Vice Minister Shen Haixiong,

President Janet Yang,

Vice President Sonny Calderon,

Distinguished guests,

Dear friends,

It is a great pleasure to join you in Hollywood, “the world’s film capital”, via video link. First, I would like to thank all of you for supporting the “Bright Future of Humanity” Global AI Visual Works Call-for-Submissions event.

As we speak, the intelligent revolution is sweeping across the world. With its explosive growth, AI technology is empowering various industries and entering households. Infinite possibilities are unfolding when the film and TV industry meets AI. How can we ensure AI truly empowers the industry and benefits humanity? Let me share with you three thoughts.

We need to keep abreast with the times, and embrace the transformation of the industry. From “Avatar” and “The Avengers”, to “Ne Zha2” and “The Wandering Earth”, AI technology has been applied in visual effects, content editing, character creation and more, setting imagination free, boosting efficiency and sparking ingenuity. The KlingAI platform now supports a global community of over 45 million content creators and has generated over 200 million videos. “The Mystery of Greater KhinganRange”, China’s first fully AI-generated fantasy micro-series, racked up more than 35 million views in just three days after the release. AI keeps pushing the boundaries of film and TV production, creates immense artistic, scientific and commercial value, and is unlocking tremendous potential.

We need to remain open, pursue shared development, and enhance cooperation on innovation. In 1994, the first imported US movie “The Fugitive” became an instant big hit in China. Over the past three decades, Hollywood blockbusters such as “Titanic” and “Transformers” have long been box office smashes. China’s box office exceeded 5.8 billion US dollars last year, and reached 4 billion in the first half of this year, growing over 20% year-over-year. All these numbers speak of the vast consumption potential and strong market vitality of the film industry. As two leading nations in AI technology and film and TV production, China and the US need to join hands as these two integrate with each other, strengthen exchanges between businesses and professionals, conduct joint research, and together achieve more breakthroughs in both technology and art.

We need to collaborate on governance and jointly address challenges of the intelligent age. As AI deeply integrates with film and TV production, risks such as deepfake, copyright infringement and data leakage are emerging. As Director Christopher Nolan warned, we may face AI’s “Oppenheimer moment”. AI governance has become a pressing challenge that calls for international cooperation. In 2023, President Xi Jinping put forward the Global AI Governance Initiative, outlining a blueprint and charting the course for global AI governance. Not long ago, Premier Li Qiang proposed setting up a global AI cooperation organization on behalf of the Chinese government, so as to help bridge the AI divide, unleash the dividends of AI, and ensure AI for good.

Dear friends,

Art serves as a clarion call for progress in every age; it best captures an era and also shapes the trends of the times. AI is a common asset of humanity, and where it will head bears on the future of all. No one should create another development divide by splitting the world into tiers, and granting access to the technology to countries that are “close” while denying access to others. The whole of humanity will lose in a new tech Cold War. The theme of this event, “AI and Bright Future of Humanity”, reflects the common aspiration to jointly develop and share the dividends of AI and move toward a better intelligent future. It is my hope that AI and film and TV production will reinforce each other, foster new engines of economic growth, advocate for what is true, good and beautiful, and bring countries together to find the greatest common ground.

People are both the protagonists and screenwriters of history. I believe that with the passion and joint efforts of our two peoples, the new mode of AI-empowered film and TV production will surely provide new impetus for cultural exchanges and mutual learning, bring new opportunities for common prosperity between China and the U.S., inject new momentum into bilateral relations, and open up new horizons for a brighter future of humanity.

In closing, I wish the event a great success. Thank you.