On September 16, 2026, the Peking University Institute of International Law hosted a lecture entitled “The Global Governance of Military Artificial Intelligence.” The speaker was Prof. Nehal Bhuta, Chair of Public International Law at Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The lecture was chaired by tenured A.P. Chen Yifeng of Peking University Law School, Executive Director of the Peking University Institute of International Law. Tenured A.P. Dai Xin, Vice Dean of Peking University Law School, and A.P. Li Qiang, Director of the Institute of Military Law at China University of Political Science and Law, served as discussants. Faculty members and students from Peking University and other institutions attended the lecture and engaged in in-depth exchanges on the risks of military artificial intelligence, its governance under international law, and international cooperation.

Translated by Zhang Xinye