China's global AI revolution explained

Shanghai is the beating heart of the global AI revolution! At the 2026 World AI Conference, President Xi Jinping delivered a major keynote outlining China’s vision for the future of AI governance, emphasizing openness, win-win collaboration, human control over AI, and solidarity with the Global South. Xi announced 5,000 AI training opportunities for developing countries over the next five years and the launch of the World AI Cooperation Organization in Shanghai. The event features over 1,100 exhibitors, 3,000+ products, and 300 global debuts across 100,000 square meters. In this episode of Reports on China, host Andy Boreham is joined by special guest Professor Warwick Powell (Queensland University of Technology). They discuss Xi’s four key pillars for AI — openness and innovation, security and controllability, civilizational inclusiveness, and global solidarity — plus the risks of unchecked AI, historical parallels to the steam engine and internet, and how China’s approach differs from Western strategies. What does “human in the driver’s seat” really mean for the future of technology? Could greater international AI cooperation become reality? Like, subscribe, and comment: What was your biggest takeaway from Xi’s speech? #WorldAIConference2026 #XiJinping #ChinaAI #AIGovernance #GlobalSouth #WarwickPowell #ReportsOnChina #ShanghaiAI #ArtificialIntelligence #WAIC