Introduction

As satellites traverse Earth’s orbit, artificial intelligence (AI) is transcending borders, profoundly reshaping global development and cooperation. By 2025, China’s open-source AI development has made significant strides, positioning itself among the world’s leaders. China maintains an open and inclusive stance, providing robust support for global AI collaborative development.

AI Initiatives and Projects

From the green data centers operating day and night in the Guizhou mountains to the precision agriculture projects in Mozambique utilizing “BeiDou + drones” technology, and the ASEAN AI multilingual translation center bridging civilizations, these practical cooperation scenes and vivid practices collectively illustrate the grand vision of AI empowering the world.

In September 2025, China proposed the “AI+ International Cooperation Initiative,” an international public product grounded in the concept of a shared future for humanity. This initiative focuses on five key areas: welfare, technological advancement, industrial application, cultural prosperity, and talent cultivation, establishing an action framework for global AI collaborative development, which has garnered widespread attention and positive responses from the international community.

Focus on Welfare and Development

The initiative prioritizes welfare, ensuring that AI technology benefits people in various countries, particularly aiding developing nations in overcoming challenges. In Mozambique’s Gaza Province, the China-Mozambique agricultural cooperation project introduced Chinese precision agriculture technology, significantly increasing rice yields from approximately 150 kg per mu to over 400 kg, with some demonstration fields reaching 500 kg and high-yield plots exceeding 550 kg. In healthcare, AI-assisted diagnostic systems extend quality resources to remote areas, enhancing diagnostic accuracy through image recognition. In education, intelligent learning platforms break geographical barriers, allowing students in developing countries to access global quality resources.

Technological Support and Innovation

Behind the technological warmth is solid scientific support. Technological advancement is the core driving force of “AI+”. The initiative leads innovation paradigm shifts and promotes cross-disciplinary R&D collaboration. Currently, China ranks among the top tier globally in large model development and open-source initiatives, with a well-established system of general and industry-specific models, providing low-cost, inclusive model technology support to the world through open-source sharing.

By November 2025, the Guizhou green data center cluster achieved low-carbon operation relying on hydropower, with a PUE value below 1.2 and a total computing power exceeding 100,000 PFLOPS, of which over 98% is intelligent computing power. The Hohhot computing hub utilizes wind and solar green electricity, reducing carbon emissions by 640,000 tons annually, pioneering carbon sink mutual recognition in the country. By the end of 2025, China’s intelligent computing power is expected to reach 1.59 million PFLOPS, with eight national computing hubs accelerating construction, and a total of 306 national green computing facilities established, providing a replicable Chinese model for global green computing development.

In basic research, AI large models empower cutting-edge fields such as biomanufacturing and quantum technology, facilitating global researchers’ access to innovative results.

Reshaping Industry and Supply Chains

AI’s empowerment of global development is also reshaping industrial and supply chains. The initiative advocates for AI-driven industrial upgrades and the cultivation of new business models to stabilize global supply chains. China’s “computing power supply + R&D application” linkage has shown significant results: Beijing Haidian focuses on AI R&D and achievement transformation, while Shanghai Lingang builds a cross-border computing power hub, integrating eight national computing hub nodes to create a nationwide integrated computing network supporting cross-border capacity collaboration.

On the Haizhi Online platform, European engineers’ 3D gear drawings are analyzed by AI in milliseconds, accurately connecting with small and medium enterprises in Kunshan, Jiangsu. The platform bridges the information gap in non-standard parts trade through over 200 factory labels and more than a hundred demand labels, facilitating efficient circulation of over a million industrial drawings and helping various enterprises smoothly integrate into global industrial division.

In Russia’s Far East, AI intelligent agricultural machinery significantly enhances agricultural productivity; in Uzbekistan, AI photovoltaic cleaning robots ensure stable green electricity output; in Tajikistan’s smart mining areas and Pakistan’s urban intelligent security systems, Chinese digital and intelligent solutions deeply integrate with local needs, proving that multilateral cooperation is an effective path for industrial empowerment.

Cultural Exchange and Prosperity

Civilizations flourish through communication, and “AI+” is becoming a digital bridge for mutual learning among civilizations. Cultural prosperity is a vital dimension of global civilization initiatives, centered on promoting mutual understanding through AI. The cooperation between China and Malaysia serves as a model, with Chinese tech companies collaborating with local enterprises to establish the ASEAN AI multilingual translation center, supporting translation in over 130 languages and enabling rapid translation of film content within 30 minutes. Additionally, in the 2025 Belt and Road and BRICS Skills Development and Technological Innovation Competition, over a hundred teams from various countries competed in AI-enabled teaching design; concurrently, the “Global South AI Workshop” launched a new platform for deepening “AI + vocational education” cooperation among countries. The application of AI in digital cultural tourism and cultural heritage preservation revitalizes cultural heritage, showcasing the humanistic warmth of “AI+” and allowing different civilizations to blend and shine in the digital age.

Talent Development

Talent is fundamental to development, and talent cultivation is essential for the sustained empowerment of “AI+”. The initiative emphasizes building independent innovation capabilities in partner countries through open-source technology and joint training. China adheres to an open and inclusive philosophy, not only exporting technology but also sharing experiences. By the end of 2025, China is expected to have 5.32 million effective domestic invention patents, with AI patents ranking among the world’s top, accounting for 60% of the global total. Relevant technologies are shared with the world through open-source communities and joint R&D, significantly lowering the technological threshold for developing countries. Mechanism-wise, the resolution proposed by China to strengthen international cooperation in AI capacity building was unanimously adopted at the 78th United Nations General Assembly. China has hosted multiple AI capacity-building seminars, inviting representatives from various countries to engage in in-depth discussions on AI development, governance, and application, effectively implementing the UN General Assembly resolution. Through local training and joint education initiatives, China helps partner countries cultivate AI talent, bridging the “last mile” of technology application and supporting countries in transitioning from technology input to independent innovation. Since 2026, China has further launched specialized AI capacity-building training courses for ASEAN, Central Asia, and Arab countries, promoting related cooperation from global inclusivity to regional deepening.

Conclusion

Intelligence knows no boundaries, and win-win cooperation is the way forward. China’s “AI+ International Cooperation Initiative” encompasses a complete framework of concepts, mechanisms, and practices. From computing hubs to industrial collaboration, from welfare empowerment to cultural exchange, from technological innovation to talent development, “AI+” is breaking down barriers with an open and inclusive approach, poised to become a powerful engine for international cooperation, promoting global common development, and ensuring that the benefits of intelligence reach every country and its people, composing a new chapter of shared destiny and prosperity in the digital age.