This report systematically analyzes the key evolutionary trends and multidimensional impacts of the global intelligence divide, and puts forward a collaborative governance framework.

The study finds that next-generation AI technologies have raised entry barriers in computing power, services and talent. Such structural imbalances have triggered far-reaching systemic risks. In the global industry, latecomer economies face a shift from gradual catch-up to systemic dependency, amid value-chain restructuring that brings substitution and squeeze. Ecologically, the resource-intensive AI race worsens global inequities in energy and carbon emission allocation, shifting ecological costs to vulnerable countries along industrial chains. In global governance, developed nations dominate agenda-setting, leaving most developing countries as rule-takers and weakening the fairness of the international system.

To tackle these challenges, the report urges the international community to abandon zero-sum games and one-way aid. It proposes an interconnected, closed-loop, five-in-one collaborative governance framework to help Global South countries boost their participation and voice in AI governance, and steer AI toward sustainable development for the common good of humanity.

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