--- title: Xi pitches China as the world’s AI liberator | daily.dev description: Chinese President Xi Jinping used the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai to position China as a global leader in AI governance,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/xi-pitches-china-as-the-world-s-ai-liberator-sqso6sgnu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Xi pitches China as the world’s AI liberator | daily.dev og:description: Chinese President Xi Jinping used the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai to position China as a global leader in AI governance,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/xi-pitches-china-as-the-world-s-ai-liberator-sqso6sgnu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sQSO6SGnU.png og:image:alt: Xi pitches China as the world’s AI liberator og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Xi pitches China as the world’s AI liberator **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Chinese President Xi Jinping used the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai to position China as a global leader in AI governance, promoting open-source AI as a public good and pledging to help developing nations build AI capabilities. Xi framed China's approach as an alternative to US-led AI governance, warning against unequal access creating 'new historical injustices.' He also addressed AI safety, calling for human oversight of AI systems. China launched the World AI Cooperation Organisation with 29 member countries and announced AI training and cooperation centers with Global South blocs including BRICS, ASEAN, and the African Union. The speech comes ahead of the first US-China government-level AI talks under the Trump administration. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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