微软CEO 中国超过西方

"I think one of the dangers, frankly, is that people who don't go to China too often assume that they're behind," Microsoft's Brad Smith told CNBC's Karen Tso.

Microsoft has operated in China since 1992, according to the company's web page, including through its largest research and development center outside the U.S.

'In many ways China is close to or is even catching up,' Microsoft's Brad Smith says

The West shouldn't assume that China is lagging behind the U.S. and Europe on tech developments, Microsoft's president and vice-chairman warned.

U.S-China tensions in the past few years have centered on the battle between the two nations for tech supremacy, culminating in a slew of export controls on critical technologies. Late last year, China's Huawei surprised the market with the release of a smartphone whose reviews indicated downloads speeds associated with 5G, sparking speculation of an apparent chip breakthrough that defied U.S. tech sanctions.

Speaking at the Web Summit tech conference in Lisbon, Portugal, on Tuesday, Microsoft's Brad Smith told CNBC that "in many ways," China is close to or is even catching up on technology.

"I think one of the dangers, frankly, is that people who don't go to China too often assume that they're behind," he told CNBC's Karen Tso. "But when you go there, you're impressed by how much they're doing."

He predicted that Chinese and American companies will be competing on technology into the distant future and urged U.S. and European companies to collaborate to grow economies and bring new advancements like artificial intelligence to the rest of the world.

Microsoft CEO Brad Smith participates in a meeting at The Westin Palace Hotel, on 20 May, 2022 in Madrid, Spain.

Microsoft has operated in China since 1992, according to the company's web page, including through its largest research and development center outside the U.S. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said last year that the firm wasn't focused on China as a domestic market, but that it provides services to Chinese companies and has a more visible presence locally than do many other U.S. tech giants.

Asked about whether trade and tech transfers â€” or the movement of data, designs or innovations â€” with China will get more challenging as Washington transitions between the administrations of U.S. incumbent leader Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump, Smith it was too early tor know.

"The truth is, as an American technology company, we can do business in China only when we are offering a service that the Chinese government wants to have there, and the U.S. government wants us to bring there," he said, adding, "And in some cases they look at, say, a data center to support a Mercedes or a Siemens or a Starbucks or a General Motors â€” there seems to be a level of comfort. In consumer services, not really."

He predicted that we'll live in a world where some technology will move to China, and it won't be the tech firms that decide.

“有一种危险在于，不去中国的人常想当然以为中国是落后的。”当地时间11月12日，微软总裁布拉德·史密斯（Brad Smith）在葡萄牙里斯本举行的网络峰会（Web Summit）期间坦言，西方不应认为中国在科技发展领域落后于美国和欧洲，事实上中国“在很多方面”已经接近或者说正迎头赶上西方水平。

美国消费者新闻与商业频道（CNBC）13日报道称，微软自 1992年以来就在中国开展业务，还在中国拥有美国以外最大的研发中心。过去几年里，中美紧张关系主要集中在技术主导地位的争夺上，美方还在关键技术方面出台了一系列出口管制措施，但美国制裁没能遏制中国企业的技术进步，这令市场感到惊讶。

出席网络峰会的史密斯告诉CNBC，“在很多方面”，中国已经接近或者说正迎头赶上西方的技术水平。

“坦率地讲，我认为有一种危险在于，不去中国的人常常想当然以为中国是落后的。可一旦你去到那里，他们所做的一切会令你印象深刻。”

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史密斯认为，未来中国和美国公司仍将在人工智能等技术上展开竞争。他敦促美国和欧洲公司合作，利用人工智能发展经济，并把这种技术带到世界其他地区。“我们应该加快步伐，这对美国有好处，对世界其他地方都有好处。”

当被问及美国新政府上台“是否会导致与中国的贸易和技术转让变得更具挑战性”时，史密斯说，现在下结论还为时过早。

“事实是，作为一家美国科技公司，只有我们提供的服务是中方所希望的，并且美国政府允许我们把服务带到那里，我们才能在中国开展业务。”他说，有些技术会向中国转移，有些不会，但这不是科技公司所能决定的。

值得一提的是，关于中美在人工智能领域的竞争，华盛顿智库美国信息技术与创新基金会（ITIF）今年9月发布了一项最新研究显示，美国遏制中国人工智能进步的意图“不太可能成功”。因为当前中国正设法绕过华盛顿的出口限制，培育本土创新，迅速挑战美国在该技术领域的主导地位。

报告指出，中国现在进行的人工智能研究已经超过了美国，并且正在迅速缩小与美国科技巨头大语言模型（LLMs）的性能差距，一些中国开源模型也击败了美国同款产品，中国在AI领域赶上美国“只是时间问题”。

“现在的问题已经不是美国能否在人工智能领域遏制中国，而是美国能否保持领先。”报告警告称，比起将注意力放在实施过度出口限制遏华上，美国更需要集中精力，制定并资助一项全面的国家人工智能战略，以提升自身竞争力。

ITIF的斯蒂芬·埃泽尔（Stephen Ezell）表示：“总体而言，我们发现，尽管中国的创新体系并不完美，但比此前人们所了解的要强大得多。”他认为，迄今为止的证据表明，中国尚未全面领先，“但在某些领域已经领先，在其他诸多领域，中国公司可能会在约10年内赶上或超过西方公司”。

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