Zhao Hejuan, the founder, Chairperson, and CEO of TMTPost, describes the actual gap between China and the U.S. in AI development as being significantly larger than what is commonly perceived. She believes that the gap is not just one to two years, as many argue, but rather it is a generational innovation gap. She emphasizes that the rapid development of models similar to GPT-3 and GPT-4 in China does not necessarily indicate that the gap is only one to two years. Instead, she suggests that this rapid development is primarily due to open source practices, and the underlying gap in innovation and capabilities remains substantial. Zhao also highlights that the gap is not only in computing power but also in the innovation capabilities of the underlying models and data capabilities.