Machine Learning — Emerging Technologies Newsletter — September 1 2018

Melvin Manchau
Sep 1, 2018 · 5 min read

In July 2017, China’s State Council published an ambitious policy blueprint calling for the country to become “the world’s primary AI innovation center” by 2030. The plan aims to grow the country’s core AI industries to over 150 billion yuan ($24 billion) by 2020 and 400 billion yuan ($63 billion) by 2025. Many in the United States have denigrated Beijing’s ambitions, contesting China merely imitates, and is oft incapable of real innovation.

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Melvin Manchau is a management consultant specialized in business operations, technology and strategy for financial institutions.

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