{"id":1362,"date":"2025-11-12T19:08:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2025-11-12T19:08:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:08:18","slug":"si-participates-in-exchange-with-china-academy-of-ict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/blog\/post\/si-participates-in-exchange-with-china-academy-of-ict","title":{"rendered":"SI Participates in Exchange with China Academy of ICT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On October 31st, 2025, the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance (SI) participated in the &#8220;International Exchange on AI Governance,&#8221; hosted by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) in Beijing. CAICT is a research institute sitting under China\u2019s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. 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Security Commitments promote responsible AI development, and how can they best pool international expert knowledge?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the first part of the seminar, SI&#8217;s CEO Max Stauffer delivered a keynote on the state of AI governance at the UN and the comparative advantages and limitations of the UN as a forum in addressing AI as a general-purpose technology as well as strategic competition between AI powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the second half of the seminar, CAICT&#8217;s Hu Naying gave a keynote on the practical implementation of the AIIA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/aihub.caict.ac.cn\/ai_security_and_safety_commitments\"><strong>AI Security &amp; Safety Commitments<\/strong><\/a> initiative, including mechanisms for enhancing the effectiveness of such commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants explored pathways for integrating AI capacity-building with safety discussions in international fora, enhancing transparency around companies\u2019 progress on their safety commitments, and advancing exchanges on frontier AI governance among leading developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1805\" height=\"1279\" src=\"https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9ca0a747bce2c75746b27f8f2b9e7c6e-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9ca0a747bce2c75746b27f8f2b9e7c6e-4.jpg 1805w, https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9ca0a747bce2c75746b27f8f2b9e7c6e-4-350x248.jpg 350w, https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9ca0a747bce2c75746b27f8f2b9e7c6e-4-700x496.jpg 700w, https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9ca0a747bce2c75746b27f8f2b9e7c6e-4-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9ca0a747bce2c75746b27f8f2b9e7c6e-4-1536x1088.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9ca0a747bce2c75746b27f8f2b9e7c6e-4-1200x850.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9ca0a747bce2c75746b27f8f2b9e7c6e-4-150x106.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1805px) 100vw, 1805px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>SI at the &#8220;International Exchange on AI Governance\u201d hosted by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) in Beijing\u00a0<br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While in China, the SI team also had the opportunity to engage with other AI governance stakeholders:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On October 29th, SI CEO Max Stauffer participated in a panel at the Alliance of National and International Science Organizations (ANSO) General Conference, speaking in the AI Safety &amp; Governance session alongside Professor Zhang Linghan (China University of Political Science and Law) and Xu Jia (Shanghai AI Laboratory).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On October 30th, Max spoke about managing strategic AI competition at the AI Safety and Governance Forum, hosted by the Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance, joining a panel with academics and industry experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4279-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4279-3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4279-3-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4279-3-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4279-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4279-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4279-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4279-3-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4279-3-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/simoninstitute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_4279-3-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>SI CEO Max Stauffer speaking at the Alliance of National and International Science Organizations (ANSO) Conference on AI Safety &amp; Governance<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*** <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;d like to learn more about SI&#8217;s work and international engagement on AI governance, please do not hesitate to get in touch with our team at <a href=\"mailto:contact@simoninstitute.ch\">contact@simoninstitute.ch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"acf-hidden-block\">Sofia Mikton Julia Chen <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On October 31st, 2025, the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance (SI) participated in the &#8220;International Exchange on AI Governance,&#8221; hosted by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) in Beijing. 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