然而，這種由人工智慧驅動的經濟紅利並未普遍惠及一般家庭，由於自動化技術和臨時勞工的廣泛使用，許多新興科技城市的零售銷售額反而呈現萎縮態勢。
科技重鎮與依賴傳統產業地區（如長春）之間日益擴大的經濟鴻溝，可能會使中國的政策應對變得更加複雜，高層官員已暗示將對整體經濟放緩採取審慎的態度。
The global artificial intelligence boom is driving economic growth in a handful of Chinese tech hubs, with cities like Hefei contributing their largest share of China's growth in at least two decades during the first half of the year.
However, this AI-driven economic windfall has hardly reached ordinary households, as retail sales are actually shrinking in many of these boomtowns due to the widespread adoption of automation and reliance on temporary labor.
The widening economic divide between tech hubs and regions reliant on traditional industries, such as Changchun, could complicate China's policy response, with top officials already signaling a measured approach to the broader economic slowdown.