HowInnovativeIsChinainAI?HODANOMAARAUGUST26,2024China’srelentlessdriveandstrategicinvestmentsinAIsuggestitisonlyamatteroftimebeforeitcatchesup—ifnotsurpasses—theUnitedStates’earlyleadinAI.KEYTAKEAWAYSChinaisthegloballeaderinAIresearchpublicationsandisneckandneckwiththeUnitedStatesongenerativeAI.However,China’sresearchpublicationshavelessimpactthanU.S.ones,withfewercitationsandlessprivate-sectorinvolvement.TsinghuaUniversityinBeijingisthebreedinggroundforChina'sleadingAIstart-ups,includingfourofthecountry’s“AItigers”—ZhipuAI,BaichuanAI,MoonshotAI,andMiniMax—whichwereallfoundedbyfacultyandalumni.Chineselargelanguagemodelsareclosingtheperform...