On July 18, 2026, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Indonesia's Minister of Economic Coordination, Airranga, who came to China to attend the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai.

Wang Yi welcomes Ailangga to attend the conference in China, stating that Indonesia's becoming one of the founding members of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization reflects Indonesia's positive attitude towards international cooperation in artificial intelligence. This organization is tailored for the global South, aiming to prevent the emergence of a new intelligent divide in the world. The development of artificial intelligence should serve all mankind, and every country has the right to catch up with the trend of technological development, serve its own people's livelihood and development revitalization. China is willing to work with like-minded countries to promote the development of artificial intelligence towards inclusiveness, especially by enhancing the voice and representation of developing countries, and jointly safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the global South.

Wang Yi emphasized that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, positive progress has been made in the construction of a community with a shared future between China and Indonesia in recent years. As representatives of the global South and emerging economies, China and Indonesia share similar development goals, broad common interests, and obvious complementary advantages. Both sides should strengthen the alignment of development strategies, move towards each other, actively interact, eliminate interference, maintain composure, continuously deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, and become a model of global solidarity, mutual assistance, and joint self-improvement in the South. The Chinese side appreciates the Minister of Coordination's reiterated welcome for Chinese enterprises to invest and cooperate in Indonesia, and hopes that Indonesia will provide a fair and just business environment for this purpose. The cooperation between China and Indonesia is not targeted at any third party and should not be interfered with by any third party. Both sides should take the lead in defending the multilateral trading system, jointly oppose "decoupling and disconnection", and maintain the security and stability of the global supply chain. China is willing to closely cooperate with Indonesia in international and regional affairs, promote the construction of a China Indonesia community with a shared future that has regional and global influence, and contribute to the common development of the two countries and humanity.

  The relationship between Indonesia and China is steadily developing, with fruitful achievements in mutually beneficial cooperation. China has maintained Indonesia's largest trading partner and important source of investment for many years. Indonesia highly appreciates the contributions made by Chinese enterprises to the construction of Indonesia's supply chain and technological progress. President Prabowo welcomes and invites Chinese enterprises to further invest in Indonesia. Indonesia will create a favorable business environment for enterprises from various countries, including China, to invest and develop. Indonesia looks forward to working with China to continuously expand the "Two Countries, Two Parks" and other important cooperation projects along the "the Belt and Road", further deepen trade and investment relations, form synergies in economic development, promote mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries to make new progress, and benefit the two peoples.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Editor/Yang Meiling