Beijing ramps up computing power to boost ‘token economy’ in tech race with USThe surge in compute capacity underpins Beijing’s ambition to establish itself as a national ‘AI highland’2-MIN READ2-MIN0ListenPublished: 6:30pm, 22 Jul 2026Beijing is ramping up its computing power and unveiling new policies to boost the city’s “token economy”, as China accelerates AI adoption across key industries in its tech race with the US.The Chinese capital aims to add another 50,000 petaflops of intelligent computing power in the second half of 2026, pushing its total capacity over 130,000 petaflops by the end of the year, the Beijing-municipal-bureau-of-economy-and-information-technology" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="169392" data-entity-type="organization">Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology said at a press briefing on Tuesday.One petaflop is equal to 1 trillion calculations per second.Select VoiceSelect Speed0.8x0.9x1.0x1.1x1.2x1.5x1.75x00:0000:001.00x
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Beijing ramps up computing power to boost ‘token economy’ in tech race with US
Beijing is significantly increasing its computing power and introducing new policies to foster its "token economy" as part of China's accelerated adoption of artificial intelligence. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology announced plans to add 50,000 petaflops of intelligent computing power in the latter half of 2026, aiming for a total capacity exceeding 130,000 petaflops by year-end.
Iris Deng,Ben JiangSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-22 · 10:30 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Beijing is significantly increasing its computing power and introducing new policies to foster its "token economy" as part of China's accelerated adoption of artificial intelligence. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology announced plans to add 50,000 petaflops of intelligent computing power in the latter half of 2026, aiming for a total capacity exceeding 130,000 petaflops by year-end. This initiative supports Beijing's goal of becoming a national "AI highland" amidst a technological competition with the United States. The surge in compute capacity is a key element in China's strategy to advance AI across various industries.
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This will push Beijing's total computing capacity over 130,000 petaflops by the end of 2026.
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The Chinese capital aims to add another 50,000 petaflops of intelligent computing power in the second half of 2026.
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Beijing is ramping up its computing power and unveiling new policies to boost the city’s “token economy”.
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China is accelerating AI adoption across key industries in its tech race with the US.
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Beijing aims to establish itself as a national ‘AI highland’.
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