China's Inner Mongolia is bolstering its infrastructure network to drive growth in the green computing sector, seeking to capitalize on its energy resources and geographical advantages.
In the autonomous region's Ulanqab City, great efforts have been made to attract companies from various sectors such as big data and new energy with the scale of local computing power achieving an average annual growth rate of 195 percent over the past two years.
The city has signed contracts with eight companies and is set to launch a batch of intelligent computing center projects.
"By introducing leading enterprises in computing power and artificial intelligence applications, and gathering both upstream and downstream enterprises, we will build an AI industrial ecosystem that integrates computing power services, trading, and intelligent applications," said Liu Huansuo, deputy head at the Ulanqab Big Data Administration.
In Hohhot, another major city in the region, the proportion of green electricity used in the local computing power industry stands at 86 percent. The core zone of the city's computing power industry has gathered 50 large data centers, including operators, financial institutions and some leading enterprises.
"We will continue to improve green computing power infrastructure, make forward-looking arrangements for future industries such as quantum computing, constantly optimize the functions of the computing power deployment platform, and strive to build a national base for supporting green computing power," said Zhang Lei, director at the digital economy development division under the Government Service and Data Management Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Inner Mongolia boosts green computing power, hoping to foster AI industrial ecosystem
China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Friday that one of the top priorities at present is to contain the spread of the conflict and prevent further involvement of other countries.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, made the remarks in a phone conversation with Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic adviser to the French president, at the latter's request.
Wang elaborated on China's position, saying that the current situation in the Middle East is still deteriorating, with the conflict continuing to spread. This has not only undermined the stability of global energy supply but also led to a severe humanitarian crisis.
Resorting to force will not solve the problem, and an unjust war should not be allowed to continue, he said.
In the face of the critical situation, China and France, as permanent members of the UN Security Council, should strengthen strategic communication and coordination, firmly uphold the UN Charter and international law, and prevent the world from regressing to the "law of the jungle," Wang said.
He added that the other two top priorities are for the international community to speak with one voice in calling for an immediate ceasefire and to intensify efforts to advance peace talks, and for the United Nations and the UN Security Council to play their due role in facilitating the early restoration of peace and stability in the region.
Despite the difficulties, dialogue and negotiation remain the right path out of the crisis, Wang said, adding that China and France should work together toward this end.
For his part, Bonne shared his perspectives on the current situation in the Middle East, including developments in Iran and Lebanon.
He said that France and China, as major countries, both support the United Nations, abide by international law, and advocate resolving differences through dialogue.
He said that the two countries should work together to explore solutions and contribute to easing tensions and resuming negotiations.
France is willing to enhance communication and cooperation with China to push for the early achievement of peace and stability in the Middle East, he added.
China's top diplomat urges efforts to prevent escalation in Mideast conflict
