BEIJING: Chinese scholars unveiled a preliminary proposal draft in Beijing that could potentially shape the nation’s forthcoming artificial intelligence (AI) law.
The proposal draft pays attention to the development issues of industrial practice in the three areas of data, computing power and algorithms, Zhao Jingwu, an associate professor from BeiHang University Law School, told the Global Times.
Zhao said that the proposal also introduces the AI insurance system that encourages the intervention of the insurance market through policy incentives, exploring insurance products suitable for the AI industry. In addition, it proposes the enhancement of citizens’ digital literacy, aiming to prevent and control the security risks of the technology from the user end.
The introduction of the proposal draft can respond to and prevent security risks, and guide and regulate the healthy, orderly and benevolent development of China’s AI industry. It also demonstrates China’s proposition and wisdom in AI governance at th
e international level, said Zhang Linghan, who is one of the leading scholars of the proposal draft, from China University of Political Science and Law and also one of the only two Chinese experts being enrolled into the UN High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence.
The main content of the draft includes development and promotion, rights protection, security obligations, supervision and management, special application scenarios, international cooperation, and legal responsibilities.
China has been ramping up its efforts in rolling out the AI law in both industrial and academic circles. Zhang said that she believes this draft provides directions for future legislation of AI in China.
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