Pakistan, Nov. 1 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping took centre stage at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit on Saturday, advocating for a global body to govern artificial intelligence and promoting China as an alternative to the United States in trade cooperation.

Xi proposed the creation of a World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation to establish governance rules and ensure AI serves as a "public good for the international community," according to China's official news agency Xinhua. The proposed organisation could be based in Shanghai. The US, which did not attend the leaders' summit, has rejected efforts to regulate AI through international bodies.

The Apec summit, hosted by South Korea, brought together 21...