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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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Notice of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on the Publication of the “Project Management Measures for the Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Project for Transfer and Conversion of Scientific and Technological Achievements”

January 21, 2021

See our original translation of a 2016 PRC document that lays out project management guidelines for Chinese Academy of Sciences projects designed to encourage the adaptation of technological breakthroughs for commercial or other practical use.

Translation

Chinese Academy of Sciences Action and Implementation Plan for the Special Project on Transfer and Conversion of Scientific and Technological Achievements

January 21, 2021

See our original translation of a 2016 plan from the Chinese Academy of Sciences that aims to encourage its scientists to adapt their discoveries for commercial or other practical uses.

Translation

Guiding Opinions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Accelerating the Promotion of Transfer and Conversion of Scientific and Technological Achievements

January 21, 2021

See our original translation of a 2016 PRC document issued by the Chinese Academy of Sciences about its efforts to encourage scientists to find practical applications for their technological innovations.

Translation

State Council Notice on the Publication of Certain Regulations on Implementing the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Promoting the Conversion of Scientific and Technological Achievements

January 21, 2021

See our original translation of 2016 PRC regulations that aimed to create clearer and stronger financial incentives for institutions and individuals to convert scientific breakthroughs into commercially viable or otherwise practical applications.

Translation

Law of the People’s Republic of China on Promoting the Conversion of Scientific and Technological Achievements

January 21, 2021

See our original translation of China's law on the "conversion of S&T achievements," originally enacted in 1996 and amended in 2015.

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Notice on the Publication of “Certain Opinions on Promoting Curricula Merging at ‘Double World-Class’ Institutes of Higher Education and on Accelerating the Cultivation of Graduate Students in the AI Field” by the Ministry of Education, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Finance

January 21, 2021

See our original translation of a 2020 PRC document recommending a number of measures to improve China's system for cultivating AI talent.

Translation

Notice of the General Office of the State Council on the Publication of the Action Plan for Promoting the Transfer and Conversion of Scientific and Technological Achievements

January 21, 2020

See our original translation of a PRC government action plan that lays out numerous institutional measures to spur the conversion of technological breakthroughs into commercial or practical uses.

Translation

Certain Opinions of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology on Strengthening Work to Transfer and Convert the Scientific and Technical Achievements of Institutes of Higher Learning

January 21, 2021

See our original translation of a 2016 PRC document, issued by the Ministry of Education, establishing guidelines for how Chinese universities should convert their research breakthroughs into commercial or otherwise practical use.

Translation

Administrative Measures to Motivate Leading Personnel of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to Hold Concurrent Positions and to Convert Scientific and Technological Achievements

January 21, 2021

See our original translation of a 2016 PRC document from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Reports

The U.S. AI Workforce

Diana Gehlhaus and Santiago Mutis
| January 2021

As the United States seeks to maintain a competitive edge in artificial intelligence, the strength of its AI workforce will be of paramount importance. In order to understand the current state of the domestic AI workforce, Diana Gehlhaus and Santiago Mutis define the AI workforce and offer a preliminary assessment of its size, composition, and key characteristics. Among their findings: The domestic supply of AI talent consisted of an estimated 14 million workers (or about 9% of total U.S. employment) as of 2018.