Huawei announced a 3D Data Center architecture at the 2026 AIDC Industry Development Conference in Wuhu, Anhui, on September 15. Chinese media reported the release on September 16, with Guangming Daily noting the key elements highlighted by the company. Huawei characterizes the design as the world’s first 3D Data Center architecture.
China’s official newspaper People’s Daily published a September 16 commentary under the authoritative byline Zhong Sheng rejecting U.S. allegations related to AI-model distillation and stating that the claims lack factual and legal basis. The piece used a title translated as Politicizing Technical Issues, the Old Routine of U.S.
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee announced the city’s First Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development on September 16. Covering 2026 to 2030, the plan includes 105 indicators and is intended to align with China’s 15th Five-Year Plan.
Shenzhen Sight Tower Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. (视塔机器人) disclosed a Pre-A financing round on September 16, with the amount not made public. The English name used here follows the English-name field in a Qichacha corporate record. The contemporaneous Chinese reports call the company 视塔机器人 and do not identify a separate English commercial brand.
Beijing Shihe Technology Co., Ltd., known internationally as RobotPlusPlus, announced a Series C financing round as part of a global disclosure on September 16. Chinese coverage first reported the round on July 21, so the September disclosure is an international announcement rather than a new closing on that date, according to GlobeNewswire.
Shanghai Zaofu Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., the autonomous-driving business associated with Hello, announced a financing round of about US$100 million on September 16.
Suzhou Senwan Electronics Technology Co., Ltd. (苏州森丸电子技术有限公司) completed a 100-million-yuan financing round labeled Series A in reports published September 15 and 16. The round was reported as co-led by Glory Ventures and an unnamed participant from the optical-module industry, with Shunrong Capital and Jiarui Capital participating, according to 36Kr.
China has added a new public resource to its effort to secure trusted Chinese-language material for large-model development. The Cyberspace Administration of China announced on September 16 that the Chinese Internet Base Corpus 4.0 and two related datasets were released during National Cybersecurity Week in Jinan, Shandong, the day before.
A three-month-old Beijing AI startup has raised nearly 400 million yuan by betting that the next competitive advantage in model development will be a system that improves its own research process. Chaoyan Intelligence, or Chaoyan Zhineng, announced angel and angel-plus rounds on September 16, according to 36Kr.
ByteDance’s effort to take artificial intelligence beyond content platforms and consumer software has produced a large new financing event in drug development. Anew Labs, an AI drug-discovery company spun out of ByteDance, completed a US$290 million first independent round, according to Reuters.
