The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Huawei, Alibaba, Tencent, Xiaomi and 20 other organizations jointly released the "Self-Discipline Convention on Agent Development"

On November 4, at the 2026 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, 20 organizations including the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Huawei, Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi jointly released the "Self-Discipline Convention on the Development of Intelligent Agents" (hereinafter referred to as the "Self-Discipline Convention").

The Self-Discipline Convention puts forward eight self-discipline measures: first, improve the intelligent agent trust system; second, build intelligent agent interconnection infrastructure; third, enhance the level of intelligent agent interoperability; fourth, enhance intelligent agent security protection capabilities; fifth, improve the intelligent agent governance mechanism; sixth, protect the rights and interests of intelligent agent users; seventh, accelerate the empowerment of all industries by intelligent agents; and eighth, promote the inclusive sharing of intelligent agent technology.

Next, the initiating organizations will take the lead in implementing the provisions of the Self-Discipline Convention and proactively accept supervision by industry organizations and the public.

The Self-Discipline Convention puts forward eight self-discipline measures: first, improve the intelligent agent trust system; second, build intelligent agent interconnection infrastructure; third, enhance the level of intelligent agent interoperability; fourth, enhance intelligent agent security protection capabilities; fifth, improve the intelligent agent governance mechanism; sixth, protect the rights and interests of intelligent agent users; seventh, accelerate the empowerment of all industries by intelligent agents; and eighth, promote the inclusive sharing of intelligent agent technology.

The formulation and release of the Self-Discipline Convention is an important step for the intelligent agent industry toward standardized development. It will help build consensus among all parties, promote stronger industry self-discipline, drive improvements in intelligent agent mutual trust, interconnection, and interoperability, and guide the standardized application and innovative development of intelligent agents.

Next, the initiating organizations will take the lead in implementing the provisions of the Self-Discipline Convention and proactively accept supervision by industry organizations and the public. At the same time, all types of entities in the intelligent agent ecosystem are welcome to actively participate in the construction of the Convention and jointly create an open, trustworthy, secure, and inclusive intelligent agent ecosystem.

Intelligent agents are an extension of human wisdom and a tool for enhancing human well-being and promoting social progress and sustainable development. To promote mutual trust, interconnection, and interoperability among intelligent agents, advance standardized application and innovative development, and build an open, trustworthy, secure, and inclusive intelligent agent ecosystem, we jointly formulate and actively implement this Convention and consciously accept supervision by industry organizations and society. This Convention will be regularly evaluated and revised in due course in accordance with industry development and changes in policies and regulations to ensure its timeliness and applicability.

Article 1: Improve the intelligent agent trust system. Establish hierarchical and verifiable intelligent agent identities, and improve mechanisms such as intelligent agent identity verification and management, permission granting and control, and rule expression and embedding. Lower the technical threshold for mutual trust among intelligent agents and establish a trust anchor for building the intelligent agent ecosystem.

Article 2: Build intelligent agent interconnection infrastructure. Jointly build interconnectable infrastructure and develop technologies and standards such as intelligent agent registration and resolution, capability description and discovery, intent understanding and conversion, network routing and connection, resource scheduling and metering, and protocol compatibility and mutual recognition. Continuously reduce the cost of cross-domain discovery and connection of intelligent agents and support intelligent agent interconnection and collaboration.

Article 3: Enhance the level of intelligent agent interoperability. On the premise of legality and compliance and firmly upholding the security bottom line, respect the intellectual property rights and legitimate rights and interests of all parties, adhere to open collaboration and equal consultation, and deepen mechanisms such as capability openness and interface adaptation, task delegation and collaborative execution, classified and tiered authorization and behavioral boundaries, and the division of rights, obligations, and responsibilities. Orderly lower barriers to intelligent agent interoperability and improve the delivery of complex tasks through the integration of multi-agent capabilities.

Article 4: Enhance intelligent agent security protection capabilities. Improve technical systems such as forward-looking risk assessment, operation monitoring, behavior control, and anomaly circuit breaking, strive to ensure the reliable sources of models, plugins, and skills, and jointly build risk information sharing and joint response mechanisms. Continuously prevent security risks such as unauthorized operations, privacy leaks, and even loss of behavioral control caused by inherent defects in artificial intelligence and external attacks, and create secure and controllable products and services.

Article 5: Improve the intelligent agent governance mechanism. Actively develop technologies such as rule expression and embedding and compliance testing, ensure that intelligent agent behavior complies with laws and regulations and public order and good morals, and jointly resist behaviors such as using intelligent agents to carry out algorithmic exploitation and black and gray industries. Continuously build a healthy and benevolent development order and enhance the ability of intelligent agents to integrate into the economic and social system.

Article 6: Protect the rights and interests of intelligent agent users. Safeguard users' right to know, right to choose, and ultimate control over important matters, prevent abuse of personal information, excessive pandering, and cognitive manipulation, strengthen protection for special groups such as minors and the elderly, and cultivate users' healthy usage literacy. Continuously improve the fairness and accessibility of intelligent agents and ensure that users equally enjoy the right to development in the intelligent agent era.

Article 7: Accelerate the empowerment of all industries by intelligent agents. Adhere to serving the real economy, develop low-threshold intelligent agent development and deployment tools, cooperate in research and development of intelligent agents oriented toward real operational scenarios and creating actual value, promote the embedding of intelligent agents into existing production systems and business processes, and create benchmark applications. Continuously reduce the cost of implementing and applying intelligent agents and help industries improve quality and efficiency.

Article 8: Promote the inclusive sharing of intelligent agent technology. Jointly promote the open source and openness of basic common technologies, participate in international standard research and development and rule building, and create an innovation network benefiting global developers through joint research and development, talent training, and other means. Continuously improve the convenience of technology acquisition and localized deployment so that intelligent agent services benefit users in more countries and regions.

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