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China plans to develop safety standards and ethics rules covering the full life cycle of artificial intelligence while speeding work on basic AI legislation, a National Development and Reform Commission official said Tuesday.
Wang Ruomeng, deputy director of the commission’s innovation and high-tech development department, outlined the plans at a November 3 news conference, according to Xinhua Finance.
The remarks describe a planned governance program, not a newly enacted AI law. The brief did not provide a date when the proposed legislation or standards would take effect.
Rules for data, computing power and algorithms
Wang said work during China’s 15th Five-Year Plan period would include clarifying compliance boundaries and accelerating basic, cross-cutting AI legislation to build a legal framework for the technology.
That effort would also cover legislation for common inputs such as data, computing power and algorithms, alongside rules for key applications, Xinhua Finance reported.
The safety standards and ethics guidelines would span AI’s full life cycle rather than focus on a single stage. Wang also called for periodic reviews of how the rules work in practice, with changes to provisions that no longer fit as the technology develops.
The distinction matters for businesses tracking the announcement: it sets out the direction of future regulation, but does not establish a final text, new compliance deadline or penalties in the account published Tuesday.
JBizNews Desk | Beijing
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