How China Is Using AI to Fuel the Next Industrial Revolution

For many years now, China has been the world's factory. Even in 2020, as other economies struggled with the effects of the pandemic, China's manufacturing output was $3.854 trillion, up from the previous year, accounting for nearly a third of the global market. But if you are still thinking of China's factories as sweatshops, it's probably time to change your perception. The Chinese economic recovery from its short-lived pandemic blip has been boosted by its world-beating adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). After overtaking the U.S. in 2014, China now has a significant lead over the rest of the world in AI patent applications.