中国官方媒体《人民日报》在世界人工智慧大会前夕发表评论，强调中国将推动人工智慧成果的共享，同时反对任何将AI技术垄断化的企图。文章指出，北京反对将人工智慧作为追求霸权、垄断资源和制造技术壁垒的工具，并警告一道「AI铁幕」正在形成。这篇评论为习近平主席在该峰会上的主旨演讲定下了基调。

《人民日报》将当前部分国家对AI发展的态度比喻为「石油思维」，即把数据和算力视为稀缺资源加以垄断，从而筑起壁垒、引发不必要的竞争。文章提倡以「水」的思维来发展AI，强调资源共享、服务全人类的根本目标。与此同时，美国正施压Anthropic等实验室限制外国获取前沿模型，而路透社也报导北京正考虑对中国最先进的AI模型实施类似的出口限制措施。

中国的AI开发者如DeepSeek、阿里巴巴的通义千问系列及智谱的GLM系列大多采用开源框架，推动了全球广泛采用。《人民日报》表示，中国计划利用本届世界人工智慧大会促进AI资源的国际交流，并警告全球南北方在数据中心和人才等AI资源方面的差距正在扩大，若不加以干预，这种不平衡将进一步恶化。

China's state newspaper People's Daily published a commentary ahead of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, emphasizing that China will promote the sharing of AI advances while opposing any attempt to monopolize the technology. Beijing warned against using AI as a tool for hegemony, resource domination, and creating technological barriers, cautioning that an "AI Iron Curtain" is emerging. The editorial set the tone for President Xi Jinping's keynote address at the country's premier tech summit.

The People's Daily contrasted an "oil mindset" — in which nations treat data and computing power as scarce resources to be hoarded — with a "water" approach that emphasizes shared resources for the common good. This commentary arrived as Washington pressures American AI labs like Anthropic to restrict foreign access to cutting-edge models on national security grounds, and as Reuters reported that Beijing itself was considering similar measures to limit overseas access to China's most advanced AI models.

Chinese AI developers such as DeepSeek, Alibaba's Qwen series, and Zhipu's GLM series have largely embraced open-source frameworks, accelerating their global adoption. China plans to use the World Artificial Intelligence Conference to promote international exchange of AI resources and highlighted a growing disparity in AI infrastructure and talent between the global north and south. The paper stressed that AI is inherently cross-border and that no country can remain immune to its associated risks and challenges.