One signal

Beijing has unveiled a 2026–28 plan to accelerate a “token economy”, China Daily reports, framing AI tokens as a standard unit for measuring, settling and tracking usage. An official quoted by the paper calls it the first provincial-level policy in China devoted specifically to the token economy.

That gives the phrase “token factories” a policy backdrop, but the supplied report excerpt does not spell out specific targets or explain what facilities the plan will fund. The immediate signal is that Beijing is treating AI-token use and accounting as an economic activity in its own right.

Discuss: Should governments build policy around AI-token markets now, or wait until the infrastructure and business models are clearer?

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