On April 24, Shanghai Forum 2026 kicked off at The Grand Halls on North Bund, Shanghai. Lasting three days, this year’s forum takes “The Age of Reconfiguration: Innovation and Global Governance” as its main theme.Nearly 400 participants from think tanks, universities, governments, enterprises, media outlets and other institutions across more than 50 countries and regions worldwide exchanged views on topics including artificial intelligence governance, green transition and the Global South develo

On the afternoon of April 24, 2026, the Shanghai Forum 2026 sub-forum on “Co-Governance and Coordination: Building a New Global Order for AI Governance” was held at The Grand Halls in Shanghai. The forum was hosted by the Research Center for Technological Innovation Strategy, Fudan University and co-organized by the Global Industry Organization (GIO) and Wanbang New Energy Investment Group Co., Ltd. Focusing on key issues such as governance of generative artificial intelligence, regulatory upgra

On April 24, 2026, the sub-forum “Labor Market Transformation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: New Challenges for China and the World” was successfully held as part of the Shanghai Forum. Professor Zhang Jun, Senior Professor and Dean of the School of Economics at Fudan University, chaired the session. The event was organized by the universitys China Center for Economic Studies and moderated by Associate Professor Hu Bo of the School of Economics.The discussion focused on the profound tran

On April 15, the “Release Conference for the China Think Tank Report (2025) and Symposium on Building High-Level Science and Technology Think Tanks in China” was held at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. During the event, the China Think Tank Report (2025): Scientific and Technological Self-Reliance and the Development of High-Level Science and Technology Think Tanks in China was officially released.Yu Yang, Director of the Office of the Center for Global AI Innovative Governance (CGAIG)

On the afternoon of March 10, 2026, the Global AI Governance Workshop: Domestic and International Perspectives was held in Room 402 of the Think Tank Building at Fudan University. Co-hosted by The Safe AI Forum (SAIF), the Global AI Innovation Governance Center, and the Research Center for AI Politics at Tongji University, and supported by Fudan Development Institute and the Shanghai Association for Artificial Intelligence and Social Development, the workshop brought together nearly 20 experts a

The rapid advancement of AI technology is profoundly reshaping the global economic landscape, social structures, and governance frameworks. Simultaneously, a series of challenges—including ethical controversies, data privacy, algorithmic bias, the intelligence divide, and fragmented governance—have become increasingly prominent, posing an unprecedented impact on traditional governance models.

On December 13, 2025, the 10th Forum on Communication and State Governance was held at Fudan University. Themed “When Platforms Meet AI: Shifts in Cyberspace Governance,” the forum was hosted by the Center for Communication and State Governance Research of the Fudan Development Institute (FDDI) and the School of Journalism at Fudan University, with co-organization by the Fudan University Information and Communication Research Center.Experts from academia and industry across journalism and commun

The Third China Science and Technology Ethics Forum opened on the morning of November 21, 2025, at the Wu Wenzheng Lecture Hall, Fudan University. Under the theme Ethics of Science and Technology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, the event was organized by the China Society for Science and Technology Ethics (in preparation) and co-hosted by the CAST-Fudan Institute of Ethics and Human Futures, the School of Philosophy at Fudan University, and the National Academy of Innovation Strategy, CAS