Information and Communications Technology and Policy

Information and Communications Technology and Policy

Information and Communications Technology and Policy ›› 2025, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (8): 55-63.doi: 10.12267/j.issn.2096-5931.2025.08.008

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From platform economy to artificial intelligence: comparison of governance mechanisms and construction of governance systems

LIU Zhipeng1, ZHANG Jinming2   

  1. 1. Policy and Economics Research Institute, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Beijing 100191, China
    2. Artificial Intelligence Institute, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Beijing 100191, China
  • Received:2025-06-30 Online:2025-08-25 Published:2025-09-02

Abstract:

In recent years, generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has promoted a new round of technological revolution into an explosive phase. The platform economy, as an emerging industrial organization and resource hub arising from the previous technological revolution centered on the internet, continues to play a significant role. Based on the analytical framework constructed from the perspectives of technical economics, polycentric governance, and collaborative governance theories, it is evident that AI governance, while drawing lessons from internet governance experiences, must also address new governance challenges. This entails appropriately relaxing regulatory stringency in line with the development stage of the new technological revolution, adjusting governance structures and optimizing responsibility distribution in accordance with the evolution of industrial organizations, and shifting the governance focus to the supply side as the methods of value creation upgrade. In this regard, China should leverage the relationship between foundation models and fine-tuned models to optimize the regulatory chain, explore the use of industrial funds as a tool to promote the inclusive development of AI, and establish a risk management system based on the different roles of participants in the industrial ecosystem. These measures will contribute to forming an AI governance system characterized by the synergistic coupling of industrial chain, regulatory chains, and multi-stakeholder governance chains.

Key words: artificial intelligence governance, platform economy, intelligent economy, technological revolution, general purpose technology

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