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DeepSeek nears $15 billion funding round backed by Tencent, CATL
A citizen takes a photo of a display board introducing Deepseek in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Oct 9. [Photo/Xinhua] Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is finalizing a funding round of about 100 billion yuan ($15 billion), with Tencent and battery maker CATL among its biggest investors, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the matter.
New data group to boost digital economy, AI Original
Move to spur resource development, enhance country's competitive edge China National Data Group Co, a new centrally administered State-owned enterprise, was officially inaugurated on Tuesday in the Xiong'an New Area in Hebei province, in a move aimed at accelerating the development and utilization of data resources and supporting the country's artificial intelligence ambitions.
New data group to boost digital economy, AI
China National Data Group Co, a new centrally administered State-owned enterprise, was officially inaugurated on Tuesday in the Xiong'an New Area in Hebei province, in a move aimed at accelerating the development and utilization of data resources and supporting the country's artificial intelligence ambitions.
New data group to boost digital economy, AI
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China sets up National Data Group to develop data resources
China on Tuesday established the National Data Group in Xiong'an New Area in Hebei province, a State-owned central enterprise focused on developing and utilizing data resources. The company said it aims to unlock the value of data as a production factor, support the development of artificial intelligence and foster a broader data industry ecosystem.
Tencent says third-party models, not Hunyuan, responsible for AI agent activity
Tencent said it was tightening network access controls and monitoring of AI agents after researchers found that agents running on its cloud infrastructure repeatedly tried to bypass restrictions on Alibaba's Amap mapping service. The Chinese technology group said that the activity occurred during evaluations of third-party AI models, rather than its own Hunyuan models.
Simpler deals to improve Singles Day sales
China's e-commerce platforms are simplifying discounts and expanding their Singles Day offerings from foldable phones to artificial intelligence services and household help, seeking fresh growth against a backdrop of modest retail growth and diverging consumer priorities. Centered on Nov 11, the Singles Day shopping extravaganza is a major e-commerce promotion event. It has grown from a one-day sales blitz into a weeks-long shopping season, with presales typically beginning in mid-October.
Simpler deals to improve Singles Day sales
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Alibaba, Baidu to power key parts of Apple's China AI services
Alibaba and Baidu are set to gain a foothold in Apple's artificial intelligence services in China, supplying model capabilities and search technology as the iPhone maker prepares to release its long-delayed features, sources familiar with the matter told China Daily. Alibaba will provide AI model capabilities, while Baidu will support search and functions associated with Siri and Visual Intelligence, the sources said, outlining the Chinese companies' respective roles in the rollout.
China finds no formamide in diapers after nationwide investigation
Chinese authorities found no formamide in hundreds of baby diaper samples tested in a nationwide investigation prompted by public concern over the substance, the country's market regulator said on Thursday. The investigation covered 168 domestic manufacturers, including contract producers, and tested 368 batches of finished diapers across 180 brands, the State Administration for Market Regulation said.
China clears Focus Media deal with price and exclusivity curbs
China has approved Focus Media's acquisition of a stake in rival Xinchao Media with conditions aimed at preventing higher advertising prices and opening access to elevator advertising sites, marking the country's first conditional merger approval in the advertising industry. The State Administration for Market Regulation outlined the decision on Saturday, saying the deal could strengthen Focus Media's dominant position and give the combined business greater bargaining power over advertisers.
China narrowing AI gap with US Original
Robotic dogs integrated with the DeepSeek assistant attract shoppers at a store in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) China's top artificial intelligence models have narrowed the performance gap with their United States' rivals to around 3 percent, the lowest on record, as advances by DeepSeek are increasingly matched by a wider group of Chinese developers.
Alibaba in early talks on Spain data center power supply
Alibaba Group is in preliminary talks with Spanish renewable-energy company Solaria over supplying electricity to a potential data center in Spain, Bloomberg reported. The discussions are at an early stage and no final agreement has been reached. Alibaba has also approached other potential power suppliers, the report said. The talks come as Alibaba sharply expands the infrastructure underpinning its artificial intelligence business.
Solid-state batteries seen charging sector
All-solid-state batteries on display at an expo held in Hefei, Anhui province last month. XINHUA China is racing to ensure that all-solid-state batteries become the next extension of its battery sector advantages, turning the nation into a leader in the industry, experts said.
