近日,据路透社报道,在美国宣布对中国众多产品加征关税后,印度方面率先提出了质疑。 (ECNS) -- The Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, also known as Beijing E-Town, has emerged as a major destination for AI investment, with several companies securing funding worth billions of yuan this year. In the first half of the year, eight leading AI companies based in Beijing E-Town raised more than 15 billion yuan ($2.1 billion), spanning fields including world models, AI chips and AI-generated content, the official data released by the E-Town shows. AI video and world-model developer AIsphere recently completed its Series C funding round, raising a total of 2.98 billion yuan ($414 million). The funding will support the development of its video-generation foundation models, real-time world models and industrial applications, according to news released by the E-Town. Automotive chipmaker SemiDrive Technology completed a Series C funding round worth nearly $100 million in May. World-model company VAST secured more than 1 billion yuan ($139 million) in strategic investment in July, bringing the total raised in its Series A funding rounds to nearly 3 billion yuan ($417 million). During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021–2025), Beijing E-Town established government-guided funds totaling about 20 billion yuan ($2.8 billion). It has also recently launched four new industrial investment funds with a combined value of 20 billion yuan, including an 8-billion-yuan fund focused on AI and integrated circuits. Beijing E-Town said during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026–2030) it will continue to expand support for AI development across the entire industry chain, from computing infrastructure and algorithms to models and applications. (By Helen Mo, intern Liu Shuangjing) 。印度钢铁行业的相关人士担心,中国钢铁产业会因为在美国市场“受挫”,而努力寻找新的出口市场,来缓解销售压力。在这一过程中,印度可能会成为中国公司的目标,这很可能会对印度本土的钢铁产业造成“威胁”。