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title: "AI TRENDS | APEC Digital and AI Meeting Elevates Open Source to Ministerial Cooperation Level"
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description: "The 2026 APEC Digital and Artificial Intelligence Ministers' Meeting press conference was held in Chengdu on the 23rd. According to Foresight News, Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Lecheng said the meeting's outcomes included elevating open source to the APEC ministerial cooperation level for the first time. Li said the meeting emphasized the importance of respecting intellectual property rights while encouraging member economies to support open source practices and take part in international open source collaboration in artificial intelligence."
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# AI TRENDS | APEC Digital and AI Meeting Elevates Open Source to Ministerial Cooperation Level

The 2026 APEC Digital and Artificial Intelligence Ministers' Meeting press conference was held in Chengdu on the 23rd. According to Foresight News, Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Lecheng said the meeting's outcomes included elevating open source to the APEC ministerial cooperation level for the first time. Li said the meeting emphasized the importance of respecting intellectual property rights while encouraging member economies to support open source practices and take part in international open source collaboration in artificial intelligence.

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