Xi Jinping attends the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai and discusses global governance

The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and HighLevel Meeting on Global AI Governance was recently held in Shanghai. President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony, focusing on issues such as AI development, governance, security, and international cooperation, and emphasizing the need to steer global AI toward the direction of benefiting humanity and to work together to build a just and reasonable global governance system. The report reviewed a number of events during the conference, including the establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization in Shanghai and the chair's statement issued by the meeting. It mentioned that the Chinese side proposed adhering to openness and winwin cooperation, strengthening risk awareness, promoting mutual learning among civilizations, and improving global governance, and announced a series of cooperation initiatives such as training for developing countries and the building of international cooperation centers. The article also said that during the conference, President Xi Jinping met with Kazakh President Tokayev, Thai Prime Minister Anutin, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, and UN SecretaryGeneral Guterres. All parties present generally believed that the development of AI requires strengthened international cooperation, balancing innovation, security, fairness, and inclusiveness.