China plan to win AI with lots of money, data and easy regulations

China wants to integrate four areas for stronger AI. China will use abundant data, hungry entrepreneurs, many AI scientists, and AI-friendly policy.

29 U.S. states have enacted their own laws regulating autonomous vehicles. And governors in 10 states have issued executive orders curbing testing and use.

In 2018, China adopted national self-driving car guidelines that allow any city to perform tests on self-driving cars. China has started engineering multi-tiered roads and entire cities tailored to incorporate driverless vehicles.

Northern Shanghai’s Jiading district has been set up for self-driving car testing. Companies (only domestic companies) allowed to test in Jiading are required to establish a remote monitoring data platform, so their vehicles’ every move is recorded, and to purchase accident insurance of at least 5 million yuan (HK$6.3 million) per car. Test drivers must always be at the wheel and each should have more than 50 hours of experience of automated driving systems.

The test zone was built with an initial budget of 500 million yuan in 2016, in cooperation with numerous companies. Huawei provides communications infrastructure, Beidou – the Chinese GPS – is in charge of navigation systems, and test elements developed by local universities such as Tongji. At the end of 2017, 40,000 tests with 30 companies were performed.

They are hoping to open 100km of roads for this kind of vehicle by 2019 and extend the project to the Hongqiao Transport Hub in 2020. They expect to have 10,000 autonomous vehicles in operation and ninety percent of those will be used for public transport.

In areas where Data is more important than algorithms then China can win. Its internet population surpassed 800 million users this year compared to roughly 290 million internet users in the U.S.

China will also not be pausing the rush to self-driving cars over some initial fatal accidents.

China had about 260,000 car fatalities in 2017. The USA had 35600.
China had 104 fatalities per 100,000 vehicles.
The USA had 12.9 fatalities per 100,000 vehicles.
Human drivers in China are far worse than the human drivers in the USA.

80 thoughts on “China plan to win AI with lots of money, data and easy regulations”

  1. I am always impressed with how China is able to focus resources in critical areas.” Command And Control governments can always do that. There is no denying the fact that the USSR did dramatically raise Russian productivity and educational levels dramatically over that of the old Russian Empire, after all. But like you said, when it comes to innovation they don’t do as well at all. 80% of Chinese capital investment goes to SOEs still. And that probably won’t change. And the huge debts they are racking up is taking down the other, still far smaller part of the economy that is privately owned and has to fight over the 20% scraps of capital they get.

  2. I am always impressed with how China is able to focus resources in critical areas.””Command And Control governments can always do that. There is no denying the fact that the USSR did dramatically raise Russian productivity and educational levels dramatically over that of the old Russian Empire”” after all.But like you said when it comes to innovation they don’t do as well at all.80{22800fc54956079738b58e74e4dcd846757aa319aad70fcf90c97a58f3119a12} of Chinese capital investment goes to SOEs still. And that probably won’t change. And the huge debts they are racking up is taking down the other”” still far smaller part of the economy that is privately owned and has to fight over the 20{22800fc54956079738b58e74e4dcd846757aa319aad70fcf90c97a58f3119a12} scraps of capital they get.”””

  3. It’s not really state controlled. The State’s job has always been to lead by coordinating people’s efforts to accomplish goals they consider desirable. Surveys last years (the State is the biggest customer of survey firms on earth) showed that everyone’s worried about childhood obesity, so the state called for what they call Trial Spots to find solutions. City, county and provincial health officials sprang into action with all kinds of wacky but plausible ideas and those whose programs are the most cost-effective will get big promotions and front page coverage, so competition is fierce. In Shenzen last month I saw a billboard with two fat kids and recognized the letters ‘IQ’. My Chinese friend explained that it was a public service message from the municipal health office telling mothers that obesity lowers children’s IQ and, thus, their grades. Why would any mother who loved her child do that? That’s how everything gets done. And to underline the point, China’s finances are the most decentralized on earth, even more so than Switzerland, with the vast majority of revenues left with the provinces. And their government is cheap: as a share of GDP, the Chinese government costs half what the UK Government costs and has satisfaction ratings twice as high. Don’t believe what our media says about China or, really, anything.

