The World Artificial Intelligence Conference and the High-level Meeting on Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence - International Standardization Forum on Artificial Intelligence Governance was held in Shanghai

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International Standardization Forum held in Shanghai

On July 5, the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and the High-level Meeting on Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence - International Standardization Forum on Artificial Intelligence Governance was held in Shanghai. Zhang Chengjin, the second-level inspector of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee for Economic and Information Technology, and Chen Daji, deputy director of the China Electronics Standardization Institute, attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Yao Jia, director of the Standards Division of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and other leaders and experts attended the meeting and provided guidance. Officials from the embassies of the European Union, France, the Netherlands, Japan and other countries in China participated in the meeting.

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Chen Daji pointed out that the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology has triggered a new wave of intelligence but also brought many governance and regulatory issues. It is urgent to lead to the high-quality development of the industry through standards. In the next step, the China Electronics Technology Standardization Institute will continue to play the role of the counterpart unit of the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission Joint Technical Committee Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42), guide the global artificial intelligence industry chain enterprises to collaborate, actively explore the direction of artificial intelligence governance industry practice, promote the international standardization of artificial intelligence governance, and lay a solid foundation for the healthy development of the artificial intelligence industry.

Zhang Chengjin pointed out that Shanghai has actively promoted the construction of AI governance standardization mechanisms and the development of standards and is an important leader in my country's AI innovation and application. In the next step, Shanghai will give full play to its own technological and market advantages, continue to participate in international AI governance standardization work, strive to propose more AI governance practice plans and standards with Shanghai characteristics, and further enhance the standardization level and influence of my country's international AI governance.

Ten experts from home and abroad gave keynote speeches on global artificial intelligence governance, AI development trends and challenges, international and European standardization progress, the status and prospects of AI governance standardization, and thoughts and practices on artificial intelligence governance in application fields such as energy and finance.

       The forum also invited professional guests from international organizations, the energy sector and the software industry to hold a roundtable discussion on the theme of "Standards Promote AI Governance". The discussion was hosted by Xu Qi, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Industry Association, and attended by John Higgins, Chairman of the Global Digital Foundation, David Filip, Convener of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/WG 3, Dr. Enrico Panai, Co-Convener of CEN/CENELEC JTC21 WG4, Jing Dichun, Manager of the Data Center Operation Management Department of the State Energy Group, Wang Ying, Vice President of Cape Cloud Information Technology Co., Ltd., and Chen Minggang, Deputy Director of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence Governance of Shanghai Computer Software Technology Development Center. This roundtable took standards to promote the level of AI governance, exchanged the principles, rules and practices of international standardization of AI governance, and explored the innovation and development path of international standardization of AI governance.

The forum was guided by the Office of the Organizing Committee of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, hosted by the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Industry Association, undertaken by the China Electronics Standardization Research Institute, the National Artificial Intelligence Standardization General Group, the Artificial Intelligence Sub-Technical Committee of the National Information Technology Standardization Technical Committee, and the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Standardization Technical Committee, and co-organized by the Shanghai Computer Software Technology Development Center. More than 100 expert representatives from domestic and foreign artificial intelligence-related units participated in the forum. In the next step, the China Electronics Technology Standardization Institute will rely on the National Artificial Intelligence Standardization General Group and the National Standardization Committee's Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee, and work with high-level experts and scholars at home and abroad to continue to do a good job in.