BEIJING: The Chinese delegation submitted a position paper on the country’s approach to global cyber governance in the digital intelligence era to the first meeting of the Global Mechanism on developments in the field of ICTs, held from July 20 to 24 at the UN headquarters in New York, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday. Experts said the position paper aims to guide artificial intelligence (AI), a powerful technological capability, to become a tool that benefits human society, rather than one to attack, control and suppress other countries.
Responding to a question on the matter at a regular press conference on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said that as the latest step to implement the Global Governance Initiative and build a community with a shared future in cyberspace, China submitted a position paper to the Global Mechanism on developments in the field of ICTs in the context of international security and advancing responsible State behavior in the use of ICTs to share China’s latest position and propositions on global cyber governance in the digital intelligent age.
He noted this is another important principle after cyber sovereignty that China put forward on global cyber governance. The document stresses that all countries should observe the purposes and principles of the UN Charter in cyberspace to jointly safeguard peace and stability.
It also calls for upholding multilateralism and addressing effectively the disruptive impact of emerging technologies such as AI on cyber security, and formulate international cyberspace rules that keep pace with the times. –The Daily Mail-Global Times news exchange item
