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Xi calls for China to lead on AI as Beijing targets global standards influence

9/7/2026

In the governance layer of artificial intelligence, whoever authors the technical definitions wins.

Safety thresholds, interoperability specifications, and audit frameworks written at international standards bodies propagate directly into market-access rules for AI systems deployed worldwide.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has positioned Beijing as a contender for that authorship, calling on China to play a leading role in artificial intelligence and framing that ambition around what he described as "positive" use of the technology.

What the standards layer decides The mechanism is worth spelling out.

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