(Yicai) Feb. 2 -- Members of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference are set to submit proposals at the opening of the city’s annual Two Sessions today, focusing on emerging sectors such as artificial intelligence and the low-altitude economy to support Shanghai’s goal of becoming an international science and innovation center.

AI is entering a critical phase, shifting from technological breakthroughs to large-scale industrial implementation, with compliance in AI training data usage emerging as a key bottleneck, You Minjian, founder of Co-Effort Law Firm, told Yicai ahead of the meetings.

You plans to propose piloting a compliance mechanism for AI training data usage in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area to establish an institutional high ground for the AI industry. He also suggested leveraging Shanghai’s international legal services to set up an international dispute resolution center addressing cross-border copyright disputes and data flow compliance issues related to AI training.

Medical health corpora form the foundation of AI applications in healthcare, and the government should introduce policies encouraging enterprises and research institutions to increase investment in research and development, cultivate specialized talent, and promote deeper integration of medical corpora with clinical practice and industry demand, Jiang Feng, vice chairman and president of software developer Wonders Information, told Yicai.

Zhu Zhen, president of digital marketing service provider e-Buy Information Technology, will submit proposals on developing the low-altitude industry. He said Shanghai has already built a relatively complete ecosystem covering drones and electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, with pilot applications underway in logistics delivery, emergency rescue, and urban governance.

Shanghai should accelerate the transition of the low-altitude industry from pilot programs to commercial operations by prioritizing application areas with clear demand, identifiable paying entities, and quantifiable benefits, while forming standardized solutions, Zhu said.

At the Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of last year, the country proposed expanding the construction of Shanghai as an international science and innovation center to include Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui provinces in the Yangtze River Delta, setting higher expectations for the city, Shen Kaiyan, director of the Institute of Economics at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, told Yicai.

Using integrated circuits as an example, Shen said Shanghai should focus on Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park as a core hub and collaborate with Wuxi in Jiangsu and Hefei in Anhui to jointly build an innovation ecosystem for the integrated circuit industry chain, tackling challenges in advanced processes and key equipment.

Shanghai should also leverage its strengths in AI and computing infrastructure, focusing on key areas such as humanoid robots to drive industrial innovation and coordinated development among enterprises across the Yangtze River Delta, she added.

Editors: Dou Shicong; Emmi Laine