China publishes a global artificial-intelligence cooperation plan.
Today's events
Global AI push.
Central planners released China's global artificial-intelligence cooperation plan at the World AI Conference, where Xi's keynote urged a UN-centered, broadly-accepted governance framework.1Jul 17 · State plannerVice minister expelled.
The Party's anti-graft body expelled former Water Resources vice minister Tian Xuebin from the Party and public office for bribery, referring his case to prosecutors.2Jul 24 · Discipline bodyPrivate-sector confidence.
State planning chief Zheng Shanjie met heads of five private firms, including a humanoid-robot maker, pledging rule-of-law support for the private economy.3Jul 20 · State plannerCompute meets green power.
The energy bureau pledged to speed a “new energy system” tying AI computing to green power; data-center electricity use hit 170 billion kilowatt-hours in 2025.4Jul 24 · Energy bureauBreaking market barriers.
The market regulator ordered a nationwide fix for hidden regional bidding barriers, scrapping local-favoritism credit rules that shut out out-of-province firms.5Jul 23 · Market regulatorTibet official expelled.
The anti-graft body also expelled Wang Jun, a former deputy chief of Tibet's legislature, for defying central rules on the region's ecology and mineral development.6Jul 24 · Discipline bodyAI sovereignty at the UN.
China told a new United Nations cyber body that every country may choose its own AI path and “should not be coerced into taking sides.”7Jul 22 · Foreign ministryProgrammable crop immunity.
Academy of Sciences researchers built a platform to custom-design synthetic plant immune receptors, engineering disease resistance without relying on natural resistance genes.8Jul 24 · Academy of SciencesSetting global factory standards.
A China-led international standard for smart-manufacturing use cases was published by the global electrotechnical commission, developed with experts from 11 countries.9Jul 23 · Market regulator
Voices
“Artificial intelligence should be an international public good that benefits all of humanity.”
Xi Jinping, World AI Conference, Shanghai · Jul 171
“Every country has the right to choose its own path for developing digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, and should not be coerced into taking sides.”
MFA Spokesperson Lin Jian · Jul 227
“When enterprises have vitality, the economy has momentum. The conditions and basic trend supporting China's long-term economic improvement have not changed.”
NDRC Director Zheng Shanjie, private-enterprise symposium · Jul 203
“Nearly four of every ten kilowatt-hours we consume is now green power — let every kilowatt-hour be fully used, and every token travel green.”
NEA Director Wang Hongzhi, AI-and-Energy forum · Jul 184
“He lost his ideals and convictions and, boundlessly greedy, turned public power into a tool for private gain — trading power for money.”
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, on Tian Xuebin · Jul 242
“Using local track records and awards as credit-scoring bonuses entrenches local protectionism and raises the institutional cost for out-of-province firms to enter the market.”
State Administration for Market Regulation · Jul 235
Sources
- National Development and Reform Commission, “Two major results released during the World AI Conference (AI Cooperation Development Action Plan),” Jul 17, 2026. ndrc.gov.cn/xwdt/…/ai-cooperation-action-plan
- CPC News (People's Daily), “Former Water Resources Party member and Vice Minister Tian Xuebin expelled from the Party and public office,” Jul 24, 2026. fanfu.people.com.cn/…/tian-xuebin
- National Development and Reform Commission, “Director Zheng Shanjie hosts private-enterprise symposium on the economic situation,” Jul 20, 2026. ndrc.gov.cn/xwdt/…/private-enterprise-symposium
- National Energy Administration, “China to accelerate a new energy system; compute-power dual empowerment,” Jul 24, 2026. nea.gov.cn/…/new-energy-system
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “Concentrated rectification of improper credit evaluation and regional bidding barriers,” Jul 23, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/…/regional-bidding-barriers
- CPC News (People's Daily), “Former Tibet People's Congress Standing Committee deputy chief Wang Jun expelled from the Party and public office,” Jul 24, 2026. fanfu.people.com.cn/…/wang-jun
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference,” Jul 22, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/…/lin-jian-press-conference-jul-22
- Chinese Academy of Sciences, “Scientists build a programmable synthetic plant immune-receptor design platform,” Jul 24, 2026. cas.cn/syky/…/synthetic-plant-immunity
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “China-led international standard for smart-manufacturing use cases published (IEC SRD 63459:2026),” Jul 23, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/…/smart-manufacturing-standard