By MLex Staff (December 25, 2025, 07:18 GMT | Insight) — A prominent Chinese legal scholar has called for legislation to promote the healthy development of artificial intelligence, reigniting debate over how the Chinese government should regulate the fast-growing technology. Shi Jianzhong, senior government advisor and vice president of China University of Political Science and Law, made this assertion in an editorial published in the Communist Party's official legal magazine Legal Daily on Wednesday. A prominent Chinese legal scholar has called for legislation to promote the healthy development of artificial intelligence, reigniting debate over how the Chinese government should regulate the rapidly growing technology.
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