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Former Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan (2006-2010, 2022), SCO Secretary General (2019-21); Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Germany, Poland, Switzerland (1998-2003); BENELUX, EU & NATO (2004-06, 2013-17)

China’s AI Momentum in 2025 — Where it Positions Beijing in the Global Race China’s AI economy is accelerating rapidly: the number of AI companies has risen from ~1,400 to >5,000 in five years, and the state reports the creation of 40,000+ smart factories, multiple national AI pilot zones and demonstration areas — signalling deep industrial adoption. Beijing has backed the sector with a 60 billion RMB (~US$8.2bn) national AI industry fund, a dense programme of national and industry standards, and ethics/ governance initiatives — investments that knit together capital, standards and regulation to scale commercial AI across manufacturing, mobility and services. China is building a pragmatic, state-coordinated AI ecosystem that pairs broad market breadth (huge number of companies and application scenarios) with targeted public capital, standards-setting and pilot zones. This combination makes China a strong contender for continued global leadership in applied and industrial AI — especially in areas tied to manufacturing, smart cities and vertical applications — but limits remain (advanced semiconductors, international trust & governance alignment, and geopolitical frictions) China will likely be one of two or three global poles of AI capability — particularly strong in applied verticals, standards-setting, and deployed systems Outlook — near term (1–3 yrs) Continued dominance in industry AI, robotics, intelligent manufacturing and domain-specific models. Rapid commercialization and high adoption across Chinese enterprises and cities. Achieving undisputed leadership in foundation-model frontier (top-tier LLMs driven by exascale training) depends on progress in advanced chips, international research collaboration and access to global talent.

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