BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) signed an agreement with east China’s Anhui Province to support its intelligent voice industry, according to the report by the Xinhua-run China Securities Journal.
According to the agreement, the MIIT and Anhui Provincial People’s Government will jointly build the intelligent voice industry cluster base in Anhui’s capital city Hefei into a national highland in about five years.
The agreement covers five aspects including joint promotion of artificial intelligence technology innovation, application, industry cluster development, world-class activity organization in intelligent voice.
The MIIT specifies that it will support intelligent enterprises in Anhui to take part in national key projects.
Moreover, the MIIT will work together with Anhui Province to promote the application of artificial intelligence technology in key sectors including telecommunications, household appliances, automobile, smart hospital, smart school and so on. (Edited by Zhang Yuan, zhangyuan11@xinhua.org)