"Foreigners visiting China often feel the'future shock 'and are shocked by the towering skyscrapers, high-speed railways, giant bridges, ubiquitous electric cars, super apps and three-fold smartphones."

An article titled "China is Building the Future" published on the Atlantic Monthly website on October 30 focused on the development of China's science and technology and believed that the United States should face up to China's advantages and cooperate in some areas to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

Screenshot of the Atlantic Monthly report

The authors of the article visited Shenzhen Hunan North this year. The authors noted that compared to fifteen years ago, there are now more stands for China Hunan North sales countries, and the products are also more interesting and creative, such as LED backpacks, dancing mini-robots, and so on.

The article said that more and more electronics are being produced in China, and thousands of small factories, design studios and electronics vendors have emerged like a rainy spring, and they all master the method of rapidly developing, producing and selling new products. and this bottom-up, open and inclusive manufacturing ecosystem has eventually given birth to large Chinese technology companies such as Huawei and DJI.

The article holds that Chinese science and technology enterprises have a remarkable common feature: independent production of hardware. For example, because its products can be rapidly prototyped, improved and shipped on a large scale, Chinese technology companies can more easily develop new products. In addition, the success of these enterprises also benefits from China's existing suppliers, infrastructure and technological capabilities. China's electricity prices are cheap, construction speed is fast, and the workforce has many different skills. Even if some of these companies' attempts are unsuccessful, the employee skills cultivated and the supply chain established in the process can be applied to other industries in the future.

In addition, the fierce competition in the domestic market has also prompted Chinese enterprises to seek differentiated development and drive the diversification of China's technology industry. For example, in the field of artificial intelligence, China is pursuing not only the scaling of large language models, such as "deep search", is in the lead in improving the technical architecture efficiency of AI models, and significantly reduced costs; many start-ups focus on artificial intelligence; and also enterprises focus on industrial applications of artificial intelligence, such as aged care or police patrol.

Competition has also pushed China companies to actively embrace artificial intelligence technology. From electric vehicle companies to home appliance brands, China companies are racing to integrate the latest artificial intelligence models into their products. The concept of "open source" is also widely accepted by China's artificial intelligence industry. China companies regularly publish information such as the weights and training methods of artificial intelligence models-basically allowing users to download, modify and adjust models for free.

The author believes that in the near future, China's artificial intelligence technology may become the standard in many parts of the world, especially in countries in the global south, thereby attracting more developers to China, enhancing the competitiveness of Chinese technology and shaping global technology standards.

The article concludes that the United States and China will and should continue to compete, but in specific areas, the two sides can achieve mutual benefit and win-win results by strengthening cooperation. If the United States refuses to face up to China's advantages out of arrogance or hostility, it may eventually become a more closed, protectionist country-by which time American people will have to use expensive "Made in America" products, bear high electricity prices, and the strength of universities will decline.

Translated by Jules