● In 2018, financing in China’s AI sector reached 131.1 billion, an increase of over 100%
● By 2020, the scale of China’s AI industry is expected to exceed 150 billion yuan
● From 2013 to 2018, there were a total of 305,000 AI papers globally, with the US publishing 52,000 and China publishing 74,000
● By 2030, sales of autonomous vehicles in China are projected to reach 1.9 million units, with mobility AI attracting significant attention
● China’s autonomous driving technology is striving towards “Level 4 high automation,” while no one in the world has yet achieved “Level 5 full automation”
● 68% of China’s CV market is used for security
● Current AI commercialization is primarily based on technologies such as CV, speech, and NLP
● China’s AI industry is currently in a state of siloed operations, but there is a trend towards industrial chain division of labor
● Easy-to-use automated ML tools are gradually becoming mainstream, such as AutoML
● With 5G about to be commercially deployed, improved wireless communication efficiency will help upgrade AI applications
2019 First Half China AI Industry Research Notes
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