(Xinhua) China's electronic information manufacturing sector saw steady growth in the first three quarters of 2025, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.  

The value-added industrial output of major companies in the sector rose 10.9 percent year on year over the period, which was 4.7 percentage points higher than the overall industrial sector, indicating a positive general development trend for the industry, the ministry said.  

Among the major products in the electronic information manufacturing sector, the production of mobile phones saw relatively fast growth, reaching 1.11 billion units, with the smartphone output amounting to 881 million units, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 1 percent.

(China Daily) As Dongguan cements its reputation as a global electronics manufacturing hub, MorePCB is rising as a homegrown contender in the printed circuit board (PCB) and PCB assembly (PCBA) sector. With a full suite of services spanning prototyping to turnkey mass production, the company is staking its claim in the competitive global electronics supply chain.

(China Daily) Nexperia Semiconductor (China) Ltd said on Sunday that its Dutch company has unilaterally decided to stop supplying wafers to its packaging and testing facility in Dongguan, Guangdong province from Oct 26, a move the Chinese firm called "groundless and malicious".  

In a letter to customers, Nexperia China claimed the decision was a "direct consequence of the local management's recent failure to comply with agreed contractual payment terms".

(Xinhua) China has successfully achieved the first-ever thorium to uranium nuclear fuel conversion in a Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (TMSR), and obtained valid experimental data following thorium fuel loading, confirming the technical feasibility of thorium utilization in a molten-salt reactor nuclear energy system, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) on Saturday.

(Xinhua) China launched a new remote sensing satellite from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan on Monday.  

The Yaogan-46 satellite was launched at 11:47 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-7 carrier rocket. It has entered the preset orbit successfully.  

It will be primarily used in disaster prevention and relief, land resource surveys, hydrology, meteorology, and other related fields.

(Xinhua) China's software and information technology (IT) service industry registered double-digit growth in revenue in the first nine months of this year, official data showed on Friday.  

The combined revenue of the software sector jumped by 13 percent year on year to 11.11 trillion yuan (about 1.57 trillion U.S. dollars) during this period, while total profits rose by 8.7 percent to 1.44 trillion yuan, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

(China Daily) China's pharmaceutical sector, once driven largely by generic drug production, is now witnessing a steady rise in innovative drug development, cross-border partnerships, and record research and development spending, signaling a structural transformation toward high-quality growth, experts and industry insiders said.

(China Daily) Chinese smart home appliance maker Dreame Technology is stepping up efforts to expand its global presence, pouring significant investment into research and development and driving technological innovation based on user demand.  

Yu Hao, founder and CEO of Dreame Technology, highlighted the importance of strengthening investment in supply chain infrastructure, developing independent production capabilities across the entire industrial chain and establishing a global retail network.

(Xinhua) China's Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday that the Dutch government's improper interference in internal corporate affairs has led to the ongoing chaos in global industrial and supply chains.  

A spokesperson for the ministry made the remarks when asked to comment on recent issues related to semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia, an overseas subsidiary of Chinese company Wingtech.

(Xinhua) China's 42nd Antarctic expedition team set sail from Shanghai on Saturday.  

"During this expedition, China plans, for the first time, to conduct scientific drilling experiments in lakes deep in the Antarctic inland ice sheet," said Wei Fuhai, leader and chief scientist of China's 42nd Antarctic expedition team.
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