China quietly competes with billionaire Elon Musk's Neuralink

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) published a document on January 29 outlining a large-scale plan to promote cutting-edge technologies. MIIT said it wants to achieve hundreds of technological breakthroughs by creating iconic products by 2025, including brain-computer interfaces similar to the brain chip implant technology of billionaire Elon Musk’s Neuralink.

Neuralink's brain chip implant surgery robot Photo: Dezeen

According to the document, MIIT revealed that it wants to make breakthroughs in key technologies and core devices such as the integration of computer and neural technology, brain simulation chips, computational models simulating brain activity, developing some easy-to-use technologies and safe brain-computer interface products; and at the same time, it encourages the exploration of applications in typical fields such as medical rehabilitation, unmanned vehicles and virtual reality.

According to Business Insider, China is also accelerating technological breakthroughs such as GPU chips and quantum computers. China's ambition is to become a pioneer in these fields by 2027.

China has been actively working on brain-computer interfaces in recent years, including devices that could compete with Neuralink. The brain chip that provides the processing power, called Brain Talker, was launched in 2019 by Tianjin University and a Chinese state-owned electronics group.

The Chinese government also funds a brain-computer interface research lab in Tianjin, where 60 scientists are working. Researchers at Tsinghua University in Beijing have also developed a device called SprialE that can connect the human brain to a computer by inserting it into the ear, without the need for surgery thanks to its spiral design.

The MIIT document outlines China's ambition to mass produce humanoid robots by 2025.

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