Xi Jinping’s chief of staff is China’s new internet tsar, sources say

It was established because of concerns raised by Xi and other officials that Beijing’s lack of control over the internet and public opinion expressed online could compromise the party’s rule. Cai’s appointment has not been announced but he took the helm of the commission some time in the first half of 2023, according to one … Read more

China is spending billions on a national computing network. Its data chief says why

“Frontier technologies and future industries represented by new materials, biopharmaceuticals, gene technology, and deep sea, air and space exploration, have created an unprecedented demand for computing power infrastructure. “A unified computing system would optimise resources, lower costs and help the country to achieve breakthroughs in cutting-edge tech such as quantum information.” 01:36 AI chip maker … Read more

China’s ‘two sessions’ 2024: ‘blind investments’ in digital economy could be harmful, delegate says

Local governments should focus on finding a competitive edge in specific sectors of the digital economy, instead of “blindly” jumping in, as China aims to find new growth points to counter pressure from the United States, according to a proposal from an economic adviser. Lu Ming, director of Shanghai Institute for National Economy, said many … Read more

China aims to bring mega computing network online by next year in data power push

“The computing power gap between the east and west has narrowed in recent years, but there are still problems to be addressed,” state news agency Xinhua on Wednesday quoted an unnamed NDA official as saying. The problems centre on imbalances in the distribution of general computing, intelligent computing and supercomputing power across national computing hubs. … Read more

China turns spotlight on digital economy in quest for ‘common prosperity’ under President Xi Jinping

China will focus on the digital economy to promote President Xi Jinping’s vision for “common prosperity”, national planning and data authorities said. The National Development and Reform Commission and the new National Data Administration have jointly released a plan to expand the application of digital technology to support the development of China’s real economy. The … Read more