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The Themed Lecture "Generative Artificial Intelligence Governance and Legislation" Was Successfully Held

On the afternoon of June 10th, the themed lecture on "Generative Artificial Intelligence Governance and Legislation" was successfully held in Conference Room 202, Liao Kaiyuan Law Building, Xuhui Campus.

This lecture is hosted by the Japan Studies Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, co organized by the Koguan School of Law in Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the China Law and Society Research Institute, with support from Nippon Denko (China) Investment Co., Ltd. The lecture was presided over by Ji Weidong, senior professor of humanities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and dean of the China Law and Society Research Institute. The opening speech was delivered by Fumio Yoshida, the head of the legal department of Nitto Denko (China) Investment Co., Ltd. Gao Shaolin, consultant of the Law Research Association of the China Law Society, former chairman of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Tianjin Municipal People's Congress and director of the Legal Work Committee, and Zhou Hanhua, researcher at the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and distinguished professor at Tongji University Law School, delivered keynote speeches. Yan Zhuangzhi, a professor at the School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, director of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, and member of the Expert Advisory Committee of CCF Computational Law Branch, and Li Jie, a foreign academician of the Japanese Academy of Engineering, professor at the School of Computer Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and director of the Blockchain Research Center, conducted a discussion and evaluation.

Professor Hu Honggao from Fudan University Law School, Consultant Luo Meihua from Junhe Law Firm, Chief Partner Xia Hua from Shanghai Huaxia Huihong Law Firm, Director Zhou Yun from the New Business Promotion Department of Nitto Denko (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Director Shono Yuki from the Legal Department of the Business Strategy Integration Department, Deputy Director Cai Yuping, Assistant Researcher Yin Yue, and Assistant Researcher Zhu Qiaochu from the Japan Research Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Associate Professor Jia Kai from the School of International and Public Affairs of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Assistant Researcher Tan Jun and Assistant Researcher Zhao Zerui from the China Law and Society Research Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and other experts and scholars attended the lecture. More than 60 teachers, students, entrepreneurs, and practitioners from both inside and outside the school attended this lecture.

Professor Ji Weidong presided over the lecture. He introduced the four guests of this lecture and expressed sincere gratitude to Nitto Denko (China) Investment Co., Ltd. for its strong support since the establishment of the Japan Research Center. He pointed out that artificial intelligence is rapidly iterating and has penetrated into various aspects of social life, bringing both convenience and risks. How to guide technology towards goodness through legislation and ethical frameworks is a common challenge facing the world today. Especially after the establishment of the EU Artificial Intelligence Law in 2024, international artificial intelligence legislation no longer places special emphasis on risk regulation of artificial intelligence, but instead emphasizes more on incentivizing the research and application of artificial intelligence technology. Therefore, discussions around artificial intelligence legislation and policies are particularly important.

Minister Fumio Yoshida delivered the opening speech in Chinese. He expressed his great honor to attend this lecture as the opening guest, and on behalf of Nitto Denko Corporation and the Chairman of Tatehashi ta who was unable to attend, he expressed sincere gratitude and sincerest greetings to everyone for their participation. In addition, he also expressed sincere gratitude to the keynote speaker and guest speakers, as well as to the Japan Research Center and the conference team for their hard work. He hopes that today's special lecture can bring new inspiration and growth to everyone's thinking. Yoshida Fumio stated that as a business owner, he hopes that companies can maintain agile imagination at all times and seek more innovation opportunities.

