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
The Japanese society should do soul-searching regarding its history of aggression and adhere to the pacifist constitution, said Shiradori Hiroshi, a professor of the Hosei University, in an interview with China Central Television (CCTV) in Tokyo on April 30.
He said the government's recent move to discuss revising the three security documents deserve particular attention as the country's foreign and security policies have already witnessed major changes.
"People outside of the country hold that Japan's post-war image as a 'peace state' is now facing a major shift. Against the backdrop of tremendous changes in its foreign and security policies, the revision of the three security documents deserves particular attention. There lacks public debate in terms of the procedure, with policy changes decided unilaterally at Cabinet meetings. It is necessary to fully explain to the public as to whether such a practice is proper," said Hiroshi.
The Japanese government held its first expert panel meeting to discuss revisions to the three security documents at the Prime Minister's Office on April 27, local media reported.
Japan's current National Security Strategy and two related documents, formulated in 2022, were designed to cover the next 10 years, but the government led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has decided to move up the timetable to accelerate the revision process.
Increasing defense spending is one of the key topics of the meeting, according to Kyodo News.
Hiroshi said this year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, or Tokyo Trials, and the Japanese society must do soul-searching regarding its history of aggression in WWII, when it brought enormous catastrophes on Asian countries.
"Eighty years have passed since the opening of the Tokyo Trials. Japan inflicted enormous suffering on Asian countries during WWII, which should serve as an opportunity for the soul-searching. It is exact on the basis of countless sacrifices that Japan's post-war pacifism and its identity as a 'peace state' took shape. On this 80th anniversary, it is necessary for Japan to re-examine and do soul-searching regarding its history," said Hiroshi.
The Japanese government's effort to revise the pacifist constitution is widely opposed by the public.
On Sunday, around 50,000 people gathered at Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park, chanting slogans and holding banners against the government's push for constitutional revision and military expansion, the largest turnout of its kind in recent years.
Japan should adhere to pacifist constitution: scholar
