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Artificial intelligence has become a national strategy in an all-round way.

The political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee collectively studies artificial intelligence.

On October 31, 2018, the political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held the ninth collective learning on the current situation and trend of artificial intelligence development. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, stressed at the meeting that artificial intelligence is an important driving force for a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial change, and speeding up the development of a new generation of artificial intelligence is a strategic issue related to whether our country can seize the opportunity of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial change. It is necessary to deeply understand the great significance of speeding up the development of a new generation of artificial intelligence, strengthen leadership, make good planning, define tasks, consolidate the foundation, promote its deep integration with economic and social development, and promote the healthy development of the new generation of artificial intelligence in our country.

In 2018, artificial intelligence was once again included in the government work report, focusing on the shift from technology research and development and transformation to R & D and application, which means that the development of AI has risen to the national strategic level.

II. A series of important meetings such as the 2018 World artificial Intelligence Conference were successfully held.

Promote the healthy development of the new generation of artificial intelligence in China

The 2018 World artificial Intelligence Congress was successfully held in Shanghai from September 17 to 19, 2018. With the theme of "artificial intelligence enabling new era", the conference sets up key plate activities such as forums, exhibitions, experiences and competitions, adheres to the policy of "high-end, internationalization, specialization and marketization", focuses on showing technological trends in the field of artificial intelligence, shares the cutting-edge views of top experts and scholars, provides diversified AI experiences, and achieves a number of cooperation results. Shanghai will take the opportunity of hosting the conference to implement the strategic task of building a global scientific and technological innovation center and the "implementation opinions of Shanghai in promoting the Development of a New Generation of artificial Intelligence", constantly improve the ecology of innovation, and strive to form a national demonstration in the field of artificial intelligence applications. on behalf of the country to take the lead in building a highland for the development of artificial intelligence.

The World Intelligence Conference held in Tianjin on May 16-18, 2018, with the theme of "moving towards the era of Great Intelligence", through "one meeting", "one exhibition" and "one competition", promote scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation in the field of world intelligence, cultivate emerging intelligent science and technology industries, promote the coordinated development strategy of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and serve economic and social development.

Smart China Expo, held in Chongqing from August 23 to 25, 2018, with the theme of "Intelligence: empowering the economy, adding splendor to Life", through conferences, exhibitions, competitions and a series of activities, for global intelligent industry-related industry organizations, enterprises and experts and scholars to build an exchange and cooperation platform that integrates industry events, cutting-edge exhibitions, event roadshows, exchanges and seminars, and intelligent experiences.

In addition, a series of important domestic meetings, such as the 2018 World Robotics Congress in Beijing, the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, the China International big data Industrial Expo in Guiyang, and the Chongqing Summit of the 2018 Cloud Congress, all explore how to grasp the development trend and future direction of artificial intelligence from different directions, and combine local conditions to promote cooperation and achievements, so as to promote the healthy development of a new generation of artificial intelligence in China.

III. Release of a batch of innovative products / applications

(1) Huawei fully announces AI strategy and self-developed AI chip

On October 10, 2018, Huawei announced Huawei's AI strategy and full-stack and full-scene AI solution at the full connection Conference 2018, and launched two AI chips based on Huawei Ascend series, namely Teng Teng 910 and Teng Teng 310; and released the industry's mainstream heterogeneous computing components Atlas intelligent computing platform, through modules, boards, small stations, all-in-one and other product forms to create end-to-end, edge, cloud-oriented full scene AI infrastructure solution.

On November 19, 2018, the Industrial Security Bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce issued an export control framework for key technologies and related products. Export controls will be imposed on cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, chips, robots, quantum computing, brain-computer interfaces and biotechnology. The announcement of Huawei's AI strategy and self-developed AI chip will help to break through the blockade of the United States and strengthen the international competitiveness of China's artificial intelligence scientific and technological innovation.

(2) Alibaba: release Hangzhou City brain 2.0

At the 2018 Yunqi Conference held on September 19, 2018, Hangzhou "Urban brain" 2.0 was officially released. The "city brain" is equivalent to the smart city system, which can connect the data scattered in every corner of the city, and deploy the city globally through the analysis and integration of a large amount of data. Since its first release in 2016, Urban brain 2.0 has made more breakthroughs: it has covered a total of 420 square kilometers in the main urban area of Hangzhou, Yuhang District and Xiaoshan District, equivalent to the size of 65 West Lakes.

At the same time, Alibaba announced that he would set up an independent semiconductor company, "flat head Brother", which integrates the chip business developed by Zhongtianwei and Damoyuan, which was acquired by Ali in April, in order to promote the industrialization of domestic independent chips. It is reported that Alibaba's first AI (artificial intelligence) chip is expected to be available in the second half of 2019.

