“AI governance” was named the No. 1 entry on the Chinese Society for Science and Technology Journalism’s “Top 10 Technology Buzzwords of 2025,” a choice experts say reflects a global move from pure technological competition toward regulation and rulemaking.

“Ensuring the safe, reliable and controllable development of AI technology has become the most pressing issue for the global community,” said Yin Chuanhong of the Science Popularization Times. He added that China’s tech community recognizes that scientific achievement must be paired with effective governance to sustain steady progress.

The society noted China’s proposal at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference to set up a World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization and its Global AI Governance Action Plan, portrayal that, along with a Nature editorial, underlines China’s intent to help shape international AI rules.

Other buzzwords include embodied intelligence, controlled nuclear fusion, brain‑computer interfaces, commercial space, deep‑sea technology, deep‑space exploration, silver‑economy tech, intelligent agents and Chinese innovation. Embodied intelligence appeared in China’s government work report for the first time in 2025. In fusion, the ITER project completed a key superconducting electromagnet system in April 2025. Brain‑computer interfaces were named among six priority industries in China’s 15th Five‑Year Plan (2026–30).

Commercial space capabilities expanded with regular launches from Hainan and Haiyang, East China’s Shandong Province, successful private rocket launches and new satellite manufacturing capacity supporting a rapidly growing market. The society also listed top 2025 science news events, including DeepSeek’s open‑source models, the Zuchongzhi‑3 105‑qubit prototype, a humanoid‑robot half‑marathon in Beijing, the Yarlung Zangbo hydropower project start and commissioning of the CNS Fujian. The selection combined big‑data screening and expert evaluation, emphasizing national strategy and public impact.

(SD-Agencies)