Industry Updates
  • Smart tech secures China's major water lifeline
    Smart tech secures China's major water lifeline
    An integrated and intelligent water quality monitoring network runs around the clock to safeguard the Danjiangkou Reservoir, a primary source for China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the largest in the world.
  • Changzhou launches mass digital literacy push
    Changzhou launches mass digital literacy push
    As China's major tech hubs compete to build cutting-edge artificial intelligence models, industrial powerhouses like Changzhou in Jiangsu province are pursuing a strategy of building the nation's most AI-literate workforce from the ground up.
  • Chinese humanoid robot makers hold 97% global shipments in H1
    Chinese humanoid robot makers hold 97% global shipments in H1
    Chinese humanoid robot makers are widening their lead over global rivals, accounting for more than 97 percent of worldwide shipments in the first half of 2026, according to market research firm Smart Analytics Global.
  • Chinese AI firms expand South-South local language model cooperation
    Chinese AI firms expand South-South local language model cooperation
    Inside the smart exhibition hall of Safaricom, Kenya's largest telecommunications operator, a digital human supported by a Chinese tech company delivers live demonstrations of core business services and interprets financial report data for visitors through intelligent interactive functions.
  • Chinese startup launches new AI model
    Chinese startup launches new AI model
    Chinese artificial intelligence startup Zhipu AI launched its next-generation foundation model GLM-5.3 on Friday, claiming coding and AI agent capabilities approaching Claude Fable 5.
  • Alibaba's Qwen becomes world's most downloaded open AI model
    Alibaba's Qwen becomes world's most downloaded open AI model
    Alibaba's Qwen has become the world's most-downloaded open AI model family, surpassing rivals from Meta and Google as its cumulative global downloads topped 3 billion, underscoring the growing reach of Chinese open-source AI among developers worldwide.
  • AI, industrial upgrades fuel bullish sentiment
    AI, industrial upgrades fuel bullish sentiment
    China's technology-driven industrial transformation is drawing increasing attention from international investors as the global AI boom fuels demand for computing hardware.
  • Pony.ai, Uber plan deployment of over 2,000 robotaxis across Europe
    Pony.ai, Uber plan deployment of over 2,000 robotaxis across Europe
    Chinese autonomous driving startup Pony.ai and Uber Technologies said on Friday they have expanded their partnership, with plans to deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe as the companies push toward large-scale commercialization of driverless mobility services.
  • Kazakhstan's first data facility under new IT project to be commissioned in June 2027
    Kazakhstan's first data facility under new IT project to be commissioned in June 2027
    The first 50-megawatt facility under the Data Center Valley project in Kazakhstan's northeastern Pavlodar region is scheduled to be commissioned in June 2027, the press service of the Kazakh Prime Minister said Thursday.
  • Baidu says monthly AI tool users passes 25 million
    Baidu says monthly AI tool users passes 25 million
    Baidu said monthly active users of its artificial intelligence tools for office work have surpassed 25 million, as the Chinese technology giant launches a standalone version of its GenFlow AI agent to challenge for a bigger share of the fast-growing AI productivity market.

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