Uzoamaka U.
China has taken significant steps into the metaverse space with recent Web3 ventures in various cities. Sichuan is one of these cities supporting the Web3 space.
In recent development, China’s Sichuan authorities have unveiled a draft action plan to foster metaverse technology. This initiative includes creating industrial parks for virtual world developers, establishing research labs, and promoting digital transformation. The government welcomes public input on its action plan until August 22.
Advancing Key Industries
Sichuan’s goal is to grow the metaverse sector to 250 billion yuan by 2025. This involves a focus on tech innovation, overcoming technological challenges, and applying the metaverse tech in various sectors, like culture, tourism, healthcare, education, and agriculture.
The technologies include virtual, augmented, and mixed-reality. Also, the province will conduct research in fields, such as eye-tracking, haptic feedback, and human brain-computer interaction.
This will play a crucial role in creating a metaverse representation of the province through an open platform geared towards enabling data exchange.
An aspect of Sichuan’s initiative involves creating “service-oriented” artificial humans by using graphics tech. This will mimic human traits by harnessing advanced facial technology and advanced language models. These artificial humans will be utilized in education, consulting, healthcare, and performing arts.
Sichuan’s metaverse vision aligns with the socialist principles championed by President Xi Jinping, serving as a testament to their commitment. This initiative encompasses a strategy aimed at harmonizing the economies of more than 20 cities within the Yangtze Delta region.
Chinese Cities Are Interested In Web3
Recently, Shanghai unveiled a plan to promote the development of its urban blockchain digital infrastructure system from 2023 to 2025. Furthermore, Nanjing introduced a metaverse platform to foster research and development. These initiatives accelerate digital evolution across diverse sectors in the country.
It’s important to note that earlier this year, China’s national internet authority implemented strong actions. This is all in a bid to limit the incorporation of non-socialist principles in artificial intelligence models.
