The National Development and Reform Commission answers journalists' questions on the Opinion on Deepening the Implementation of the "AI+" Action.

Recently, relevant officials from the National Development and Reform Commission answered questions from reporters on the "Opinions on Deepening the Implementation of the 'Artificial Intelligence+' Action." The officials stated that the "Opinions" have formulated a series of practical policy measures to address the problems put forward by enterprises, highlighting the need to provide the market with direction, confidence, tangible benefits, and acceleration. Firstly, the policy direction is clearly defined. Emphasizing application orientation, the Opinions outline six key actions in technology, industry, consumption, livelihood, governance, and global cooperation. A dynamic and agile governance system is established to address the potential security risks and challenges posed by artificial intelligence, such as job displacement. The development direction and policy expectations are clearly defined. Secondly, confidence in development is strengthened. Internally, positive policy signals are released to foster the development of new models for intelligent industrial development, layout of new intelligent native business formats, and the systematic construction of three major industries' intelligent transformation and development paths. Externally, a principle of universality and sharing is maintained to build an open ecosystem for building capabilities in artificial intelligence and propose a new model of "Artificial Intelligence+" global cooperation. The Opinions revolve around coordinating industry application demands and supply of basic capabilities to put forward a series of policy measures. Aiming to meet industry application needs, both domestically and internationally, the Opinions outline six major actions under "Artificial Intelligence+". Deep analysis is conducted around the paradigm shift impacting various industries and domains due to artificial intelligence, with a forward-looking approach to emphasize the key areas of "Artificial Intelligence+" work.