On May 14, 2025, the company’s Managing Director, Mr. Qiu Zhaojun, was invited to attend the 2025 China-UK Business Leaders Forum.
The forum was co-hosted by The 48 Group Club (UK) and China Daily. Zheng Zeguang, Chinese Ambassador to the UK, attended the forum and delivered a keynote speech entitled “Upholding Openness and Cooperation to Promote Exchange and Mutual Learning.” Other distinguished guests included Jack Perry, Chairman of The 48 Group Club, Sun Shangwu, Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Secretary of the Party Committee of China Daily, Lord John Taylor, Baroness Uddin, Councillor Tim Heales, and others.
In his keynote address, Ambassador Zheng emphasized that the Chinese government attaches great importance to the development of artificial intelligence. In recent years, China has improved its top-level design, enhanced policy planning, and driven a systematic leap in the comprehensive strength of AI. China is promoting innovation in AI science and technology, industrial development, and applications across various sectors, while improving regulatory mechanisms to ensure it maintains a strong hand in development and governance. Ambassador Zheng highlighted four key characteristics of AI development in China today:
- Rapid expansion of industrial scale;
- A steady stream of innovative outcomes;
- Continuous improvement in computing power and data support;
- Increasingly evident results in enabling applications.
In 2023, China launched the Global AI Governance Initiative, articulating 11 proposals focused on development, security, and governance. Ambassador Zheng stressed that China and the UK should implement the key consensus reached by their leaders, follow through on strategic dialogues and high-level exchanges in economics, finance, energy, health, and defense, and initiate cooperation in other fields to create a favorable political and policy environment for collaboration in AI and broader technological areas.
During the forum’s interactive segment, Chinese corporate representatives such as Ge Hongde, General Manager of BYD China, and Hong Su, Manager of Alibaba Cloud UK, joined founders and CEOs of British tech firms in a dynamic discussion titled “Empowering Collaboration Through Smart Technology and Informed Decision-Making.”
Nearly 200 participants from across British political, financial, commercial, technological, and educational sectors attended the forum.
(This report includes content sourced from the official WeChat account of the Chinese Embassy in the UK.)