China signaled openness to a PRC-US AI dialogue, one of eight items in a policy roundup that also covered a disaster in Nepal and Tibet, Xi Jinping's attendance at the SCO, a State Council Executive m…
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) launched a program to cultivate AI application service providers across manufacturing, targeting 1,000 advanced industrial AI agents and …
China's State Council released its 2026 Legislative Work Plan on May 11-12, prioritizing targeted AI regulations over a single sweeping law, with new rules on AI ethics, AI agents, and anthropomorphic…
China's Communist Party Central Committee and State Council invited 60 experts to the Beidaihe summer retreat from August 1 to 7, with 15 named participants spanning defence engineering, semiconductor…
China's State Council, led by Premier Li Qiang, issued revised rules on integrated circuit layout design protection, effective October 15, to strengthen intellectual property rights and spur innovatio…
China's State Council issued a new Regulation on Outbound Investment on June 1, 2026, effective July 1, 2026, targeting technology transfers and data flows involving AI, semiconductors, and green tech…
China's data annotation industry, with 95,000 professionals as of end of 2025 across seven bases, illustrates how AI-related jobs are emerging amid technological advancement, according to the Digital …
Beijing released a new action plan to peak carbon emissions by 2030, balancing climate goals with energy security for surging AI power demand. The plan targets a 17% cut in CO2 per GDP unit by 2030 an…
China dropped its numeric urban job creation target for the first time in 30 years in its 15th Five-Year Plan, citing uncertainty from AI-driven labor displacement. Roughly 70 million jobs are at high…
China's State Council issued a blueprint on Monday outlining 15 flagship programs to strengthen education's role in supporting technological self-reliance amid global tech rivalry and a shrinking scho…
China's State Council unveiled an 'employment-first' plan on Wednesday that includes developing new AI-related jobs and stabilizing employment in labor-intensive industries, as the country faces mount…
China's State Council issued a 2026-2030 employment blueprint that orders research into a monitoring system to track how artificial intelligence creates and destroys jobs, using data such as industria…
China's State Council issued a five-year employment plan on June 17 that prioritizes tracking artificial intelligence's impact on jobs, ordering research into a monitoring system and early-warning mec…
China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is preparing a policy document titled 'Responding to the Impact of AI on Employment' to assess and mitigate AI-driven job disruption, focusing o…
China's employment-first policy is forcing companies like JD.com to slow AI adoption, risking productivity gains. A 2026 court ruling bars firms from firing workers replaced by AI, while youth unemplo…