3rd World Intelligence Congress (WIC 2019) Stresses AI's Role In Growth
2019年5月22日 - 10:00AM
JCN Newswire
The 3rd World Intelligence Congress (WIC 2019), a forum for
exchange and cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence,
emphasized the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the economic
and social growth of nations at this year's event, held May 16-19
in Tianjin, China. WIC 2019 welcomed more than 1,450 delegates from
40 countries and regions, as well as 245 organizations, including
38 of the world's top 500 companies.
President Xi Jinping, in his letter to the WIC, noted that
artificial intelligence (AI) had a significant impact on economic
development, social progress and global governance. "China attaches
high importance to innovative development, taking AI as a driving
force for scientific and technological development, industrial
optimization and increased productivity, while striving to achieve
high-quality development."
Presenting Xi's letter at the WIC 2019 opening ceremony, Li
Hongzhong, Party Secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Committee, said
that Tianjin would embrace a new era of intelligence, create a new
intelligence-based economy, step up AI cooperation with other
countries and speed up the building of an "intelligent
Tianjin".
Yao Laiying, deputy mayor of Tianjin, said at WIC 2019 closing that
126 agreements had been signed between Tianjin and many well-known
universities and companies in China, including Renmin University
and Zhejiang University as well as Tencent, Alibaba, Huawei and
others, with an estimated investment value of over RMB108 billion
(US$15.6 billion).
Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang said China was
drafting regulations and standards for regulating AI and would
publish them soon. "In particular, we need to strengthen
international cooperation in AI governance, including laws and
regulations, ethical norms and international rules," Wang said.
The State Council issued a plan in 2017 that set benchmarks for
China's AI sector, with the value of core AI industries predicted
to exceed RMB1 trillion (US$145 billion) by 2030, placing the
country as the global leader in AI innovation.
WIC is organized by the Tianjin Municipal Government, National
Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Development and
Reform Commission. Strategic partners include Alibaba, Tencent,
Baidu, Huawei, Lenovo, Haier, Hualu, Hikvision, Sugon, Tsinghua
Unigroup, 91techgroup, ICONIQ, ABB and Boston Consulting Group
(BCG).
For further information on the World Intelligence Congress, please
visit http://info.wicongress.org/en, or email
wic@wicongress.org.
Source: World Intelligence Congress
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