“China has designated AI as one of its priority, national level S&T development areas and assesses that advance in AI and autonomy are central to intelligentized warfare, [China’s] concept of future warfare,” the report says, adding that China aims to overtake the West in AI R&D by 2025 and become the world’s AI leader in 2030.

China’s current strategic guidelines are outlined in its 2019 China’s National Defense in the New Era white paper. The document states that the PLA focuses mainly on defense, self-defense and post-strike response while adopting active defense principles in the new landscape of strategic competition and modern warfare.

https://asiatimes.com/2023/10/us-dod-report-a-warning-of-chinas-ai-war-powers/