For the first time, Xi Jinping will personally headline China’s flagship AI summit — launching a global alliance built to ensure no single country dominates AI. Everyone knows which country he means.
169 countries. One question. Who controls the world’s most powerful AI? The UN’s first global AI governance dialogue confronts the asymmetry watchchina.ai has tracked all summer — and China arrives with an opening.
China’s open models were its greatest weapon. Now Beijing is quietly considering locking them down. The potential U-turn that would collapse the “open China vs. closed America” narrative overnight.
Three binding AI laws. One country. Effective this month. China just enacted the world’s first rules for AI companions and autonomous agents — while the West is still writing white papers.
China just confirmed it will host the world’s most important AI governance summit — in Shanghai, this July. Beijing wants to build AI dominance and write its rules at the same time.