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CSET produces evidence-driven analysis in a variety of forms, from informative graphics and translations to expert testimony and published reports. Our key areas of inquiry are the foundations of artificial intelligence — such as talent, data and computational power — as well as how AI can be used in cybersecurity and other national security settings. We also do research on the policy tools that can be used to shape AI’s development and use, and on biotechnology.

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China’s Military AI Wish List

Emelia Probasco, Sam Bresnick, and Cole McFaul
| February 2026

This report examines thousands of Chinese-language open-source requests for proposal (RFPs) published by the People’s Liberation Army between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2024. The RFPs the authors reviewed offer insights into the PLA’s priorities and ambitions for AI-enabled military technologies associated with C5ISRT: command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting.

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Application Guidelines for the 2018 First Annual Batch of Projects for the “Technology and Equipment for Public Security Risk Prevention and Control and Emergency Response” Key Special Project (Judicial Thematic Tasks)

August 16, 2021

A CSET original translation of a 2018 PRC Ministry of Science and Technology announcement.

Translation

35 Key “Stranglehold” Technologies

August 16, 2021

See our original translation of a 2018 Chinese Ministry of Education Article.

Translation

Notice on Regulating the Promotion of Cybersecurity Competitions

May 13, 2021

See our original translation of a 2018 PRC notice on cybersecurity competitions.

Translation

Outline of the People’s Republic of China 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and Long-Range Objectives for 2035

May 13, 2021

Read our original translation of China's 14th Five-Year Plan, which was passed by the National People's Congress in March, 2021, and covers the years 2021-2025.

Translation

Notice of the Ministry of Commerce on Focusing on Constructing the New Development Pattern and Doing a Good Job of Stabilizing Foreign Investment

April 29, 2021

Read our original translation of a 2021 PRC notice from China's Ministry of Commerce detailing new policies to encourage foreign investment in key sectors.

Translation

A Study of Shenzhen’s International Technology Transfer Model and Measures to Improve It

April 29, 2021

Read our original translation of a PRC report about establishing a technology transfer center in Shenzhen, China

Translation

Miao Wei: Advancing the High-Quality Development of the Manufacturing Industry

April 15, 2021

Read our original translation of a 2021 speech from the former PRC Minister of Industry and Information Technology.

Translation

Notice of the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs, and the State Taxation Administration on Import Duty Policies to Support the Development of the Integrated Circuit Industry and the Software Industry

April 15, 2021

See our original translation of a 2021 PRC government notice regarding import exemptions related to semiconductor manufacturing.

Translation

Draft Resolutions Have Been Prepared Concerning the Allocation of 16.5 Billion Rubles in Subsidies for the Development of AI in Russia

April 15, 2021

See our original translation of a 2021 document from the Russian Ministry of Economic Development.

Translation

Development of Artificial Intelligence

April 15, 2021

See our original translation of a 2019 Russian notice from the Ministry of Economic Development.