Looking at China’s Approach in the AI Era through These Vivid Analogies
An interpretation of President Xi Jinping’s proposals on global governance for artificial intelligence, explaining China’s efforts to promote the beneficial and inclusive development of AI Understand new ideas in technological development, international cooperation, and security regulation, and seize future opportunities
At the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and HighLevel Meeting on Global AI Governance, President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech, putting forward a series of proposals on global AI governance, technological development, and international cooperation. The article sorts through several sets of metaphors used in the speech and explains China's position on promoting AI development that is good for all and widely accessible.
The article points out that artificial intelligence is becoming a new engine of economic growth, while also bringing new issues in governance, security, and ethics. In recent years, China has continuously advanced the “AI+” initiative, supporting open source and openness, industrial applications, and technological innovation, and through cooperation platforms, capacitybuilding projects, and international initiatives, it has helped relevant achievements benefit countries in the Global South more widely.
The article also notes that China adheres to giving equal weight to development and security, continuously improving laws and regulations related to artificial intelligence, regulatory measures, and risk prevention and control systems, emphasizing that AI should always remain under human control. At the same time, China advocates that countries strengthen cooperation on the basis of equality and jointly build a fairer and more reasonable global AI governance system.