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Xi Jinping

President of the People's Republic of China

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We should put in place laws and regulations, technological monitoring, early warning and emergency response systems in order to strengthen the line of security, prevent abuses and malicious use, and ensure that AI is always under human control.

Xi Jinping

President of the People's Republic of China

In the Chinese government's English text of a 2026 speech, Xi Jinping said countries should establish AI laws, monitoring, early-warning and emergency-response systems to prevent abuse and keep AI under human control.

President of the People's Republic of ChinaJuly 17, 2026Opening ceremony of the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance, Shanghai

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Second, we should strengthen risk-awareness and ensure that AI is secure and controllable. AI should be a trusted tool for humanity. We should take seriously the various types of inherent and secondary risks that AI may trigger. We should put in place laws and regulations, technological monitoring, early warning and emergency response systems in order to strengthen the line of security, prevent abuses and malicious use, and ensure that AI is always under human control. In the meantime, we should jointly oppose overstretching the national security concept in the field of AI and placing one country's security over that of others.

What this quote does not say

  • The same speech also supports open-source development and broad AI adoption, and immediately after this passage Xi opposed overstretching national-security claims in AI; the policy endorsement is for safety measures alongside development, not opposition to AI.

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We must make its oversight and governance precise and effective, and constantly refine measures to forestall loss of control.

Xi Jinping

President of the People's Republic of China

In the Chinese government's English text of a 2026 speech, Xi Jinping said AI oversight must be precise and effective and measures should be continually improved to prevent loss of control.

President of the People's Republic of ChinaJuly 17, 2026Opening ceremony of the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance, Shanghai

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With AI advancing at a staggering speed, we must ensure its development is for the positive, for good and for humanity. We must make its oversight and governance precise and effective, and constantly refine measures to forestall loss of control. We should always guide AI development with human wisdom and international consensus, so that AI can truly become a mighty force that increases the well-being of humanity and advances human civilization.

What this quote does not say

  • Immediately before and after this passage, Xi said AI development should serve humanity and increase human well-being; elsewhere he supported open-source development and broad AI adoption, so this is a call for oversight alongside development, not opposition to AI.

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