、设施开放等政策，做好科技金融文章。推进人工智能全学段教育和全社会通识教育，源源不断培养高素质人才。完善人工智能科研保障、职业支持和人才评价机制，为各类人才施展才华搭建平台、创造条件。

习近平指出，人工智能带来前所未有发展机遇，也带来前所未遇风险挑战。要把握人工智能发展趋势和规律，加紧制定完善相关法律法规、政策制度、应用规范、伦理准则，构建技术监测、风险预警、应急响应体系，确保人工智能安全、可靠、可控。

习近平强调，人工智能可以是造福人类的国际公共产品。要广泛开展人工智能国际合作，帮助全球南方国家加强技术能力建设，为弥合全球智能鸿沟作出中国贡献。推动各方加强发展战略、治理规则、技术标准的对接协调，早日形成具有广泛共识的全球治理框架和标准规范。

Xi urges promoting healthy, orderly development of AI

On the afternoon of April 25, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held its 20th group study session, which focused on strengthening the development and regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). While presiding over the session, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, said in the face of the rapid evolution of new-generation AI technologies, China must fully leverage the strengths of the new system for mobilizing the resources nationwide, achieve self-reliance and strength in this regard, and prioritize practical application so as to promote the healthy and orderly development of AI in the country in a beneficial, safe and fair manner.

Zheng Nanning, a professor with Xi'an Jiaotong University, made a presentation and put forward suggestions. Members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee listened attentively to the presentation and held discussions.

After hearing to the presentation and discussions, Xi delivered an important speech, emphasizing that AI, as a strategic technology leading the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, is profoundly reshaping people's work and life. The CPC Central Committee attaches great importance to the development of AI. In recent years, efforts have been made to improve top-level design and strengthen overall planning, achieving systematic and comprehensive advancement of China's AI capabilities. At the same time, deficiencies and weaknesses exist in areas such as basic theories and core technologies in key fields. Xi stressed the need to face up to the gaps and redouble efforts in order to comprehensively advance technological innovation, industrial development, and application empowerment in AI, improve regulatory systems and mechanisms, and firmly maintain the initiative in AI development and governance.

Xi stressed that to gain a head start and secure a competitive edge in AI, it is a must to achieve breakthroughs in basic theories, methodologies and tools. He called for concentrated efforts on basic research, integrated endeavors for breakthroughs in core technologies such as high-end chips and basic software, as well as building a basic AI software and hardware system that is autonomous, controllable and functioning collaboratively. By leveraging AI to drive the transformation of scientific research paradigms, we can speed up achieving breakthroughs in scientific and technological innovation in all sectors.

Xi noted that China has abundant data resources, a complete industrial system, vast application scenarios and huge market potential. He stressed the need to promote the deep integration of AI scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation, build an enterprise-led synergistic innovation ecosystem that incorporates industries, universities, research institutes and end users, facilitate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and open up new arenas in developing strategic emerging industries and future-oriented industries. He called for coordinated efforts to advance the construction of computing power infrastructure and promote the development, utilization and open sharing of data resources.

Xi emphasized that strong policy support is essential for the development of AI, a new technology and emerging field. He urged solid efforts to make integrated use of policies concerning intellectual property rights, fiscal and taxation incentives, government procurement, and the opening up of infrastructure, as well as better leverage the role of sci-tech financing. Efforts should be made to promote AI education across all academic stages and enhance public awareness across society to cultivate a steady stream of high-caliber personnel. It is necessary to improve mechanisms for AI research support, career development and talent evaluation, and to create platforms and favorable conditions for all types of talent to fully display their capabilities.

Xi noted that while AI presents unprecedented development opportunities, it also brings risks and challenges not seen before. He urged efforts to grasp the trends and regularity of AI development, accelerate formulation and improvement of laws and regulations, policies and systems, application norms and ethical guidelines, and establish systems for technical monitoring, early risk warning and emergency response, in a bid to guarantee its safety, reliability and controllability.

Xi highlighted AI as a global public good capable of benefiting the humanity. He called for extensive international cooperation on AI, as well as endeavors to help the Global South enhance its technological capacity building, and contribute China's effort in the drive to bridge the global AI divide. He also encouraged efforts to engage all parties for further alignment and coordination of development strategies, governance rules as well as technical standards, and work toward an early formation of a consensus-based framework and standards for global governance.