BEIJING, Sept. 30,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A white collar worker surnamed
Wang in her 20s, based in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, starts her day by waking up
and sitting before a made-in-China
"magical mirror" or a mirror device powered by domestically
developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology that scans her
face and analyzes her health condition in real-time.
After breakfast, she hails a Robotaxis from Apollo Go, Baidu's
autonomous ride-hailing platform, gets in the taxi and immediately
opens a Huawei laptop embedded with AI assistant, to prepare for
her work. Her work schedule and a brief PowerPoint for her upcoming
meetings are in place by the time she arrives at the office. So she
immediately holds several quick meetings with her colleagues, with
meeting minutes automatically generated by AI chatbot Kimi,
developed by Chinese start-up Moonshot AI.
In the afternoon, Wang heads to a foreign company to discuss a
potential partnership with the firm's foreign CEO, during which
iFlytek's AI-powered translator provides real-time translation and
makes the communication very efficient. She also tours the
company's intelligent factory and is wooed by a number of
Chinese-made humanoid "quality inspector" robots patrolling the
plant.
The widespread use of AI is also penetrating Wang's leisure time
as she plays the market-hit Chinese video game Black Myth:
Wukong at night before going to bed. The blockbuster game
has been applauded for the groundbreaking application of AI to
enhance the behaviors of non-player characters (NPCs).
The daily routine of Wang, who is at the forefront of
interacting with AI technology, epitomizes how the fast-lane
development of AI technology, among other homegrown technological
innovations, has been notably transforming every aspect of an
ordinary Chinese and how the country has been marching forward
toward tech modernization with robust steps. It also represents one
of the startling breakthroughs in China's drive toward sci-tech self-reliance -
a progress made in a very short period of time.
October 1 marks the 75th
anniversary of the founding of PRC. Back to 75 years ago,
China was a nascent player in
technological endeavors, with scientific and technological
foundation close to naught. However, in the past 75 years,
China has made a huge leap forward
in the technological field, emerging from a laggard, a follower to
a pioneering force en route to becoming a major global
technological powerhouse.
Industry insiders said that the steady emergence of scientific
and technological innovation achievements is largely attributed to
the innovation-driven development strategy advocated by the
country's leadership, its capacity to devise a systematic, holistic
and coordinated approach and the national innovation system that
rallies top-down efforts toward a common goal.
China's steady steps made in
technological modernization in the past years also offer a vivid
manifestation of the connotation of Chinese modernization, which -
according to industry insiders - is a unique path that practices
the concept of open, fair, just and non-discriminatory cooperation
in sci-tech, while presenting a viable alternative of technological
cooperation for developing countries, particularly those in the
Global South.
Profound transformation
"On the technological front, China has been catching up at an extremely
rapid pace, moving from being a follower to be on par with global
leaders step by step. This shift in recent years has been
particularly evident with the rise of China-developed large AI models, which has
helped foster a unique economic development model that is driven by
new quality productive forces," Zhou Hongyi, founder and chairman
of 360 Security Technology, told the Global Times.
Maya Majueran, director of Belt & Road Initiative Sri Lanka,
said that the key to China's
technological climb-up lies in the CPC leadership's
innovation-driven development strategy. "It concentrates the
nation's innovation resources around strategic priorities and
focuses on fostering a culture that spurs science and technological
innovation," he said.
China's sci-tech modernization
and innovation has played a vital and pillar role in pursuing
Chinese modernization and high-quality development.
China's technological roadmap
is a path of independent innovation with Chinese characteristics.
China is spearheading an open course for global cooperation
and building bridges for tech know-how transfer, analysts
noted.
China's technological
modernization encapsulates the longing of developing countries to
build a new global order, under which the benefits of technological
advancement should be shared equally, analysts said.
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SOURCE Global Times