Chinese Prime Minister Li Qian gave a speech at the opening of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference held in Shanghai on Saturday, July 26th, 2025.
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Shanghai – Technology competition between the two largest economies in the world has intensified.
China announced its Global Action Plan for Artificial Intelligence on Saturday, calling for international cooperation on technology development and regulations.
According to official readings, the annual National Organization World Artificial Intelligence Conference held in Shanghai has begun in an opening speech by Prime Minister Li Qian, who announced that the Chinese government has proposed to establish a global AI cooperation organization.
A few days ago, US President Donald Trump announced the American Action Plan for AI, which includes a call to reduce the “awakening” bias in AI models and support the deployment of US technology.
“Two camps are currently being formed,” said George Chan, partner of Asia Group and co-chair of digital practice.
“China clearly wants to stick to a multilateral approach while the US wants to build its own camp, and is highly targeting China’s rise in the field of AI,” Chen said.
He pointed out how China attracts participants from its Belt and Road initiative, but said the US is likely to receive support from allies such as Japan and Australia.
In his speech, Prime Minister Li highlighted China’s “AI Plus” plan to integrate technology across industries, saying that he is willing to support other countries with this technology, especially in the global South. This category roughly refers to developing countries, particularly countries outside the US and European orbit.
Since 2022, the US has been trying to restrict access to China’s advanced semiconductors for training AI models. Earlier this month, US chip maker Nvidia said it was allowing the US to resume shipping less sophisticated H20 chips to China after a roughly three-month hiatus.
However, China is developing homemade alternatives. This was praised, praised and praised by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on his third trip to China this month.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt met Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Zinning in the city on Thursday before an AI meeting, according to a city announcement. Schmidt did not respond immediately to a CNBC request for comments.
