Xi Launches China-Led Global AI Group And Offers Training To Developing Nations
Chinese President Xi Jinping on July 17, 2026, launched a China-led global artificial intelligence cooperation organization in Shanghai and pledged training and system access to developing countries as a counter to U.S. tech curbs.[1]
Xi said China will provide 5,000 AI training opportunities to developing countries over the next five years and promised access for 30 countries to a Chinese-developed AI meteorological early-warning system.[1] He told the World Artificial Intelligence Conference that AI development should not be "dominated by any single nation," and he called U.S. export curbs an example of 'overstretching' national security in AI.[1]
On July 16, 29 countries including Pakistan, Russia and Kazakhstan signed an agreement with China to establish the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, which will be headquartered in Shanghai.[1] Chinese officials say the offerings aim to build technical ties with developing nations and to shape global AI rules outside what Beijing calls Western-dominated frameworks.
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- On July 17, 2026, Xi Jinping addressed the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, urging that AI development not be "dominated by any single nation."
- Xi said China will provide 5,000 AI training opportunities to developing countries over the next five years.
- He promised access for 30 countries to a Chinese-developed AI meteorological early-warning system.
- On July 16, 2026, 29 countries including Pakistan, Russia and Kazakhstan signed an agreement with China to establish the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, headquartered in Shanghai.
- Xi reiterated China’s opposition to what it calls the "overstretching" of national security in AI, a reference to U.S.-led technology export curbs.
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