The AI Specialized Committee of the World Internet Conference (WIC) issued an initiative with 18 proposed actions at the Wuzhen summit, including shared computing and datasets to widen access to artificial intelligence development.
The actions fall under four headings: openness and development; safety and trust; dialogue and governance; and mutual benefit and inclusion. The framework puts access to AI alongside risk management, coordination and wider participation.
Among the measures, the committee proposes shared computing resources and datasets, seed funding for teams in the Global South, and steps to help small and medium-sized businesses take part. The initiative presents these as proposals; it does not report that new programs or shared facilities have begun.
The document argues that access to AI infrastructure, information and expertise is increasingly concentrated, and links that pattern to risks of wider digital inequality and governance gaps. It names Global South teams and smaller businesses as prospective beneficiaries, but gives no estimate of likely gains or costs and does not identify who would bear the expense.
The summit’s official program ran Nov. 2-5, and its opening ceremony took place Nov. 3. The participant guide listed a main forum and subforums during the event. The WIC said about 1,800 guests attended, representing 138 countries and regions. Its English-language recap said discussions covered AI innovation, governance and international cooperation.
The WIC’s recap listed Alibaba Group co-founder and chairman Joe Tsai, Spain’s Second Vice-President Yolanda Díaz Pérez, Ghana Dot Com Chairman Nii Narku Quaynor, GSMA Ltd. Executive Chairman John Hoffman and U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Li Junhua among the opening speakers.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang said the summit marked the WIC’s 13th edition and asked how the internet could “better benefit humanity.” His speech also referred to President Xi Jinping’s 2015 vision of a community with a shared future in cyberspace.
The initiative gives no funding commitment, implementation timetable or process for monitoring progress.
