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World AI Conference in Shanghai adopts a Global AI Governance Action Plan and proposes a world AI cooperation body

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Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China: Remarks by Ma Zhaoxu at the High-Level Meeting on Global AI GovernanceAlso reported by Shanghai Municipal Government

At the opening of the World AI Conference in Shanghai on 26 July 2025, Premier Li Qiang proposed a World AI Cooperation Organization, and the conference adopted a Global AI Governance Action Plan. China’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said China was considering Shanghai for the organisation’s headquarters and invited countries to join preparatory work. The conference drew more than 1,000 representatives from over 40 countries and international organisations, according to the Shanghai government.

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Governments in the Global South got a China-hosted alternative to Western-led AI forums, days after the US published its own AI Action Plan.

When
26 Jul 2025
ID
WTA-N-2025-0062
Who
World AI Conference, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China; Li Qiang

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China

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Earlier in this Storyline: What led hereXi Jinping announces China’s Global AI Governance Initiative

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WTA-N-2025-0062: “World AI Conference in Shanghai adopts a Global AI Governance Action Plan and proposes a world AI cooperation body.” wheresthe.ai, 26 Jul 2025. https://wheresthe.ai/d/cn-global-ai-governance-action-plan-waico-2025-07/ (source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China: Remarks by Ma Zhaoxu at the High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance).

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