China’s imports of critical equipment for developing artificial intelligence have surged this year, official data has shown, driving a return to trade growth for the world’s second-biggest economy as the global race for AI supremacy intensifies.The value of China’s imports of automatic data processing equipment — which includes computers and their components — surged 50 per cent year on year in the first four months of 2024, according to official statistics released on Thursday. Imports of computer chips and other high-tech products recorded double-digit gains from the same period last year.
官方數據顯示,今年中國用於開發人工智慧的關鍵設備進口激增,在全球爭奪人工智慧霸主地位的競爭加劇之際,這推動這個全球第二大經濟體恢復貿易成長。