On August 19, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lin Jian presided over a regular press conference. A reporter from Pengpai News asked a question. According to reports, the US government plans to send a letter to the co-signatories of the “Joint Statement on Artificial Intelligence Opportunities Partnership”, demanding that all parties not join the relevant US initiative and other mechanisms that conflict with the US initiative at the same time. An anonymous US official said that the purpose of this move is to make it clear to all parties that they must not join the artificial intelligence ecosystem of the US and China at the same time. What comments does the Chinese side have on this? Lin Jian said that artificial intelligence is the crystallization of intelligence and a valuable asset common to all humankind, and the international community generally looks forward to extensive artificial intelligence cooperation. Countries have the right to choose partners according to their own national conditions and development needs. Lin Jian stressed that China resolutely opposes standing on the sidelines and confrontations on artificial intelligence issues. He hopes that all parties will abandon the zero-sum mentality, adhere to mutual cooperation, respect the digital sovereignty of all countries, and work together to establish a fair and reasonable global artificial intelligence governance system, so that artificial intelligence can become an important driving force for promoting common prosperity and maintaining common security.

On August 19, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lin Jian presided over a regular press conference. A reporter from Pengpai News asked a question. According to reports, the US government plans to send a letter to the co-signatories of the “Joint Statement on Artificial Intelligence Opportunities Partnership”, demanding that all parties not join the relevant US initiative and other mechanisms that conflict with the US initiative at the same time. An anonymous US official said that the purpose of this move is to make it clear to all parties that they must not join the artificial intelligence ecosystem of the US and China at the same time. What comments does the Chinese side have on this? Lin Jian said that artificial intelligence is the crystallization of intelligence and a valuable asset common to all humankind, and the international community generally looks forward to extensive artificial intelligence cooperation. Countries have the right to choose partners according to their own national conditions and development needs. Lin Jian stressed that China resolutely opposes standing on the sidelines and confrontations on artificial intelligence issues. He hopes that all parties will abandon the zero-sum mentality, adhere to mutual cooperation, respect the digital sovereignty of all countries, and work together to establish a fair and reasonable global artificial intelligence governance system, so that artificial intelligence can become an important driving force for promoting common prosperity and maintaining common security.