Bloomberg reported on 3 November that Wang Ruomeng, a senior official at China’s National Development and Reform Commission, told a briefing in Beijing that the government would accelerate legislation governing AI development and use. The state economic planner’s proposals cover data, computing power and algorithms, with safety standards and ethical guidelines spanning the model lifecycle.
Wang said the authorities would review how the rules operate and revise provisions that become outdated. Beijing intends to give AI firms a transition period and guidance, and plans sector-specific regulatory sandboxes that would allow more room for testing. Developers and operators should strengthen risk management and disclose safety risks, incidents and vulnerabilities, he said.
The government will monitor AI’s effects on employment and provide broad safety-net protections for affected workers, Wang said. He also said China would continue to encourage open AI development under its 15th five-year plan, which ends in 2030, and called for countries to cooperate on vulnerability disclosures and responses to risks.
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