REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Minister of Communications and Informatics (Menkominfo) Budi Arie Setiadi represented the Indonesian Government in a bilateral meeting with Chinese representatives inviting the country to collaborate to invest in developing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Strengthening the call for collaboration, in June 2024 Menkominfo Budi Arie has also planned a working visit to Shanghai to delve into digital cooperation with China.

“May this meeting bring better cooperation for mutual success, “Budi said in an official statement on Tuesday (28/5/2024).

The bilateral meeting between Indonesia and China took place as part of the work visit of Menkominfo in Geneva, Switzerland (27/5). He discussed with Chinese Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology Shan Zhongde and his staff discussed the solicitation of such collaboration.

In general, Menkominfo Budi Arie presented various potentials that Indonesia has in AI development and HR investment as Indonesia's digital talent is believed to bring progress to the emergence of other innovations from AI.