Artificial Intelligence Robot Writes Spring Festival Couplets For Alibaba Employees In Hangzhou
(Photo : (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)) HANGZHOU, CHINA - JANUARY 16: Alibaba employees watch an artificial intelligence robot named ET writing Spring Festival couplets at Alibaba's Xixi District on January 16, 2017 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. The robot named ET writes exclusive Spring Festival couplets for each Alibaba employee after using face recognition technology and speech recognition technology.

The Asian country superpower the People's Republic of China, reportedly spent 2.2 Trillion Yuan, equivalent to $324 Billion, to match its rival, the United States of America, in terms of technology and innovation-driven to dominate the market. The Asian superpower is now amping up its research and development, in terms of technology, to overthrow the country in providing the world with the latest development and cutting-edge devices.

Chinese authorities are now expanding its research and development (R&D) facilities and capabilities to fastrack its creation of China-made and conceptualized technologies that will soon dominate the market. China is gearing up in hopes to match its rival, the United States, in giving the world the technology and innovations it needs and asks for.

According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), China seeks to be more self-sufficient and innovative in its own country's inventions and technology. Locally made products in China are currently seeing no public recognition as it still trails behind America's tracks in the latest offerings.

Chinese corporations and even its authorities are aiming to create its semiconductor chips for its smartphones creations, coming from the recent US regulation on preventing China-made technology from getting its hands on chips made by the US. Huawei faced this struggle the most, as its high-end line of smartphones who gravely rely on Qualcomm, was prohibited from doing so.

China's focus does not only revolve on semiconductor chips. On the other hand, the Asian country is also looking into artificial intelligence and next-generation mobile network such as 5G technology.

ALSO READ: Stimulus Check Update: IRS Admits Overlooking Over 9M People; Here's How to Register Online (If You Think You're One of Them)

China's Research and Development: Soon Rivaling the United States

China's Levono Group Wins U.S. Clearance For IBM Deal
(Photo : (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images))
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 10: (CHINA OUT) Chinese workers construct personal computers at a Lenovo computer factory on March 10, 2005 in Beijing, China. Lenovo Group Ltd., China's largest personal computer maker was cleared by a U.S. national security panel for its $1.25bn purchase of International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.'s PC business. Republican lawmakers were initially concerned that China could gain access to technology that may have military applications at IBM's Research Triangle Park facilities in Raleigh, N.C. where defence research is conducted.

Beijing is struggling towards this feat as its engineers are relatively inexperienced and lack knowledge over certain technologies. China admits this shortcoming, and instead of backing away or giving up, the country is now declaring an all-out technology war to whoever crosses the nation.

Chinese technologies gravely rely on the United States' patronage and examples, with US' innovations widely available for use. Now, China utilizes a whopping 2.2 Trillion Yuan, equivalent to $324 billion, all for research and development on innovations. Beijing wants to avoid 'being strangled' in terms of technology being deprived of the country.

According to CGTN, Chinese President Xi Jinping recently stated that despite the struggles and deprivation that the country faces, it should persevere more and aim for self-sufficiency. This move by China will also be the answer to the country's struggle to help its economic rise.

China's Perseverance: Have they succeeded?

China Dominates Global Vaping Production
(Photo : (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images))
SHENZHEN, CHINA -SEPTEMBER 24: A worker tests parts for e-cigarettes on the production line at Kanger Tech, one of China's leading manufacturers of vaping products, on September 24, 2019 in Shenzhen, China. Global production for e-cigarette and vaping products is centered in a five-square-mile district of Shenzhen, China, which is the focal point for roughly 90% of the industrys supply chain. Hundreds of companies in China ranging from large corporations to smaller workshops -- are vying for a part of the international market for e-cigarette and vaping products industry worth an estimated $15 billion USD. With investigations by U.S. health officials into an outbreak of vaping-related illnesses across more than 30 states, there are new concerns about product safety, health effects, and addiction among young people. Chinas government is drafting new standards for manufacturing, safety, and quality control. The regulations are likely months away from taking full effect, though most established e-cigarette manufacturers in China already employ strict quality controls that comply with U.S. and European standards. Still, a growing number of U.S. states, including New York and New Jersey, are moving to ban certain vaping products and electronic smoking devices. Many of the firms are seeking to make inroads into the potentially lucrative Chinese market, where reports say more than 60 percent of adult males smoke.

China's $324 billion budget for technology, innovations, and research and development is a massive amount of money for new technology. China is serious about its quest to rival the United States' creative inventions and even its laws.

The record-breaking spendings on R&D is an all-new high for China, representing a whopping 2.23 percent of China's GDP. Analysts now say that China is looking at an advantage, especially with its cheap labor and production costs.

China is now making a move to retaliate against the US laws and regulations, leading to the Asian country's self-sufficiency. The move is now China's ace to line itself up with the US as a self-sufficient technology manufacturer, soon providing the world with its innovations and inventions.

ALSO READ: Elon Musk Confirms New SpaceX Droneship Called 'A Short Fall of Gravitas'-Third Ship will Still be a nod to Iain Banks' Culture Novel Series



This article is owned by Tech Times


Written by Isaiah Alonzo

ⓒ 2024 TECHTIMES.com All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.
Join the Discussion