2026-07-17
26 分钟Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is The Point.
Silicon Valley gave us open AI, but is China making AI more open?
The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, or WAIC,
and a high-level meeting on global AI governance kicks off on July 17. Under the theme AI Partnership
for a Brighter Future, the event brings together more than 1,100 companies from around the world,
showcasing over 3,000 cutting-edge AI innovations, including more than 300 making their global debut.
What is China's AI vision?
How could it shape the global AI landscape?
And what does all that mean?
Welcome to this edition of The Point with Min Lixin, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.
I'm pleased to be joined from Silicon Valley by Bill Reichert, partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures,
a global venture capital firm that has invested in nearly all of the most high-profile
tech unicorns over the past decade, including X, OpenAI and SpaceX.
From China's southern technology hub Shenzhen by Liu Xiaoshan, director of Embodied AI.
At the Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society, or AIRS,
and here in the studio by Professor Liang Yan, Kramer, Chair Professor of Economics at William Met University.
The warmest welcome to all of you.
Before we start the conversation,
let's just take a quick look at how global media are covering China's AI development from Reuters.