At World AI Forum, Four Signs China’s AI Industry Is Growing Up
This year, China’s biggest AI conference showed an industry racing to cut computing costs, put AI agents to work, manage new risks, and find business models that can last.
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Published: 21 July 2026
Source: Sixth Tone (CN)
Category: News
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 22 July 2026
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