Overview

• Premier Li Qiang urged urgent consensus on AI innovation and security risk management at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference
• He announced plans for an International AI Cooperation Body based in China to coordinate shared governance standards
• The Chinese government committed to advancing open-source AI models to enhance transparency and foster collaborative research
• His address followed President Trump’s new low-regulation AI strategy, highlighting intensifying U.S.-China policy competition
• UN Secretary-General António Guterres called AI governance a defining test of international cooperation, and Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton likened AI to a tiger cub that must be carefully trained to avoid future harm