Academic ecology’s contributions to the AI industry in China: report

The report goes on to affirm that 94 AI schools and research institutes have been set up by Chinese universities

TIANJIN: A report issued on Saturday by the Chinese Institute of New Generation Artificial Development Strategies (CINGAI), established by the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Tianjin municipal government during the first World Intelligence Congress in 2017, alleges that the artificial intelligence (AI) industry of China is gaining assistance in development from the academic field.

The report goes on to affirm that as of February 28, 2019, as many as 94 AI schools and research institutes have been set up by Chinese universities, with 40 of them having been established in 2018.



Collectively, these institutes have published 19,374 papers regarding AI studies in 2018 alone, exceeding those published by the US.

In addition to this, according to a report released at the 3^rd World Intelligence Congress held in northern China’s Tianjin Municipality, China also maintains 75 institutions nationwide specialising in AI basic research, technology development and talent cultivation.

Liu Gang, the chief economist of CINGAI, said China's academic circle was trying to construct synergistic innovation to amplify the AI industry.



Among 745 Chinese AI enterprises, those involved in the application of AI tech account for 75.2 per cent. Despite this, only 2.8 per cent are involved in basic AI knowledge study, and 22 per cent consist of AI technology research.

The application sector consists of 18 varieties which include intelligent manufacturing, financial technology, digital content and new media, new retail and intelligent security.

Liu added that a large number of application-oriented academic research have been significant in providing the development of AI enterprises with a technical boost.