China to press ahead with investments in 5G and Internet of Things, NDRC official says
China will press ahead with investments in artificial intelligence and 5G in 2019 as it competes with the US in the two key areas amid a technology race between the world’s two biggest economies. China’s state planner has singled out AI, the industrial internet, Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G as part of its investment priorities this year as part the country’s efforts to "construct a new form of infrastructure" and "speed up the commercialisation of 5G", according to Lian Weiliang, deputy head of China’s National Development and Reform Commission.