China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported that the country produced 279.8 billion integrated circuits in the first half of 2026, a 23.1% increase year-on-year.
APEC Digital Week Opens in Chengdu with AI Governance at the Center The 2026 APEC Digital Week opened in Chengdu on July 16, bringing together more than 1,600 delegates from over 130 countries for a two-week program of ministerial meetings, technical working groups, and thematic sessions on artificial intelligence, data governance, and digital infrastructure.
China’s AI Companion Rules Take Effect — and Social Media Fills with Goodbyes The day that China’s AI companion regulations had been building toward arrived on July 15, 2026, when the Cyberspace Administration of China’s rules governing anthropomorphic AI services officially took effect.
DeepSeek’s Annualized Revenue Reaches $400–500 Million DeepSeek’s annualized revenue run rate has reached $400 million to $500 million, roughly double the estimates that circulated earlier this year, as the company prepares to raise fresh capital at a valuation of approximately 500 billion yuan ($74 billion) and files for a listing on Shanghai’s STAR Market as…
China’s AI Industry Pivots from Model Building to Real-World Deployment As the World Artificial Intelligence Conference opens in Shanghai this week, a strategic reorientation is underway across China’s AI industry.
Chinese Open-Weight Models Triple Their Enterprise Token Share in Two Months The share of enterprise AI workloads running on open-weight models, the majority of which originate from Chinese companies, has nearly tripled in two months, according to new data from Vercel’s AI Gateway Production Index.
Xpeng Sets 1,000-Unit Monthly Target for IRON Production Xpeng is accelerating its humanoid robot ambitions, aiming to produce more than 1,000 IRON units per month by the end of 2026, paving the way for a global commercial rollout that the company plans to begin in the first quarter of next year.
China’s Largest Domestic Chip Supply Contract Signed Ahead of IPO ChangXin Memory Technologies has secured a long-term supply agreement with Tencent worth more than 20 billion yuan ($2.94 billion), covering server DRAM deliveries for up to five years.
After more than two years of regulatory delays, Apple has received approval from China’s Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) to launch its artificial intelligence features in the world’s largest smartphone market.
