China is set to develop its AI and Big Data capabilities and applications, which will strengthen the existing surveillance network in Tibet. As per Tibet Rights Collective (TRC), reports have suggested that a new centre for big data began operation in Lhasa. According to local media reports, it is the "first such centre at the regional level and a step toward big data integration and application sharing". Chinese Communist Party has claimed that this will help "to boost digital services including government affairs, economic development, social governance, people's livelihoods, market supervision, finance, border prosperity, ecological environment protection, emergency fire control…