威尔士大臣本周访波士顿，专程为AI投资而来
威尔士政府企业、互联互通与能源内阁大臣亚当·普赖斯将于10月12日至16日访问波士顿，专程为威尔士争取人工智能与科技投资。据威尔士政府官方公告，普赖斯此行将会见多家科技公司、投资者和与威尔士有联系的商界领袖，推动双边贸易与投资合作。
行程中，普赖斯将与两家重点企业洽谈：波士顿的低碳建筑水泥公司 Sublime Systems，以及在威尔士卡尔迪科特设有基地的半导体制造商 Microchip Technology。此外，他还将会见生命科学和能源领域的企业，探讨对威尔士的投资与贸易机会。
访问期间，普赖斯将出席“颠覆性与新兴技术联盟”（DETA）部长级峰会。该联盟是由21个政府组成的全球网络，聚焦人工智能、网络安全、量子技术和数字权利政策，威尔士是创始成员之一。
普赖斯还将在哈佛大学增长实验室发表演讲，题为“小国能在AI时代竞争并胜出吗？以威尔士为例”，阐述威尔士如何通过AI应用、清洁能源和技能培养推动经济增长。此外，他还将会见波士顿地区的威尔士侨民，支持威尔士政府正在制定的侨民战略——该战略旨在吸引侨民企业家回乡投资，并鼓励近年移居海外者回流。
威尔士政府表示，此访旨在加强贸易联系、为威尔士带回就业与机会。在全球AI投资竞争白热化的背景下，这个英国小国正试图在人工智能时代抢占一席之地。
Welsh Cabinet Minister Adam Price Visits Boston to Court AI Investment
Adam Price, Wales' Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy, will visit Boston from October 12 to 16 to court artificial intelligence and technology investment for Wales. According to an official Welsh Government announcement, Price will meet technology companies, investors and business leaders with connections to Wales to build new trade and investment links.
The itinerary includes talks with two key firms: Sublime Systems, a Boston-based low-carbon cement company, and Microchip Technology, a semiconductor manufacturer with a base in Caldicot, Wales. He will also meet companies in life sciences and energy to discuss investment and trade opportunities with Wales.
During the visit, Price will attend the ministerial summit of the Disruptive and Emerging Technologies Alliance (DETA), a global network of 21 governments focused on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum technologies and digital rights. Wales is a founding member of the Alliance.
Price will also deliver a talk at Harvard University's Growth Lab titled "Can Small Nations Compete and Win in the Age of AI? The Case of Wales," discussing how Wales is using AI adoption, clean energy and skills development to drive economic growth. He will additionally engage with the Welsh diaspora in the Boston area, supporting the Welsh Government's planned Diaspora Strategy, which aims to attract diaspora entrepreneurs to invest back home and encourage recent emigrants to return.
The Welsh Government said the visit aims to strengthen trade links and bring jobs and opportunities back to Wales — as the small UK nation seeks its place in the age of AI amid fierce global competition for investment.
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