Key facts
- Wang Ruomeng is deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission's Department of Innovation and High-Tech Development.
- Wang said China would draw on its experience governing AI to develop foundational, comprehensive legislation.
- The plan includes expanding rules governing the technology's core inputs and key applications, per the report.
China will accelerate work on comprehensive artificial-intelligence legislation and expand rules covering the technology's core inputs and key applications, a senior economic-planning official said, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Wang Ruomeng, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission's Department of Innovation and High-Tech Development, spoke at a November 3 news conference. Wang said China would draw on its experience governing AI to develop foundational, comprehensive legislation establishing the pillars of an AI legal and regulatory system.
The report said Beijing is seeking to build a nationwide legal framework for the fast-growing industry. It did not give a timetable for the legislation or specify which inputs and applications the expanded rules would cover.