The inauguration of WAIC Academic will help China gain a stronger academic foothold in the global AI arena and provide timely answers to pressing real-world issues, industry experts and academicians said.

World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization to set up its headquarters in Shanghai

Twenty-nine countries signed an agreement in Shanghai to create WAICO, a China-led global AI cooperation body aimed at developing nations and challenging

Guided by multilateralism and an open, inclusive mindset, China has proactively advanced global artificial intelligence governance and international collaboration, contributing…

WAICO gives Beijing a new platform to shape global AI standards and infrastructure, with a focus on developing countries

FOCUS | 2026 World AI Conference opens in E China's Shanghai -

The organization, established on the eve of the opening of China’s annual World AI Conference, will advance international cooperation on how AI is developed and used.

At WAIC 2026, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for global AI collaboration and announced support for 5,000 AI research projects in developing countries. China also launched the…

Welcome to WAIC 2026 | Embrace an AI-Empowered Better Life

The approach to AI development championed by President Xi at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference stands in contrast to the one adopted by the US.

The inauguration of WAIC Academic will help China gain a stronger academic foothold in the global AI arena and provide timely answers to pressing real-world issues, industry…

Huo Fupeng, director of the Center for Innovation-driven Development, National Development and Reform Commission

Global Times: China sends fresh signal on global AI cooperation at WAIC

Xi Jinping launches WAICO at the 2026 World AI Conference, challenging US tech dominance with open-source AI governance standards targeting the Global

The World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization may prove to be China’s most ambitious effort yet to shape the future deployment and governance of AI.