China wants legal sector to be AI-powered by 2025 / Supreme People's Court issues directive for an artificial intelligence network to be in place by 2025 to support and enhance legal services

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According to China Daily, the high court over the past decade has been working to drive the adoption of technology in the sector.In May, it announced plans to set up a judicial blockchain-based alliance between Chinese courts and other sectors by 2025, with the aim to fuel the integration of law and technology and better support socioeconomic development.The Chinese government previously laid out plans to make AI the key driving force of the country's economic growth, including its goal to be a global leader in AI by 2030.In September this year, it said it would add another 50 high-tech zones by 2030, crediting these industrial development sites for fuelling China's GDP and achieving "breakthroughs" in AI, quantum computing, and 5G communications.The nation's first AI chip and quantum communication satellite were developed by scientists and companies working within the high-tech zones."

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