China has built and launched a super-powerful artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to directly harness its national supercomputing network and conduct high-level scientific research itself.
The project was launched on December 23, a month after US President Donald Trump unveiled the Genesis Mission – an “AI Manhattan Project” aimed at securing US technological dominance.
While the U.S. plan is subject to a tight deadline, requiring proof of progress within 270 days, China has already deployed its system on a large scale, serving more than a thousand potential institutional users nationwide.
The new AI agent can execute simple commands in natural language, then independently decompose complex research tasks, allocate computing power, run simulations, analyze data and generate comprehensive scientific reports – without the need for constant human monitoring, according to the official China Science Daily.
The system runs on China’s National Supercomputing Network (SCNet), a high-speed digital infrastructure connecting more than 30 supercomputing centers across the country.
It supports nearly 100 scientific workflows in areas such as materials science, biotechnology, and industrial AI.
