The World Academy for Artificial Consciousness (WAAC) hereby appoints Professor Chunhui Wang as Chief Data Officer (CDO). Professor Wang is an internationally renowned expert in the rule of law for the internet and data, data governance and compliance, and the regulation of generative artificial intelligence. He has extensive scholarly work and practical policy experience in areas including cybersovereignty, the innovative development of data as a factor of production, cross-border data flows, personal information protection, and AI governance.
Professor Chunhui Wang currently serves as President of the International Data Association (IDA); Director of the Digital Economy Research Institute at the United Nations World Silk Road Forum; Chief Expert for Decision-Making Consultation at the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST); member of the Expert Committee on the Information and Communications Economy under China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT); and Vice Chair of the World Association for Artificial Consciousness (WACA). He has long been committed to advancing the rule-of-law–based and internationalized development of the data-factor market. He is the first scholar globally to propose that the boundaries of international law in cyberspace sovereignty should be defined by the “right of cyber-territory” and to recommend incorporating this concept into the United Nations Charter. He took the lead in introducing such concepts as “data factor,” “data economy,” and “shared ownership of data,” which have been reviewed and registered by China’s national copyright authority. He argues that the value creation of data resources lies in the unity of use value and (exchange) value, and he advocates promoting the secure governance and innovative development of the data-factor market through the rule of law. In the development and utilization of public data resources, he has put forward regulatory proposals such as a “dynamic fair-competition review” for the public data-factor market, providing important theoretical support for authorized operations of public data and for fair competition. In the field of AI applications, he has argued that prompt engineering is the bridge of communication between humans and AI systems: humans must input carefully designed prompts so that AI can accurately understand human intent and efficiently perform various specific tasks. As Chief Data Officer, Professor Chunhui Wang will be responsible for building a compliant data-asset system and audit framework to support research on artificial consciousness, helping to achieve controllable, verifiable, and responsible development of artificial consciousness systems.
- Global Collaboration and Academic Ecosystem
WAAC’s membership spans institutions such as Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Cambridge, the University of California, the French Academy of Sciences, the University of Padua, the University of Queensland, Columbia University, and the University of Exeter, covering countries and regions including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Canada, Australia, Spain, and China. In addition, leading scientists from renowned research institutes and technology companies—such as Google, the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and ZEEKR—are also involved.
- About WAAC
World Academy for Artificial Consciousness (https://www.waac.ac/): A global academic institution founded in 2025 in Paris. Its mission is to advance frontier research and international cooperation on artificial consciousness through the integration of science, technology, and philosophy; to release open research, policy recommendations, and evaluation standards. The current President is Academician Yucong Duan, and the Secretary-General is Dr. Yingbo Li. WAAC’s academic system consists of one hundred Honorary Academicians and multiple Permanent Academicians, bringing together leading scholars from around the world in this field.