Minister: Plan to boost AI research

China will strengthen the use of artificial intelligence to solve security, health, environment and other key public issues, Wan Gang, minister of science and technology, said on Saturday.

The country also plans to soon publish a guideline and detailed regulations on AI development and breakthroughs in critical technologies, he said.

Since the 1980s, the central government has considered AI research highly significant and made it a part of the nation's science agenda, Wan said.