29 Countries Sign Agreement to Establish World AI Cooperation Organization Based in Shanghai
29 countries signed an agreement to establish the World AI Cooperation Organization, headquartered in Shanghai, in the presence of the UN Secretary-General.
Translated by Qiyas from كونا — Original source
Beijing, July 16 (KUNA) — Twenty-nine countries signed today, Thursday, an agreement on the establishment of the World Organization for Cooperation in Artificial Intelligence in Shanghai, southeastern China, in a move aimed at enhancing international cooperation and global governance in the field to the benefit of all humanity.
Xinhua News Agency reported that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and representatives from the 29 signatory countries, including China, Russia, Pakistan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Laos, and several international organizations, attended the signing ceremony.
The agreement stated that the new global organization, proposed by China in July 2025, is an independent intergovernmental international institution committed to the UN Charter and the principles of consultation, sharing, and mutual benefit, with a human-centric approach. It emphasized that the organization aims to ensure the healthy and orderly development of artificial intelligence along the paths of benefit, security, and equity, with its headquarters located in Shanghai.
For his part, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who represented the Chinese government at the signing ceremony, told his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar that the establishment of this organization aims to ensure that all countries, particularly those of the Global South, benefit equally from the wave of intelligent transformation and to prevent the widening of the global AI divide.
It is worth noting that the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference will be held in Shanghai from tomorrow until July 20, with Chinese President Xi Jinping attending. Xi is expected to deliver an important speech at the opening ceremony. (End) S L Q
