Xi Jinping Headlines Shanghai's AI Summit For The First Time
This year the summit doubles as a High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance, Beijing's platform for shaping global AI rules.
- Xi delivers the keynote at Shanghai's opening ceremony on Friday, July 17.
- The conference runs four days, through July 20, not three as first reported.
- Premier Li Qiang, not Xi, headlined the same summit just one year ago.
Why it matters: A president who steps into an industry conference marks that industry as an instrument of state power now.