China is stepping up its push for a more open, inclusive and collaborative approach toward artificial intelligence, as the country's open-source AI ecosystem gains growing recognition among overseas users with its wider and fairer access to high-performance AI technologies at lower costs, said senior officials and industry experts.
"China is ready to work with all parties to establish a globally interoperable AI governance system that accommodates the interests of all parties and promotes beneficial, safe and fair AI development," said Li Lecheng, minister of industry and information technology, when attending the first session of the United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance last week in Geneva, Switzerland.
By placing great importance on both AI development and governance, the nation has supported the world's first resolution on AI standardization and has worked with international partners on more than 120 AI standards, contributing practical experience to the global intelligent transformation, Li said.
He added that China will continue to help bridge the global AI divide by supporting fair and inclusive development and by assisting countries, particularly those in the Global South, in building AI technologies and services.
