China wants to be a world leader in artificial intelligence by 2030. Sinovation Ventures, one of China’s leading venture capital businesses with a focus on AI, says bringing Chinese talent home from US will be part of that effort and US Policy could well help that happen!
An interesting piece here from a Chinese investor, flagging the potential upside for China from stricter, in this case, US immigration policies. Though it may play to the masses, stopping talent working with you and, consequently, the cross-pollination of ideas isn’t a recipe for mutual benefit. Something the politicians elsewhere would do well to note.
China’s technology race with the United States could frustrate its efforts to develop artificial intelligence (AI), while Washington’s anti-immigration policies would allow Beijing to catch up by building a strong talent pool, a top Chinese technology investor has said.
Ning Tao, president and partner of Sinovation Ventures, said that while US President Donald Trump’s administration may use the 16-month trade war to stall Chinese technology companies by limiting their access to US-made chips and other key components, it would not stop China from hiring the best talent in the field.
Here in the UK, we need to be careful not drive away talent with anti-immigration or attacks on other groups (private schools for instance) as we punch well above our weight in the global university and school rankings.
China’s technology race with the United States could frustrate its efforts to develop artificial intelligence (AI), while Washington’s anti-immigration policies would allow Beijing to catch up by building a strong talent pool, a top Chinese technology investor has said.
