China’s state AI policy targets economy-wide data integration

Evidence

China’s 2015 “Internet Plus” policy describes itself as “the profound integration of the innovation achievements of the Internet in all areas of the economy and society.” It puts special emphasis on the “smartification of the manufacturing sector” and “high efficiency logistics” (see China Copyright and Media, “‘Internet Plus’ Plan”). China’s “Artificial Intelligence Development Plan” proposes “industrial intelligentization,” including “smart logistics” (China Copyright and Media, “Artificial Intelligence”). — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 684

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the surveillance-school view of China’s data platforms as a distinct state-led extractive model. — connects to: Social quantification is a core policy goal and geopolitical arena in China — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 50; Data colonialism is jointly driven by corporate and state power — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 162; China’s cloudalists are fused with state functions that Silicon Valley lacks — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, 579
• SHARE: A concrete, citable policy reference for anyone tracking Chinese state data practices.

Broader Connections

• China’s cloudalists are fused with state functions that Silicon Valley lacks #expands (0.82) — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism, 579
• Data colonialism is jointly driven by corporate and state power #complicates (0.75) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 162