The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), together with the Shanghai Municipal People's Government (SMPG), held a symposium of academicians and experts on the development of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry and the launch of the construction of the pilot zone for the innovation and application of AI. At the meeting, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Shanghai municipal leaders*** unveiled a plaque for the "Shanghai (Pudong New Area) Pilot Zone of Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Application".
The launch meeting revealed that the construction of the pilot zone will mainly focus on three major tasks. The first is to create a core industry cluster of artificial intelligence. Actively cultivate the core AI industry focusing on smart chips, intelligent networked cars, intelligent robots, and intelligent hardware, focus on improving the industrial base capacity, introduce and cultivate a number of leading enterprises with international competitiveness, and build a special industrial cluster such as Zhangjiang, Jinqiao, and Lingang.
The second is to promote the innovative application of artificial intelligence. To carry out AI+ medical, AI+ manufacturing, driverless, AI+ financial four major areas of artificial intelligence innovation and application and benchmarking project construction, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to unveil the list of innovative products, platforms and services in the Pudong New Area, to create the Expo, Lujiazui, Zhangjiang, Jinqiao, Lingang and other characteristics of the application of the demonstration area.
Third, the construction of artificial intelligence innovation support system. The company's AI innovation support system is centered around the elements of "algorithm, computing power and data" to create a public **** service platform for AI industry evaluation, technology assessment, industry data application, etc., to reduce the cycle and cost of AI innovation. Establish an AI technology innovation system, and promote enterprises, universities, research institutes and other multi-principals to increase innovation investment. Actively explore the reform of the scientific and technological system to realize the transformation of AI innovations. At the same time, increase the introduction and cultivation of high-end talents and professionals in artificial intelligence to create a talent highland.
In addition, the construction of the pilot zone will also form a series of safeguards in five areas: strengthening organizational leadership, integrating policy resources, accelerating reform and innovation, establishing a standard system, and strengthening financial security.
The rich application scenarios are the characteristic advantages of AI development in Shanghai. The four tracks of AI+ manufacturing, AI+ life track and AI+ transportation track, as well as the 16 key scenarios of chip R&D and innovation center, autonomous intelligent unmanned system, intelligent equipment, smart factory, smart medical care, smart pension, unmanned vehicle, etc. With the layout of the tracks as the main line and the open scenarios as the gripping hand, we will push forward the task of constructing the pilot zone in batch and stage to drive the high-quality development of the AI industry in Shanghai and the upgrade of social life wisdom.
During the seminar, the experts discussed and exchanged views on the development of AI technology and industry, the empowerment of AI to the real economy, and the direction of the next development of the pilot zone, and put forward a series of valuable opinions and suggestions.
In order to accelerate the development of AI innovation and application, and to support Shanghai to build the "Intelligence +" industrial highland, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) replied to the Shanghai Municipal People's Government on May 15 to support the construction of the pilot zone of Shanghai (Pudong New Area) for AI innovation and application, and to require that the pilot zone be laid out in the AI industry, The pilot zone is required to actively explore in AI industry layout, infrastructure construction, standard system construction, intellectual property rights trading, etc., focus on innovative government management, establish inclusive and prudent regulatory policies, and eliminate the qualification, data, security and other barriers faced by the integration and development.
We need to focus on creating a fair and open market environment with orderly competition, improve the investment mechanism of social capital, stimulate the innovation vitality of enterprises, and cultivate a number of outstanding AI enterprises with international competitiveness.
We need to build a number of new generation AI industrial innovation and application "testing ground" for manufacturing, medical, transportation, financial and other advanced fields, and continuously release the "empowering" effect of new AI technologies and products.
Next, Shanghai will take the construction of AI innovation and application pilot zone as a new starting point, in accordance with the relevant requirements of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and strive to build the Pudong New Area into an internationally competitive AI core industry agglomeration area, the national AI innovation technology and product application demonstration area, as well as AI industry standards and institutional norms pilot zone, forming a radiation radiation of the Yangtze River Delta and even the country's AI highland. The artificial intelligence highland of the whole country.