Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BIGAI)

Overview

Non-profit research institute supported by the Beijing municipal government and MOST, in partnership with Peking and Tsinghua Universities, pursuing a unified theory of general intelligent agents; engages with AI safety and governance questions around AGI development.

Leadership

• Zhu SongchunFounder & Dean

Website

Connections

• Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)科学技术部Government support for establishmentHigh
  Institutional relationshipEvidenceEN

Quoted in Voices

• Defining AGI

  “Asking what AGI is amounts to asking 'what is a human being.' True AGI should possess a high degree of autonomy — capable of breaking beyond preset task boundaries, autonomously generating goals, and dynamically planning actions. It should have embodied perception and transfer learning ability. All its behavior should be driven by an internal value system aligned with human ethical norms.”

  Zhu Songchun (朱松纯) · July 20, 2026Read full quote →

• Defining AGI

  “The most profound characteristic of human intelligence is that we live in a social world constituted by other people. Social intelligence is the final barrier on the road to AGI — and it is the unique breakthrough opportunity for the Chinese approach.”

  Zhu Songchun (朱松纯) · July 20, 2026Read full quote →