China Ratifies a Body It Will Host
The legislature approved the founding agreement for a China-hosted AI cooperation organisation with 38 founding members.
China’s foreign ministry said on 9 November 2026 that the country has become the first to ratify the Agreement on the Establishment of the World AI Cooperation Organisation, after the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress approved it. The body was announced in July 2026 at the World AI Conference, with 38 countries as founding members. Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said China, as initiator and host, will press ahead with establishing the organisation as a working entity, focused on practical cooperation and capacity building for Global South countries.
