Author
Assoc Prof Jerry Jie Hua
Organisation/Institution
Tongji University
Country
CHINA
Panel
Information Technology Law
Title
Agile Governance of Artificial Intelligence in China
Abstract
Agile governance approach is one of the major governance models in international governance of artificial intelligence. The United Nations emphasized in its Global Digital Compact adopted on 22 September 2024 that “international governance of artificial intelligence requires an agile, multidisciplinary and adaptable multi-stakeholder approach”. The concept of agile governance was firstly mentioned in the White Paper “Agile Governance Reimagining Policy- making in the Fourth Industrial Revolution” issued by the World Economic Forum in January 2018. Agile governance was defined in the While Paper as “adaptive, human-centred, inclusive and sustainable policy-making, which acknowledges that policy development is no longer limited to governments but rather is an increasingly multistakeholder effort”. In the Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence Initiative offered in October 2023, the Chinese government called on a list of suggestions for global governance of artificial intelligence, one of which is implementation of agile governance. The Secure Governance Framework of Artificial Intelligence released by the National Technical Committee on Cybersecurity of Standardization Administration of China in September 2024 also pinpoints agile governance as one its important governance rules of artificial intelligence. Agile governance powers the rise of artificial intelligence due to the governance feature of adaptability, diversity and inclusiveness, which can quickly respond to the “pacing problem: that drafting and amending laws lags behind artificial intelligence technological development”. This paper aims to explore China’s effort in agile governance of artificial intelligence by analyzing the governance toolbox including codes of technical ethnics, technical proposal, and laws and regulations, as well as the governance subjects including national and local governments, technological enterprises, non-governmental organizations, universities and research institutions, and individuals. The outcome of the China’s agile governance of artificial intelligence aims to achieve equitable allocation of digital resources, and full realization of citizens’ the right to digital survival and development.
Biography
(Jerry) Jie Hua is an Associate Professor of Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property of Tongji University (Shanghai, China). Jie obtains PhD from the University of Hong Kong, LLM in Comparative Law from University of Florida and LLB from China Foreign Affairs University. She was a visiting scholar/researcher at Duke University, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law (now MPI for Innovation and Competition), and Queen Mary- University of London. Before joining in Tongji University, she worked at Deacons, one of the leading Hong Kong law firms as an Associate. Jie is principal investigator of 2 National Social Science Fund of China projects and 3 provincial-level research projects hosted by organs such as P.R.C. Ministry of Justice and Shanghai Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science. Jie has published 2 monographs, 3 book chapters, and more than 60 articles in both Chinese and English. Jie was selected as member of the first group of “Shanghai Youth Legal Talent Pool” and “Pool of Shanghai Legal Talent concerning Foreign Affairs” organized by Shanghai Law Society. In 2021, 2022 and 2023, Jie was selected into the “Top 100 Academic Influence of Artificial Intelligence Rule of Law (Works · Authors · Journals)” (World Artificial Intelligence Conference Youth Forum on Rule of Law, CNKI · China Scientometrics and Bibliometrics Research Center).
