Xi Jinping attended the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, proposing four points including promoting AI open innovation and strengthening security governance. He also announced that China will provide AI training slots to developing countries and build an international artificial intelligence application cooperation center. He also took the lead in establishing the "World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization."
On the same day Xi Jinping attended the opening of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets plummeted across the board, with nearly 200 stocks hitting the daily limit, erasing all gains since August 2025. Technology, semiconductor, and gaming sectors related to AI fell the most.
According to Caixin News, at the close on July 17, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 3.05% losing the 3800-point level, the Shenzhen Component Index fell 5.40%, and the ChiNext Index fell 7.15%.
During the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, the city suspended the sending of knives, scissors, pliers, hammers and other items in several districts such as Fengxian, Songjiang, and Qingpu.
the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Cyberspace Administration of China releases a new draft of the Internet Information Service Management Measures, increasing the articles from the current 27 to 94, and incorporating content such as artificial intelligence, self-media, recommendation algorithms, and jurisdiction over overseas information.
In Chongqing Pengshui Han Jia Subdistrict a landslide occurred, causing multiple residential buildings below to collapse.
Yashita Akio was previously subjected to a violent attack, and the related content was said to be related to overseas information jurisdiction and “necessary measures” targeting anti-communist individuals abroad.
China enacted the Data Protection Law in 2021.
China introduced the Regulations on Online Publishing Service Management and the Cybersecurity Law in 2016.
In 2014, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) established the Central Cybersecurity and Informatization Leadership Group, with Xi Jinping serving as its head.