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Xi Jinping pitches AI "openness" as China moves to shape global AI governance
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Friday, July 17, 2026
Confidence
High · — AP primary + FT + Xinhua + multiple corroborating
Evidence
multiple keynote transcripts + treaty text + independent reporting
Xi opened Shanghai's 2026 World AI Conference Friday with a keynote calling AI a global public good and taking aim at what he termed the "overstretching" of national-security concerns.
- 29 countries signed a day earlier to establish a Shanghai-headquartered World AI Cooperation Organization.
- China pledged 5,000 AI training seats for developing countries and ASEAN, AU, BRICS centers.
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