{"id":4361,"date":"2026-07-24T03:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finzexpert.com\/blog\/u-s-other-nations-back-open-source-ai-with-strong-security-at-china-summit\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T03:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:18:37","slug":"u-s-other-nations-back-open-source-ai-with-strong-security-at-china-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finzexpert.com\/blog\/u-s-other-nations-back-open-source-ai-with-strong-security-at-china-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S., other nations back open-source AI with ‘strong security’ at China summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Li Lecheng, China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology, spoke at a press conference on July 23, 2026, in Chengdu, China, as part of the APEC Digital Weeks.<\/p>\n

Evelyn Cheng | CNBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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CHENGDU, China \u2014 Governments increasingly want to control artificial intelligence, as companies release more powerful open-source models, a new multilateral statement indicates.<\/p>\n

The 21 APEC member economies, which include the U.S. and China, released a “Chengdu statement” on AI that emphasized respect for “security, data protection and intellectual property rights,” while calling for supporting open-source development.<\/p>\n

The statement released Thursday also specified support for models and projects “that employ strong security assurance through development and deployment.” <\/p>\n

Those details reflect how open source is moving further away from its libertarian roots, and toward one involving more state oversight. China has led recent open-source AI development, amid U.S. claims of stealing from American tech to do so.<\/p>\n

Open-source models from Chinese companies such as DeepSeek and GLM 5.2 are free to use and download, in contrast to U.S. companies such as Anthropic that only offer closed, pay-to-use AI models.<\/p>\n

The Chengdu statement’s “explicit alignment around open-source ecosystems and compute infrastructure” confirms that Asia-Pacific is moving away from closed models to open-weight systems that are combined with state-coordinated energy, telecom and digital infrastructure, said Winston Ma,\u00a0 adjunct professor of law at New York University,<\/p>\n

The APEC AI statement is the first one to include open-source cooperation at a minister level, according to Li Lecheng, China’s industry and information technology minister, who chaired the leaders’ meeting on Thursday.<\/p>\n

He noted all parties recognized the risks of AI, and encouraged dialogue across the government, private sector and academia to share information about cybersecurity, supply chain resilience and online scams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The comments come amid growing reports that Washington and Beijing seek tighter controls on homegrown AI capabilities.<\/p>\n

“Getting 21 economies, including both China and the United States, to recognize trusted open-source AI as something worth supporting is meaningful,” said Wei Sun, principal analyst, artificial intelligence, Counterpoint Research. <\/p>\n

“The phrase ‘strong security assurance’ gives more security-conscious economies room to support open models while still demanding testing, transparency, data protection and deployment controls,” she said. “The debate is moving beyond open vs. closed and towards: who can now build an open ecosystem that is also trusted enough for governments and enterprises to deploy.”<\/p>\n

But technology might end up moving much faster.<\/p>\n

Janet De Silva, chair of the APEC Business Advisory Council Digital and innovation working group, earlier on Thursday urged the ministers to prepare for the quantum computing era.<\/p>\n

“We need trusted encryption to ensure the security of our entire financial system, ensuring that quantum computing is not only a security measure but also an opportunity to bring competitiveness.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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