The following is a translation of the “About Us” page of the website of the International Science and Technology Information Center (ITIC), a government-run open-source S&T intelligence provider in Shenzhen, a tech hub in southern China. ITIC claims to use AI models to analyze all of the major global academic and corporate S&T literature databases so as to identify emerging trends in research and technology. The center makes its tools—notably its “Sci-Brain” or “S&T Supermind” platform—and underlying data available to the entire population of Shenzhen, free of charge.
An archived version of the Chinese source text is available online at: https://perma.cc/8TVN-EXPY
International Science and Technology Information Center: Introduction to the Center
The International Science and Technology Information Center (ITIC) was approved for construction in 2021. It was stood up in accordance with the important deployments of the Opinions of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and the State Council on Supporting the Construction in Shenzhen of a Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Head Start Demonstration Zone, under the leadership of the Shenzhen City Party Committee and the city government, thanks to the coordinated overall planning of the Shenzhen City Science and Technology Innovation Commission. It jointly constructed the “Sci-Brain” (“科技超脑”) Digital Intelligent Platform in coordination with four parties: Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen Science and Technology Library (also known as Shenzhen University Town Library), the Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, and National Supercomputing Center Shenzhen (also known as Shenzhen Cloud Computing Center).
ITIC includes four sub-centers under its umbrella: the Science and Technology (S&T) Information Intelligence Center (科技信息情报中心), the S&T Literature Service Center, the Future Industries Research Center, and the Data Infrastructure Center. ITIC is dedicated to creating a digital intelligent platform (数智平台) for systems including S&T literature, scientific data, intelligence and information (情报信息), high-end think tanks, and intelligent services. ITIC will continue to provide the most cutting-edge, most inclusive services in areas such as S&T literature intelligence (科技文献情报), scientific field databases, and future industry strategic consulting to scientific research personnel throughout the entire city.
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