1、Issue BriefDecember 2025ChinasEmbodied AIA Path to AGIAuthorsWilliam C.HannasHuey-Meei ChangValentin Weber Daniel H.ChouChinasEmbodied AIA Path to AGIAuthorsWilliam C.HannasHuey-Meei ChangValentin Weber Daniel H.Chou Center for Security and Emerging Technology|1 Executive Summary This report examine
2、s Chinas embrace of embodied AIartificial intelligence integrated with physical systems(robots,drones,vehicles,etc.)as a critical pathway toward artificial general intelligence(AGI).In the United States and Europe,large language models(LLMs)and their multimodal variants are regarded by many AI scien
3、tists and major AI companies as the most promising path to AGI,despite known issues with abstraction and reasoning.By contrast,in China there is a broader vision of how AGI can be achieved,most recently expressed in a nationwide move toward AI embodimentnamely,intelligence developed through interact
4、ion between body,brain,and environment,in both physical and virtual forms.This trend toward embodied AI is backed by policy support at the national and local government levels,which has led to large embodied AI innovation centers linked to top universities and tech firms being established in coastal
5、 cities and provinces.The upshot is China is on a path to accomplish two goals simultaneously:enriching the nation by integrating AI into the economy and achieving AGI that is more aligned with the totality of human expression.The report recommends that the United States and its allies ramp up their
6、 monitoring of Chinas AI progress,benchmark its claims,and consider broader approaches to AGI beyond scaling up LLMs.Center for Security and Emerging Technology|2 Table of Contents Executive Summary.1 Introduction:AI Embodiment.3 Embodiment in Chinese AI Policy.6 Chinas Concept of Embodiment.10 Majo