China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) officially confirmed at today's regular press conference that both China and the United States have, for the first time, included artificial intelligence (AI) in a dedicated dialogue under the framework of economic and trade consultations, marking a new channel of communication between the two countries in the strategically intertwined areas of technology and trade.
He Yadong pointed out that recently, the economic and trade teams of China and the United States held the eighth round of economic and trade consultations in the United States. Guided by the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, both sides adhered to the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation, and held candid, in-depth, and constructive exchanges on economic and trade issues of mutual concern, reaching multiple agreements. Under the China-US economic and trade consultation mechanism, both sides held their first dialogue on artificial intelligence.
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