William C. Hannas is a Georgetown professor and CSET's lead analyst. Prior to this, he was a member of the Central Intelligence Agency's Senior Intelligence Service and a three-time recipient of its McCone Award. He is the lead author of Chinese Industrial Espionage (2013) and co-editor of China's Quest for Foreign Technology (2020).

Huey-Meei Chang is a Research Analyst at Georgetown University and is CSET's senior China S&T analyst. She began her career as a data analyst at Taiwan's Academia Sinica, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and taught document analysis for more than a decade to researchers at U.S. Government agencies.

Part I: Foundations of Chinese AI power 1. State plans, research, and funding 2. China's AI companies: hybrid players 3. Foreign support, alliances, and technology transfer Part II: China and the world 4. China's quest for AI talent 5. Academic literature: quantitative and qualitative analyses 6. The balance sheet: China's AI advantages and challenges Part III: Impact on cutting-edge disciplines 7. Chinese AI and neuroscience 8. Chinese AI and biology 9. China at the Nexus of AI and Quantum Computing Part IV: AI in the shadows 10. AI in the Chinese military 11. Cyber and influence operations 12. AI and the surveillance statePart V: AI hazards and safety 13. Future paths and challenges 14. AI safeguards: views inside and outside China 15. Measuring risk and monitoring development