On April 3, the State Council's joint defense and joint control mechanism held a press conference on technological innovation to support the resumption of production and production. Qin Yong, director of the High-Tech Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said that during the epidemic, a number of artificial intelligence products, such as artificial intelligence-assisted diagnosis systems, face recognition, intelligent temperature measurement, and intelligent voice robots, have played a good role in the fight against epidemics. effect. In the next step, the Ministry of Science and Technology will continue to increase support for the development of artificial intelligence. In the near future, the Ministry of Science and Technology will also support a number of research projects through the "New Generation Artificial Intelligence" major projects for intelligent medical treatment, especially the application of artificial intelligence technology in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, and drug research and development.