  4. It’s not really state controlled. The State’s job has always been to lead by coordinating people’s efforts to accomplish goals they consider desirable.Surveys last years (the State is the biggest customer of survey firms on earth) showed that everyone’s worried about childhood obesity so the state called for what they call Trial Spots to find solutions. City county and provincial health officials sprang into action with all kinds of wacky but plausible ideas and those whose programs are the most cost-effective will get big promotions and front page coverage so competition is fierce. In Shenzen last month I saw a billboard with two fat kids and recognized the letters ‘IQ’. My Chinese friend explained that it was a public service message from the municipal health office telling mothers that obesity lowers children’s IQ and thus their grades. Why would any mother who loved her child do that?That’s how everything gets done. And to underline the point China’s finances are the most decentralized on earth even more so than Switzerland with the vast majority of revenues left with the provinces.And their government is cheap: as a share of GDP the Chinese government costs half what the UK Government costs and has satisfaction ratings twice as high.Don’t believe what our media says about China or really anything.

  5. If is one think that we’ve learned so far, is that the transparent free market is the one that doesn’t really work, at least not in competition with the state controlled non-transparent capitalism from the asian countries

  6. If is one think that we’ve learned so far is that the transparent free market is the one that doesn’t really work at least not in competition with the state controlled non-transparent capitalism from the asian countries

  7. True that, I think most Chinese drivers are either overly cautious where you just want to choke them, or too aggressive that you want to shoot them.

  8. True that I think most Chinese drivers are either overly cautious where you just want to choke them or too aggressive that you want to shoot them.

  9. I am always impressed with how China is able to focus resources in critical areas. Yet without the kind of free Market, innovation friendly environment and transparency that the US market has, they are not going to get ahead of it.

  10. I am always impressed with how China is able to focus resources in critical areas. Yet without the kind of free Market innovation friendly environment and transparency that the US market has they are not going to get ahead of it.

  11. State coordination” – ie. state-corrupted. China is full of corruption and unaccountable power. The result is that state support will flow to whoever gives kickbacks, and not to whoever deserves it the most.

  12. State coordination”” – ie. state-corrupted. China is full of corruption and unaccountable power. The result is that state support will flow to whoever gives kickbacks”””” and not to whoever deserves it the most.”””

  13. I dislike the use of acronyms from some professional, or quasi-professional jargon. The usual purpose of this is signalling to the reader that the author belongs to some kind of superior group of the Initiated. Ridiculous. What is “SOE” ? Care to explain?

  14. I dislike the use of acronyms from some professional or quasi-professional jargon. The usual purpose of this is signalling to the reader that the author belongs to some kind of superior group of the Initiated. Ridiculous.What is SOE”” ? Care to explain?”””

  15. AI is open source. There is no stealing. You have been cherry picking on the news that you want to read. Then you should not even read this column.

  16. AI is open source. There is no stealing. You have been cherry picking on the news that you want to read. Then you should not even read this column.

  17. Wrong. There is ‘open source’ and then there is the Good Stuff. Sometimes OS is the good stuff. But not with AI. You should not even vote.

  18. Are you referring to how Xi used corruption as an excuse to kill off all his competitors/enemies and so you know toot the wu mau line that there is no corruption left?

  19. Wrong. There is ‘open source’ and then there is the Good Stuff. Sometimes OS is the good stuff. But not with AI. You should not even vote.

  20. Are you referring to how Xi used corruption as an excuse to kill off all his competitors/enemies and so you know toot the wu mau line that there is no corruption left?

  21. Are you referring to how Xi used corruption as an excuse to kill off all his competitors/enemies and so you know toot the wu mau line that there is no corruption left?

  22. Are you referring to how Xi used corruption as an excuse to kill off all his competitors/enemies and so you know toot the wu mau line that there is no corruption left?

