# As Trump and Xi prepare to meet, China’s AI ambitions surge in Ulanqab

https://mins.news/en/item/70176

- BBC Chinese, 2026-09-23 07:30 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/cqjdvg991dmxo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> As Donald Trump and Xi Jinping prepare to discuss AI safety, data centres are rapidly rising in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, to power China’s AI platforms. Beijing is promoting wider adoption, open-source models and a greater role in AI governance, while residents raise concerns over water, land seizures, jobs and the local benefits of the boom.

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