Nation poised to climb the industry rankings

China may be ranked seventh globally when it comes to the number of professionals working in the cutting-edge industry of artificial intelligence, but the country is predicted to climb the rankings in the next decade.

More than 50,000 AI technical professionals are working in China. The United States far surpasses other countries with 850,000 out of the 1.9 million such professionals globally, according to a report by the professional networking website LinkedIn.

India, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and France took second to sixth place in the rankings, according to the report based on LinkedIn user data.