China’s Xi calls for step up of global effort in AI
Chinese President Xi Jinping said AI development and governance should be a global effort as he promised more support to other countries including those in the developing world
ByCHAN HO-HIM Associated PressandHAN GUAN NG Associated Press
July 17, 2026, 1:38 AM
SHANGHAI –Development and governance of artificial intelligence should be a global effort, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday, while reiterating China’s objections to what he called the “overstretching” of national security concerns
Speaking at a conference in Shanghai, Xi said AI should not be dominated by any single nation. American-led restrictions have blocked China from accessing some of the world’s most advanced technologies, spurring China’s efforts to build its own know-how and intensifying the tech race between the world’s two biggest economies
“The development of artificial intelligence should not be a solo performance by any single country but rather a symphony of global cooperation,” Xi said at China’s annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. Others attending included the leaders of Kazakhstan, Cambodia and Thailand and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres
“We should together oppose the practice of overstretching the concept of national security in the field of artificial intelligence, and of placing one’s own security above that of other countries,” he said, repeating a longstanding Chinese complaint
Over the next five years, he said China will provide 5,000 training opportunities on artificial intelligence to developing countries
China will expand AI cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the League of Arab States, the African Union, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS countries, Xi said. He promised to provide access for 30 countries to a Chinese-developed AI meteorological system that provides early warning systems
A day earlier, 29 countries including Pakistan, Russia and Kazakhstan signed an agreement with China to establish a World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization. State media described it as an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Shanghai promoting global AI governance
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More than 1,100 companies and 1,400 guests are participating in the annual AI conference this year, state media said
During the conference, tech giant Huawei will be showcasing its powerful AI computing system, the Atlas 950 SuperPoD
Some technology analysts now believe China has become an innovator in AI and is no longer just catching up with the U.S. China’s five-year plan until 2030 has prioritized progress in frontiers of science and technology including AI
China’s open-ten times more affordable alternatives globally to U.S. AI models, which are largely closed-
Chan reported from Hong Kong. Associated Press writer Ken Moritsugu contributed from Beijing
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