China has made advances in getting patents in the AI field. All over the world, there is a monumental wave of innovation. Between 2014 and 2023, 54000 generative AI related patents were filed (patent families). There are 75000 scientific publications in this field.

TenCent leads the generative AI patent applications with 2074 applications, followed closely by Ping An Insurance with 1564, Baidu with 1234, the Chinese Academy of Sciences with 607, IBM with 601, Alibaba Group with 571, Samsung with 468, Alphabet with 443, ByteDance with 418, Microsoft with 377. Out of these top 10 highest patent filers, six are Chinese. (Patent Landscape Report on Generative AI, WIPO Report, 2024).

China dominates this field — it commands 38,210 generative AI inventions, whereas the USA commands only 6276 inventions, followed by Korea with 4155 inventions, Japan with 3409 inventions and India with 1350 inventions.

Chinese universities too file generative AI patents with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

China plans to establish over 50 AI standards by 2026. Though a regulation-free environment fosters innovation, regulatory frameworks analyze innovations by providing a structured environment. The regulations should be stringent, yet flexible. Clear regulations reduce compliance costs and uncertainty. What is needed is regulatory clarity and consistency. These make the environment predictable legally. It facilitates standardization of technologies.

Chinese government too encourages AI development through strategic planning and significant investments. They have developed substantial AI infrastructure — high compute resources, data centers, cloud computing.

There is an ecosystem of startups, tech giants and academic institutions.

A talent pool of AI researchers and STEM graduates is available in China. It also attracts international talents.

China concentrates on hardware too. They have developed powerful chips — Ascend series of Huawei, Hanguang of Alibaba, custom AI accelerators.