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AI in China

State-led: put AI into every sector, release open-weight models, build its own chips, and shape global rules.

Profile reviewed 24 Sep 202650 developments tracked

AI+ adoption targets for 2027 and 2030
70% → 90%
AI content labelling rules in force
1 Sep 2025
Signatories of the World AI Cooperation Organization (Jul 2026)
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Latest from China

Invention AGIBOT previews a new robot brain and proposes a way to measure how much useful work robots do AGIBOT previews its GO-3 robot foundation model and proposes Worken, a way to measure the useful work robots do. The benchmark results are the company's own. Models · Robotics Policy US Treasury proposes wider ban on American investment in Chinese AI developers A Treasury proposal under the COINS Act would bar US investment in firms in China and other countries of concern that develop advanced AI, with comments due 7… Policy Policy China says it is drafting policies for next-generation smart factories China's industry ministry says new policies will push AI across the whole manufacturing chain, including support for industry-specific models and industrial AI agents. Policy Invention Schaeffler opens a Taicang plant where six humanoid robots help build robot joints Schaeffler's new site in Taicang, China, uses humanoid robots on a line that assembles parts for humanoid robots. Robotics Policy US civilian agencies ordered to stop buying DeepSeek and remove it from their systems A Homeland Security order bars DeepSeek from federal civilian procurement and requires agencies to remove its products, including third-party tools built on it. Policy · Securing AI · Security Policy China tells retailers to build AI shopping agents in 18 new commerce measures Nine Chinese ministries issued 18 measures calling for AI shopping agents, smart warehouses and uncrewed delivery. Policy Invention Chery lines up a UAE partner to take its robotaxi abroad China's Chery plans to sign a deal with UAE-based K2 this week as a first step towards running its Level 4 robotaxi outside China. Robotics Policy China proposes export controls on 23 AI technologies, sparing open-source work Beijing wants to add large models, agents and computing clusters to its restricted-export list, but technology already published openly would stay outside the rules. Policy

Profile

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Strategy

The “AI+” Opinions (Aug 2025) target over 70% adoption of AI devices and agents by 2027 and over 90% by 2030. The 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) applies AI+ to six areas and prioritises self-reliant compute.

Regulation

No comprehensive AI law; the national legislature lists it only as a research topic for 2026. AI content labelling rules have applied since 1 Sep 2025, and rules for AI companion chat services since 15 Jul 2026.

Compute

The US allows H200 sales case by case with a 25% tariff (CNAS), but Beijing discourages buying them. Huawei’s Ascend 950 is shipping; high-bandwidth memory supply is the main limit on output.

Key labs

DeepSeek, Alibaba (Qwen), Moonshot AI (Kimi), Zhipu / Z.ai (GLM), ByteDance (Doubao), Baidu (Ernie).

Notable models

DeepSeek-V4-Pro (Aug 2026), Qwen3.8-Max (open weights Aug 2026), Kimi K3 (Jul 2026), GLM-5.3 (Aug 2026).

What to watch

Any chip or AI outcome from this week’s Trump–Xi meeting; the Qwen4 launch; whether Huawei can raise Ascend output.
Sources
  1. AI+ Opinions (CSET)
  2. 15th Five-Year Plan AI agenda (Strider)
  3. NPC 2026 legislative plan (NPC Observer)
  4. AI labelling measures (China Law Translate)
  5. AI companion service rules
  6. World AI Cooperation Organization (Science and Technology Daily)
  7. H200 export policy (CNAS)
  8. DeepSeek-V4-Pro release
  9. Kimi K3 (Interconnects)

China on the timeline

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  1. China issues national guidelines on AI in schools
  2. DeepSeek’s R1 passes peer review in Nature
  3. Apollo Go reports 300,000 weekly robotaxi rides
  4. US chip controls extend to Chinese firms abroad
  5. DeepSeek ships its V4-Pro agentic flagship
  6. Unitree lists on Shanghai’s STAR Market

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