China Proposes AI+ International Cooperation Initiative at UNGA Meeting of Global Development Initiative

China sponsored a meeting on Sept. 23 of the Global Development Initiative (GDI) on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York. At the meeting, Premier Li Qiang introduced what he called an AI+ International Cooperation Initiative. “In the next five years, China will establish a funding program dedicated to digital capacity-building within the Global Development Capital Pool to support the ‘Digital South’ initiative under the Global Development Initiative,” he said.