(3) Tencent: release the first open platform for AI auxiliary diagnosis in China

On June 21, 2018, Tencent released China's first open platform for AI auxiliary diagnosis, which helps doctors improve the accuracy and efficiency of diagnosis of common diseases, and provides doctors with intelligent consultation, reference diagnosis, treatment plan reference and other auxiliary decision-making services. As early as 2017, Tencent released the first AI product in the medical field, "Tencent Miying". At present, the connection entrance and contact information of the open platform for AI auxiliary diagnosis have been set up on Tencent Miying's official website, and the function of AI auxiliary diagnosis engine will be introduced to major hospitals soon.

(4) Baidu: unmanned car shows up at CCTV Spring Festival Gala

The Baidu Apollo unmanned car made a high-profile appearance on the screen at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala on February 15, 2018. Hundreds of convoys led by it crossed the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and completed the difficult movement of a figure-of-eight cross run, bringing a visually stunning cool techs performance to audiences across the country.

At the Fifth World Internet Congress in November 2018, Baidu President Zhang Yaqin launched the Apollo self-driving open platform at the scene, and Baidu turned self-driving into a business card on its own artificial intelligence development route.

(5) JD.com: heavy drones are officially offline.

On November 15, 2018, JD.com obtained a license for operating drones issued by the Northwest Administration of Civil Aviation of China. China's commercial drones have taken the first step in the field of logistics, and JD.com 's intelligent logistics system has also taken a key step.

In the previous 618, JD.com sent an unmanned vehicle to deliver express delivery, and then announced that the first heavy drone was officially offline. A UAV with an effective deadweight of 40-60 tons and a flight distance of more than 6000 kilometers will be used for express delivery.

(VI) Cambrian: release of a new generation of cloud AI chips and terminal intelligent processor IP products

On May 3, 2018, Cambrian held a 2018 product conference in Shanghai, where founder Chen Tianshi launched a new generation of cloud AI chips-Cambricon MLU100 cloud smart chips and card products, Cambrian 1m terminal intelligent processor IP products. The release of the latest two Cambrian products also means that the Cambrian has become the first company in China to have both terminal and cloud smart processor products.

IV. China ranks first in the world in the number of artificial intelligence patent applications

On November 12, 2018, the China Patent Protection Association released the "artificial Intelligence Technology Patent depth Analysis report", which analyzed the patent application data of artificial intelligence technology in the world and in China. According to the report, compared with the global trend, the annual growth rate of patent applications in China is higher in the past decade, especially in the last two years. The technological research and development of artificial intelligence in China has also played a role in promoting the growth of the global total number of applications.

According to the data of DWPI database (Derwent World Patent Index Database), worldwide, the number of patent applications in the field of artificial intelligence is generally increasing year by year, and the growth rate has accelerated significantly after 2010, and the growth rate has also been increasing in the past two years. Among them, the top three in the number of applications are China, the United States and Japan. At present, China has applied for 76876 patents in the field of artificial intelligence. The United States was slightly lower than China with 67276 applications, while Japan ranked third.

V. A number of artificial intelligence enterprises have obtained financing and listing

In 2018, a number of artificial intelligence companies such as Shangtang Technology, DJI Innovations, Xingshi Technology, Yuncong Technology, fourth Paradigm, Shenlan Technology, Leyan Technology, Yitu Technology, Pony Horse Zhixing, Teslian, Cookai, Haigao Communications, Che Yin.com, Donghua Software, Wesai Technology and other artificial intelligence companies received financing; fluent English is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Among them, Shangtang Technology received three consecutive rounds of financing in 2018, with a total amount of US $2.22 billion, further consolidating the company's leading position in the field of artificial intelligence. DJI Innovations obtained strategic financing of 6.9 billion yuan by way of competitive financing, with a valuation of 100 billion yuan, further strengthening his leading position in the consumer drone market. Neglect Technology not only received US $600 million in D-round financing, but also wholly acquired Ares robot to formally enter the intelligent robot business. Cloud completed the B+ round financing of RMB 1 billion from Tech and received a cumulative financing of more than RMB 3.5 billion, helping it penetrate into core industries such as finance and security. The fourth paradigm completes the B+ round financing, bringing AI technology application to more enterprises across the country, including banking, insurance, securities industry, etc. Shenlan Technology received 300 million yuan of strategic investment from Greenland Holdings, covering intelligent robots, retail upgrading, autopilot and other fields. Leyan Technology won Yunfeng fund A+ round investment, focusing on leaping up human knowledge in e-commerce customer service, financial consulting, intelligent manufacturing and other industries.

