Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 10th ministerial conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum.

"China will build ten joint laboratories with the Arab side in areas such as life and health, AI, green and low-carbon development, modern agriculture, and space and information technology. We will enhance cooperation on AI to empower the real economy and promote a broad-based global governance system on AI," Xi said.