United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (center) and Fu Cong (left), China’s permanent representative to the UN, arrive in Shanghai on Thursday to attend the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI governance. The artificial intelligence conference will be held from Friday to Monday. FANG ZHE / XINHUA

Xi Jinping will deliver the keynote at Shanghai’s World AI Conference on 17 July, his first appearance at the event, as China pushes its own AI governance body.

Chinese leader will deliver a keynote address at the Shanghai conference, underscoring Beijing’s focus on AI development.