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Xue Lan
Tsinghua public-policy scholar who chairs China’s national AI governance expert committee and warns that governance lags AI far behind, that AGI could slip from human control, and that no country is safe unless all are.
Roles
- 2000 – 2018Associate Dean, later Dean, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua UniversitySource →
- Sept 2018 – presentDean, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua UniversityAppointment announced 13 September 2018 (薛澜).Source →
- 2019 – presentChair, National Expert Committee on Next Generation AI Governance, Ministry of Science and Technology of ChinaCommittee formed in 2019; start date not confirmed on a fetched page.Source →
- Apr 2020 – presentDean, Institute for AI International Governance (I-AIIG), Tsinghua UniversityInstitute approved by Tsinghua in April 2020.Source →
- 2021 – presentCounsellor, State Council of the People's Republic of ChinaListed as Counsellor of the State Council at WAIC 2026; 2021 start date not confirmed on a fetched page.Source →
On the record
18 Jun 2026 · Paper · Digital Economy Development and Governance (via Tsinghua CISS)
早期设计的不完美目标函数可能在通用人工智能中被永久嵌入，带来不可逆的灾难性后果。
Counsellor, State Council of the People's Republic of China at the time
Chinese-language article; also names loss of human control at the AGI or ASI stage as a risk.
Xue Lan: AI Governance from a Global Perspective – Challenges, Mechanisms, and Future Pathways →
30 Apr 2026 · Speech · Capitol Hill panel convened by Senator Bernie Sanders
if one country is not safe, all of us are not safe.
Counsellor, State Council of the People's Republic of China at the time
Also said AI technological change moves much faster than governance change.
May 2024 · Paper · Science
risks that include large-scale social harms, malicious uses, and an irreversible loss of human control over autonomous AI systems.
Counsellor, State Council of the People's Republic of China at the time
Co-author with Bengio, Hinton, Yao and Ya-Qin Zhang; published in Science on 20 May 2024.
Mar 2024 · Statement · International Dialogues on AI Safety, Beijing
Unsafe development, deployment, or use of AI systems may pose catastrophic or even existential risks to humanity within our lifetimes.
Counsellor, State Council of the People's Republic of China at the time
Signatory; also signed IDAIS-Venice (2024), IDAIS-Shanghai (2025) and IDAIS-London (2026).
2021 · Interview · The Future Forum
This potential, unknown risk is fairly concerning for everyone.
Counsellor, State Council of the People's Republic of China at the time
On whether AGI could become humanity's master; English translation compiled by Concordia AI from a Chinese interview.