Voices

Public statements from China's AI governance ecosystem, organized by topic

Understanding how to engage with Chinese AI governance actors requires knowing how they frame key issues publicly. This page curates notable statements from official speeches, government releases, and institutional publications — presented in Chinese with English translations. Statements are time-stamped and sourced; readers are encouraged to consult the originals for full context.

This is a curated selection of public statements, not a comprehensive survey of Chinese AI discourse. Curation involves editorial choices — different curators would select different quotes. Public statements reflect strategic communication, not necessarily private positions or operational intent. Readers are encouraged to consult original sources and triangulate with other perspectives.

Open-Source AI

China's leading AI companies have embraced open-source as a core strategy — but what does that mean in practice? These statements from DeepSeek, Zhipu AI, MiniMax, and Shanghai AI Laboratory reveal a positioning that Western observers may find surprising: open-source as a values proposition rather than a concession, transparency as competitive advantage, and safety through openness rather than through restriction.

Liang Wenfeng (梁文锋)

Founder, DeepSeek

3 quotes

I think we will open-source, and our strongest models will probably be open-sourced too. Because I can't see any benefit to closed-source — no inevitable advantage.

Original:

我觉得我们是会开源的，然后我们最强的模型可能也是会开源的。因为我看不到闭源什么好处，看不到必然的好处。

梁文锋四小时投资人会议实录 (GitHub public archive) · Investor meeting transcriptJuly 2026

Is the open-source model we release the same as the one we deploy ourselves? Yes, it's identical. We would never open-source a weaker model and then deploy a better one internally. They are the same.

Original:

我们给的开源模型，跟我们自己部署的模型是不是一样？是一样的。我们不会说开源一个差点的模型，然后我们自己部署的时候用一个更好的模型，是不会的，是一样的。

梁文锋四小时投资人会议实录 (GitHub public archive) · Investor meeting transcriptJuly 2026

When dealing with the outside world, we are very willing to assist and help anyone — even our competitors, including Alibaba, Zhipu AI, and Moonshot — to do better. Because we don't lose anything by doing so. We're open-source to begin with.

Original:

在对外面打交道的时候，我们是很愿意协助、帮助任何人，甚至我们的竞争对手，包括阿里、智谱、月之暗面，去做得更好。因为我们并不损失什么东西，我们本来也是开源的。

梁文锋四小时投资人会议实录 (GitHub public archive) · Investor meeting transcriptJuly 2026

Tang Jie (唐杰)

Founder, Zhipu AI

We firmly believe that true safety is not built on technological closure and barriers, but emerges from broad co-construction, sharing, and oversight in the open. We recently released GLM-5.2, our most capable open-source model to date, supporting truly usable million-token context. It is open to all users and will be formally open-sourced under the most permissive MIT license — anyone can download, deploy, and commercialize it, with no restrictions on any entity.

Original:

我们坚信，真正的安全并非建立在技术封闭与壁垒之上，而是源于阳光下广泛的共建、共享与监督。近日，我们发布了迄今能力最强的开源模型GLM-5.2，它支持真正可用的百万（1M）上下文，面向全量用户开放，并将以最宽松的MIT协议正式开源——任何人都可以下载、部署、商用，没有主体界别。

晚点独家｜唐杰内部信 (LatePost) · Internal letterJuly 2026

Yan Junjie (闫俊杰)

Founder and CEO, MiniMax

Over the next four years, I will contribute shares equivalent to 4% of the company's total equity to incentivize team members who create long-term value alongside the company. At the same time, I will contribute 1% of shares to establish a dedicated fund for ongoing support of relevant open-source communities.

Original:

未来四年，我将拿出个人名下相当于公司总股本4%的股份，激励那些长期与公司并肩作战、共同创造价值的团队成员；同时，会拿出1%的股份设立专项基金，持续支持相关开源社区的发展。

港股大模型MiniMax股价暴跌，创始人称将不再从公司领取任何薪酬 (Observer Network) · Internal letterJuly 10, 2026

Zhou Bowen (周伯文)

Director and Chief Scientist, Shanghai AI Laboratory

We released Intern-S1-Pro, the world's largest open-source scientific foundation model. The AGI4S Everest Initiative connects innovation computing power and data across China, helping researchers worldwide climb toward scientific frontiers.

Original:

发布了全球参数规模最大的开源科学大模型书生Intern-S1-Pro，AGI4S珠穆朗玛计划联通全国创新算力和数据，助力全球科研人员向科学高峰攀登。

周伯文：AGI的下一程，迎接科学元认知时刻 | WAIC 2026 (Shanghai AI Lab WeChat) · KeynoteJuly 17, 2026