Six departments: Develop "Artificial Intelligence + E-commerce" and guide e-commerce companies to strengthen the research and application of large AI models and other technologies.

Mars Finance news. On April 6, the Ministry of Commerce and six other departments issued guidance on better serving the real economy and promoting the high-quality development of e-commerce. It mentions that support will be provided for leading e-commerce companies to increase R&D investment, strengthen core technology breakthroughs in key areas, and build an innovation ecosystem of “industry-university-research collaboration and learning-to-application transformation.” Develop “artificial intelligence + e-commerce,” guide e-commerce companies to strengthen R&D and application of technologies such as AI large models, optimize the consumer experience, reduce operating costs, and improve distribution efficiency. Encourage e-commerce companies to use technology for good, and coordinate stakeholders’ interests to optimize algorithm rules. Strengthen judicial protection of technical achievements in the e-commerce sector, explore establishing rules such as evidence disclosure and exclusion of evidence obstruction, and appropriately reduce the evidentiary burden on rights holders. Carry out selection of cases for e-commerce technology innovation and applications, and further deepen the application of digital technologies. (Ministry of Commerce)