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Standards bodies are where technology competitions get settled after the engineering race is run, and China's stated aim is now to occupy more of those seats in artificial intelligence.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has made it explicit that China intends to become the world's leading AI power, framing the effort around what he described as the "positive" use of technology as Beijing seeks to tighten its grip on international AI standard-setting.
What the standards race means in practice The body that writes technical specifications for a technology sector determines compatibility rules, certification requirements, and governance defaults that flow into regulation and product decisions worldwide.
That is the seat Beijing is targeting. Xi's choice to frame the push as "positive" technology use is not incidental.
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