Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered an unusually sharp public critique of US chip export controls in a recent appearance on the Dwarkesh Patel podcast, calling the rationale behind the policy “extremely stupid” and describing the mindset that supports it as a “loser’s mentality.”
China’s National Development and Reform Commission released its second batch of major projects for 2026 on April 21, directing proceeds from the country’s ultra-long special treasury bonds toward a range of infrastructure investments, including artificial intelligence infrastructure as a named priority category, according to reporting from China Daily and AAStocks.
The 2026 Beijing Auto Show, which opens on April 24, has already produced one of the most significant strategic signals in the global automotive industry: Volkswagen, General Motors, and BMW have all announced or confirmed partnerships with Chinese AI and smart driving technology companies, integrating domestic Chinese technology into their vehicles as a condition of…
China sent more than 700 companies to Hannover Messe 2026, the world’s largest industrial trade fair, which opened in Hannover, Germany on April 22, according to Xinhua’s reporting on the opening.
Sunrise, a Chinese AI chip startup focused entirely on inference GPU development, has completed a new financing round exceeding 1 billion yuan (approximately $140 million US dollars), according to Caixin Global and 36kr.
China’s Supreme People’s Court announced on April 20 that it is actively drafting guidelines for the adjudication of disputes involving artificial intelligence, a development that signals the Chinese legal system is moving to formalize its approach to AI-related litigation at the highest judicial level.
iQiyi CEO Gong Yu stated at an industry conference that artificial intelligence will be responsible for generating “most” of the platform’s films and television shows within five years, according to Gizmodo’s April 21 report.
China has become the world’s leading shipper of humanoid robots, outpacing the United States in unit volume as companies including Unitree Robotics, UBTECH, and Agibot scale up production, according to CNBC’s April 21 report.
Victory Giant Technology, a Chinese manufacturer of printed circuit boards used in AI servers and data center hardware, surged approximately 57 percent on its first day of trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on April 21, 2026.
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok and Douyin, saw its net profit fall by more than 70 percent in 2025, according to reporting from mainland Chinese media cited by The Standard Hong Kong.
Huawei has officially entered the AI smart glasses market, debuting its first pair of AI-powered wearable glasses at a product event on April 21, 2026.
