2nd GTI Forum on Digital Intelligence Convenes in Hong Kong Forging Global Consensus to Advance Inclusive AI Development
- Written by Media Outreach
HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 12 September 2025 - The 2nd GTI Forum on Digital Intelligence was held in Hong Kong under the theme “Openness, Sharing, Cooperation: Advancing Al Development”. The event brought together Li Zhen, Vice Chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC); Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government; Zhao Houlin, Former Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Honorary Chairman of the GTI Advisory Committee; Gim Huay Neo, Managing Director and Chair of Greater China at the World Economic Forum; Gao Tongqing, Chairman of GTI; Li Huidi, Vice President of China Mobile; Mark Nitzberg, Executive Director Center for Human-Compatible AI at UC Berkeley AI Research Lab; and Yannis Ioannidis, President of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The forum also welcomed representatives from ITU, GSMA, and other international organizations, scholars from leading universities and research institutions worldwide, as well as executives from more than 100 enterprises.
2nd GTI Forum on Digital Intelligence Convenes in Hong Kong Forging Global Consensus to Advance Inclusive AI Development
In his address, Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, highlighted Hong Kong’s full commitment to advancing technological innovation, actively integrating into the national development agenda, and establishing itself as an international innovation hub through policy support, infrastructure development, and international collaboration. He underscored AI as a vital engine for high-quality economic development, expressing Hong Kong’s commitment to joining hands with global partners to drive inclusive AI development. He highlighted Hong Kong’s ambition to serve as a frontier for AI research, technology transfer, and talent, contributing to both China’s AI strategy and global AI progress.
GTI Chairman Gao Tongqing stressed that GTI is deepening global cooperation, uniting consensus, and advancing the vision of “network-intelligence integration for inclusive AI.” GTI has launched the “5G-A×AI Integration Development Project” to identify landmark AI applications and innovations. To contribute to global development, the Mobile Intelligence Integration Index (MI³) has been introduced as a benchmark for advancing network-intelligence convergence. The index is designed to help stakeholders adapt to local conditions, leverage complementary strengths, and implement targeted measures to bridge the digital-intelligence divide. Gao further observed that over the past year, AI development has demonstrated three defining trends: the generalization of models, the customization of applications, and the embodiment of intelligence. Looking ahead, he put forward three proposals on behalf of GTI:
1. Jointly drive technological innovation to solidify intelligent foundations. Bring together global industry, academia, research, and application stakeholders; leverage the complementary strengths of East and West; and use GTI’s platform to address shared challenges. 2. Share open scenarios to empower diverse industries. Build and operate 5G-A×AI/6G open laboratories, actively open high-value industry scenarios, and co-develop replicable AI benchmark projects.
3. Establish dialogue platforms to advance AI for good. Foster constructive dialogue, leverage outcomes such as the MI3 Index, and explore common ground on AI standards, safety, and governance to promote human well-being.
Li Huidi, Executive Vice President of China Mobile, remarked that as a founding member of GTI, China Mobile has consistently upheld the principles of “openness, sharing, cooperation, and mutual benefit,” contributing to the prosperity of the global ICT industry. In recent years, China Mobile has positioned itself as a provider, integrator, and a facilitator in the field of AI. Through its AI action plan, China Mobile is driving faster innovation, and wider application of digital technologies, contributing its strength to sustainable high quality economic and social development. He outlined China Mobile’s strategy of advancing “AI for Life”, “AI for Production” and “AI for Governance”. To shape the AI+ era, Li proposed three initiatives to ensure AI is safe, fair, and beneficial:
1. Build world-class hubs for AI innovation. This calls for deeper partnerships among research institutes and industry, and stronger research into AI fundamentals, including mathematics, autonomous collaboration, and intelligent decision-making. At the same time, frontier fields such as spatial intelligence, embodied AI, and world models should be actively explored, while 6G–AI...