Efforts needed to support AI integration

With the application of artificial intelligence ready to take off in 2019, more efforts are needed to build a sound infrastructure to support its integration into a wide range of sectors, said deputies to the 13th National People's Congress.

Liu Qingfeng, chairman of leading Chinese AI company iFlytek and also a deputy to the 13th NPC, said as a new infrastructure to buoy the country's development, AI is of great value, and more resources are needed to invest in strategic areas, including education and healthcare, to boost AI's permeation into more industries.

"AI is a crucial driver to promote industrial upgrading and technological advancement in China, but we are still short of relevant talent. This is the other urgent problem we must address," Liu said.