At an Aug. 19 briefing, asked about a U.S. push to recruit signatories to a
Joint Declaration on AI partnership, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said
China opposes forcing countries to choose sides or forming camps on AI. He said
states may select partners based on national conditions, urged abandoning
zero-sum thinking, called for respect for digital sovereignty, and advocated
jointly building a fair, reasonable global AI governance framework to make AI a
driver of shared prosperity and common security.
