Bangladesh, Sept. 30 -- Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the most influential technologies shaping economic development, technological competition, and national security. For China, AI is not simply a tool for technological advancement. It has become an important component of the country's economic strategy, international engagement, and broader national security framework. As Beijing seeks to build increasingly powerful AI capabilities, it is also working to determine how those technologies should be governed, protected, and shared with other countries.

By June 2026, more than 500 million people in China were using AI products, illustrating the scale at which artificial intelligence has entered everyday economic and s...