Global AI Governance Action Plan

Summary

China's action plan for international AI governance, in 13 items. On safety it calls for timely AI risk assessment with targeted prevention and response measures, towards a widely recognised safety governance framework; a risk testing and evaluation system; and mechanisms for threat information sharing and emergency response. It proposes exploring categorised and tiered management and traceability management systems for AI services. It also calls for regular safety assessment of AI used in public services, technical safety guidelines for open-source communities, and support for the UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance.

Safety topics

Scope

Borderline scope A 13-item action plan on international AI governance and development; safety is mainly item 10, parts of items 5, 8, 9 and 11. Suggest a scope_note along the lines of: Mainly an international AI cooperation and development plan, with safety governance as one of 13 items; included as China's statement of international AI governance.

Status notes

Released 26 Jul 2025 at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance. The text does not mention the World AI Cooperation Organization, which China proposed at the same conference and which was set up by treaty in July 2026 (see INT-15).

Sources

Open the official source https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xw/zyxw/202507/t20250729_11679232.html

Secondary source: https://un.china-mission.gov.cn/eng/zgyw/202507/t20250729_11679232.htm

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Verification

History

1. 2026-10-18related: [{"slug": "cn-global-ai-governance-initiative", "id": "CN-05"}, {"slug": "intl-w → [{"slug": "cn-global-ai-governance-initiative", "id": "CN-05"}, {"slug": "intl-w — two-way link added: BRICS-01 link(s) to CN-112026-10-18-fix-related-links · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2. 2026-10-14scope_note: – → A 13-item action plan on international AI governance and development; safety is — pipeline run 2026-10-14-refresh-translation-fixes (refresh), candidate CN-112026-10-14-refresh-translation-fixes · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
3. 2026-10-14notes: Released 26 Jul 2025 at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) → Released 26 Jul 2025 at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) — Removed the remark that the Chinese title was not checked (now in verification.note) and 'in Shanghai' (in no stored file).2026-10-14-refresh-translation-fixes · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
4. 2026-10-14summary: China's action plan for international AI governance. On safety it calls for time → China's action plan for international AI governance, in 13 items. On safety it c — The plan says 'We need to explore' categorised and tiered management and traceability management systems (item 10); the summary now says it proposes exploring them instead of calling for them outright. Kept the plan's own terms ('technical safety guidelines for open-source communities', 'assessment of the safety ... conducted regularly'). Added the item count (13). Return round (14 Oct 2026): checked against the Chinese text: 探索 ('explore') governs 分类分级管理 and 人工智能服务可追溯管理制度 (item 10), as the summary says; 推进威胁信息共享和应急处置机制建设 is now 'mechanisms for threat information sharing and emergency response'.2026-10-14-refresh-translation-fixes · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
5. 2026-10-14original_title: – → 人工智能全球治理行动计划 — Return round (14 Oct 2026): filled from the stored Chinese MFA page (《人工智能全球治理行动计划》).2026-10-14-refresh-translation-fixes · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
6. 2026-10-14english_version: – → {"kind": "authentic", "url": "https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xw/zyxw/202507/t2 — English version found by the translation check in a stored copy (archive/CN-11/2026-10-11/official.html).manual-2026-10-14 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

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Citation

Government of the People's Republic of China (released at the 2025 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance). Global AI Governance Action Plan. 2025-07-26. https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xw/zyxw/202507/t20250729_11679232.html. Status: Published (non-binding, current); verified 2026-10-14 (level A). Local copy archive/CN-11/2026-10-11/official.html retrieved 2026-10-11 14:00:17 UTC, SHA-256 7eac40806ede1f5587f179f29d7227252114eb4bca12406cf96375b31789cbf7. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record CN-11.

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