Follower turns leader in server-related innovation

China will outpace the world in making servers to power artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and big data applications as these cutting-edge technologies are widely seen as the next frontier of innovation, according to a renowned server expert.

"After years of development, China has leapt from a follower into one of the leaders of innovation in server-related technologies," Wang Endong, the chief scientist at Inspur Group, one of China's largest server makers, told reporters on the sidelines of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Servers are the "engines" to drive the flow of data in various industries. They run core business systems of finance, telecom, electricity, energy transmission and other industries that are directly related to people's livelihood.