Director Gao Shaolin gave a keynote speech on "Research on the Path of Tailored Artificial Intelligence Governance". He used the open-source embodied intelligence related model of "Wujie" as an example to describe the development and evolution of generative artificial intelligence to embodied artificial intelligence in terms of interactive devices, input methods, receiving organs, output forms, etc. He compared the advantages and disadvantages of the two in human-computer interaction, regional culture, self-learning, autonomous decision-making, autonomous action, tool use, organizational assistance, and other aspects. Gao Shaolin pointed out that the human led legal implementation paradigm of "legislation → law enforcement → legal remedies" is shifting towards a human-computer interaction legal implementation paradigm. In addition, he also reviewed the initiatives, declarations, resolutions, and other efforts and progress made internationally on the governance of artificial intelligence, with a focus on introducing the main governance principles of two United Nations General Assembly resolutions. Gao Shaolin summarized the governance path of embodied artificial intelligence, including "regularization of legal principles", "standardization of legal rules", "standardization of legal norms", "standardization of normative codes", "control code chipization", and "intelligentization of legal implementation", and stated that this will be a revolutionary change in the paradigm of legislation and legal implementation in the era of artificial intelligence.

Professor Zhou Hanhua launched a systematic exposition around the "current situation and prospect of China's AI legislation". He first reviewed the phased progress of China's AI legislation. Starting from the New Generation AI Development Plan issued by the State Council in 2017, a series of industrial policies, norms, standards, local laws and regulations have sprung up, showing the characteristics of multiple participants, wide coverage, and equal emphasis on development and security. He said that this fully reflects the penetration and influence of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial reform, which is a clue to China's AI legislation. On the other hand, network incidents caused by deepfake technology also bring some risks and warnings. He pointed out that the choice of legislative path for artificial intelligence is directly related to the development of artificial intelligence technology and industry, and to the competitiveness of the country. Drawing on the general international experience of AI legislation in streamlining administration and delegating power, "subtracting" and "deregulation", Zhou Hanhua made a vision of China's AI legislation from the aspects of algorithm, data, and computing power, and proposed a "three reduction plan" to reduce regulations, institutions, and staffing.

Professor Yan Zhuangzhi and Professor Li Jie respectively expressed their opinions on the topic and content of the lecture. Professor Yan Zhuangzhi agrees with the views of the two speakers on issues related to artificial intelligence legislation, and highly praises the international perspective and meticulous normative analysis presented in the speech. He believes that generative artificial intelligence has been maturely applied in creative generation, content production, software development, intelligent office, and other fields, promoting knowledge discovery and social progress on the basis of cost reduction and efficiency improvement. However, at the same time, it has also brought negative impacts such as algorithm bias, employment impact, and deep forgery. He advocates that legislation on artificial intelligence should focus on transparency, security, privacy, and other aspects, in order to reserve sufficient and legal space for the evolution and development of artificial intelligence.

Professor Li Jie had a discussion on the theme of "Innovative Development of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Blockchain Integration". He believes that the current main applications of artificial intelligence are in three areas: data rich machine vision, speech processing, and natural language processing. Therefore, it is necessary to construct trustworthy computing power, trustworthy data, trustworthy algorithm models, and integrate knowledge and experience. With the advancement of artificial intelligence technology, its application fields have become more diverse, extensive, and in-depth, and the acquisition of data in professional fields has also been limited. He introduced the chronicles and development history of various large models, and conducted a detailed analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of multimodal large models. He elaborated on the importance of trustworthy data and laws and regulations in the development of artificial intelligence, and explored the relationship between artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain from a technical perspective. Finally, he proposed that the integration and innovative development of artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain should strive in the aspects of "artificial intelligence+scenario applications+laws and regulations", understand and apply technological development, assist in the overall development of artificial intelligence, and do a good job in refined comprehensive governance.

Professor Hu Honggao from the School of Law at Fudan University talked extensively about legislation on artificial intelligence based on his own and existing experiences. Yin Yuhan, a doctoral student at Kaiyuan Law School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Shi Wenyu, a doctoral student at Kaiyuan Law School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, respectively asked questions about the performance of large-scale models, the differences between general large-scale models and vertical large-scale models, and the legality of distillation. The keynote speaker, along with the guest speakers, provided answers and responses based on legislative practice, academic research, and technical principles, creating a lively atmosphere for on-site discussions.