From September 2 to 3, 2026, the G20 Innovation Ministers' Meeting was held and concluded in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. During the meeting, member countries issued a consensus statement establishing a new emerging technology governance framework based on six pillars, covering key areas such as promoting innovation policies, creating opportunities and prosperity for technology, developing high-skilled talent, intellectual property rights related to artificial intelligence, standardizing AI, and investing in industrial supply chains. The meeting adopted the “Carolina Principles on Emerging Technologies” and related outcome documents, aiming to promote basic research, accelerate the transformation of scientific achievements, strengthen the application of reliable technologies, and expand private sector participation, with the goal of creating a secure, reliable, and globally transformative innovation ecosystem.
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The G20 Innovation Ministers’ Meeting concluded with the issuance of a consensus statement, establishing a governance framework based on six pillars.
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2026-09-03
The G20 Innovation Ministers’ Meeting concluded with a consensus statement. The meeting ended on September 3 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, and ministers issued a consensus statement establishing a governance framework for emerging technologies centered on six pillars.
# The G20 reached a consensus among innovation ministers, with six pillars focusing on AI and emerging technology governance
The two-day G20 Ministerial Meeting on Innovation concluded in North Carolina, USA. At the end of the meeting, G20 ministers issued a consensus statement. The statement outlined six common principles: a policy framework to promote innovation, creating opportunities and prosperity through technology, developing high-skilled technical talent, intellectual property policies for artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence standards and related standards, as well as industrial innovation and supply chain investment.
## Details of the Six Pillars
### 1. Policy Framework to Promote Innovation
Innovation is the core driving force for prosperity and transformative development. The statement proposed three measures: promoting discovery and strengthening technology development, accelerating commercialization, and facilitating technology adoption. The “Carolina Principles on Emerging Technologies” outlined three specific measures: promoting discovery and strengthening technology development, accelerating commercialization, and facilitating technology adoption.
### 2. Creating Opportunities and Prosperity through Technology
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The G20 Innovation Ministers’ Meeting was held on September 2 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Member countries reached a consensus on promoting the development of emerging technological innovations and issued a joint statement. The statement outlined six areas of cooperation: creating a policy environment that supports innovation, using technology to promote economic development, strengthening technical talent development, improving intellectual property policies for artificial intelligence, promoting the integration of AI with standardization, and facilitating industrial innovation and supply chain investment. The meeting adopted documents such as the “Carolina Principles on Emerging Technologies” and the “AI Prosperity Goals” and “AI Prosperity Pact,” calling for increased support for basic research, promotion of the transformation of scientific achievements into practical applications, and expanded participation by the private sector.