AI Governance: Xi Jinping urged tighter AI risk controls while pushing broader access, saying AI development shouldn’t be a “solo performance” and warning against “overstretching” national security to block technology. Global AI Diplomacy: 29 countries signed an agreement in Shanghai to set up the World AI Cooperation Organization (WAICO), headquartered in Shanghai, with UN backing and founding members including Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Indonesia. Autonomous Driving Export: Baidu’s Apollo Go signed an MoU with Kazakhstan’s Turlov to explore deploying autonomous driving tech and services there, marking a first Chinese self-driving service push into Central Asia. Open-Weights AI: Moonshot released Kimi K3, claiming 2.8T parameters and aiming for full open-source access by end of July, as China’s frontier model race intensifies. Semiconductors & Markets: China’s CXMT memory-chip IPO drew massive retail demand (about 212x), while chip-related selloffs and liquidity worries hit Chinese and broader Asian tech stocks. Robotics/BCI: BrainCo unveiled a “brain-to-robot” platform using EEG to control robots by thought, and China reported major progress in brain-computer interface commercialization. Finance Links: Libya agreed to deepen ties with China’s CIPS, including plans for Libyan banks to join the cross-border payments network. Education: A new ranking named Shenzhen Polytechnic University and Hainan Vocational University of Science and Technology top public and private vocational categories. Energy/Materials: Research highlighted indium-free tandem perovskite-silicon solar progress, while rare-earth supply concerns kept pressure on global tech supply chains.