AI+ Initiative

人工智能+ 行动Advanced

China's national push to deeply integrate AI into every industry, with smart robots as one focus area.

The “AI+” initiative was first proposed in China's 2024 Government Work Report, following the pattern of the earlier “Internet+” initiative — the idea being to connect artificial intelligence into manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, government services, and other industries. In August 2025, the State Council issued the “Opinions on Deeply Implementing the ‘AI+’ Initiative,” proposing that adoption of next-generation smart terminals and AI agents exceed 70% by 2027 and 90% by 2030, and listing smart robots as one category of next-generation smart terminal. For the embodied-AI industry, it forms part of the policy backdrop together with the 15th Five-Year Plan and future-industries policy, and local subsidies, scenario openings, and state-capital investment are often justified by reference to it.

Also called: Artificial Intelligence Plus Initiative
Related: 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) · New Quality Productive Forces · Embodied AI First Named in the Government Work Report · Embodied AI · Future Industries
Sources: 中国政府网政策文件库 (Chinese)
As of: 2025-08