China’s open ambition to become a global AI superpower has attracted considerable policy, media and academic attention. This talk will focus on national strategy, security and governance aspects of China’s AI approach. It will discuss why China’s AI approach is sophisticated and multifaced, and how it has brought about both considerable benefits and challenges to China.

Jinghan Zeng is Professor of China and International Studies at Lancaster University. Previously he was a Senior Lecturer of International Relations and Director of Centre for Politics in Africa, Asia and the Middle East at Royal Holloway, University of London. Before his academic career, he worked for the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs in New York City.