Trump declared that the arrival of deep-seek AI should serve as a wake-up call for US industries,
urging the country to focus intensely on staying competitive.
Is China, on a national level, engaged in an AI-led tech race against the US?
What are Trump's AI policies?
And how do they differ from those of his predecessor and those of China?
How can we prevent the polarization of the digital world?
Welcome to The Point, with me, Liu Xin, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.
I'm pleased to be joined from Beijing by Ben Norton, founder and editor-in-chief of Geopolitical Economy Report.
From Brisbane, Australia, by Warwick Powell, a junked professor at Queensland University of Technology,
and from Macau, China, by Lu Gang, founder of Technode,
a global startup platform with a focus on innovators in China and Southeast Asia,
also co-founder of Beyond Expo, one of Asia's largest platforms for tech advancements.
A gentleman, welcome to The Point.
So let's take a look at what a lot of people in the American press or on Western press have been talking about,
is exactly what has been paving the way for China's tech breakthroughs.
And they often refer to an ambitious plan China announced in 2017,
which is called the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan.
So let's read that out a little bit.
The document outlined three steps to achieve its AI development goals.
And step one would be by 2020, overall AI technology and application reach a globally advanced level.