China's Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu told a roundtable of representatives from over 30 countries, including Russia, South Africa, Qatar, South Korea and Germany, that China wanted the organisation to promote pragmatic cooperation in AI and was considering putting its headquarters in Shanghai.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang proposed on Saturday (July 26) establishing a world artificial intelligence co-operation organisation, calling on countries to coordinate development and security of the fast-evolving technology.