A dexterous robotic hand picks up a baseball during the 2024 World AI Conference in Shanghai, east China, July 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)

The 2024 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance opened here on Thursday.

The World AI Conference focuses on the theme "Governing AI for Good and for All" this year, with aims to establish international cooperation and exchange platforms featuring openness, inclusiveness, and equal participation, advance global AI governance, and develop an open, fair and effective governance mechanism.

The conference brings together government officials, and representatives of international organizations, industries, universities and research institutes, among others.

A staff member demonstrates a gesture-controlled robot during the 2024 World AI Conference in Shanghai, east China, July 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaoyong)

Humanoid robots are on display during the 2024 World AI Conference in Shanghai, east China, July 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)

A staff member demonstrates 3D motion capture technology during the 2024 World AI Conference in Shanghai, east China, July 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

A visitor tries a pair of AR glasses on during the 2024 World AI Conference in Shanghai, east China, July 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)