  23. Wrong. There is ‘open source’ and then there is the Good Stuff. Sometimes OS is the good stuff. But not with AI. You should not even vote.

  24. Wrong. There is ‘open source’ and then there is the Good Stuff. Sometimes OS is the good stuff. But not with AI. You should not even vote.

  25. Are you referring to how Xi used corruption as an excuse to kill off all his competitors/enemies and so you know toot the wu mau line that there is no corruption left?

  26. AI is open source. There is no stealing. You have been cherry picking on the news that you want to read. Then you should not even read this column.

  27. AI is open source. There is no stealing. You have been cherry picking on the news that you want to read. Then you should not even read this column.

  28. I dislike the use of acronyms from some professional, or quasi-professional jargon. The usual purpose of this is signalling to the reader that the author belongs to some kind of superior group of the Initiated. Ridiculous. What is “SOE” ? Care to explain?

  29. I dislike the use of acronyms from some professional or quasi-professional jargon. The usual purpose of this is signalling to the reader that the author belongs to some kind of superior group of the Initiated. Ridiculous.What is SOE”” ? Care to explain?”””

  30. AI is open source. There is no stealing. You have been cherry picking on the news that you want to read. Then you should not even read this column.

  31. I dislike the use of acronyms from some professional, or quasi-professional jargon.
    The usual purpose of this is signalling to the reader that the author belongs to some kind of superior group of the Initiated. Ridiculous.

    What is “SOE” ? Care to explain?

  32. State coordination” – ie. state-corrupted. China is full of corruption and unaccountable power. The result is that state support will flow to whoever gives kickbacks, and not to whoever deserves it the most.

  33. State coordination”” – ie. state-corrupted. China is full of corruption and unaccountable power. The result is that state support will flow to whoever gives kickbacks”””” and not to whoever deserves it the most.”””

  34. I am always impressed with how China is able to focus resources in critical areas.” Command And Control governments can always do that. There is no denying the fact that the USSR did dramatically raise Russian productivity and educational levels dramatically over that of the old Russian Empire, after all. But like you said, when it comes to innovation they don’t do as well at all. 80% of Chinese capital investment goes to SOEs still. And that probably won’t change. And the huge debts they are racking up is taking down the other, still far smaller part of the economy that is privately owned and has to fight over the 20% scraps of capital they get.

  35. I am always impressed with how China is able to focus resources in critical areas.””Command And Control governments can always do that. There is no denying the fact that the USSR did dramatically raise Russian productivity and educational levels dramatically over that of the old Russian Empire”” after all.But like you said when it comes to innovation they don’t do as well at all.80{22800fc54956079738b58e74e4dcd846757aa319aad70fcf90c97a58f3119a12} of Chinese capital investment goes to SOEs still. And that probably won’t change. And the huge debts they are racking up is taking down the other”” still far smaller part of the economy that is privately owned and has to fight over the 20{22800fc54956079738b58e74e4dcd846757aa319aad70fcf90c97a58f3119a12} scraps of capital they get.”””

  36. It’s not really state controlled. The State’s job has always been to lead by coordinating people’s efforts to accomplish goals they consider desirable. Surveys last years (the State is the biggest customer of survey firms on earth) showed that everyone’s worried about childhood obesity, so the state called for what they call Trial Spots to find solutions. City, county and provincial health officials sprang into action with all kinds of wacky but plausible ideas and those whose programs are the most cost-effective will get big promotions and front page coverage, so competition is fierce. In Shenzen last month I saw a billboard with two fat kids and recognized the letters ‘IQ’. My Chinese friend explained that it was a public service message from the municipal health office telling mothers that obesity lowers children’s IQ and, thus, their grades. Why would any mother who loved her child do that? That’s how everything gets done. And to underline the point, China’s finances are the most decentralized on earth, even more so than Switzerland, with the vast majority of revenues left with the provinces. And their government is cheap: as a share of GDP, the Chinese government costs half what the UK Government costs and has satisfaction ratings twice as high. Don’t believe what our media says about China or, really, anything.