On September 28, 2018, fluent English was officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange with a total market capitalization of about 450 million yuan. Fluent English has been deeply cultivated in the field of the combination of AI technology and online education, and is known as the first unit of AI+ education in China.

The first winner of Wu Wenjun's highest Achievement Award for artificial Intelligence was announced.

On December 9, 2018, the eighth Wu Wenjun artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award ceremony, which represents the highest honor symbol in the field of artificial intelligence, was held in Suzhou. Lu Ruyi, researcher of the Institute of Mathematics and Systems Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, won the first "Wu Wenjun highest Achievement Award for artificial Intelligence". As one of the pioneers and pioneers in the field of artificial intelligence in China, Lu Ruyi has made systematic innovation achievements in knowledge engineering, especially in the automatic generation of animation in the whole process, expert system development environment, automatic software generation, children's Turing testing, knowledge objects, and the characterization of great knowledge.

Wang Haifeng, senior vice president of Baidu and general head of AI Technology platform system (AIG), won the first Wu Wenjun artificial Intelligence "Outstanding contribution Award". Wang Haifeng is not only an outstanding scholar, but also a technical leader in industry. He has been committed to artificial intelligence technology innovation and industrial development for a long time, and has made a large number of leading and pioneering achievements in the field of artificial intelligence technology such as machine translation, natural language processing, knowledge graph and intelligent search.

Seventh, "White Paper on Standardization of artificial Intelligence (2018 Edition)" released

At the 2018 artificial Intelligence Standardization Forum held on January 18, 2018, the National Standardization Management Committee announced the establishment of a national artificial intelligence standardization group and expert consultation group. responsible for overall planning, coordination and management of artificial intelligence standardization in China. The Forum issued the "White Paper on artificial Intelligence Standardization (2018 Edition)" and interpreted "artificial Intelligence Standardization helps Industry Development" and "three-year Action Plan for promoting the Development of a New Generation of artificial Intelligence Industry (2018-2020)". Comprehensively promote the standardization of artificial intelligence and promote the development of artificial intelligence industry.

The Ministry of Science and Technology established the New Generation artificial Intelligence Development Research Center and released the fifth national AI open innovation platform.

On April 26, 2018, in order to strengthen the organizational guarantee and research support for the implementation of the national new generation artificial intelligence development plan, the Ministry of Science and Technology established a new generation artificial intelligence development research center. Relying on the China Institute of Science and Technology Information and the China Institute of Science and Technology Development Strategy, the research center has extensive contacts with scholars and industrialists in the field of artificial intelligence, and aims to provide advice on the development strategy and cutting-edge technology direction of artificial intelligence.

In September 2018, the Ministry of Science and Technology officially relied on China computer Vision (CV) Unicorn Shang Tang Group to build a new generation of open innovation platform for artificial intelligence in Intelligent Vision country. Previously, the government has built smart transportation with Baidu, smart city with Alibaba, smart health care with Tencent, and intelligent voice with iFLYTEK, which means Shangtang has become the fifth largest open innovation platform for AI in China. The innovation platform will make contributions in many aspects, such as research and development, cultivating talents, creating an ecological environment for mass entrepreneurship and innovation.

IX. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the list of innovative projects for the deep integration of artificial intelligence and real economy in 2018.

On September 14, 2018, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced a list of innovation projects for the deep integration of artificial intelligence and the real economy in 2018, with 106 projects in nine categories. In order to implement the three-year Action Plan of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for promoting the Development of a New Generation of artificial Intelligence Industry (2018-2020), in accordance with the requirements of the notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on carrying out 2018 innovative projects with deep integration of artificial intelligence and real economy, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology requires local competent departments and project recommendation units to continuously strengthen their tracking and support for selected projects in the light of their own reality. Do a good job in the summary and promotion of project experience, promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence and the real economy, and accelerate the development of artificial intelligence industry.

X. the Ministry of Education issued the Action Plan for artificial Intelligence Innovation in Colleges and Universities

On April 2, 2018, the Ministry of Education issued the "Action Plan for artificial Intelligence Innovation in Colleges and Universities", which put forward 18 key tasks and formulated a "three-step plan": first, improve the discipline system by 2020, achieve a number of original achievements with international influence by 2025, and make colleges and universities become the core force in building the world's major artificial intelligence innovation centers by 2030. To provide scientific and technological support and talent guarantee for our country to become the forefront of innovative countries.

Colleges and universities have also joined the hot wave of AI, such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Shanghai Jiaotong University, University of Science and Technology of China, Nanjing University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Sun Yat-sen University and so on. Artificial intelligence colleges have been set up to provide solid strength for AI technology research and development, personnel training and reserve.

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