China and Japan need to cooperate on more innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) to resolve problems regarding healthcare, population aging and climate change, among others, according to a sub-forum of the 17th Beijing-Tokyo Forum held between Oct. 25 and 26.

Liu Song, vice president of PingCAP – an open-source database developer in China – believes that AI development is still "weak" and significant space exists for China and Japan to "explore and cooperate in technologies including Internet of Things, cloud computing and data processing."

Japanese expert on finance Hiromi Yamaoka noted that data collection via proper and high-quality systems is integral to optimizing AI for the delivery of concrete benefits to the people. 

Yamaoka spoke to a number of concerns regarding data collection, such as biased data gathering, privacy exposure and the compromising of cybersecurity networks. He hopes China and Japan can cooperate on establishing a framework that strikes a balance between data collection, individual privacy and dignity protection.  

According to the sub-forum, the development of AI and a digital economy doesn't simply mean generating digital technologies or products, but establishing a comprehensive system, one that should include environmental service, infrastructure support, technology support, standards and rules, and more.

As for Sino-Japan data cooperation, Liu told China.org.cn that China has both advantages and shortcomings. On the one hand, China boasts advantages in both quantity and quality of data application and has already introduced relevant laws, including the cybersecurity law, data security law and personal information protection law. Conversely, the country still needs to better handle moral issues around data application and big data-enabled price discrimination against existing customers. Thus, China and Japan can complement each other when it comes to using AI and data for the sake of their citizens. 

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