On June 17, 2026, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng delivered a speech at the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) Gala 2026, encouraging the U.S. business community to strive to be front-runners in new arenas of scientific innovation.

Ambassador Xie said that emerging technologies such as AI are profoundly reshaping the economy, human life and social governance. We need to ensure the technologies are for good and for all and develop in an orderly manner, instead of allowing them to run wild and grow unchecked. It is definitely unacceptable to seek technological enclosure, or draw an iron curtain, let alone wage a Star Wars-style rivalry in AI. As global leaders in AI, China and the U.S. are well positioned to complement each other and achieve win-win results through cooperation, and we need to make good use of the intergovernmental dialogue on AI. As the key driver of AI innovation, the business community is expected to play a constructive role, help tear down technological, market, and industry barriers, and empower innovation through two-way cooperation, so that AI will become a new frontier for China-U.S. cooperation, and also a new ladder for human innovation and development.