The China Center for Cooperation on Special Economic Zones in BRICS Countries was officially inaugurated on Friday in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province in eastern China.
The Center is the first platform mechanism personally announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in the field of BRICS economic and trade cooperation.
It will focus on key areas such as economic and trade collaboration, standard alignment, and institutional innovation, striving to become a pivotal platform for promoting economic and trade cooperation and exchanges between China and other BRICS countries.
Furthermore, the Center aims to evolve into a new platform supporting the advancement of high-level institutional opening-up.
China Center for Cooperation on Special Economic Zones in BRICS Countries inaugurated in Hangzhou
Twenty-nine countries on Thursday signed an agreement in Shanghai on establishing the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO).
The WAICO will be an independent intergovernmental international organization headquartered in Shanghai, according to the agreement.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, signed the agreement on behalf of the Chinese government.
Representatives from the 29 countries, including Kazakhstan, Laos, Pakistan, Russia and Indonesia, signed the agreement, making their countries the WAICO's founding members. The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was among representatives from countries and international organizations present at the signing ceremony.
The organization will uphold the purposes of the UN Charter, be committed to extensive consultation and joint contribution for shared benefit and adhere to a people-centered approach, according to the agreement.
It aims to promote international cooperation and global governance on AI, ensuring that AI is beneficial, safe and fair, thereby promoting its healthy and orderly development to benefit all humanity.
29 countries sign agreement on establishing World AI Cooperation Organization