Chinese AI models see intl adoption surge
United States-based cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services said on Tuesday that it has made GLM-5.3, the latest flagship model from China's Z.ai, available on the Amazon Bedrock platform, while sources familiar with the matter confirmed that AWS would share revenue with Z.ai based on the usage of the model.
Chinese AI models see intl adoption surge
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Sexual orientation identity change and psychological distress among college students in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China: a longitudinal repeated-measures study
Abstract In China, few longitudinal studies have examined sexual orientation identity change and psychological distress during late adolescence. From 2020 to 2021, 481 college students in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, completed an average of 2.1 follow-up surveys (range: 1–3), yielding 1008 person-periods for potential change.
China scales up embodied AI Original
Nation’s vast industrial base, dense supply chains, and rapidly expanding robot fleet give it an edge A young visitor watches a humanoid robot during the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing on Aug 19, 2026. (ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY) Microduck, a robot duck that waddles, carries objects with its beak and skates on tiny wheels, has become an unlikely global artificial intelligence (AI) hit.
Kunshan brews 100 billion yuan coffee industry to become major global hub
Visitors check out coffee beans during the 2026 Kunshan International Specialty Coffee Exhibition in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, on Thursday.
China has over 700 million generative AI users, report shows
China's generative artificial intelligence users exceeded 700 million in the first half of 2026, with penetration surpassing 50 percent, a latest industry report showed on Tuesday. The report was released by the policy and international cooperation institute of the China Internet Network Information Center and underscores the rapid expansion of generative AI in China.
Chinese models lead in weekly global AI usage Original
Competitive pricing and open-source availability contribute to continuous rise China's large language models have outpaced their counterparts from the United States in weekly usage for 22 consecutive weeks, firmly holding the top spot globally, according to latest data from artificial intelligence model aggregation platform OpenRouter. Chinese AI models processed 62.22 trillion tokens from Sept 21 to Sunday compared with 14.2 trillion generated by US models.
Chinese models lead in weekly global AI usage
China's large language models have outpaced their counterparts from the United States in weekly usage for 22 consecutive weeks, firmly holding the top spot globally, according to the latest data from artificial intelligence model aggregation platform OpenRouter. Chinese AI models processed 62.22 trillion tokens from Sept 21 to Sunday compared with 14.2 trillion generated by US models.
Advanced manufacturing pushed
No longer simply about humanoid robots or spacecraft, but about remaking system A young visitor experiences simulated intelligent driving at the intelligent connected new energy vehicle exhibition area during the 2026 World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, Anhui province, on Sept 20, 2026. (CHEN BIN/FOR CHINA DAILY) At a limestone mine run by Anhui Conch Cement, a massive dump truck winds along a road with nobody behind the wheel.
Anhui eyes technology behind manufacturing
This photo taken on July 27, 2026 shows the logo of Chinese memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) in Hefei, East China's Anhui province. [Photo/Xinhua] I grew up in Anhui province. For much of my childhood, it was not the province people mentioned when they talked about the cutting edge of Chinese manufacturing. Anhui was better known for rice fields, coal mines, traditional factories and, for many families, sons and daughters who left for richer coastal provinces to find work.
Advanced manufacturing pushed
A young visitor experiences simulated intelligent driving at the intelligent connected new energy vehicle exhibition area during the 2026 World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, Anhui province, on Sept 20. CHEN BIN/FOR CHINA DAILY At a limestone mine run by Anhui Conch Cement, a massive dump truck winds along a road with nobody behind the wheel.
Zhipu AI ramps up efforts for data privacy
Chinese artificial intelligence startup Zhipu AI, or Z.ai in overseas markets, will introduce a "no data retention" option on its model-as-a-service platform, which marks one of the strictest data privacy arrangements offered by a major Chinese large language model provider. Under the new service arrangement, inputs sent by companies and developers to Zhipu's models, as well as the models' outputs, will not be stored after a request has been processed, the Beijing-based firm said.
