Xi Urges China To Overcome Ai Chip Challenges

According to state media reports on Saturday, President Xi Jinping has urged China to overcome the challenges in creating core AI technologies, such as sophisticated chips, as Beijing aims to take the lead globally in the quickly changing sector.

China has set its sights on dominating the artificial intelligence sector, a goal complicated by an ongoing trade standoff with Washington, which threatens to restrict Chinese access to key technologies further.

The worlds two largest economies are locked in an escalating tit-for-tat trade war, sparked by US President Donald Trump's steep tariffs on Chinese goods, which have risen to as much as 145 per cent on many products. Beijing has retaliated with its own 125 per cent duties on American imports.

In this tense backdrop, Xi emphasised the need to continue strengthening basic research, focus efforts on overcoming challenges in key technologies such as advanced chips and core software, and build an autonomous AI system, Xinhua news agency reported.

The comments came during a quarterly meeting of the Politburo, the ruling Communist Party's elite leadership body.