The 2026 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit opened in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, on Nov 3, bringing together representatives of governments, international organizations, businesses, and academia to discuss open-source AI.

The main forum featured the AI Wuzhen Dialogue, bringing together leaders of major technology companies and companies developing open-source large AI models, alongside AI scientists, to discuss building a global open-source AI ecosystem.

The summit also includes 27 subforums covering topics such as cyberspace cooperation under the Global Governance Initiative, theory and policy in the digital and intelligent era, and robotics and embodied intelligence.

The call for outstanding cases of jointly building a community with a shared future in cyberspace received more than 360 submissions from over 80 countries and regions, including 22 countries and regions participating for the first time. Eleven cases were selected and presented on Nov 2.

The World Internet Conference Awards for Pioneering Science and Technology attracted more than 430 submissions from 43 countries and regions, with 18 countries and regions participating for the first time. International submissions rose 21 percent year-on-year, and 20 projects received awards.