On January 16th, reports surfaced indicating that the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee has unveiled its proposals for crafting the city’s 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development. The plan champions the proactive transformation of Hangzhou into a vanguard city for AI innovation. Key strategies encompass delving into cutting-edge technological research within the realm of large-scale models, alongside R&D endeavors focused on premium chips, foundational software, algorithm design, data engineering, and beyond, while simultaneously nurturing an open-source AI ecosystem.

Moreover, Hangzhou is set to deploy extensive intelligent computing clusters to forge a novel computational infrastructure. The city will accord precedence to the advancement of sectors such as embodied intelligent robots, neuromorphic intelligence, and autonomous driving, thereby fostering a synergistic and comprehensive industry-wide development framework that spans chips, large-scale models, intelligent agents, application services, and intelligent terminals.

Furthermore, Hangzhou is poised to fully embrace the ‘AI Plus’ initiative, aiming to establish industry application pilot zones, spearheading a transformation in scientific research methodologies, and fortifying the integration of AI with industrial growth, consumption enhancement, cultural enrichment, livelihood safeguarding, and social governance. Concurrently, the city will refine its AI education outreach system, elevate AI literacy across the populace, and bolster AI governance frameworks.