Artificial Intelligence Innovation Zone (人工智能创新发展试验区) are areas for carrying out artificial intelligence technology demonstrations, policy experiments and social experiments, and taking the lead in promoting the development of artificial intelligence innovation. They are administrated by Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China. The first Artificial Intelligence Innovation Zone was set in Beijing in February 2019, followed by the other 12 zones established in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, etc. from 2019 to 2020. The goal is to deploy and construct about 20 Artificial Intelligence Innovation Zones by 2023 to serve and support major regional development strategies such as the development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Urban Agglomeration, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the Yangtze River Delta region.