Elon Musk has spent years pursuing what he has called "Jesus-level" technology through Neuralink, aiming to treat chronic health conditions by implanting computer chips directly into the human brain. But that vision may end up taking shape fastest not in the US, but in China, where state authorities have launched a coordinated push to accelerate the country's own brain-computer interface (BCI) industry, according to a South China Morning Post report.

China is throwing the power of the state behind efforts to overtake Elon Musk in a vital frontier technology: brain-computer interfaces.

Elon Musk has spent years pursuing what he has called "Jesus-level" technology through Neuralink, aiming to treat chronic health conditions by implanting computer chips directly…