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AI + computing power + consumers: Zhuhai’s formula to spur economic and tech growth
- Mayor Huang Zhihao says the centre aims to become a ‘digital city’ and forge closer links with Hong Kong and Macau
- The transformation will rest on a combination of policies, population and services, he says
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Mia Nurmamatin Beijing
A southern Chinese city is banking on a combination of AI, greater computing power and greater consumption to drive economic development and put the region at the forefront of technology.
On the sidelines of the National People’s Congress on Thursday, Zhuhai mayor Huang Zhihao said his city was applying general and AI computing to urban infrastructure as part of its bigger plan to turn itself into a “digital city”.
Huang told a panel discussion of NPC deputies from Guangdong province that expanding computing power could help the region accelerate research and development in artificial intelligence, integrated circuits, and traditional Chinese medicine.
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Huang added that Zhuhai would forge closer links with Hong Kong and Macau to attract more consumers to the city.
“The development of a region or a city depends on policies in the short term, population in the medium term but the city’s services in the long run,” Huang said.
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Zhuhai is less than 10km (6 miles) from Macau and is one of 11 major centres in Beijing’s Greater Bay Area cluster.
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