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"Perhaps one day you will become policymakers, but in any case, I hope that everyone can gain an understanding of artificial intelligence from this competition and continue to think about how artificial intelligence will affect our future." On July 26, the final of the 2024 "Rongchang Cup" Youth Global Governance Innovation Design Competition (abbreviated as "YICGG2024") ended in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. As a representative of the students speaking at the closing ceremony, Anna Lina Christina Nolte from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany shared her feelings. During the five-day final, she and young contestants from all over the world proposed a number of innovative and feasible global artificial intelligence governance issues around the theme of the competition "Shaping a Smart Society: People-oriented, Smart for Good, Sustainable Development".

In this competition, 81 young students from 38 countries stood out from 401 contestants in the preliminary round and eventually formed 9 international final teams. Under the guidance of professional judges, each final team proposed governance solutions based on the artificial intelligence framework on many hot topics such as artificial intelligence data security strategy, indirect emission of chemical pollution, health testing for the elderly, earthquake prediction, etc., showing the wisdom and responsibility of young people from various countries in dealing with global governance issues.

"The competition was indeed challenging, but I gained a lot from working with so many excellent partners, especially in terms of teamwork," said Zeliha Turkirmaz from the University of Science and Technology of China. Her team won the "Most Valuable Solution (MVP)" award for its innovative proposal to establish a "Human Destiny Community Bank" to more effectively evaluate and certify large artificial intelligence models.

At the closing ceremony, the best creative team (MIT) and the best speaker (ITK & ITQ) were announced at the same time. The contestants also read out the "Our Common Future Agenda", which reached a youth consensus on global AI governance from three aspects: development opportunities, challenges, and global vision. This "Agenda" was condensed based on the core ideas of 140 preliminary proposals and was revised after full discussion by the finalists.

During the finals, the contestants deeply thought about and personally experienced the role of artificial intelligence in global governance through various forms of exchanges, discussions, field trips and other activities. In the "Passionate Speech" session, the contestants spoke freely on the theme of global artificial intelligence governance at the Hungarian National Bank; in the "Field Investigation", the young people went to the Budapest University of Technology and Technology, Huawei Technology Hungary Headquarters and the Eurasian Center to experience the wide application of AI technology in teaching, production and life; in the "World Café", the contestants came to John von Neumann University and communicated with the judges to analyze the shortcomings of their own ideas in the specific targeting of problem solving and the feasibility of solution implementation, and determined the direction of solution optimization; in the "Our Common Future Agenda" session, the contestants fully discussed and exchanged ideas on the shores of Lake Balaton, reached a consensus, and formed the "Youth Participation and Initiative for Global Artificial Intelligence Governance".

From the common framework of global AI governance, to issues such as excessive reliance on generative AI language models on campus, to the construction process of various industrial AI systems... In the newly established "Global Governance Forum", experts and scholars from China, Hungary, France, Serbia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Tanzania, Romania, Turkey and other countries shared their views on AI governance from multiple dimensions, and provided professional guidance for the contestants to have an in-depth understanding of global AI governance.

At the same time, the YICGG Project Organizing Committee issued a selection announcement for the first "Best Award of Governance" (BAG) to young people around the world, aiming to compile a collection of global governance and local governance cases, build a talent pool, commend outstanding cases, and promote experience exchange and cooperation in the field of global governance.

This competition also continued the tradition of the "Cultural Night" event. Young contestants from different countries and regions brought performances with national characteristics to the "Cultural Night", vividly interpreting the beauty of the world's cultural diversity, while also enhancing mutual friendship and understanding in cross-cultural dialogue.

YICGG2024 is hosted by Fudan University and Shanghai Rongchang Charity Foundation, co-hosted by the Hungarian National Bank, Johann von Neumann University, and Budapest Metropolitan University, and organized by the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Fudan University.

Author: Wu Jinjiao, Wang Mengqi, Cai Jinxu

Text: Wu Jinjiao Correspondent Wang Mengqi Cai Jinxu Photo: Fudan University Editor: Chu Shuting Responsible Editor: Jiang Peng

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