China declares AGI development to be a part of 5-year plan

• AI News Team
• March 21, 2026

​The CCP writes in its 15th 5-year plan that it will.Encourage innovation in multimodal, agentic, embodied, and swarm intelligence technologies, and explore development paths for general artificial intelligence.This is translated from the original:鼓励多模态、智能体、具身智能、群体智能等技术创新，探索通用人工智能发展路径。Source: https://www.spp.gov.cn/spp/tt/202603/t20260313_723954.shtmlThe English-language commentary I found does not have much more to say about this, e.g.: https://triviumchina.com/2026/03/06/15th-five-year-plan-puts-ai-at-center-of-digital-economy-agenda/Given that they gave less than half a sentence in a 140-page document to the most important invention in the history of mankind, it seems likely the authors don’t really understand what this means. Concerning nonethelessDiscuss ​Read More