China's Premier urges companies to use AI and clean energy

18-06-2025 21:11 HKT

Chinese Premier Li Qiang attends a conference of the theme "Building Consensus on Development to Promote Global Common Prosperity", with other leaders from international economic organisations, in Beijing, China December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Shubing Wang/File Photo

Chinese Premier Li Qiang called for companies to use artificial intelligence and clean energy to advance industrial transformation, state media reported on Wednesday.

Li also urged businesses to use policies such as the consumer goods trade-in scheme to unleash demand potential, and vowed to create a good business environment for foreign companies to invest in China, according to state media.

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