China Prioritizes AI And Frontier Technologies

China released a 141-page five-year blueprint on Thursday, laying out an aggressive plan to adopt artificial intelligence nationwide and dominate technologies like quantum computing, humanoid robots and 6G. The plan mentions AI more than 50 times and includes a sweeping "AI+ action plan" to deploy robots, AI agents, hyper-scale computing and open-source communities. Officials frame this as central to productivity and international competitiveness.