The city government in Beijing has outlined plans to subsidize companies that buy Chinese-made processors, according to a report published by Hong Kong’s SCMP. The draft policy has a strong emphasis on GPUs as they have been most badly affected by US export controls, and China desperately needs GPUs to advance its AI initiatives.
The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology will provide undisclosed subsidies towards the purchase of domestically made GPUs to “expedite the supply of controllable intelligent computing resources,” says a draft policy document. The aim, perhaps optimistically, is that Beijing will achieve “self-sufficiency” with regard to computing infrastructure by 2027.
