{"id":785758,"date":"2026-05-10T04:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/785758\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T04:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:24:13","slug":"chinas-ai-drive-seen-widening-wealth-gap-testing-common-prosperity-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/785758\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s AI drive seen widening wealth gap, testing \u2018common prosperity\u2019 push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China wants artificial intelligence to become a new engine of growth, powering everything from factory upgrades to scientific discovery. But outside the country\u2019s technology hubs, the economic benefits promised by AI may be harder to realise.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Recent studies suggest that AI will widen regional divides. Big cities with deep pools of talent, capital and innovative firms are best placed to adopt the technology, while smaller cities and rural areas may struggle to keep up.<\/p>\n<p>According to analysts, the emerging divide could exacerbate regional inequality in China, where wealth is largely concentrated along the coast, even as Beijing seeks to build a more equitable society under the banner of <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3352248\/chinas-common-prosperity-push-faces-reality-check-inequality-rises-study?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201ccommon prosperity\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cInevitably, we will see that the gains are not equal,\u201d said Lynn Song, chief economist for Greater China at ING. \u201cThose who are most directly connected to the core parts of China\u2019s AI supply chain will benefit more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The capital, Shanghai and Shenzhen are expected to be clear beneficiaries. These cities already possess large technology clusters, strong universities and local governments with the resources to back new industries, according to Liam Sides, an associate director at Oxford Economics.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China\u2019s leaders have made clear that they want AI to become a new economic driver across the economy.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3343726\/chinas-xi-prioritises-ai-plus-and-consumer-spending-counter-economic-headwinds?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cAI-plus\u201d plan<\/a>, launched in August 2025, aims to accelerate the application of AI across industry and society. During the annual \u201ctwo sessions\u201d meetings in March, policymakers set a target for the digital economy to account for 12.5 per cent of gross domestic product by 2030, up from 10.5 per cent in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China wants artificial intelligence to become a new engine of growth, powering everything from factory upgrades to scientific&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":785759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[691,321285,9710,64,74,79,321287,22704,26765,26762,33493,6043,1956,321286,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-785758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-anthony-w-d-anastasi","10":"tag-beijing","11":"tag-business","12":"tag-china","13":"tag-economy","14":"tag-gansu-province","15":"tag-guangdong-province","16":"tag-ing","17":"tag-lynn-song","18":"tag-oxford-economics","19":"tag-shanghai","20":"tag-shenzhen","21":"tag-sino-british-college","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116548381360430239","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}