On July 31, 2026, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin held a group meeting withBrunei’s Minister of Transport and Infocommunications Pengiran Dato Shamhary, Togo’s Minister of Digital Transformation Cina Lawson, Iranian Ambassador to China Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, Sudanese Ambassador to China Omer Mohamed Ahmed Siddig, and Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the Vietnamese Embassy in China Hoang Van Tuan. Liu Bin witnessed the representatives of these countries sign the Agreement on the Establishment

BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) -- The 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance will be held in Shanghai from July 17 to 20. Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony and deliver a keynote speech, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Monday.

According to Xinhua News Agency, China is stepping up preparations for the establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO). China welcomes all parties to join the initiative and work together to promote AI for good and for all.

On June 15, 2026, Shen Jian, China’s Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, addressed the United Nations Informal Exchanges on Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain and Its Implications for International Peace and Security, where he outlined China’s position and proposals on the global governance of military AI.Shen said that the application of AI in the military domain has become an irreversible trend in global military transformation. The responsible military use of AI has important impl