# China Backs Open-Source AI as US Keeps Models Locked

- slug: china-backs-open-source-ai-as-us-keeps-models-locked
- date: 2026-04-02
- category: Artificial Intelligence

China named open-source AI a flagship strategy in its new five-year plan — a direct structural bet against the US closed-model approach. Here is what that means for the global diffusion of AI capability.

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