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President Xi Jinping recently held a rare meeting at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People with some of the biggest names in China’s technology sector. Four years back, tech regulations in China and the government’s approach toward the tech sector were quite different than what it is shaping up to be today. Jack Ma, in particular, was once a high-profile target of Chinese regulators, disappearing from public view for several months after his criticizing speech against Xi in 2020.
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According to analysts, this change implies how policymakers are now concerned about slowing growth and the US’s efforts to limit China’s technological development. Meeting with tech leaders such as Alibaba’s Jack Ma, Jinping strongly urged them to “show their talent” and remain confident in the power of China’s model and market.
“The line-up of entrepreneurs suggests that Xi’s priority for the private sector is for it to support his goals of achieving technological self-reliance and supply-chain security”
– Neil Thomas, a fellow on Chinese politics at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis.
Gathering business leaders has been a pro-move by the President that underscores the importance of private sector innovation and the role it is playing in the global AI arms race. In light of this, Jinping has noted that private businesses have “broad prospects and great promise” to create wealth and opportunity. There is an inherent advantage in developing new industries with China’s governance and the scale of its market.
“It is the right time for the majority of private business and entrepreneurs to show their talent”.
-President Xi Jinping
Analysts note how gaining ground in technology is crucial for China as it races against the US for AI supremacy.
“It’s a tacit acknowledgement that the Chinese government needs private-sector firms for its tech rivalry with the United States. The government has no choice but to support them if it wants to compete with the United States.”
-Christopher Beddor, deputy China research director at Gavekal Dragonomics in Hong Kong.
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A team of developers working in unison to create the company’s messaging application.
Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)
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Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is a global technology company. On February 18, the company announced that its developer conference for 2025, LlamaCon, will take place on April 29. The conference will be discussing Meta’s latest open-source AI developments, an event driven by the growth and interest in Meta’s open-source Llama collection of models and tools.
These developments will in turn help developers build amazing apps and products, whether as a start-up or at scale. Meta has also highlighted September 17 – 18 as dates for another key event. With Meta Connect en route, this annual conference will be showcasing its latest virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and artificial intelligence (AI) innovations.
Overall META ranks 1st on our list of the AI stocks on investors’ radar. While we acknowledge the potential of META as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than META but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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