Industry Updates
  • Robo-athletes push China's tech frontier
    Robo-athletes push China's tech frontier
    From choreographed Spring Festival Gala performances to steady runs in outdoor marathons, China's humanoid robots are moving beyond controlled demonstrations into more demanding real-world environments.
  • AI database to create actors' digital doubles fuels online debate
    AI database to create actors' digital doubles fuels online debate
    Chinese streaming platform iQIYI's newly announced artificial intelligence performer database plan, under which actors can authorize the creation of digital doubles for future film and television production, has sparked broad online debate in China over whether actors could one day be replaced by AI.
  • China's homegrown quantum computer gains AI capabilities
    China's homegrown quantum computer gains AI capabilities
    China's third-generation independent superconducting quantum computer, "Origin Wukong," has been initially equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) computing capabilities, marking a major step forward from "usable" to "user-friendly" for China's homegrown quantum computing power.
  • Tech advancements underpin China's Q1 industrial economy
    Tech advancements underpin China's Q1 industrial economy
    China's industrial economy posted steady growth in the first quarter (Q1) of 2026, with technological innovations unleashing more growth potentials and the advanced manufacturing sector witnessing accelerated growth, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
  • China boosts digital technology in push for modernization
    China boosts digital technology in push for modernization
    More than 100 humanoid robots competed in 2026 Beijing E-Town half-marathon on Sunday, with the winner outpacing all human competitors. In the area where the race took place, service robots offering moxibustion and massage are already being used to care for the elderly.
  • Tech experts call for cooperation on AI safety guardrails
    Tech experts call for cooperation on AI safety guardrails
    As artificial intelligence transforms industries, experts are urging the United States and China to move beyond rivalry and work together to establish common safety standards and ethical guardrails, a collaboration they say would benefit not just the two countries, but the entire world.
  • AI-powered retail driving consumption
    AI-powered retail driving consumption
    As China doubles down on expanding domestic demand, the next wave of consumption growth is being driven by artificial intelligence-powered retail and a rapid diversification of service sectors, analysts and executives said.
  • Smart tech seen under spotlight, but the real star is human
    Smart tech seen under spotlight, but the real star is human
    At this year's Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference in South China's Hainan province last month, I expected conversations about breakthroughs, applications and collaborations. Instead, what left the deepest impression was a different question: in an age of artificial intelligence, what happens to people?
  • China launches first AI-powered digital doctor platform for Parkinson's disease
    China launches first AI-powered digital doctor platform for Parkinson's disease
    As population aging accelerates in China, Parkinson's disease is emerging as an increasingly common chronic condition among older adults, prompting Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University in Beijing to launch the country's first AI-powered digital doctor platform for the disease.
  • AI-driven model will enhance carbon accounting
    AI-driven model will enhance carbon accounting
    The world needs a more scientific and equitable emissions accounting system that not only clarifies where greenhouse gas emissions come from but also for whom the emissions are produced. The Chinese team has developed a large AI model to address this need.

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