China hasn’t announced it wants to run the country by AI. It’s just getting on with it.
If a country delivers public services at 99.8% completion via AI — what does that mean for how the rest of the world thinks about governance and competition?
China’s new Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) applies AI across government, industry and social governance. Xi’an’s AI platform handles 5.8M citizen requests/year at 99.8% completion. This isn’t a pilot.