Li Lecheng, who serves as the Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and concurrently as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, underscored in an article featured in Dangjian magazine that, given the swift advancements in next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, it is imperative to harness the strengths of the new national framework. This entails upholding principles of self-reliance and self-improvement, prioritizing application-centric approaches, and steering the evolution of AI towards a beneficial, secure, and equitable trajectory. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has meticulously analyzed and put into practice the vital directives from General Secretary Xi Jinping concerning AI development. It has also acted upon the resolutions and plans set forth by the Party Central Committee and the State Council. Seizing the chance to enhance new-type industrialization through AI, the ministry has fostered innovation and practical applications within the AI sector, thereby laying a robust material and technological groundwork for the realization of Chinese-style modernization.
