{"id":76516,"date":"2025-10-12T22:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T22:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/76516\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T22:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T22:04:11","slug":"chinas-hi-tech-push-aids-and-poverty-fights-in-focus-as-vice-premiers-tour-provinces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/76516\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s hi-tech push, Aids and poverty fights in focus as vice-premiers tour provinces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">High technology and low incomes were in sharp focus in China late last week as two of its senior officials visited opposite ends of the country.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">On a trip to the eastern province of Zhejiang from Thursday to Saturday, Vice-Premier Zhang Guoqing urged manufacturers to apply new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) to research and development, design, product manufacturing and process optimisation.<\/p>\n<p>Zhejiang is home to some of the country\u2019s most innovative companies \u2013 firms that Beijing hopes will spur the kind of \u201c<a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3254306\/two-sessions-2024-xi-jinping-says-while-china-pursues-new-productive-forces-it-must-avoid-economic?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">new quality productive forces<\/a>\u201d that will propel China up the industrial value chain.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cEnterprises that use specialised and sophisticated technologies to produce novel and unique products constitute a vital force in building manufacturing power and developing \u2018new quality productive forces\u2019,\u201d state news agency Xinhua quoted Zhang as saying on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">These technologies include all-solid-state batteries for new energy vehicles, optical instruments and components and large language models (LLMs).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1o401188 css-1w1l3op e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Thu_Clean-(2).jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewDuration\" class=\"css-1vqvq42 e1o401181\">13:27<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewTitle\" class=\"css-zasw6y e1o401182\">\u2018Made in China 2025\u2019: how has the nation changed 10 years after setting its manufacturing blueprint?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Made in China 2025\u2019: how has the nation changed 10 years after setting its manufacturing blueprint?<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201c[We must] support these specialised firms in pursuing technological innovation, increasing R&amp;D investment, and cultivating expertise in niche areas of their industries,\u201d Zhang said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"High technology and low incomes were in sharp focus in China late last week as two of 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