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In his report to the 19th Party Congress, Xi Jinping declared China would "take an active part in reforming and developing the global governance system, and keep contributing Chinese wisdom and strength to global governance." This intention extends to the global governance of AI.
"China will actively participate in global governance of AI, strengthen the study of major international common problems such as robot alienation and safety supervision, deepen international cooperation on AI laws and regulations, international rules..." newamerica.org/cybersecurity-…
And now the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education has concluded with the announcement of a "Beijing consensus" (北京共识) on the direction of development for artificial intelligence. tech.sina.com.cn/it/2019-05-19/…
This conference has concentrated on the synergies between education and artificial intelligence, including to advance innovation in and expanded opportunities for education.
China appears to be ahead on the U.S. in actively pursuing not only education for AI but also the application of AI to education, even at the primary and middle school levels.
By 2020, China's Ministry of Education plans to have launched at least 10 smart education demonstration zones that are intended to 'lead the education revolution in the intelligent era.'
In 2018, the Ministry of Education also released a plan for AI in higher education, which had set the objective of having 50 institutes for artificial intelligence and cross-disciplinary research and education also by 2020.
