Voices of tech entrepreneurs from the two sessions

2. Robin Li Yanhong, chairman and CEO of leading Chinese search engine Baidu Inc and a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Key words: artificial intelligence, self-driving, tax reduction

In his proposal, Li called for preferential funding and tax policies, encouraging enterprises to open their artificial intelligence platforms and technologies, as well as fostering a batch of national AI open platforms with strong competitiveness and great influence.

In addition, Li said the eligibility criteria for self-driving vehicles' operation should be clarified as soon as possible, and the authorities should issue licenses to suitable enterprises. Moreover, companies that meet certain requirements should be encouraged to take a lead in carrying out self-driving operational services, he said.