Artificial intelligence (AI) is considered by Chinese entrepreneurs as the most promising¹ area in the innovation economy in 2018, says a Silicon² Valley Bank (SVB) report released last Tuesday.

硅谷银行上周二发布的一份报告称，人工智能被中国企业家看做2018年创新经济最具前景的领域。

According to the bank's China Startup Outlook 2018 report, 36% of surveyed Chinese startup executives are most confident in the prospects³ of AI, followed by life science/healthcare (16%) and big data (11%).

根据该行2018年中国初创公司展望报告，36%受访的中国初创企业高管都对人工智能的前景最有信心，其次被看好的领域分别是生命科学/医疗保健（16%）和大数据（11%）。

The report is based on 1,045 responses to SVB's annual survey among startup leaders around the world, mostly from the US, China and the UK.

该报告是基于对世界各地创业公司领导人的年度调查，其中大部分来自美国、中国和英国。

It shows that 80% of Chinese entrepreneurs think this year's business conditions will be better than those of last year.

报告显示，80%的中国初创企业家认为2018年的营商环境比去年要好。

On the other hand, difficulties remain in fundraising and securing talent.

另一方面，在筹资和招揽人才方面仍存在困难。

Data show that 88% Chinese startups say it is challenging to raise capital, and only 1% of them think finding skilled talent is not a problem.

数据显示，88%的中国初创企业表示筹措资金非常困难，仅1%的企业认为寻找有能力的人才不是问题。