Hefei, a city in east China's Anhui province, said in its recent government work report that the city will support future industries such as the metaverse, superconductivity and precision medicine.
The city will also create a number of leading enterprises, technologies and advanced products in these areas, the work report says.
Similarly, the city of Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province said it would accelerate digital industrial development in its government work report, which was read by the city's mayor on Tuesday. The city aims to promote the integration of the real economy with tech industries related to the metaverse, big data and cloud computing.
The city will also create a pilot zone for innovative development of new-generation artificial intelligence (AI), as well as five industrial parks for the digital economy.
Meanwhile, a Shanghai government official also said at a press conference on Wednesday that the city will vigorously develop new business areas such as the metaverse, digital economy and green low-carbon industries.
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Industrial development of the metaverse
Local governments in China are set to announce plans for industrial development of the metaverse at a time when the metaverse has become a popular concept both in China and abroad. Leading Chinese tech giants, including Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent, are hoping to get started with the metaverse through methods such as registering metaverse trademarks or launching related apps.
Fu Liang, an independent technology analyst, said that since the metaverse concept includes hard technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual humans, it is important for local governments to take advantage of the concept and develop policies to support relevant technologies.
"Local governments can develop policies to attract leading tech companies and relevant talent, technology and supply chains to the city to create economies of scale," Fu Liang said.
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