In an opinion piece, China’s ambassador to the UK argues that artificial intelligence will advance most safely and effectively through openness and international cooperation, highlighting complementary strengths between China’s industrial scale and the UK’s research prowess. Citing the World AI Conference in Shanghai and a keynote by Xi Jinping, he outlines Beijing’s plans for global training, new cooperation centers with regional blocs, and wider access to tools such as the Mazu AI weather-early-warning system. He points to China’s emphasis on open-source and open-weight models—including Qwen, DeepSeek and Kimi—as a way to lower costs and broaden participation. The envoy urges joint China–UK work in healthcare, manufacturing and standards-setting to build trusted AI governance without erecting protectionist barriers.
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