On December 28, 2025, Li Wei, the Director - General of the Technology Department at the People's Bank of China (PBOC), addressed the China Wealth Management 50 Forum 2025 Annual Meeting. He emphasized that artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a pivotal driving force for high - quality development across diverse industries. Its enabling effect on the digital and intelligent transformation of the financial sector is becoming ever more prominent.

As we look towards the "15th Five - Year Plan" period, there's an urgent need to advance the application of AI in the financial sector in a proactive, steady, safe, and orderly manner. The proposal for the "15th Five - Year Plan" advocates for the full - scale implementation of the "AI Plus" initiative. This is aimed at securing a dominant position in the industrial application of AI. Moreover, the Central Economic Work Conference has further elaborated on the necessity of deepening and broadening the "AI Plus" initiative, along with enhancing the governance framework for AI.