China launches state-owned data group to fuel its AI ambitions
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The China National Data Group will run cross-industry data sharing and supply datasets to support Beijing's artificial intelligence push China has a new state-owned company, and its job is to turn the country’s vast pile of data into fuel for artificial intelligence. The China National Data Group Co., Ltd. launched on October 20, 2026, in Xiongan New Area in Hebei province. Beijing is treating data the way earlier generations treated steel: as a strategic resource that needs a national champion. The group is designated as a national platform.
Source: Crypto Briefing
