Xi inspects Shanghai large-model incubator, underscoring China's AI ambitions

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, engages in discussions with young innovators at a salon themed on the autonomous evolution of next-generation intelligent agents at the Shanghai Foundation Model Innovation Center, a large-model incubator home to over 100 enterprises in Shanghai, east China, April 29, 2025. Xi made an inspection trip in Shanghai on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)