{"slug": "china-urges-global-ai-cooperation-not-rivalry-ahead-of-xi-trump-summit", "title": "China urges global AI cooperation, not rivalry, ahead of Xi-Trump summit", "summary": "China’s science and technology minister Yin Hejun called for global cooperation on artificial intelligence at the G20 Innovation Ministerial Meeting in the United States, saying the development of AI and other emerging technologies had entered an “unprecedentedly active” period with opportunities and challenges coexisting. The remarks come as Washington weighs further restrictions on Chinese technology, though Citi Research analysts said the recent trade flare-up was “unlikely to materially disrupt China’s AI exports.”", "body_md": "# China urges global AI cooperation, not rivalry, ahead of Xi-Trump summit\n\nWith the high-stakes meeting just weeks away and tech tensions escalating, Beijing uses a G20 ministerial forum to advocate collaboration on the emerging technology\n\n[Ben Jiang](/author/ben-jiang)in Beijing\n\nChina’s science and technology minister Yin Hejun has called for global cooperation to manage the opportunities and risks posed by artificial intelligence, as Beijing and Washington face renewed trade and tech tensions ahead of a planned meeting between their leaders later this month.\n\nSpeaking at the G20 Innovation Ministerial Meeting held in the United States, Yin said the development of AI and other emerging technologies had entered an “unprecedentedly active” period, with opportunities and challenges coexisting, according to a statement published on the website of China’s Ministry of Science and Technology on Wednesday.\n\n“There is an urgent need for countries to work together to address them,” Yin was quoted as saying in the statement. The G20 gathering was held from Monday through Tuesday.\n\nYin’s remarks come as AI and other advanced technologies have become increasingly entangled in the broader rivalry between the world’s two largest economies, with Washington weighing further restrictions that could hamper China’s technological ambitions.\n\n[restrictions on foreign-made advanced drones](https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3364715/china-urges-us-drop-sweeping-drone-tariffs-warns-global-supply-chain-fallout?module=inline&pgtype=article), robots and connected power inverters. In response, Beijing has tightened export controls on dual-use drone technology.\n\nBut the recent flare-up, wrote a group of Citi Research analysts led by Yu Xiangrong in a research note last month, was “unlikely to materially disrupt China’s AI exports”. The analysts explained that direct US-China trade in the sector was “already suppressed at the aggregate level, limiting the potential first-order impact of further restrictions”.\n\nMeanwhile, Washington is currently mulling potential restrictions on Chinese data centre equipment and open-weight models.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-urges-global-ai-cooperation-not-rivalry-ahead-of-xi-trump-summit", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3366143/china-urges-global-ai-cooperation-not-rivalry-ahead-xi-trump-summit?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-09-02 13:30:10+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-02 13:52:47.603273+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Yin Hejun", "China’s Ministry of Science and Technology", "G20", "Citi Research", "Yu Xiangrong"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-urges-global-ai-cooperation-not-rivalry-ahead-of-xi-trump-summit", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-urges-global-ai-cooperation-not-rivalry-ahead-of-xi-trump-summit.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-urges-global-ai-cooperation-not-rivalry-ahead-of-xi-trump-summit.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-urges-global-ai-cooperation-not-rivalry-ahead-of-xi-trump-summit.jsonld"}}