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Xi Unveils WAICO, Promises 5,000 AI Trainings, Trillion-Yuan Industry

7/19/2026

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Xi Launches AI Alliance

President Xi Jinping unveiled the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO), a body headquartered in Shanghai with 29 founding members including Brazil and others.
He announced that China will provide 5,000 AI training opportunities to developing nations and extend MAZU to 30 countries within five years.
He said China’s AI industry now exceeds one trillion yuan in value and that ethical guidelines keep AI secure, controllable and under human oversight.

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China AI Surge

China's AI market was worth 1.2 trillion yuan in 2025 and is set to grow over 30 percent in 2026.
AI token consumption in China rose a thousandfold, while WIPO logged over 43,000 Chinese generative-AI patent filings in 2024-2025, the most worldwide.
Siemens and other foreign firms are adopting Chinese open-source AI models for lower cost, with Chinese models reaching 20 of OpenRouter’s top-50 in May, up from five in early 2025.

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Kazakhstan Joins AI

Kazakhstan joined both China’s WAICO and the U.S. AI Opportunity Statement, showing a split in AI alignment.
United Nations (U.N.) Secretary-General António Guterres, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul attended the WAIC.
Washington and Beijing will hold government-level AI talks under President Donald Trump after competing U.N. AI visions.
Chinese media called the U.S. approach an “AI Iron Curtain,” framing Beijing’s push as a sovereignty narrative.

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Xi Launches AI Alliance

President Xi Jinping unveiled the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO), a body headquartered in Shanghai with 29 founding members including Brazil and others.
He announced that China will provide 5,000 AI training opportunities to developing nations and extend MAZU to 30 countries within five years.
He said China’s AI industry now exceeds one trillion yuan in value and that ethical guidelines keep AI secure, controllable and under human oversight.

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