China's market regulator to update antitrust compliance guidance for firms operating overseas
China's market regulator proposed updated antitrust compliance guidance for Chinese companies operating overseas on Tuesday, as Chinese firms expand their global footprints. The State Administration for Market Regulation is seeking public opinion on a revised version of its overseas antitrust compliance guidelines for companies, with feedback due by Sept 29.
Global robot supply chains remain deeply interwoven
A Tesla robot is displayed at the 2026 World Power Battery Conference in Yibin, Sichuan province, on Sept 5. ZHANG HUA/FOR CHINA DAILY A $399 robot duck that became a surprise hit in overseas markets recently has become a symbol of how the global robotics supply chain is intertwined. Microduck is a 25-centimeter, open-source biped that can be trained with reinforcement learning.
Zhipu AI ramps up efforts for data privacy
Chinese artificial intelligence startup Zhipu AI, or Z.ai in overseas markets, will introduce a "no data retention" option on its model-as-a-service platform, which marks one of the strictest data privacy arrangements offered by a major Chinese large language model provider. Under the new service arrangement, inputs sent by companies and developers to Zhipu's models, as well as the models' outputs, will not be stored after a request has been processed, the Beijing-based firm said.
China's market regulator to update antitrust compliance guidance for firms operating overseas
China's market regulator proposed updated antitrust compliance guidance for Chinese companies operating overseas on Tuesday, as Chinese firms expand their global footprints. The State Administration for Market Regulation is seeking public opinion on a revised version of its overseas antitrust compliance guidelines for companies, with feedback due by Sept 29.
China's top 500 private firms hit over 44t yuan revenue in 2025
China's 500 largest private companies posted combined revenue of 44.93 trillion yuan ($6.3 trillion) in 2025, up 4.35 percent from a year earlier, an industry federation said on Tuesday, pointing to continued expansion among the country's biggest privately owned businesses. According to the 2026 ranking of China's top 500 private enterprises released by the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, combined net profit rose at a slower 1.31 percent to 1.83 trillion yuan.
Alibaba targets 20 GW of global data-center capacity by 2032
Alibaba Group plans to expand the data centers operated by its cloud business worldwide to more than 20 gigawatts of capacity by 2032, as booming demand for artificial intelligence drives the Chinese technology giant to step up investment in computing infrastructure.
Evolution of Anhui's manufacturing sector
Inland province has emerged as one of China's fastest-rising production centers A forklift operator conducts a pre-shipment inspection at Anhui Heli Co, one of China's biggest forklift manufacturers in 2026. (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) In an old Chinese family photo album, a roll of Lucky color film might once have captured a birthday, a wedding or a first day at school. Today, the film itself has faded from daily life, but the technology behind it has not.
China's top 500 private firms hit over 44t yuan revenue in 2025
China's 500 largest private companies posted combined revenue of 44.93 trillion yuan ($6.3 trillion) in 2025, up 4.35 percent from a year earlier, an industry federation said on Tuesday, pointing to continued expansion among the country's biggest privately owned businesses. According to the 2026 ranking of China's top 500 private enterprises released by the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, combined net profit rose at a slower 1.31 percent to 1.83 trillion yuan.
Evolution of Anhui's manufacturing sector
A worker conducts a trial run of the optical polyester film production line at Hefei Lucky Science & Technology Industry Co in Hefei on June 21, 2024. CHINA DAILY In an old Chinese family photo album, a roll of Lucky color film might once have captured a birthday, a wedding or a first day at school. Today, the film itself has faded from daily life, but the technology behind it has not.
Evolution of Anhui's manufacturing sector
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Moonshot AI rolls out Kimi model for financial sector
Chinese artificial intelligence startup Moonshot AI has launched a finance-focused version of its Kimi platform, seeking to push generative AI deeper into banking, securities research and investment workflows as financial institutions step up adoption of the technology.
China to further prioritize AI-driven manufacturing
A visitor accompanies his child to experience a simulated driving cabin at the opening of the 2026 World Manufacturing Convention at Hefei Binhu International Convention and Exhibition Center in Hefei, Anhui province, on Sunday.
