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Plan sees Shanghai forging global ties in digital landscape By HE WEI in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-13 09:22 Share CLOSE A woman plays Chinese chess with a robot at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, on July 7, 2021. [Photo/IC]
Shanghai s digitalization push has intensified with the unveiling of a master plan to build the metropolis into a model city of international cooperation on digital economy in three years.
The action plan will span three years－2021 to 2023－and target Shanghai s transformation into a world-class innovative digital hub.
Simultaneously, the city will seek to morph into a demonstration zone featuring the concerted development of the digital economy and the real economy, as well as pioneer an ecosystem that can drive digital transformation.
Application of cutting-edge tech on show in Shanghai By HE WEI in Shanghai | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-07-08 09:26 Share CLOSE An employee (left) answers visitor queries on a smart diagnose system during a warm-up event of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2021 in Shanghai on Wednesday. [Photo by SUN ZHONGQIN/FOR CHINA DAILY]
WAIC 2021 reveals metropolis efforts toward goal of a major global AI center
From autonomous driving cars, unmanned convenience stores to a brain-computer interface which can help treat diseases, Shanghai is making artificial intelligence technologies and their applications more ubiquitous, and accelerating steps toward its goal of building itself into a national AI center with global influence.