G20 innovation ministers met in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Sept. 1-2;
technology and trade ministers from G20 members and guest countries attended.
Trade discussions focused on intellectual property policy for AI innovation,
coordination between AI and standards, industrial innovation and supply-chain
investment. MOFCOM Vice Minister Jiang Chenghua attended and spoke, and held
bilateral meetings with US, Brazil, Italy and Russia delegations; Jiang said
China views open-source approaches and openness as intrinsic to AI development
and an effective way to narrow the digital-intelligence divide, and said China
is willing to work with G20 members to build open, inclusive, resilient and
sustainable supply chains and share AI development gains.
