Blueprint to Action Chinas Path to AI-Powered Industry Transformation 2025

China’s AI standards framework (2024) FIGURE 4 Overarching standards Technical foundationsKey technologies Intelligent product and service – Terminology – Reference architecture – Assessment methods – Management – Sustainability – Other– Basic data services – Smart chips – Intelligence sensors – Computing infrastructure – Computing centre – Software framework – Development frameworks – Hardware and software synergy – Other– Machine learning – Knowledge graph – Large foundation models – Natural language processing – Intelligent language – Computer vision – Biometric identification – Human-machine hybrid augmented intelligence – Intelligent agent – Collective intelligence – Cross-media intelligence – Embodied intelligence – Other– Intelligent robot – Smart transport vehicles – Smart mobile terminals – Virtual human – Intelligence services – Other Intelligence process in manufacturing and other key sectorsIndustry applicationsSecurity and ethics – Smart cities – Scientific computing – Smart agriculture – Smart energy – Smart environmental protection – Smart finance – Smart logistics – Smart education – Smart healthcare – Smart transport – Other– Research and development design – Pilot testing – Manufacturing – Marketing services – Operations management – Raw materials sector – Consumer goods sector – Equipment sector– Basic security – Data, algorithm and model security – Network, technical and system security – Safety management and services – Safety testing and assessment – Safety labelling, content identification – R&D and operational services of AI – OtherChina’s AI standards framework (2024) Source: World Economic Forum and Accenture research, public information from government website. These standards, which are intended to impact at least 1,000 Chinese technology companies by 2026, seek to promote uniformity and enhance safety within the country’s AI ecosystem. Additionally, China plans to contribute to the development of over 20 international standards to support global collaboration in AI. Blueprint to Action: China’s Path to AI-Powered Industry Transformation 9