China Is Catching Up With US in AI Tech Innovation, Report Shows

China has entered the top tier of artificial intelligence capabilities for the first time and the gap with the US is narrowing, according to a recent research report. China has been inducted into the first class of the'Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2021' due to continuous improvements in the comprehensive strength of the country's AI technology, said the head of the research team at the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China. In the previous two years that the report was compiled, only the US made this class. Although the US still comes top with a score of 59.42, China ranks second for the second year running with a score of 50.14, and the gap between the two is closing, Xu Feng, who is also executive deputy director of ISTIC's Artificial Intelligence Development Research Center, told Yicai Global.