China to play leading role in globalization through AI chip development: expert

China is set to play a leading role in globalization, particularly in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) chips, said Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of U.S. magazine Wired.

In an exclusive interview with China Media Group (CMG), Kelly said China could build the world's most advanced AI chips within five years, citing the ambition and capability of its engineers.

"Based on the ambition and capability of the engineers that I meet here in China and the importance of that achievement and the consequences of that. I think that kind of acceleration is entirely possible here in China," Kelly said. Kelly said he remains confident in China's ability to meet his five‑year projection despite the chip trade war, technological bottlenecks and containment measures by some Western policymakers. "A lot of people believe China doesn't have the machinery that's necessary to make those 4-nanometer chips, and so China just invents the machinery. It's engineering and China's fantastic with engineering. This is a task that they're fully equipped to do right now. The world is becoming more global and will continue to become more global. That force of globalization is so strong that it will overwhelm whatever politics that are going on. And the technology wants globalism. It thrives in that, everything about it thrives in it. And I think we're going to have more and more of a global world, and one of the scenarios that I think China could play a role in is leading globalization, leading this thing where we are a codependent system, a planetary system," he said.

China to play leading role in globalization through AI chip development: expert

Decoupling and disruption of industrial and supply chains will make all parties pay higher price in the end, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

"The global industrial and supply chains are deeply interconnected and mutually complementary in advantages. We all belong to one community with common stakes. Decoupling, protectionist barriers, and forcibly reengineering industrial and supply chains are not only expensive, but also against both market rules and the choice of businesses. Eventually it will cost everyone more and deliver less," Lin Jian, the spokesman, told a press conference in Beijing.

True sense of security comes from cooperation, not isolation, and keeping the global supply chain safe, stable and unimpeded is a shared responsibility of all countries, Lin said.

"China will continue to unswervingly adhere to expanding high-standard opening up, and will continue to provide quality products and cooperation opportunities for the rest of the world with its mega-sized market and complete industrial system. We stand ready to work with other countries to resist the logic of bloc confrontation, make the global supply chain an all-win chain, and provide steady impetus for common development of the world," he said.

Decoupling, supply chain disruptions will only incur heavier losses to all: spokesman