(Xinhua) China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is transforming modern life and work by continuously integrating the smart power of burgeoning intelligent technologies.  

The BDS is injecting new vitality into the rapidly growing intelligent technology market, involving every aspect of daily life, from food, housing and transportation to modern work practices, across scenarios on the ground, in the skies and even in space.  

Located in central China's Hunan Province, Zhuzhou City serves as a pilot zone for BDS-enabled autonomous driving, testing a range of smart applications such as self-driving buses, sanitation vehicles and unmanned delivery services.

(China Daily) The United States tech company Apple said on Friday that it would cut the company's App Store fees from 30 percent to 15 percent for mini app makers who enter its new Mini Apps Partner Program.  

The Mini Apps Partner Program offers app developers the reduced fee in exchange for developers agreeing to use some of Apple's technology to build their apps.

(China Daily) China has urged the Dutch government to demonstrate a genuine willingness to cooperate with the nation and promptly put forward substantive proposals to resolve the issues regarding Nexperia, a Chinese-owned semiconductor company based in the Netherlands, said the Ministry of Commerce on Thursday.

(China Daily) China's new energy vehicle market hits another milestone in October, with monthly sales accounting for more than half of the country's total new car sales for the first time, according to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers on Tuesday.  

The latest figures showed that from January to October, China's automobile production and sales reached 27.692 million and 27.687 million units, respectively, both up by more than 10 percent year-on-year.

(Xinhua) Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers are venturing into Japan's compact-car market, challenging long-established domestic players with competitively priced, longer-range models that could accelerate the country's slow shift toward electrification.  

At the recently concluded 2025 Japan Mobility Show, Chinese EV makers unveiled more than a dozen new energy vehicle (NEV) models, drawing significant industry and media attention.

(China Daily) Chinese tech giant Baidu Inc on Thursday unveiled the latest generation of its self-developed Kunlun chips and the upgraded version of its large language model Ernie 5.0, marking a significant step in boosting the innovation of artificial intelligence technology.

(China Daily) China has urged the Dutch government to demonstrate a genuine willingness to cooperate with China and promptly advance substantive proposals to resolve the issues regarding Nexperia, a Chinese-owned semiconductor company based in the Netherlands, the Ministry of Commerce said.

(Xinhua) China's power battery industry maintained robust growth in the first three quarters of the year, with sales surging 48.9 percent year on year to 786 gigawatt-hours (GWh) as the rapid global expansion of new energy vehicles (NEVs) continues to drive demand, an industry conference highlighted on Wednesday.

(China Daily) German sports car maker Porsche has opened an integrated research and development center in Shanghai, deepening its push to localize technology and product development in the world's largest auto market.  

The 10,000-square-meter facility, which brings together R&D, procurement and quality teams under one roof, is Porsche's first R&D site of this scale outside Germany, substantially boosting local innovation capabilities.

(Xinhua) The return capsule of the Shenzhou-21 spaceship, carrying the Shenzhou-20 astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie, touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Friday.  

At 11:14 a.m.(Beijing Time), the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship undocked from the space station combination.
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