On September 3, Sun Daoxun, secretary of the CPC Wujiang District Committee, conducted⠼/span>a special research visit on the development of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. He stressed the need to thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on artificial intelligence as well as his important speeches and instructions on the high-quality development of Suzhou City and Jiangsu Province, and called for all-out efforts to foster new quality productive forces in line with local conditions, deliver high-priority services for the growth of the AI industry, strengthen innovation‑driven market players and optimize the industrial ecosystem, so as to upgrade the quality and efficiency of the AI industry and inject strong momentum into the high‑quality development of the regional economy.
During the visit, Sun Daoxun noted that artificial intelligence represents a key sector of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, as well as an important engine for cultivating new quality productive forces. Boasting a solid industrial foundation and favorable innovation conditions, Wujiang District must prioritize the development of its AI industry. Local authorities and relevant departments should fully implement extraordinary services for the AI sector, focus on the needs of enterprises, and strengthen resource support in areas such as computing power, data, and finance. It is essential to enhance top-level design, lay out the AI industrial chain in a targeted manner, and adopt category-specific measures to empower market players engaged in innovative R&D, intelligent hardware and industrial platforms. Wujiang will continue to improve the industrial ecosystem, strengthen industry-university-research collaboration, pool innovative talent, step up efforts to attract high‑quality projects, promote in-depth integration of artificial intelligence with the real economy such as manufacturing and healthcare, and accelerate the formation of a distinctive and highly competitive AI industrial cluster.