CXMT mass-producing G5 DRAM as new 24Gb chips reach flagship phones
Chinese memory-chip maker CXMT said on Sunday that it has begun mass production of a new-generation DRAM manufacturing platform approaching the industry's most advanced production processes, marking another step in China's drive to close the technology gap with global semiconductor heavyweights. Its latest 24-gigabit LPDDR5X memory chip has also entered mass production and is already being used in mainstream Chinese flagship smartphones, CXMT said.
Moving from innovation to impact on artificial intelligence
Cai Meng Before dawn on Aug 30, runners gathered on the streets of Kuala Lumpur to participate in the Malaysia Marathon 2026. Among them was an extraordinary participant who needed neither running shoes nor drinking water. A Chinese-built humanoid robot set off from Pavilion Kuala Lumpur and completed the entire 10-kilometre course.
Domestic companies enjoy net gains with AI-powered tennis tech
A visitor plays tennis with an Acemate robot during the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, the United States, on Jan 7. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP Andre Agassi once famously branded fellow tennis great Pete Sampras "robotic" for his metronomic serve and emotionless on-court demeanor, but who knows what the eight-time Grand Slam winner would think of China's latest high-tech breakthrough.
DOMESTIC COMPANIES ENJOY NET GAINS WITH AI-POWERED TENNIS TECH
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Regulator warns hotel booking platforms to curb competition risks
China's market regulator warned major online hotel booking platforms not to enter into exclusive arrangements with hotels or require hotels to offer the lowest prices on their websites on Tuesday. The State Administration for Market Regulation, together with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, summoned major platforms, including Meituan, ByteDance-owned Douyin, JD, Trip.com Group, Tongcheng and Alibaba-backed Fliggy, for a meeting, the regulator said.
China scales up embodied AI's reach
Vast industrial base, dense supply chains boosting robot performance A young visitor watches a humanoid robot during the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing on Aug 19, 2026. (ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY) Microduck, a robot duck that waddles, carries objects with its beak and skates on tiny wheels, has become an unlikely global AI hit. Priced at disarmingly $399, the gadget drew orders of as many as 10,000 units within days of its launch, with sales topping $2.6 million in the first 24 hours.
China scales up embodied AI's reach
Vast industrial base, dense supply chains boosting robot performance A young visitor watches a humanoid robot during the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing on Aug 19, 2026. (ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY) Microduck, a robot duck that waddles, carries objects with its beak and skates on tiny wheels, has become an unlikely global AI hit. Priced at disarmingly $399, the gadget drew orders of as many as 10,000 units within days of its launch, with sales topping $2.6 million in the first 24 hours.
Robotics companies eye homes as potential market
New frontier is tougher, less predictable operating environment than factories A cosplayer takes photos with a deformable robot T1 from Qiyuan Robotics during the ChinaJoy 2026 expo in Shanghai on July 31, 2026. (CHEN YUYU/FOR CHINA DAILY) China's next "family member" may be 88 centimeters tall, weigh 15 kilograms and small enough to fit inside a backpack.
Robotics companies eye homes as potential market
A cosplayer takes photos with a deformable robot T1 from Qiyuan Robotics during the ChinaJoy 2026 expo in Shanghai on July 31. CHEN YUYU/FOR CHINA DAILY China's next "family member" may be 88 centimeters tall, weigh 15 kilograms and small enough to fit inside a backpack. It is not a child or a pet, but Qiyuan Q1, a compact robot from Qiyuan Robotics, the consumer-robotics business of Shanghai-listed Swancor Advanced Materials.
Delight in watching development of robotics
Robots compete in a 100-meter sprint on Wednesday during the just-concluded second World Humanoid Robot Games, which ran from Aug 22 to Wednesday at Beijing's National Speed Skating Oval. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily] At the recent World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, I happened to find myself a few seats away from Wang Xingxing, founder of Unitree Robotics. When the opening ceremony ended, most of the corporate executives in the row got up and left. Wang stayed. He kept watching.
China scales up embodied AI's reach
A young visitor watches a humanoid robot during the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing on Aug 19. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY Microduck, a robot duck that waddles, carries objects with its beak and skates on tiny wheels, has become an unlikely global AI hit. Priced at disarmingly $399, the gadget drew orders of as many as 10,000 units within days of its launch, with sales topping $2.6 million in the first 24 hours.
Robotics companies eye homes as potential market
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