Nearly 90% of the more than 13,000 humanoid robots delivered globally last year were made in China, and the country is showcasing them at public events like a robot carnival in Shanghai to promote emb…
Unitree Robotics CEO Wang Xingxing said at the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing that a humanoid robot breakthrough—where robots can perform 80% of tasks in unfamiliar environments via voice comm…
Unitree, a Chinese robotics firm set to go public at a $9 billion valuation on Wednesday, unveiled a new 'Superman' humanoid robot on Monday that it says can reach a top speed of 12.66 meters per seco…
Guangdong province, home province of DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng and Moonshot AI founder Yang Zhilin, is launching a targeted push to attract and retain top AI talent after losing both founders to …
China should ensure its new international artificial intelligence body, the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAICO), is not perceived as 'naturally opposed' to the US-led Pax Silica partnersh…
AgiBot shipped roughly 8,400 humanoid robots in the first half of 2026, capturing 44% of the global market to overtake Unitree Robotics as the world's largest humanoid robot vendor, according to Smart…
Unitree, the Hangzhou-based robotics company, priced its Shanghai IPO at 150.8 yuan per share, aiming to raise 6.1 billion yuan ($904 million), becoming the first mainland-listed humanoid robot maker.…
At the World AI Conference in Shanghai, leaders from the US, EU, and China presented competing visions for AI governance, yet all agree that AI is too powerful to be treated as ordinary technology. Th…
Shanghai's cyberspace authority registered 11 new generative AI services on Sunday, bringing the city's cumulative total to 211, according to an announcement that did not name the services. The regist…
London has been named the world's smartest city for AI use in the inaugural Intelligent Cities Index published Monday by Boston Consulting Group, beating perennial rival New York City to third place a…
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a just and equitable global AI governance system in a keynote address at the 2026 World AI Conference in Shanghai on July 17, urging openness, risk-awareness, a…
China's regional growth data for the first half of 2026 showed a widening gap between high-tech manufacturing hubs and traditional-industry provinces, as national GDP growth eased to 4.7% from 5.0% in…
China is experiencing a nationwide scramble for data centres to support its AI ambitions, with towns and counties like Shatian in Dongguan and Jiashan in Zhejiang attracting major investments, includi…
China's biggest technology companies refused to meet a visiting U.S. congressional delegation from the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission during a recent fact-finding trip to Beijing, Ha…
Run Robotics, a Shanghai-based company, unveiled the world's first centaur wheel-leg hybrid robot at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China. The robot combines a horse-li…
Chinese tech firms are expanding globally across AI software and hardware, with Shanghai-based AI lab MiniMax generating 73% of its 2025 revenue outside mainland China, up from US$21.3 million to US$5…
Hyundai Motor and Kia opened UX Studio Shanghai, a user experience research hub in Shanghai's Jing'an District, to deepen China-specific vehicle development as competition intensifies in the world's l…
More than 1,100 Chinese companies showcased hundreds of AI and robotics products at the World AI Conference in Shanghai from July 17 to 20, as the U.S.-China tech rivalry intensifies. Chinese firms ha…
SenseTime CEO Xu Li said AI commercialization will shift from a 'token economy' to a 'task economy' as token prices inevitably drop, comparing the trend to telecoms data costs two decades ago. Speakin…
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Shanghai on Thursday, where they reaffirmed commitment to expanding bilateral cooperation and Xi urged stronger ties in …