(Xinhua) Chinese AI tech firm DeepSeek officially released two new models on Monday evening -- DeepSeek-V3.2 and its high-compute variant, DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale.  

By implementing a robust reinforcement learning protocol and scaling post-training computation, DeepSeek-V3.2 performs comparably to GPT-5, according to the company. The AI model balances high computational efficiency while maintaining superior reasoning and agent performance.  

Competition among leading global tech companies in the AI model arena is intensifying. In August, OpenAI launched its flagship model, GPT-5, describing it as its smartest and fastest model to date. And in November, Google released its latest AI system, Gemini-3.0-Pro.

(China Daily) Chinese e-commerce giant JD said on Wednesday it has acquired approximately 59.8 percent of the shares and voting rights in German electronics retailer Ceconomy.  

When combined with the stake to be retained by its future partner Convergenta, JD’s total shareholding in Ceconomy would reach 85.2 percent. Convergenta was the largest shareholder in Ceconomy before JD’s offer during the additional offer period.

(China Daily) Japanese tech company Canon Inc confirmed on Tuesday that it has closed its printer factory in Zhongshan in China's Guangdong province.  

The company attributed the shutdown of the factory, effective from Nov 21, to a shrinking global laser printer market, changes in people's working styles, and the accelerated contraction of laser printer use in offices. A Canon statement provided to China Daily added that "it is unlikely to see any significant recovery in the long term".

(China Daily) LandSpace, a leading private space company in China, conducted the debut flight of its ZQ 3, or Rosefinch 3, carrier rocket on Wednesday, though the attempt to recover the first-stage booster failed.  

The ZQ 3 Y1, a gigantic craft primarily made of stainless steel, blasted off at noon from its dedicated launch service tower at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The Y1 designation signifies that the craft is the first in the ZQ 3 series.

(Xinhua) China's first seaborne platform designed for rocket recovery using a net system was delivered on Sunday, offering a critical piece of infrastructure for the country's reusable rocket launch.  

The platform, named "Linghangzhe" or Pathfinder, has been certified by the China Classification Society, making it the first sea-based rocket recovery platform in the country to receive the required class and statutory certifications.

(China Daily) The industrial output of Beijing's AI sector is expected to top 450 billion yuan ($63.6 billion) by the end of this year, a new white paper on the industry revealed on Saturday.  

In the first half of 2025, the figure reached 215.22 billion yuan, marking a year-on-year increase of 25.3 percent.  

To date, Beijing is home to over 2,500 AI enterprises and has seen 183 registered large models, maintaining its leading national position.

(Xinhua) China will strengthen ethical examination for artificial intelligence (AI) in the patent review process to guide the AI technology to comply with laws, social morality and public interests, the country's top intellectual property (IP) regulator said on Friday.  

In a press conference held by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), senior CNIPA official Jiang Tong said the newly revised patent review guidelines, which will take effect on Jan.

(Xinhua) By the end of 2024, China had more than 10,000 companies operating in the virtual reality (VR) sector, according to the 2025 World Conference on VR Industry (WCVRI)  in Nanchang, the capital of east China's Jiangxi Province.

(China Daily) The hydrogen fuel cell vehicle market is poised to expand from the current 10,000-unit scale to over 4 million units by 2040, according to China's Technology Roadmap 3.0 for Energy-Saving and New Energy Vehicles which was released.

(China Daily) China's burgeoning private space sector has received a major boost with the establishment of a dedicated government body, signaling a strong commitment by Beijing to support and manage the industry's rapid growth.  

The China National Space Administration recently announced the formation of the Commercial Space Department, according to a report by the Xinhua News Agency on Saturday.
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