July 17, 2026 — China's foreign minister Wang Yi met UN secretary-general
Guterres in Shanghai during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference.
President Xi in an opening keynote outlined China’s AI priorities — healthy,
safe and orderly development — and Beijing said it is pushing to establish a
World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization to promote
people-centered, inclusive AI, help Global South countries build capacity and
avoid a new intelligence divide, and strengthen the UN’s coordinating role in AI
governance. China said it will coordinate with the UN to advance governance of
AI and other emerging technologies.
