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China’s agent guidance defines AI agents by five capabilities

The opinions define an AI agent as an intelligent system with autonomous perception, memory, decision, interaction and execution capabilities.

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What this establishes

The definition sits in the lead and frames the rest of the technology, safety and application sections.

Why it matters: It separates agent policy from generative-model labelling regimes that do not use this capability stack.

Limits and context: The definition is policy guidance vocabulary. Later standards and binding rules may refine product categories.

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Implementation Opinions · lead definition

Policy questions

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