SCO members pledge to accelerate cooperation on AI technology application

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SCO members pledge to accelerate cooperation on AI technology application

2025-06-03 12:02 Last Updated At：12:37

The member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have pledged to accelerate their cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) technology as they recently unveiled a plan on building an AI application center at the 2025 China-SCO AI cooperation forum in north China's Tianjin Municipality.

The China-SCO Member States AI Application Cooperation Center Construction Plan also made proposals on talent cultivation, enhanced industrial cooperation, and improved cooperation on the provision of open-source services.

Themed "Intelligence Converges in China, Wisdom Benefits SCO", the forum, which was held on Thursday in Tianjin, aimed at boosting practical AI development and governance cooperation between China and the SCO member states. "Perhaps very soon, high technology and artificial intelligence will be applied in all fields of our life. So, it is no surprise that we attach great importance to this," said Oleg Kopylov, SCO deputy secretary general.

"Under China’s vision, we can do joint efforts on research and development when it comes to AI. For example, on synthetic data, how to generate synthetic data, how to apply synthetic data, and how can AI models be optimized by including synthetic data. So, there's much more room to grow together," said Azizjon Azimi, chair of the Artificial Intelligence Council of Tajikistan's Ministry of Industry and New Technologies.

"China has the most patents in the world of artificial intelligence. That goes a long way to show. The AI applications of next year, two years, three years from now are actually being done in China today. And we hope that what we're doing on synthetic data, on generative AI models using synthesis algorithms could be further expanded upon together with our counterparties in China," Azimi said.

In the exhibition area of the forum, many Chinese technology companies, including the intelligent speech giant iFLYTEK, showcased their new products to seek opportunities for cooperation.

"Through the iFlytek open platform, we provide various application scenarios for development partners in the industry, covering the areas of enterprise informatization, education, medical care, media and many others. Many partners have created a variety of applications based on our iFLYTEK SPARK Large Model," said Jiang Tao, senior vice president of iFLYTEK Group.

Many participants of the forum said the AI cooperation among the SCO member states will benefit the life for all.

"When I walk around, I see lots of developments and new technologies implemented in the day-to-day life of people, which is really, really impressive. I think AI and technology basically illustrate the implementation by making people's life easier, smooth and convenient," said Grigory Borisenko, deputy minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russia.

International media visit mudslide-hit Gyirong Port

International media on Saturday and Sunday visited the core disaster area of mudslide-hit Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

The reporters from the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Brazil among other countries and regions visited the area and learned about the disaster situation, ongoing rescue operations, and progress in recovery and reconstruction.

"China has this particular the capacity to address this kind of crisis. You have thousands of workers trained for this and you have machines made for this kind of efforts. And of course, our heart goes to them for the kind of work they are putting," said KJM Varma Mokanda, a reporter from Press Trust of India.

The mudslide, triggered by a high-altitude glacier collapse in Nepal on Aug 26, had left 43 people dead and 519 others missing at the border port as of 18:00 Saturday, the emergency response and rescue headquarters told a press conference on Sunday.

As of 18:00 Saturday, more than 2,500 people and over 500 vehicles had been deployed for the rescue, and more than 1,000 flights of drones had air-dropped 5.43 tons of supplies, officials said at the press conference.