Beijing-based AI startup Z.ai, formerly known as Zhipu AI and a spinout from Tsinghua University, has released GLM-5.2, a massive open-weight language model that has quickly climbed to the top of several prominent performance leaderboards.
Baidu is pursuing one of the most ambitious vertical integration strategies in the global AI industry, building its own chips, training its own frontier models on those chips, and deploying the resulting capabilities across its cloud infrastructure, all while simultaneously gaining selective access to restricted Nvidia hardware.
Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD has published a new patent for an artificial intelligence-powered underbody vision system designed to detect living organisms beneath parked vehicles before the car begins to move.
The United States’ long-held dominance in the global biotechnology sector is facing an unprecedented challenge from China, with artificial intelligence acting as a powerful accelerant in the race to develop new drugs. China’s growing strength in AI-driven research mirrors its advances in other deep-tech sectors including semiconductors and robotics.
China’s ambitious goal to green its rapidly expanding artificial intelligence infrastructure is colliding with the practical realities of power grid management, creating a paradox that threatens to complicate the country’s climate targets.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced the addition of 16 new manufacturing facilities to its prestigious Global Lighthouse Network, recognizing their exceptional deployment of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies at scale.
In a striking demonstration of China’s accelerating push toward “Industry 4.0,” Geely Automobile has unveiled its highly automated “lights-out” manufacturing facility in Xi’an, Shaanxi province.
The fourth China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) opened in Beijing on June 22, 2026, attracting significant participation from global technology giants amid intensifying US-China trade tensions.
In a significant escalation of the ongoing technological and economic friction between Beijing and Washington, China’s Ministry of Commerce has added 10 United States entities to its export control list, banning them from receiving Chinese dual-use exports.
Tencent has officially begun beta testing a new artificial intelligence assistant named Xiaowei within its flagship WeChat application, marking a decisive step in the company’s strategy to integrate generative AI into its massive user ecosystem.
