
The sixth issue of Asia tech news and analytics digest prepared by Russia-China law society with the support of Lomonosov MSU Center for Asian legal studies.

Every year, PwC conducts a large-scale survey of the CEOs of leading companies worldwide for deep and comprehensive understanding of key challenges facing global business leaders. In the 21st survey, PwC explored CEO views on trust and tenure; how public confidence in business has fallen along with trust in other major institutions of society. This year, 1,293 company executives from 85 countries took part in the survey. The results were presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos (WEF).

Consulting firm Arthur D. Little has prepared a study on the implementation of smart metering in the electricity market in the EU.

The article published in South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) describes the current state of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sphere in China, telling the readers about Beijings plans to become a global leader in this field by 2030 and about possible areas of AI application in Chinas industry and the service sector.