Xi Urges PLA to Deepen AI Use Before Its 99th Anniversary
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Updated · South China Morning Post · Jul 31
Xi Urges PLA to Deepen AI Use Before Its 99th Anniversary
3 articles · Updated · South China Morning Post · Jul 31
Summary
Thursday’s Politburo study session gave a rare public signal that Xi Jinping wants the PLA to expand military use of AI, especially unmanned intelligent technologies and networked information systems.
Xi tied that push to building an “intelligent military system,” indicating AI remains central to the armed forces’ modernization drive rather than a peripheral technology effort.
The remarks, issued ahead of the PLA’s 99th anniversary, offer a window into how Beijing sees progress toward the military’s centenary goals.
Those 100-year targets have not been fully defined publicly, but PLA statements have linked them to faster development of an intelligent force and modernization of weapons and equipment.