China's top political advisor Wang Huning on Wednesday called on the country's political advisors to stick to the right direction of the country's economic reforms and to create a strong synergy in upholding, supporting and engaging in the reforms.
Wang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, made the remarks at the closing meeting of the 12th standing committee session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee.
The CPPCC should continue to focus on key issues in economic reforms, and center on the key tasks in the reforms to carry out in-depth investigations, conduct thorough consultations and offer constructive advice, Wang said.
He also called on political advisors to research and deliberate on the formulation of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), improve the work systems and mechanisms of the CPPCC, and make concrete efforts to carry out the CPPCC's duties in the second half of the year.
After the closing meeting, Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun delivered a lecture on developing new quality productive forces through sci-tech innovation.
Attendees at the standing committee session, which started on Monday, discussed topics concerning economic reforms and the advancement of Chinese modernization.
China's political advisors urged to support, engage in economic reforms
China aims to achieve secure and reliable supply of key core artificial intelligence (AI) technologies by 2027, with its industrial scale and empowerment level remaining among the world's forefront, according to a recent government action plan.
The plan, jointly issued by eight departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Cyberspace Administration of China, and the National Development and Reform Commission, outlines an ambitious push to deeply integrate AI with the manufacturing sector, foster new quality productive forces and comprehensively empower new industrialization. By 2027, the plan targets the deep application of three to five general-purpose large AI models in manufacturing, the development of specialized, full-coverage industry-specific large models, the creation of 100 high-quality industrial datasets, and the promotion of 500 typical application scenarios.
It also aims to cultivate two to three globally influential ecosystem-leading enterprises, a batch of specialized and sophisticated small and medium-sized enterprises, and a group of enabling service providers proficient in both AI technology and industry know-how.
Furthermore, China plans to build a world-leading open-source ecosystem, enhance security governance capabilities, and contribute Chinese solutions to global AI development.
The document outlines measures including promoting the coordinated development of AI chips' hardware and software, supporting innovations in model training and inference methods, fostering key industry-specific large models, and deeply embedding large model technology into core production processes.
The plan also emphasizes making breakthroughs in key technologies such as security protection for industrial model algorithms and training data protection.
China aims for secure, reliable supply of AI core tech by 2027
