From August 21 to 23, 2026, the 21st Annual Conference on the Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence in China was grandly held in Changchun, Jilin Province. The conference was organized by the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) and co-hosted by the CAAI Technical Committee on AI Fundamentals and Jilin University. The conference co-chairs were Professor Li Angsheng, Director of the CAAI Technical Committee on AI Fundamentals and a professor at Beihang University, and Professor Yang Bo, Dean of the School of Computer Science and Technology at Jilin University and Director of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering. The conference brought together experts and scholars from across China specializing in fundamental AI theory, large-model security, strategic computing intelligence, machine learning theory, automated reasoning, AI security, and AI education, facilitating in-depth academic exchanges and intellectual dialogue on fundamental scientific issues in artificial intelligence.

Professor Li Angsheng presided over the opening ceremony of the annual conference on August 22. Professor Yang Bo delivered a speech on behalf of the host organization, welcoming the attending experts and scholars. He noted that with the rapid evolution of large-model technology, the importance of fundamental research in artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly evident. He expressed the hope that this annual conference would serve as a platform for high-quality academic exchange, foster the exchange of ideas and interdisciplinary collaboration, and collectively advance the development of fundamental research in artificial intelligence in China.

Professor Li Angsheng presided over the opening ceremony.Four experts delivered keynote presentations to share cutting-edge research findings. The presentation session was co-chaired by Professor Li Angsheng and Professor Yang Bo from Jilin University. Professor Liu Xianglong from Beihang University delivered a presentation titled "Measurement and Analysis of Information Characteristics in Large Models," focusing on the identification of information processing levels and the analysis of information organization forms in large models, and introducing recent research progress in the measurement and analysis of their information characteristics. Zhang Xiaodong, Chairman of the Wuzhen Think Tank, presented "First Principles of Artificial Intelligence," elucidating the underlying fundamental principles of artificial intelligence from the perspectives of computational theory, complexity, learning theory, and information physics; Professor Shen Chao from Xi'an Jiaotong University presented a report titled "Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence: From Large Models to Embodied Intelligence in Supply Chains," outlining security challenges across the entire intelligent system chain and introducing research and practical applications in intelligent supply chain security; Professor Liu Min from Hunan University focused on embodied intelligence in surgical robots, introducing the key technologies and research achievements of his team in empowering medical surgical robots with embodied intelligence.

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