China Pursues AI Self-Reliance and Open Cooperation: Smart Compute Hits 2,185 EFLOPS, 70 Compute Corridors, Agriculture Model on 2M Mu in ASEAN

A signed article stresses China should pair AI self-reliance with open cooperation. Hugging Face's 2026 spring report shows Chinese open-source model downloads reached 41% of the global total, surpassing the U.S. for first place with cumulative downloads past 10 billion. Scenario cooperation turns tech edge into cooperation stickiness: China's agriculture AI model serves over 2 million mu of farms in China and ASEAN, cutting labor over 20%. By end-June China's intelligent compute scale reached 2,185 EFLOPS with over 70 compute corridors built around hubs; the NDRC's AI cooperation action plan proposes smart-compute inclusiveness and standards alignment for developing countries. With half the world's top AI talent from China yet a 2.62 engineer demand-supply gap, two-way talent flow is the last link to win the global AI race.

Source: People’s Daily / China Youth Net, Oct 30, 2026 | 2026-10-30