On June 14th, the co-chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, touched down in Beijing, commencing a visit after a four-year interlude.
The Tesla CEO Musk's "China Tour" was met with high-level meetings from the Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Ministry of Commerce.
Beyond Gates and Musk, numerous world-leading figures in politics and business have likewise flocked to China. On March 24th, Apple CEO Tim Cook graced China with his presence; on May 24th, the Chairman and CEO of General Motors, Mary Barra, made her sojourn; on May 30th, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson embarked on his visit, the same day that Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk arrived. The following day, on May 31st, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon touched down.
In addition, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Citibank CEO Jane Fraser, and LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault, among others, have all sequentially conducted diplomatic visits to China.
The influx of global luminaries to China suggests that our nation's business sphere may be on the cusp of monumental events. Clarity dawned when the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently announced a groundbreaking technological breakthrough.
The Academy has developed an ultra-high integration optical convolutional processor, whose computation and processing speed is a thousandfold of traditional electronic chips. The working principle and internal structure of this chip diverge entirely from conventional ones. Its manufacturing process bypasses the need for photolithography machines. The power of AI lies in its ability to execute extremely complex computations, a process that necessitates the backing of high-speed processing chips. Although the AI systems currently at our disposal are impressively intelligent, their calculation speed struggles to keep pace, causing interactions to lag. AI is currently running on a test basis within a limited scope. In the future, when it's ready for comprehensive deployment across all industries, there will be a substantial demand for processing chips to support its functioning. Once the Chinese Academy of Sciences' technology enters mass production, it promises to revolutionize the entire AI market landscape. And foresightedly positioning themselves and sniffing out these business opportunities is precisely the core value of these commercial operators.
Today, the chasms in international relations extend beyond the political sphere, delving into public sentiment. Meeting Musk and welcoming numerous foreign executives to China sends a signal to the global community. It's a message that China welcomes global entrepreneurs to invest within its borders, expressing our willingness to share in mutual growth rather than to decouple and sever ties.