Industry Updates
  • Report affirms China's AI rise
    Report affirms China's AI rise
    China is increasingly catching up with the United States in the global race for artificial intelligence leadership despite a 23-fold US investment advantage, according to Stanford University's latest AI Index report, a turning point that signals the end of a long-assumed US lead in AI.
  • New rules on AI set to protect minors
    New rules on AI set to protect minors
    China has issued new rules regulating providers of AI systems that simulate human personality traits, thinking patterns and communication styles in continuous emotional interactions with users, placing strict safeguards on content for minors.
  • China launches largest AI4S computing cluster with 60,000 chips
    China launches largest AI4S computing cluster with 60,000 chips
    A new supercomputing cluster capable of handling the most demanding scientific AI tasks has gone live in Central China's Henan province, marking a major step forward in the country's push to integrate artificial intelligence with scientific research.
  • AI boom drives hiring on tech edge
    AI boom drives hiring on tech edge
    Recent recruitment data from two major Chinese platforms suggests that the semiconductor, electronics and robotics industries are driving hiring in the post-Spring Festival job market, as the global artificial intelligence boom intensifies the demand for related talent.
  • 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.

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