First Symposium on Joint Development of a Humanities and Social Sciences Laboratory for Language and AI Held in Hohhot

On October 11, the First Symposium on Joint Development of a Humanities and Social Sciences Laboratory for Language and Artificial Intelligence was held in Hohhot. The event was hosted by the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Academy of Social Sciences and organized by the Inner Mongolia Philosophy and Social Sciences Language Laboratory (Pilot). Renowned experts and scholars from within and outside Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region delivered thematic presentations. More than 60 experts and scholars from universities and research institutes nationwide took part in discussions.

Keynote speeches were given by Zhou Jianshe, director of the China Language Intelligence Research Center under the State Language Commission; Fan Sizheng, deputy director of the National Security Computing Laboratory at the University of International Business and Economics; and Research Fellow Zhang Yongwei from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Shuang Bao, vice-president of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Academy of Social Sciences, delivered an opening address. Research Fellow Hu Qitu, director of the laboratory, presented an overview of its development and future plans.

Approved for establishment in March 2025, the Inner Mongolia Philosophy and Social Sciences Language Laboratory (Pilot) is among the first batch of regional-level key humanities and social sciences laboratories designated by the Publicity Department of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee. It is developed and operated by the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Academy of Social Sciences.

Drawing on multidisciplinary research capacity within the academy, the laboratory aims to build a general-purpose digital language platform for Inner Mongolia within three years. Priority will be given to developing key platforms including a modern Mongolian-language corpus, basic general-purpose software for Mongolian script, and the AMI evaluation system for Mongolian-language journals. It will continue to deepen academic exchanges and research cooperation at home and abroad. All development tasks are advancing steadily and in good order.

Going forward, the laboratory will focus on interdisciplinary innovation at the intersection of language and artificial intelligence. Leveraging Inner Mongolia’s distinctive linguistic resources, it will foster deep integration of scientific research innovation, academic evaluation and industrial applications. It strives to build a key humanities and social sciences laboratory that serves as a model in the region, providing solid support for the digital transformation of philosophy and social sciences in the autonomous region and the high-quality development of language intelligence in China.

(Text by the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Academy of Social Sciences)