On 23 January 2025 Zhejiang province said at its 2025 economic policy briefing that it would issue an AI Plus action plan covering 2025 to 2027, further strengthening support for artificial intelligence. Local AI policy entered a new intensive phase in early 2025.
Where local policy lands
Across the plans already published by various regions, local AI policy lands in roughly three places: compute supply, the model and tool ecosystem, and the opening of application scenarios. Zhejiang’s plan takes “AI Plus” as its main line, meaning the emphasis is on industry application and scenario deployment rather than compute subsidies alone.
For AI companies, the practical value of local policy often shows up in scenarios and orders: which fields are opened first, how procurement is structured, and whether support is tied to deployment outcomes. See our notes on the Hangzhou AI innovation highland plan and on Hangzhou AI commercial deployment cases.
Division of labour with national policy
A local AI Plus action plan is not a standalone policy but a reception and refinement of the State Council’s AI Plus deployment. The national level sets direction and overall requirements; the local level turns them into executable projects, funding and scenarios. See our notes on the State Council AI Plus action opinion and on the AI Plus consumption implementation opinion.
Understanding this division helps companies allocate attention across levels: watch direction nationally, watch opportunity locally.
A note for companies
Local action plans usually come with application, review and acceptance procedures. A company seeking policy support needs verifiable deployment results and a compliance foundation ready before the plan lands, not after the application window opens. See our notes on the Beijing AI industrialisation plan.
The trend is that competition among local AI policies in 2025 is shifting from “how much money” to “how many scenarios”, which in turn affects where companies position their products and how they land them.
This article is based on information disclosed at Zhejiang province’s 2025 economic policy briefing and public reporting and is for reference only; it does not constitute legal advice.