China to advance smart economy, promote digital, intelligent development

BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China will advance and expand its "AI Plus" initiative, promote faster application of new-generation intelligent terminals and AI agents, and encourage large-scale commercial application of AI in key sectors and fields, according to a government work report submitted Thursday to the country's top legislature for deliberation.

The country will encourage technological innovations in areas including multi-modal AI, AI agent, embodied AI and swarm intelligence, and explore development paths of artificial general intelligence, according to a draft outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) also submitted on Thursday.