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"China is ready to be more open, take more practical actions, and assume a more visionary perspective. We are ready to work with all parties to seize the opportunities of AI development and meet the challenges, and join hands to create a brighter future for humanity." – Xi Jinping
This section contrasts the United States' 'Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan,' which views AI as a weapon for global supremacy and entails export controls, model restrictions, and a technological blockade against China, with China's vision. China advocates for 'open source, openness, collaboration and sharing,' proposing AI as a common asset for humanity, and explicitly rejects 'overstretching the national security concept' or imposing one country's values. Beijing's approach prioritizes self-sufficiency, diffusion, and application, aiming to make technology universally useful and accessible.
The article highlights the fundamental ideological differences in AI development between China and the West. In the U.S., AI is primarily driven by the profit motives of tech giants and military objectives. In contrast, China's socialist market economy directs AI towards social ends, focusing on improving people's livelihoods, creating jobs, and ensuring the technology remains under human control. Examples include China's AI Plus program for job creation and the PANDA AI tool for early cancer detection. Unlike the speculative investment frenzy in the West, China emphasizes 'patient capital' and treats AI intelligence as a public good, exemplified by the open-source DeepSeek model.
Xi Jinping's speech strongly emphasizes China's commitment to the developing world in the AI revolution, warning against the creation of a 'new historical injustice' or a digital colonial division. China pledges 5,000 AI training opportunities for developing countries over five years and plans to establish international AI application cooperation centers with various regional blocs, including ASEAN, the African Union, and BRICS. The extension of China's AI-powered meteorological early warning system, MAZU, to 30 countries is also promised. The World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (WAICO), headquartered in Shanghai, is presented as a direct response to the needs and calls of the Global South for inclusive AI development.
WAICO is framed as an institutional embodiment of China's Global AI Governance Initiative, fitting into a broader framework of China's four global initiatives: Global Development, Security, Civilisation, and Governance. These initiatives collectively aim to build a community with a shared future for humanity. The article explains how AI is positioned to drive shared prosperity, common security, mutual learning among civilizations, and a consensus-based global governance framework centered on true multilateralism and the United Nations. This approach contrasts sharply with a 'jungle' logic, promoting instead a 'family' logic where AI decisions are made through extensive consultation for shared benefit, serving as a public good.
This section introduces the complete transcript of Chinese President Xi Jinping's keynote address, delivered at the opening ceremony of the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai. Titled 'Joining Hands to Build a Just and Equitable System for Global AI Governance,' the speech outlines China's comprehensive vision for AI. Xi emphasizes a people-centered approach, promoting open innovation, ensuring AI is secure and controllable, fostering mutual learning between civilizations, and advocating for enhanced global governance. He calls for international cooperation rather than a solo national performance, specifically pledging support for Global South countries to bridge AI and digital divides and prevent 'new historical injustice' in the AI era.