As Pakistan braces for the monsoon season, meteorologists are using MAZU-Urban, an AI-powered multi-hazard early warning system developed by the China Meteorological Administration, to strengthen disaster preparedness. The open-source platform delivers real-time monitoring and AI-generated emergency response plans for risks including floods, typhoons and agricultural disasters, while allowing local agencies to tailor the system to their own needs.

The initiative reflects China's broader push to make AI more accessible to developing countries through open collaboration. Guided by a people-centred approach, China has promoted open-source AI while supporting partners in building their own technological capabilities and balancing innovation with responsible governance.

China's open-source AI models have now been downloaded more than 10 billion times globally, with developers worldwide creating more than 200 derivative large language models each day on average. Similar cooperation is also supporting AI development in Zimbabwe, where a Chinese-funded supercomputing centre is helping expand the country's AI capabilities.