China to provide 5,000 AI training opportunities for developing countries: Xi

In China, on 17 July 2026, Xi Jinping spoke at the opening ceremony of the 2026 World AI Conference in Shanghai and said China will provide 5,000 AI training opportunities for developing countries. He said AI should not be dominated by one country and called for global cooperation, open source and open collaboration. The Associated Press wrote that he chided the US for its curbs on technology sharing, and Reuters said he pitched China as leader of a new global AI order.

Xi said WAICO will mark an important milestone in AI development, and CGTN reported that China vows to make AI a driver of shared prosperity. Separately, Chinese company Moonshot AI claimed its Kimi K3 model can rival OpenAI and Anthropic.