All nations will have to take a people-centered manner and increase AI for the certain and for excellent and will have to be sure that AI is a very powerful motive force for shared prosperity and not unusual safety, mentioned Xi Jinping, President of the Other people’s Republic of China, in his speech on the opening rite of the 2026 Global AI Convention and Top-Stage Assembly on World AI Governance in Shanghai.
He mentioned, “A single string cannot make music, and a single tree does not make a forest.” AI building will have to now not be a solo efficiency through a unmarried nation, however a symphony of world cooperation. Due to our joint efforts, WAICO has come into being in Shanghai. Our imaginative and prescient from 365 days in the past is now a fact. This can be a main transfer through China to reply to the decision of the World South and unite the world neighborhood to advertise AI building and governance vigorously. It is going to be a very powerful milestone within the historical past of AI building.
He shared 4 observations to construct a simply and equitable gadget for international AI.
“First, we should adhere to the principle of openness and win-win, and boost innovation-driven development. As a new engine of world economic growth and an accelerator for the shift of growth drivers, AI is moving from the digital world into the physical world. We should seize this rare, historic opportunity to encourage open source, openness, collaboration, and sharing. We should facilitate technological innovation, industrial development, and scenario-based application of AI. We should make coordinated advances in the transformation and upgrade of traditional industries, the cultivation and growth of emerging industries, and forward-looking planning for future industries, so that all sectors and businesses can benefit from AI.”
“Second, we should strengthen risk awareness and ensure that AI is secure and controllable. AI should be a trusted tool for humanity. We should take seriously the various types of inherent and secondary risks that AI may trigger. We should put in place laws and regulations, technological monitoring, early warning and emergency response systems in order to strengthen the line of security, prevent abuses and malicious use, and ensure that AI is always under human control. In the meantime, we should jointly oppose overstretching the national security concept in the field of AI and placing one country’s security over that of others.”
“Third, we should encourage inclusiveness and promote mutual learning between civilizations. AI development and its application should not erode or undermine the diversity of world civilizations or the uniqueness of cultures of different countries. We must shape the values of AI with humanity’s common values and make good use of AI technologies to increase understanding, tolerance, exchanges, and sharing among all civilizations. We should tend to the garden of civilizations with great care to ensure that the beauty of each civilization is appreciated and shared.”
“Fourth, we should advocate solidarity and improve global governance. AI is an invaluable asset that encapsulates humanity’s collective wisdom. We should practice true multilateralism and recognize the important role of the United Nations. We should enhance alignment and coordination on AI development strategies, governance rules, and technical standards, so as to form a consensus-based global governance framework at an early date to make this frontier technology better benefit humanity. We must carry out extensive international cooperation and help Global South countries with capacity building to bridge the AI and digital divides, promote sustainable development, and prevent creating new historical injustice in AI.”
Xi Jinping mentioned, “This year marks the start of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan. It maps out China’s economic and social development for the next five years and provides immense opportunities for the international community. In recent years, China has embraced AI with open arms. We have promoted interplay between an efficient market and a well-functioning government, strengthened AI innovation, actively advanced the AI Plus Initiative, and built a healthy ecosystem for all entities to thrive in together. The core smart economy industries are worth at least RMB 1 trillion yuan. Smart devices in countless homes truly improve people’s livelihoods. Intelligent Manufacturing in China has become another shining hallmark of Chinese modernization.”
He added that China lays nice emphasis on security and safety in AI building. With a deep working out of the traits and good judgment of AI building, we’re often making improvements to regulations, laws, insurance policies, mechanisms, utility norms, in addition to moral ideas to be sure that AI is protected, protected, and controllable, and that this high-quality steed of AI gallops with each velocity and steadiness.
“As a accountable main nation, China is at all times dedicated to offering world public items on the subject of AI. Since I proposed the World AI Governance Initiative, China has promoted the adoption of the U.N. Normal Meeting Answer on Improving Global Cooperation on Capability Construction of Synthetic Intelligence through consensus, printed the AI Capability Construction Motion Plan for Excellent and for All, introduced the AI Plus Global Cooperation Initiative, and advocated for organising the Global Synthetic Intelligence Cooperation Group (WAICO). China has been contributing regularly to international AI governance.
