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China’s top investor says finance, not AI, is biggest bottleneck

Primavera Capital founder Fred Hu argued that China’s slower finance capacity could limit how much the country can sustain a long rivalry with the United States.

Reported · Written up by our desk · China

CNBC World reports that Fred Hu, founder of Primavera Capital, believes China’s most significant constraint is its finance system rather than artificial intelligence.

Hu said China’s prolonged rivalry with the United States highlights how finance remains the weak point, pointing to the U.S. as having the world’s deepest capital market.

The remarks were framed around how differences in capital-market depth can shape each country’s ability to compete over time, according to CNBC World.

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CNBC WorldOne of China's top investors says finance, not AI, is the country's biggest bottleneck

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