On July 17, the 2026 World AI Summit and the High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance were held in Shanghai.
Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech entitled “Join Hands to Build a Fair and Reasonable Global AI Governance System.”
Xi Jinping said that the world is currently undergoing a period of profound structural change unprecedented in the past 100 years. The scientific and technological revolution and a new round of industrial innovation are accelerating, and the technological innovation of global artificial intelligence is entering an unprecedented new stage of development. It brings with it great opportunities and also faces governance challenges. The Chinese side notes that countries should adhere to the view of putting people first and develop AI in a righteous way, so that AI becomes an important driving force for promoting common prosperity and safeguarding common security, and join hands to build a fair and reasonable global AI governance system.
Xi Jinping put forward four proposals: First, adhere to the principle of openness and win-win cooperation and promote new and innovative development. Second, strengthen risk awareness to ensure manageable safety. Third, work on both motivation and behavior to promote mutual learning in civilization.
Fourth, take the initiative to adhere to solidarity and make global governance more accurate.
Xi Jinping stressed that as a responsible major country, China has always strived to be a public provider of global artificial intelligence products to continuously contribute to China’s plan.
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Thai Prime Minister Anutin and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered separate speeches, highly appreciating China’s important contribution to promoting global AI governance and actively responding to the initiatives and measures put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Please note that the meeting issued the “Chairman’s Statement of the 2026 World AI Summit and the High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance”.
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