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China still lagged in computing power but was only “100 days behind” the US in frontier AI model capabilities, according to Chi Zhang, general manager of finance industry at the Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group, speaking on Thursday at the 2026 HKEX Future Tech Summit in Shenzhen, hosted by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing.
But the country’s biggest advantages and potential lie in AI applications thanks to its vast number of entrepreneurs and engineers, as well as its current stage of economic development, Zhang said during a panel discussion.
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Lixue Xia, co-founder and CEO of Infinigence AI, a Shanghai-based AI computing service provider, said that in a race towards artificial general intelligence (AGI), China’s huge growth potential would be driven by sectors such as energy, infrastructure buildout and its open-source ecosystem.
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