Cooperation key to speed up tech breakthroughs

Experts， officials point to risks posed to world economy by potential decoupling

Greater international cooperation is needed to explore technological frontiers such as computer－brain interface technologies and artificial intelligence， which are widely seen as key future drivers of global economic growth， officials and experts said．

Highlighting that decoupling in crucial technologies will only slow down the world economy， they called on Chinese companies to have a problem－solving mindset and to accelerate the drive for breakthroughs in core sectors．

The comments came as AI is grabbing global headlines．