President Xi Jinping touts China as leader for AI at AI conference in Shanghai

Chinese President Xi Jinping promoted China as a global leader in artificial intelligence at a Shanghai conference, calling for international cooperation and criticizing the US approach under the Trump administration. Twenty-nine countries signed an agreement to establish the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO), headquartered in Shanghai.

China’s President Xi Jinping outlined China’s vision for AI in the world. That vision touts a “more open attitude” and a “symphony of international cooperation,” presumably a reference to the United States’ differing approach under the Trump Administration, as reported by CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/x-china-ai-summit-risks-security.html . Meanwhile, “29 countries signed an agreement in Shanghai to establish the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, or WAICO , which will be headquartered in Shanghai .” According to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization , the members states include: - Algeria - Belarus - Brazil - Cambodia - Cameroon - China - Congo - Cuba - Ethiopia - Indonesia - Kazakhstan - Kenya - Kyrgyzstan - Laos - Lesotho - Malaysia - Mozambique - Myanmar - Nicaragua - Oman - Pakistan - Russia - Senegal - Serbia - South Africa - Tajikistan - Uzbekistan - Venezuela - Zambia