Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Shanghai Foundation Model Innovation Center, a large-model incubator during his inspection tour in Shanghai on Tuesday.
Established in Shanghai's Xuhui District in September 2023, the Shanghai Foundation Model Innovation Center is an incubator and accelerator for large-scale AI models. It is now home to more than 100 enterprises.
It has formed a complete industrial chain for AI development, covering chip design, AI algorithm, date analysis, and applications in various industries.
Through collaboration with other key institutions including the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the Shanghai Innovation Institute, and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the center plays an important role in the country's AI industry that integrates infrastructure, data, human resources development and innovation.
Xi's inspection tour came four days after China's leadership convened a dedicated AI study session, where the president called for gaining a head start in this strategic sector.
Xi visits AI incubator during inspection tour in Shanghai
Xi visits AI incubator during inspection tour in Shanghai
China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) will carry out an in-orbit upgrade in the near future to further improve service quality and optimize the operational status of some satellites, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office.
During the upgrade period, the office said it will continue to strengthen joint commissioning and testing of satellites in orbit, as well as monitoring and maintenance of service performance, in order to ensure a stable user experience.
The BeiDou system is a mature, fully functional and high-performing global satellite navigation system, and it currently has 50 satellites in orbit. The accuracy of its space signal is better than two meters, while global positioning accuracy is better than 10 meters. The system also achieves a velocity measurement accuracy better than 0.2 meters per second and timing accuracy within 20 nanoseconds.
So far, the BeiDou system has become deeply integrated into China's overall economic and social development, continuing to provide high-precision positioning, navigation and timing services to a wide range of users, and serving as a key technological enabler for industrial development and people's daily life.
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System to carry out in-orbit upgrades
