China's people-centered approach to AI governance, with its emphasis on development, security, civilization, and governance, closely aligns with African countries' development goals, Etienne Bankuwiha, a Burundian sinologist wrote for Burundian media Le Renouveau du Burundi.

The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai demonstrated that AI is not the exclusive domain of a few developed countries. The new path of intelligent and digital cooperation between China and Africa will build a more inclusive, multilateral, and equitable system of global AI governance for a shared technological future.