  37. It’s not really state controlled. The State’s job has always been to lead by coordinating people’s efforts to accomplish goals they consider desirable.Surveys last years (the State is the biggest customer of survey firms on earth) showed that everyone’s worried about childhood obesity so the state called for what they call Trial Spots to find solutions. City county and provincial health officials sprang into action with all kinds of wacky but plausible ideas and those whose programs are the most cost-effective will get big promotions and front page coverage so competition is fierce. In Shenzen last month I saw a billboard with two fat kids and recognized the letters ‘IQ’. My Chinese friend explained that it was a public service message from the municipal health office telling mothers that obesity lowers children’s IQ and thus their grades. Why would any mother who loved her child do that?That’s how everything gets done. And to underline the point China’s finances are the most decentralized on earth even more so than Switzerland with the vast majority of revenues left with the provinces.And their government is cheap: as a share of GDP the Chinese government costs half what the UK Government costs and has satisfaction ratings twice as high.Don’t believe what our media says about China or really anything.

  38. “State coordination” – ie. state-corrupted. China is full of corruption and unaccountable power. The result is that state support will flow to whoever gives kickbacks, and not to whoever deserves it the most.

  39. If is one think that we’ve learned so far, is that the transparent free market is the one that doesn’t really work, at least not in competition with the state controlled non-transparent capitalism from the asian countries

  40. If is one think that we’ve learned so far is that the transparent free market is the one that doesn’t really work at least not in competition with the state controlled non-transparent capitalism from the asian countries

  41. True that, I think most Chinese drivers are either overly cautious where you just want to choke them, or too aggressive that you want to shoot them.

  42. True that I think most Chinese drivers are either overly cautious where you just want to choke them or too aggressive that you want to shoot them.

  43. I am always impressed with how China is able to focus resources in critical areas. Yet without the kind of free Market, innovation friendly environment and transparency that the US market has, they are not going to get ahead of it.

  44. I am always impressed with how China is able to focus resources in critical areas. Yet without the kind of free Market innovation friendly environment and transparency that the US market has they are not going to get ahead of it.

  45. “I am always impressed with how China is able to focus resources in critical areas.”

    Command And Control governments can always do that. There is no denying the fact that the USSR did dramatically raise Russian productivity and educational levels dramatically over that of the old Russian Empire, after all.

    But like you said, when it comes to innovation they don’t do as well at all.

    80% of Chinese capital investment goes to SOEs still. And that probably won’t change. And the huge debts they are racking up is taking down the other, still far smaller part of the economy that is privately owned and has to fight over the 20% scraps of capital they get.

  46. It’s not really state controlled. The State’s job has always been to lead by coordinating people’s efforts to accomplish goals they consider desirable.

    Surveys last years (the State is the biggest customer of survey firms on earth) showed that everyone’s worried about childhood obesity, so the state called for what they call Trial Spots to find solutions.

    City, county and provincial health officials sprang into action with all kinds of wacky but plausible ideas and those whose programs are the most cost-effective will get big promotions and front page coverage, so competition is fierce. In Shenzen last month I saw a billboard with two fat kids and recognized the letters ‘IQ’. My Chinese friend explained that it was a public service message from the municipal health office telling mothers that obesity lowers children’s IQ and, thus, their grades. Why would any mother who loved her child do that?

    That’s how everything gets done. And to underline the point, China’s finances are the most decentralized on earth, even more so than Switzerland, with the vast majority of revenues left with the provinces.

    And their government is cheap: as a share of GDP, the Chinese government costs half what the UK Government costs and has satisfaction ratings twice as high.

    Don’t believe what our media says about China or, really, anything.

  47. If is one think that we’ve learned so far, is that the transparent free market is the one that doesn’t really work, at least not in competition with the state controlled non-transparent capitalism from the asian countries

  48. I am always impressed with how China is able to focus resources in critical areas. Yet without the kind of free Market, innovation friendly environment and transparency that the US market has, they are not going to get ahead of it.

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