Shanghai, – Large tech companies will gather in Shanghai this weekend to showcase artificial intelligence innovations and support China's booming AI sector in the face of US sanctions.
Heagy Hitters Chinese companies, from Huawei and Alibaba to ambitious startups, dominate the two-day global AI conference, but Western names like Tesla, Alphabet and Amazon will also take part.
Chinese Prime Minister Li Qian deals with the opening of the meeting and highlights the importance of the sector to the world's second largest economic leader. Beijing says it aims to make China a global leader in AI in other cutting-edge technologies by 2030.
These ambitions set China on a conflict course with the US as the superpower competed for technical control.
President Donald Trump's administration has imposed export restrictions on advanced technologies to China, including AI chips and chip-making equipment, citing concerns that Beijing could boost military capabilities.
Still, China continues its AI breakthroughs that have been closely scrutinized by US officials.
Chinese AI startup Deepseek has volatile the global AI industry this year with a low-cost model comparable to the performance of US systems leading from companies like Openai, but has been developed at a fraction of the cost.
Jensen Huang, CEO of AI Chip Titan Nvidia, described the AI models of Chinese companies Deepseek, Alibaba and Tencent as “world-class” during their visit to Beijing this month.
Over 800 companies will be participating in this year's AI forum, showing us more than 3,000 high-tech products, 40 leading language models, 50 AI-driven devices and 60 intelligent robots.
In addition to the industry giants, the show will feature startups such as humanoid robot maker Unitree.
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