Recently, Lei Jun, a deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, put forward four proposals at the 2024 National People's Congress and the National People's Congress, focusing on green and low-carbon, artificial intelligence, intelligent driving and intelligent manufacturing. He particularly emphasized the development of the artificial intelligence industry, and suggested that artificial intelligence literacy education should be included in the nine-year compulsory education content, and the construction of artificial intelligence-related majors in colleges and universities should be strengthened.
It is suggested that artificial intelligence literacy education should be included in the content of nine-year compulsory education, and artificial intelligence general education courses should be set up, and relevant content should be included in social practice activities in primary and secondary schools. From basic concepts to simple applications, it comprehensively stimulates the interest of primary and secondary school students, cultivates their cognitive ability and application ability of artificial intelligence, and lays a solid foundation for future development. In the "Suggestions on Strengthening the Training of Artificial Intelligence Talents to Meet the Needs of Scientific and Technological Change", Lei Jun made the above statement.
In addition, he suggested that the construction of artificial intelligence-related majors in colleges and universities should be vigorously promoted. According to the data released by the Ministry of Education, at present, 498 universities in China have opened undergraduate majors in "artificial intelligence", and 209 universities have successfully filed or applied for undergraduate majors in "intelligent science and technology", accounting for a relatively low proportion of more than 3,000 universities in the country.
Lei Jun believes that from the long-term trend, the demand for manpower to master the basic skills of artificial intelligence in all walks of life is growing sharply, so strengthening the cultivation of talents in the field of artificial intelligence will become a key factor in the continuous upgrading of China's industry.
In addition, Lei Jun also put forward suggestions on the safe application of intelligent driving products, calling for the establishment of a safety supervision and management mechanism for assisted driving products as soon as possible to standardize the safe application of intelligent driving products. He also suggested further refinement of compliance measures and product standards for the collection, storage, and use of intelligent driving data, so as to provide a clearer basis for the security governance of intelligent driving data.
In terms of intelligent manufacturing, Lei Jun suggested that we should continue to strengthen the construction of infrastructure such as 5G, data centers, and computing power, and support the creation of application scenarios for the deep integration of artificial intelligence and manufacturing represented by large models. He also suggested that enterprises in the field of intelligent manufacturing should be encouraged to take the lead in creating practices and demonstration samples of intelligent manufacturing, and explore future manufacturing models and enterprise forms.