(Yicai) July 3 -- China will accelerate establishing a system of artificial intelligence industry standards to cope with the sector's rapid development.

China aims to have more than 50 new national and industry standards for AI by 2026, with more than 1,000 firms implementing and promoting them , according to a document released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and three other departments yesterday. The country also aims to participate in formulating over 20 global standards in this sector, it added.

Establishing AI industry standards will focus on seven key directions: basic common standards, basic support standards, key technical standards, intelligent product and service standards, new industrialization enabling standards, industry application standards, and security governance standards, the document showed.

The integration of standards and technological innovations will promote the AI industry, help unify the functional and performance requirements of AI products, improve product quality and user experience, remove more technical barriers between firms, and enhance collaboration between upstream and downstream supply chain entities, Wang Peng, associate researcher at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, told Yicai.

The document covers nearly all parts and subjects related to the development of the AI industry, said Wu Shenkuo, deputy director of the Internet Society of China's research center. This provides a map of the sector's future and is also conducive to integration with global standards and improvement of China's AI industry's competitiveness worldwide, Wu added.

China hosted more than 4,500 AI companies with a core industry output of more than CNY578 billion (USD79.5 billion) last year, up 14 percent from a year earlier, according to official figures.

On July 1, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution spearheaded by China on enhancing global cooperation for AI capacity building, winning the support of more than 140 countries, Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday.

Editors: Dou Shicong, Martin Kadiev