XPeng reports record Q2, accelerates AI-driven growth
(China Daily) XPeng posted a record-breaking second quarter in 2025, with deliveries, revenue, and gross margin all hitting historic highs, underscoring the company's rapid scale-up in China's competitive electric vehicle market.
How human-robot collaboration is powering China's high-quality development
(Xinhua) With two taps on a screen, soft music plays, and a robotic arm begins to massage. "So comfortable," a guest smiles. "I could lie here all day." This is no ordinary machine.
Humanoid robot games in China spotlight global tech innovation
(Xinhua) At the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games, the first of its kind globally, which wrapped up on Sunday in Beijing, the much-anticipated robot five-a-side soccer saw Tsinghua Hephaestus from China emerge victorious, defeating the joint team of Germany's HTWK Robots and Nao Devils to claim the ch
Efforts propel robotics innovation heyday
(China Daily) In a brightly lit lab in Beijing's Zhongguancun, also known as China's Silicon Valley, a humanoid robot stands amid rows of shelves stocked with a variety of goods, its sleek, metallic frame moving with smooth precision as it navigates the aisles.
Robot Games brings new energy to dual Olympic city
(Xinhua) Over 500 humanoid robot athletes had their own "Olympic Games", giving glimpses of the future of robotics over the past weekend.
China showcases robotics might at robot conference
(China Daily) Forget static displays. At the 2025 World Robot Conference held in Beijing earlier this month, robots traded blows in boxing rings, strategized over games of Gomoku, and meticulously demonstrated intangible cultural heritage crafts.
China's Meitu posts 12.3 pct revenue growth, with record number of paid subscribers
(Xinhua) Chinese selfie-enhancing tech giant Meitu on Monday announced its financial results for the first half of 2025, reporting a total revenue of 1.8 billion yuan (about 252.4 million U.S. dollars) -- a year-on-year increase of 12.3 percent.
Leapmotor posts 1st half-year profit as deliveries top China's NEV startups
(China Daily) Leapmotor has turned a profit for the first time in a half-year period, joining Li Auto as the only Chinese NEV startups to achieve that milestone, after record sales and revenue gains in the first six months of 2025.
Chinese company launches Mexico-built satellites
(China Daily) CAS Space, a Beijing-based commercial rocket maker, launched the eighth rocket in its Kinetica 1 series on Tuesday afternoon, carrying seven satellites, including a pair built in Mexico, into orbit.
China poised for further humanoid robot innovation, commercialization
(Xinhua) Robots that are not only able to run, dance and play soccer but can also sort parts in an assembly line, and even participate in a game of mahjong and caress a piano to create music were once fantasies only confined to science fiction, but they now feature in a reality unfolding at the ongo
Robot manufacturers shift focus to greater intelligence
(China Daily) Robots that are not only able to run, dance and play soccer, but also sort parts on an assembly line, try their luck at a game of mahjong and even tickle the ivory were once fantasies confined to science fiction novels, but are now a reality that was unfolded at the recent World Robot
AI agents to free workers from repetitive, mechanical tasks
(China Daily) Chinese intelligent automation platform Laiye is doubling down on building digital workforces powered by artificial intelligence agents, as part of its broader drive to enhance productivity, liberate people from repetitive work and bolster enterprises' digital transformation.
Nation's AI-backed drug market hits global stride
(China Daily) China's artificial intelligence-driven drug discovery is accelerating its role as a prominent player in global biotech. Experts and industry insiders said the sector is drawing unprecedented international attention, even though no AI-discovered drug has yet reached the market.
China launches ninth group of satellites for its space-based internet network
(China Daily) China launched a group of internet satellites into orbit on Sunday evening, marking the fifth in-orbit deployment of such spacecraft in a month.
The satellites are the ninth group of low-orbit hardware in China's State-owned internet network.
AI chipmaker Iluvatar CoreX is said to mull Hong Kong IPO
(China Daily) Iluvatar CoreX is considering an initial public offering in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, amid investor interest in Chinese mainland artificial intelligence chipmakers.
Column: China-proposed global AI cooperation organization expected to narrow global tech gap
(Xinhua) Building on President Xi Jinping's 2023 proposal for the Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Initiative, the Chinese government has now called for the creation of a global AI cooperation organization.
China drafts rules to curb exaggerated marketing of assisted driving features in EVs
(China Daily) China's top market regulator and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have issued a draft notice seeking public feedback on tighter oversight of recalls, production consistency and marketing practices for intelligent connected new energy vehicles.
Mid-tier premium brands feel the squeeze in China
(China Daily) Mid-tier premium brands such as Volvo and Jaguar are struggling to stay relevant in the competitive Chinese market, as local EV marques woo their customers and more popular global brands, including Audi and BMW, push downward into their previous domains.
Tianjin University scientists make breakthrough in human genome synthesis and transfer
(China Daily) Researchers from Tianjin University have synthesized a human genome fragment exceeding 1 million base pairs in length — specifically 1.14 million base pairs — and successfully transferred it into mouse cells to verify its biological function.