On March 8, 2026, Dong Mingzhu, a delegate to the National People's Congress and the chairwoman of Gree Electric Appliances, remarked in an interview that she has already mastered the use of AI in her work and harbors no fear of being supplanted by it. Her statement directly tackled the growing concerns among young people about being replaced by AI. She urged the younger generation to enhance their capabilities through continuous learning, aiming to outsmart AI. Dong Mingzhu posited that the emergence of AI is an inevitable outcome of technological advancement, one that will pave the way for new employment prospects. She encouraged young individuals to wholeheartedly embrace technology and concentrate on innovation, rather than yielding to anxiety and internal strife.
