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Monday, September 28, 2026

  1. APPLIED AI

    Aishida Plans a Humanoid Robot Retail-Store Trial

    Aishida (爱仕达) is preparing a humanoid robot for a retail-store assignment that will put customer interaction, product guidance, and promotional work under public scrutiny.

Sunday, September 27, 2026

  1. MARKETSAPPLIED AI

    China’s AI Economy Faces a Fresh Valuation and Inequality Test

    China’s AI push is prompting a closer look at two concerns: how far investors can carry humanoid-robotics valuations, and who may capture the economic gains from faster adoption. A September 26 analysis by the South China Morning Post framed both as potential risks raised by economists and industry leaders.

Saturday, September 26, 2026

  1. BIG TECHAPPLIED AI

    Xiaomi Uses an AI Rear Screen to Redesign Everyday Phone Interactions

    Xiaomi’s new 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max put a second screen beside the rear camera array, but the company is trying to give that display a more active role than a decorative notification panel.

  2. APPLIED AIMARKETS

    China’s AI Film Push Moves From Model Demos Toward Production Clusters

    China’s AI-video race is moving into a more industrial phase. Cities and industrial parks are competing to attract filmmakers, while Shanghai is building policy support around computing access, data, public services, talent, copyright help, and overseas distribution for AI-powered micro dramas.

  3. APPLIED AIBIG TECH

    Meorient Brings an Export-Sales Agent Into Tencent WorkBuddy

    A specialist AI agent for Chinese export businesses is joining a general workplace-agent platform. Meorient says it launched Chuhai Jingling Xiaoyuan AI, or Xiaoyuan AI, on September 23 at the Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou and made it available through Tencent WorkBuddy for overseas-business workflows.

  4. APPLIED AIMARKETS

    Fine Motion Robot’s Withdrawn IPO Tests China’s Robotics Funding Market

    The Shanghai Stock Exchange has ended its review of Zhejiang Fine Motion Robot Joint Technology Co. Ltd.’s planned STAR Market listing after the company and its sponsor withdrew the application.

  5. BIG TECHAPPLIED AI

    Qualcomm’s China Chief Sees AI Devices Moving Beyond Smartphones

    Qualcomm’s China chairman Frank Meng sees the country entering the AI-device transition with advantages that were less developed in earlier technology cycles.

  6. MARKETSAPPLIED AI

    Hangzhou’s Digital Trade Expo Puts AI at the Center of Trade Policy

    Hangzhou’s fifth Global Digital Trade Expo has placed artificial intelligence at the center of an event designed to connect technology displays with trade promotion. The official Event Introduction page says the September 23–27 gathering is at the Hangzhou Grand Convention and Exhibition Center, with an AI-focused theme.

  7. APPLIED AIMODELS

    NIO Researchers Release a Multi-Future Model for Autonomous Driving

    Autonomous-driving systems do not face a single predetermined future. A car approaching an intersection can encounter a pedestrian who waits or crosses, a neighboring vehicle that yields or changes lanes, and a traffic signal that changes the available choices.

  8. CHIPS & COMPUTEAPPLIED AI

    H3C Makes Token Efficiency the Test for China’s Agent AI Infrastructure

    H3C used the 2026 Apsara Conference to make a pointed argument about the next stage of China’s AI buildout: accelerator counts alone do not explain whether an agent service is economical to operate.

Friday, September 25, 2026

  1. APPLIED AITALENT

    WhalesBot Wants Students to Test AI Beyond the Screen With EliteMind

    WhalesBot announced EliteMind in Shanghai on Sept. 23, 2026. A PR Newswire page posted the following day describes it as a modular Physical AI robot for elementary and middle school students, designed to connect AI lessons with physical tasks.

  2. MODELSAPPLIED AI

    Xuannv Earth Brings a China-Focused Data Layer to Geospatial AI

    Beijing Xuannv Technology Co., Ltd. announced on September 24, 2026, the public release of a geospatially embedded spatiotemporal base model named Xuannv Earth together with a supporting China-region embedded-vector dataset, as reported by 36Kr.

  3. APPLIED AIFUNDING

    Mifeng Pai Tries Crowdsourcing to Build the Data Behind Physical AI

    Mifeng Technology launched Mifeng Pai on September 23, 2026, according to 36Kr; China Securities Journal and Gasgoo independently reported the launch and corroborated selected product details. 36Kr reported the workflow and pilot disclosures, while the secondary reports supplied additional hardware, task, scenario, and internal-test details.

  4. MODELSAPPLIED AI

    Simate Puts an AI Research Loop at the Center of Its Robotics Bet

    Simate, a recently formed robotics startup, says its AutoResearch system connects model modification, data and configuration changes, training, evaluation, and subsequent experiment decisions as part of its physical-AI research workflow, according to the 36Kr/Zhidx report.

  5. BIG TECHAPPLIED AI

    Tencent Retires QClaw as WorkBuddy Becomes Its Workplace AI Focus

    Tencent Holdings Ltd. announced plans to retire the QClaw assistant and concentrate product effort on its flagship workplace AI agent, WorkBuddy, in reporting circulated on September 24, 2026.

Thursday, September 24, 2026

  1. APPLIED AIMARKETS

    AgiBot Signals a Long-Term Malaysia Investment Plan

    AgiBot Innovation has signaled a potential RM1 billion investment in Malaysia by 2035, with a possible 5,000 job opportunities, according to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

  2. FUNDINGAPPLIED AI

    Damao Raises New Funding for AI-Energy Coordination

    Damao Technology, known in Chinese as 达卯科技, has reportedly completed a new financing round of approximately RMB 200 million for software that links AI computing demand with electricity and energy operations.

  3. POLICYAPPLIED AI

    Li Qiang Puts AI Manufacturing Services at the Center of a Shanghai Visit

    Chinese Premier Li Qiang has again linked artificial intelligence to manufacturing, but his latest Shanghai visit focused on a more practical part of the policy agenda: the shared services that can help companies use the technology.

  4. MARKETSAPPLIED AI

    China’s AI Rollout Runs Into an ROI Reality Check

    Chinese companies are moving more AI projects into production, but many executives say the financial case still falls short.

  5. APPLIED AIFUNDING

    Paxini Takes Its First Formal Step Toward a Mainland IPO

    Paxini has entered the tutoring stage for a planned mainland initial public offering, moving a tactile-sensing and robotics company closer to China’s public markets without yet beginning a formal listing review. The distinction is important. IPO tutoring registration is an early regulatory step, not an approval, a prospectus filing, or a completed flotation.