Industry Updates
  • AI-powered one-person companies emerge as new business model in China
    AI-powered one-person companies emerge as new business model in China
    Across China, a novel business model is rapidly emerging that removes headwinds for young entrepreneurs. AI has facilitated the rise of registered one-person companies (OPCs)—essentially allowing individuals to be the business themselves.
  • Artificial intelligence helps seniors adapt to digital age
    Artificial intelligence helps seniors adapt to digital age
    Government initiatives to maintain cash payments and manual counters offered some relief in the rapidly established cashless society, but the "digital divide" still seemed an inevitable price of progress.
  • 'AI lobster' propels launch of localized Chinese products
    'AI lobster' propels launch of localized Chinese products
    An artificial intelligence-powered digital personal assistant developed by an Austria-born millennial inventor — and acquired by the United States-based company OpenAI — has taken the world by storm.
  • Ningbo-Zhoushan Port pioneers AI robot for container inspections
    Ningbo-Zhoushan Port pioneers AI robot for container inspections
    Ningbo-Zhoushan Port has become the first port in China to deploy a quadruped inspection robot for container verification, marking a major milestone in smart port operations.
  • Medical AI growth leads to standardization in epilepsy surgery
    Medical AI growth leads to standardization in epilepsy surgery
    As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly common in healthcare research, a Chinese medical doctor working on machine learning applications is pioneering research to benefit epilepsy sufferers, which number over 50 million people worldwide.
  • Xiaomi's humanoid robots start 'internship' at auto plant
    Xiaomi's humanoid robots start 'internship' at auto plant
    Chinese tech company Xiaomi has taken a significant step toward integrating humanoid robotics into industrial manufacturing, with its robots now undergoing "internships" at its electric vehicle plant, the company's founder said.
  • AI-supported services score big in holiday season
    AI-supported services score big in holiday season
    Artificial intelligence has become increasingly embedded across the country during the Spring Festival holiday, reshaping areas including payments, trip planning and on-the-road consumption.
  • AI set to empower education reform
    AI set to empower education reform
    As AI reshapes industries, education must evolve as well. In Dialogues with Thinkers, professor Xu Jiuping argues that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, education should integrate AI-driven innovation while reinforcing foundational disciplines, language knowledge, critical thinking, and humanistic values to cultivate future-ready talent.
  • China to intensify R&D in artificial intelligence
    China to intensify R&D in artificial intelligence
    China will spare no effort in promoting the research, development, and iterative upgrading of next-generation artificial intelligence products this year, including brain-computer interface, autonomous vehicles and robots, as part of a broader strategy to integrate AI with the manufacturing sector, the nation's top industry regulator said on Thursday.
  • Central SOEs make strides in AI and quantum tech
    Central SOEs make strides in AI and quantum tech
    Centrally administered State-owned enterprises (SOEs) have achieved significant breakthroughs in frontier technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing, said Zhang Yuzhuo, chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, on Thursday.

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