It will inject new momentum into Shaanxi's efforts to develop into an inland hub for reform and opening-up, as well as contribute to the development of China's high-level opening-up," said Shi Gaoling, deputy secretary of the Party working committee of the Yangling Demonstration Area and deputy director of the management committee of the area.

Zhou Xiao, an assistant professor at Renmin University of China's Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence, listed some examples of AI that can be used in daily life, including those that compete with humans in playing games such as Go.

Zhang Lei's more than $50 billion investment firm may raise about $4 billion to be split between its flagship Gaoling Fund and the Hillhouse China Value fund, said one of the people, who asked not to be named discussing private information.

For example, prosecutors in Fujian province set up a liaison station in the provincial governor's office in a bid to enhance the supervision over forestry resources, while prosecutors from Gaoling district in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, jointly set up a work office with the local social governance agency to solve environmental problems by helping initiate public interest litigation.