BEIJING - Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) have emerged as key priorities for chief information officers (CIO) in China to help drive efficiencies and business performance, according to a recent report.Improving efficiencies through automation has risen to be one of the top priorities for China CIOs, replacing delivering consistent and stable IT performance to the business, a top priority from 2017, according to a joint survey by global recruitment consultancy and IT outsourcing service provider Harvey Nash and auditing and consultancy firm KPMG.The survey features insights from 3,958 CIOs and technology leaders, including 85 from China, across 84 countries and regions.Nearly half of the China respondents identified improving insights and decision making through AI as a key business priority, compared to 22 percent of their global peers.We see China CIOs actively reviewing their operating models to organize themselves in a more agile way. They are increasingly having to adapt quickly to changing business needs and are becoming more digital in everything they do and in the way they support, said James O'Callaghan, partner and head of technology enablement and technology consulting at KPMG China, Hong Kong.The growing importance of automation and AI among China CIOs is reflected in their investment plans. Thirty percent of China CIOs indicated they had not yet invested in robotic process automation but were planning to do so, compared to 18 percent globally.Meanwhile, nearly half of China respondents said they were currently investing in AI or machine learning, and an additional 26 percent were planning to invest in those technologies.Nearly 70 percent of China CIOs expect their IT budget to increase over the next 12 months, significantly higher than the 48 percent global average. nike silicone wristbandsmiscarriage awareness silicone braceletsimages of rubber band braceletsbusiness silicone wristbandssilicone wristband
Chinese merchant ships sail from Sanya to Gulf of Aden under the protection of a convoy led by the PLA Navy missile destroyer Wuhan on Jan 6, 2009. [File photo/Xinhua] BEIJING -- For the past decade, a message that reads We are the Chinese Navy escort fleet, please call us on channel 16 if you need help has always been broadcasted in both Chinese and English to passing ships on the Gulf of Aden. The message sent by escort fleets dispatched by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy has become a signal of safety for many merchant ships. Fleets dispatched by the Chinese Navy, whose 70th founding anniversary falls on April 23, have escorted more than 6,600 vessels on the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia since their first escort mission in December 2008. The Chinese Navy sent its 32nd fleet, the most recent one, to the area for an escort mission in early April. The Chinese Navy also engages in missions in other parts of the world. In March 2015, a Chinese naval vessel evacuated 621 Chinese citizens and over 270 people of other nationalities out of Yemen, which was in a civil war, in nine days. In December 2014, a Chinese fleet delivered 960 tonnes of fresh water to 150,000 people in the Maldives, whose desalination plant was on fire. The naval hospital ship Peace Ark, designed and manufactured by China, has traveled to 43 countries and regions and provided medical services to over 230,000 people since it was put into service over 10 years ago. In 2018, Peace Ark concluded a 205-day-long journey, which covered a distance of 31,800 nautical miles (about 58,894 km), during which medical personnel aboard the ship conducted 288 surgical operations and provided treatment and medical check services to 50,884 people. cool silicone wristbands for guyscheap fitness tracker wristbandpersonalized mother daughter braceletsrubber band bracelet makercustom wristbands<%2fcenter>
