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Story summary
- China aims to make AI a new growth engine, while analysts warn it will widen regional inequality.
- Lynn Song of ING warned AI gains will be uneven, while Liam Sides, associate director, Oxford Economics, said Shanghai and Shenzhen benefit most.
- Beijing pledged AI to support common prosperity agenda.
- Coastal cities have an AI edge from tech clusters, universities and governments, while smaller cities and rural areas may fall behind.
