Beijing Rolls Out Aggressive Measures to Boost AI Agent Ecosystem, Encouraging Token Economy and Computing Power Vouchers

The Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, together with other government bodies, has jointly issued the "Several Measures of Beijing Municipality on Accelerating the Pioneering Development of Intelligent Agents." The new policy framework is designed to position the capital as a global leader in AI agent innovation and to cultivate new forms of intelligent economy.

A key pillar of the initiative is the promotion of a token economy. Authorities are urging innovation entities to develop general-purpose processors fine-tuned for agent system calls, complex task scheduling, and high-frequency decision-making. There is also a call for the creation of specialized inference chips with low latency and high throughput. To drastically cut inference costs, the measures encourage research into key technologies like inference architecture, leveraging heterogeneous and memory-compute coordination, intelligent dispatching, and full-chain optimizations to boost token efficiency.

The policy goes beyond hardware to reshape business models. It explicitly supports the emergence of "Token-as-a-Service," "Agent-as-a-Service," and "Results-as-a-Service" models. Additionally, more eligible new token-based products and services will be incorporated into the city’s service voucher scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises, effectively subsidizing adoption.

To accelerate market penetration, Beijing is ramping up its support for computing power vouchers and encouraging district-level authorities to experiment with token vouchers and agent service vouchers. Financial institutions, including banks and insurance companies, are also being incentivized to develop bespoke financial products that back the deployment of AI agents in real-world applications.

Furthermore, the measures promote the creation of a data flywheel effect. Innovation entities are encouraged to aggregate and openly share industry knowledge and agent execution data, which in turn will fuel continuous improvement of agent capabilities. This comprehensive push reflects Beijing’s ambition to cement its role as a frontrunner in the agent-driven economic transformation.