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AI Innovation Action Plan for Institutions of Higher Education

https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/Notice-of-the-Ministry-of-Education-on-Issuing-the-Artificial-Intelligence-Innovation-Action-Plan-for-Institutes-of-Higher-Education.pdf http://www.moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A16/s7062/201804/t20180410_332722.html
Added by:   National contact point
Added on:   09 Jul 2025
Updated by:   OECD analyst
Updated on:   10 Jul 2025
The action plan lays out a number of objectives designed to significantly enhance China's cadre of AI talent and its university AI curricula by 2030.

Name in original language

高等学校人工智能创新行动计划

Initiative overview

The initiative has the following objectives:To optimise the infrastructure of colleges and universities by 2020.To develop achievements with a substantial global impact and deliver first-class theoretical research, innovative technologies, and applications by 2025.Make Chinese colleges and universities the world's leading AI innovation centres and a hotbed for AI talent by 2030.

Name of responsible organisation (in English)

Ministry of Education of the Peoples Republic of China

About the policy initiative

China (People’s Republic of)
China (People’s Republic of)

Organisation:

  • Ministry of Education of the Peoples Republic of China

Category:

  • National – AI policy initiatives, regulations, guidelines, standards and programmes or projects

Initiative type:

  • Formal education programme in higher education (Degree and fellowship programmes)

Participating organisations:

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Status:

  • Active

Start Year:

  • 2018

End Year:

  • 2030

Binding:

  • Non-binding

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