China’s ‘brain chip’ drive accelerates with slew of state-backed initiatives

 China is rapidly accelerating its national push into brain-computer interface technology, mobilizing state power in a coordinated drive that could see the country outpace Western efforts led by figures such as Elon Musk.

According to a report from the South China Morning Post, authorities across insurance firms, local governments, and financial institutions have unveiled a series of concrete measures in recent days aimed at speeding the commercialization of devices that link the human brain directly to computers.

The most striking development came on Wednesday, when major state-owned insurer PICC Property and Casualty announced it had signed China’s first commercial insurance policy covering the invasive brain surgery required to implant a brain-computer interface....<<<Read More>>>...