How do we define the winner in the fierce China-US AI race?

Sean Stein, president of the US-China Business Council, said in an interview during the China Development Forum 2026 that the AI race is not a competition between the US and China, but one between Chinese researchers and developers in China and those in the US. He pointed out that we should not overstate it. What we really need to focus on is using AI to improve people's livelihoods.