Chinese vice science minister leads delegation to AI Summit in UK

Chinese Vice Minister of Science and Technology Wu Zhaohui led a delegation to attend the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit 2023 held in the United Kingdom on Wednesday and Thursday.

As a developing country, China aims to promote exchanges and communication on AI issues with all participating parties and pool wisdom for a governance framework with broad consensus, as reported by China Media Group.

The Chinese delegation has called for exchanges and cooperation among countries on artificial intelligence (AI) safety and international governance issues.

Wu spoke at the opening plenary session of the summit on Wednesday, and the Chinese delegation participated in discussions on AI safety and other issues.

The Chinese delegation promoted China's Global Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative, launched at the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation held in Beijing on October 18, and will carry out bilateral talks with relevant countries.

The delegation emphasized that the summit provides an important platform for dialogue and opportunities for exchange and cooperation among countries on AI safety and international governance issues.

The Chinese delegation holds that AI governance has a bearing on the fate of all humanity and is a task to be addressed by countries worldwide.

China underlined at the summit that while developing AI, countries should actively advocate for the principles of being people-oriented and developing AI for good, strengthen technology risk management and control, and encourage all parties to cooperate and govern together based on the principles of mutual respect, equality, and mutual benefit.

The Chinese delegation urged all sides to enhance the representation of developing countries in the global governance of AI and continually bridge the intelligence gap and governance capacity gap.

(With input from Xinhua)