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SAMI-AEC Signs Cooperation Agreement with NUPCO

SAMI-AEC Signs Cooperation Agreement with NUPCO
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SAMI-AEC Signs Cooperation Agreement with NUPCO

SAMI-AEC Signs Cooperation Agreement with NUPCO

SAMI Advanced Electronics Company (SAMI-AEC), a wholly owned subsidiary of SAMI, said in a press release that it signed a cooperation agreement with the National Unified Purchasing Company (NUPCO), a PIF company, on May 27, 2024.
As per the agreement solutions will be provided for tracking medication, and IT infrastructure, and local content will increase through medical device manufacturing and maintenance, SPA reported.
The partnership, said the release, demonstrates SAMI-AEC’s unremitting efforts to build a harmonious healthcare system applicable in Saudi Arabia, based on digital technologies.
SAMI-AEC CEO Eng. Ziad Al-Musallam said: “We are pleased and honored to collaborate with NUPCO, as this agreement underscores the unwavering commitment of both entities to bolstering efforts aimed at enhancing the healthcare ecosystem in Saudi Arabia. At SAMI-AEC, we firmly believe in the significance of augmenting public health services through digital solutions and delivering e-health services. This involves integrating effective, fast technologies to empower the healthcare sector, in line with the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030."
NUPCO CEO Fahd Al-Shibl said the agreement will play an important role in strengthening the healthcare infrastructure and facilitating access to the integrated technology offered by SAMI-Advanced Electronics Company.

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China’s Xi Calls for Self-Sufficiency in AI Development amid US Rivalry

In this photo released by Malaysia's Department of Information, China's President Xi Jinping waves upon his departure to Cambodia at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Malaysia's Department of Information via AP)
In this photo released by Malaysia's Department of Information, China's President Xi Jinping waves upon his departure to Cambodia at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Malaysia's Department of Information via AP)
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China’s Xi Calls for Self-Sufficiency in AI Development amid US Rivalry

In this photo released by Malaysia's Department of Information, China's President Xi Jinping waves upon his departure to Cambodia at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Malaysia's Department of Information via AP)
In this photo released by Malaysia's Department of Information, China's President Xi Jinping waves upon his departure to Cambodia at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Malaysia's Department of Information via AP)

China's President Xi Jinping pledged "self-reliance and self-strengthening" to develop AI in China, state media reported on Saturday, as the country vies with the US for supremacy in artificial intelligence, a key strategic area.

Speaking at a Politburo meeting study session on Friday, Xi said China should leverage its "new whole national system" to push forward with the development of AI.

"We must recognize the gaps and redouble our efforts to comprehensively advance technological innovation, industrial development, and AI-empowered applications," said Xi, according to the official Xinhua news agency. Xi noted policy support would be provided in areas such as government procurement, intellectual property rights, research and cultivating talent.

Some experts say China has narrowed the AI development gap with the United States over the past year. The Chinese AI startup DeepSeek drew global attention when it launched an AI reasoning model in January that it said was trained with less advanced chips and was cheaper to develop than its Western rivals. China has also made inroads in infrastructure software engineering.

The DeepSeek announcement challenged the assumption that US sanctions were holding back China's AI sector amid a fierce geopolitical tech rivalry, and that China lagged the US after the breakthrough launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT in late 2022.

"We must continue to strengthen basic research, concentrate our efforts on mastering core technologies such as high-end chips and basic software, and build an independent, controllable, and collaborative artificial intelligence basic software and hardware system," Xi said.

He added that AI regulations and laws should be speeded up to build a "risk warning and emergency response system, to ensure that artificial intelligence is safe, reliable, and controllable."

Xi said last year that AI shouldn't be a "game of rich countries and the wealthy," while calling for more international governance and cooperation on AI.