Annotated Translation The following document, issued by China's Ministry of Education in 2018, announces the formation of the Ministry's Artificial Intelligence Technology Innovation Expert Group and lists all members of the group. CSET has annotated this translation with additional information about each group member, gleaned from publicly available information. Title Notice of the Office of the Ministry of Education Regarding the Establishment of the Ministry of Education Artificial Intelligence Technology Innovation Expert Group 教育部办公厅关于成立教育部人工智能科技创新专家组的涵 Author Office of the Ministry of Education Source PRC Ministry of Education website, July 26, 2018 The Chinese source text is available online at: http://www.moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A16/moe_784/201809/t20180903_347092.html ​ The source text lists only the name and position(s) of each member of the two Ministry of Education AI Technology Innovation Expert Groups. CSET has supplemented the translation with additional information (in ​ purple) and photos from online sources. See the footnotes for citations. ​ Translation Date Translator Annotator and Editor March 1, 2020 Etcetera Language Group, Inc. Ben Murphy, CSET Translation Lead To Education Departments (or Education Commissions) of Provinces, Autonomous Regions and Municipalities directly under the Central Government, the Education Bureau of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and Education Sections (Units) of other Departments (Bureaus) concerned, higher education institutions directly under the Ministry of Education, and all higher education institutions established jointly by the Ministry of Education and the Provinces: In order to implement the Notice of the Ministry of Education on Issuing the Artificial ​ 1 Intelligence Innovation Action Plan for Institutions of Higher Education, strengthen ​ communication and exchange in the science and technology sector, education sector, and industrial sector, foster synergies between scientific and technological innovation, industrial development, and talent cultivation, and promote the development of artificial intelligence, it has been decided, following study, to establish the Ministry of Education Artificial Intelligence 1 Translator's note: For a CSET-produced translation of this document, see: https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/Notice-of-the-Ministry-of-Education-on-Issuing-the-Artificial-Int elligence-Innovation-Action-Plan-for-Institutes-of-Higher-Education.pdf 1 Technology Innovation Expert Group (教育部人工智能科技创新专家组; hereinafter abbreviated as the Expert Group). I. The Nature of the Expert Group Organized under the Ministry of Education, the Expert Group shall carry out research and provide advice and guidance on promoting the artificial intelligence innovation action plans of institutions of higher learning. It is composed of an Advisory Group and a Working Group. II. Main Tasks The main task of the Advisory Group is to offer higher learning institutions advice on policies and plans for AI talent cultivation, S&T innovation, and cooperation between industrial, academic, and research institutions; the main task of the Working Group is to undertake the routine work of the Advisory Group, and carry out special tasks and special-topic research in AI-related fields entrusted to it by the Ministry of Education. III. Composition of the Expert Group The Advisory Group is made up of specialists and scholars from higher education institutions and corporations who have strategic thinking, practical experience, and influence in the field of artificial intelligence; the Working Group is composed of university experts who carry out innovation in AI fields and have a good foundation in practice. The Advisory Group and Working Group shall each have 1 group chief (组长)and 2 deputy group chiefs (副组长). The term of the current Expert Group is from August 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020. Appendix: 1. List of Experts in the Advisory Group of the Ministry of Education Artificial Intelligence Technology Innovation Expert Group Appendix: 2. List of Experts in the Working Group of the Ministry of Education Artificial Intelligence Technology Innovation Expert Group Office of the Ministry of Education July 26, 2018 Appendix 1 List of Experts in the Advisory Group of the Ministry of Education Artificial Intelligence Technology Innovation Expert Group Photo Name Affiliation / Background 2 Chief of the Advisory Group of the Ministry of Education Artificial Intelligence Technology Innovation Expert Group (henceforth "Advisory Group"). Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). Former executive vice president (2006-2014) of CAE. Chief of the New ​ ​ ​ Generation Artificial Intelligence Strategic Advisory Pan Yunhe Committee (新一代人工智能战略咨询委员会). Former (潘云鹤) (1995-2006) president of Zhejiang University. Pan, born 1946, holds a bachelor's degree in architecture (1970) from Tongji University and a master's degree in computer science (1981) from Zhejiang University. Pan's research interests include computer graphics, computer-aided 2 design, AI, and industrial design. Deputy chief of the Advisory Group. Former deputy director of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (国家自然科学基金). Academician of CAE. Member of the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Strategic Advisory Committee. Professor in the School of Information Science and Technology at Peking University. Former executive deputy dean (2000-2004) of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (now University of Chinese Academy of Sciences [UCAS]) and concurrently (2000-2003) vice president of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). Former (1996-2000) chief of the National High-Tech R&D Program Gao Wen (高 (863 Program) Intelligent Computing Expert Group (国家 文) 863智能计算机主题专家组). In 1996, Gao was designated a "youth talent" in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) "Hundred Talents Program" (百人计划). Gao, born 1956, holds a B.S. in computer science (1982) from Harbin University of Science and Technology, an M.S. in computer science (1985) and PhD in computer applications (1988) from Harbin Institute of Technology, and an additional PhD in electronics (1991) from the University of Tokyo. Gao was a visiting researcher at the University of Tokyo in 1991 and a visiting scientist at Carnegie Mellon University in 1993. Gao's research interests include AI, computer vision, pattern recognition, 2https://www.cae.cn/cae/html/main/colys/25348561.html (Chinese Academy of Engineering [中国工程院] ​ website), accessed February 27, 2020. 3 image processing, multimedia data compression, 3 multi-modal interfaces (多模式接口), and virtual reality. Deputy chief of the Advisory Group. Former president (2003-2014) of Xi'an Jiaotong University. Academician of ​ CAE. Member of the New Generation Artificial ​ Intelligence Strategic Advisory Committee. President of the Chinese Association of Automation (CAA). Member of the Expert Advisory Committee of Microsoft Research Asia. Former chief scientist and chair of the National 863 Zheng Program Information Technology Expert Committee. Nanning (郑 Former director of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at 南宁) Xi'an Jiaotong University. Zheng, born 1952, holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering (1975) and an M.E. in information and control engineering (1981) from Xi'an Jiaotong University, and a PhD in electrical engineering (1985) from Keio University in Japan. Zheng's research interests include pattern recognition, computer 4 vision, and image processing. Member of the Advisory Group. Vice president of Tsinghua University. Academician of CAE. Chairman of the ​ board of directors of the Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology. Member of the Central Military Commission (CMC; 中央军委) Domain Expert Committee (领域专家委 员). Chairman of the National Defense Studies Department of the Science and Technology Education Committee of the Ministry of Education (教育部科技委 国防学部主任委员). Member of the Science and Technology Committee (科技委委员) of the State You Zheng Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for (尤政) National Defense (SASTIND; 国防科工局). Chief of the Smart Manufacturing Standardization Expert Consultant Group (智能制造标准化专家咨询组组长) of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). Professor in the Precision Instruments Department (精密仪器系) of Tsinghua University. You, born 1963, holds bachelor's (1985), master's (1987), and PhD (1990) degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. You's research interests include micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), intelligent MEMS, and their space 3 http://www.szpclab.com/about/leadership/ and ​ ​ http://www.pcl.ac.cn/index.php/home/index/about/id/141.html (Peng Cheng Laboratory [PCL; 鹏城实验室] ​ English and Chinese websites), accessed February 27, 2020. Gao Wen is the director of PCL, a lab located in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province and funded by the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Shenzhen Municipal Government. 4 http://en.xjtu.edu.cn/info/1018/1640.htm and ​ ​ http://www.xjtu.edu.cn/jsnr.jsp?urltype=tree.TreeTempUrl&wbtreeid=1632&wbwbxjtuteacherid=597 (Xi'an ​ Jiaotong University [] English and Chinese websites), accessed February 27, 2020. 4 applications (空间应用). You oversees the design, manufacturing, launch, and operation of Chinese 5 microsatellites, nanosatellites, and picosatellites. Member of the Advisory Group. Beijing Normal University president and professor. Director of the Ministry of ​ Education Basic Education Quality Monitoring Center (教 育部基础教育质量监测中心主任). Chairman of the Academic Committee (学术委员会主任) of the State