China foreign minister Wang Yi met Pakistan deputy prime minister and foreign minister minister Dar in Shanghai on July 16 during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference. Pakistan signed the agreement establishing the World Artificial Intelligen

2026-07-16

China foreign minister Wang Yi met Pakistan deputy prime minister and foreign minister minister Dar in Shanghai on July 16 during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference. Pakistan signed the agreement establishing the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization; China said Pakistan’s accession aligns with its long-term interests and adds a new dimension to the China‑Pakistan all‑weather strategic partnership. China characterized AI as a strategic technology frontier and said the new organization will seek international consensus, advance practical cooperation and capacity building, help develop countries—particularly the Global South—benefit equivalently from AI and avoid an intelligence divide, and pledged to coordinate with Pakistan to promote inclusive, AI-for-good development that supports developing-country growth and global technological innovation.