Toward an Intelligent Tomorrow

Robin Li,CEO of Internet giant Baidu,foresees artificial intelligence (AI) changing our lives and ways of production.Li is also a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),the top political advisory body.He talked with Beijing Review reporter Zhao Wei about the proposals he has submitted at the annual CPPCC session,which kicked off on March 4,Baidu's recent innovations,and China's position in global Al technology.This is an edited excerpt of his interview.

Toward an Intelligent Tomorrow

Beijing Review: What are your proposals for this year's session? Robin Li: The first one is about accelerating the commercialization of self-driving vehicles] and the utilization of intelligent transportation to ease traffic congestion so that people can travel in a more eco-friendly and convenient way. This will help achieve the goal of peaking carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and achieving carbon neu-trality ahead of 2060.