In a landmark development for artificial intelligence advancement, a coalition of China’s premier academic institutions and technology enterprises has established the Artificial Intelligence Open Alliance in Guangzhou. This collaborative initiative brings together 17 leading universities—including Tsinghua University, Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University, and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications—alongside eight prominent technology corporations and research organizations.
Operating under the guidance of the Ministry of Education’s Department of Science, Technology, and Informatization, this international, open, and nonprofit platform represents a strategic effort to consolidate resources for AI innovation and practical implementation. The alliance will serve as a coordinating body for major national AI research initiatives while developing an independent, controllable AI infrastructure system.
Tsininghua University President Li Luming, who chairs the alliance, emphasized that this collaboration constitutes a significant measure to address national strategic requirements and establish leadership in global AI development. The alliance will concentrate on several core objectives: transforming educational methodologies, constructing innovative talent cultivation systems, organizing cutting-edge technological research, developing autonomous infrastructure, and facilitating international exchanges.
Five specialized committees have been constituted to advance these goals, with leadership distributed among Tsinghua University, Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. These committees will address critical domains including AI in education, research applications, fundamental engineering, ethical governance, and international cooperation.
The alliance secretariat will be headquartered at Tsinghua University, providing administrative coordination for this comprehensive effort to build integrated application innovation, coordinated technology infrastructure, and interconnected governance systems.