The BRICS Customs Center of Excellence was officially inaugurated on Sunday in Xiamen City in east China's Fujian Province to support deeper economic and trade cooperation among BRICS countries.
As part of the China-initiated "Smart Customs" Cooperation Partnership program, the center aims to promote the development and cooperation of BRICS countries in advancing "Smart Customs" initiatives.
The center has launched a "Smart Customs" Center of Excellence website and a capacity-building platform, while also showcasing China's experiences to support coordinated customs development among BRICS countries.
The "Smart Customs" Cooperation Partnership program, proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 2023 BRICS Plus Dialogue in South Africa, aims to promote technological development and innovation in customs among BRICS member states, foster customs modernization and digitalization, and bridge the digital divide to better address global challenges.
BRICS Customs Center of Excellence opens in Xiamen, Fujian Province
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
