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China is the only country other than the United States that controls substantial portions of nearly all the technologies required for artificial intelligence – the so-called AI stack. China has cheap electricity and critical minerals upstream, semiconductors and their software ecosystems in the middle, and models at the end. It is also working on governance,…

Trained to respond on its own to more than 200 different scenarios, including identifying suspicious or hostile behaviour, the AI Patrol Net-launch Robot Dog Pro was part of a showcase of high-tech police tools at the third Public Security Tech Expo held at Lianyungang in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu.

Forget AI agents and ChatGPT, fully autonomous robots are the next high-tech frontier, with companies across the globe racing to perfect their android creations. And Chinese firm UBTech has taken a big step in that direction with its new smart factory that can produce 10,000 robots a year — and it might change manufacturing forever.

In its 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), China has placed artificial intelligence at the centre of its industrial strategy, but with apparently clashing goals. China wants technological self-reliance and substantial safeguards around its domestic market, but also freely adaptable AI models1, international diffusion of Chinese AI models and greater cooperation in global AI governance2.