The output of China's core artificial intelligence industry exceeded 1.2 trillion yuan ($165 billion) in 2025, with more than 6,200 companies operating in the field, said Li Lecheng, head of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, on Thursday.
China vows to drive advances in original innovation and breakthroughs in core technologies in key fields, and move faster to achieve greater self-reliance and strength in science and technology, according to a government work report submitted Thursday to the country's top legislature for deliberation.
China has called for an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory global environment for sci-tech development, while emphasizing its sci-tech self-reliance, a spokesperson said Wednesday.
Three more United States cabinet-level agencies, the departments of State, Treasury and Health and Human Services, moved to cease use of Anthropic's artificial intelligence products on Monday, joining the Pentagon in switching to rivals such as OpenAI under a new White House directive.
Chinese research institutions have successfully conducted a laser communication experiment between a high-orbit satellite and the ground, achieving two-way data transmission at 1 gigabit per second over a distance exceeding 40,000 kilometers, the China Science Daily reported on Tuesday.
The Bernd Theodor Matthias Prize, established in 1989 and awarded every three years, is widely recognized as the highest academic honor in this field.
An aerial drone photo taken on March 26, 2025 shows reefs in China's Huangyan Island area in the South China Sea.Now, scientists at the Ocean Laboratory of Hunan University of Science and Technology are preparing Hainiu III for sea trials after completing high-pressure chamber tests in Sanya, Hainan province.
Visitors to the Mobile World Congress talk at the stand of Chinese tech company Xiaomi, Spain, Barcelona, March 2, 2026.In an era of cloud surveillance, local-first AI is no longer a luxury – it is the only way to scale personal AI safely.
Chinese researchers have established a stable two-way laser communication link with a geostationary satellite nearly 40,741 kilometers (25,300 miles) from Earth. The system achieved data transmission speeds of 1 gigabit per second in both directions and maintained the connection for more than three hours, the Chinese Academy of Sciences said on Monday.
China had 602 million generative artificial intelligence users as of December 2025, up 141.7% from the end of 2024, according to an official report cited by state media.
A government-funded screening program is helping families in the city of Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, identify potential health risks long before a child is born, or even conceived.
Inside a 10-square-meter simulated post-disaster site at a fire brigade in Qingdao, Shandong province, a cockroach scurries through a narrow tunnel, adroitly dodging rocks and wooden debris. A miniature camera mounted on its head transmits a first-person view as the insect follows a route designed by its operators.
China has unveiled a framework to standardize its rapidly expanding humanoid robotics industry, as policymakers, companies and researchers seek to address growing technical fragmentation in the sector.
At a factory in Central China, production once depended on workers dashing between machines, adjusting schedules by hand and fixing faults after they occurred. Today, artificial intelligence quietly orchestrates the entire process — allocating tasks, monitoring quality and optimizing output in real time. The machines no longer wait for instructions; the system thinks for itself.
The author is the deputy to the 14th National People's Congress and director of Key Laboratory of Dryland Agriculture at Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanxi Agricultural University (Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences).
The hub currently hosts 20 OPCs, whose entrepreneurs mainly come from domestic and foreign universities and technology enterprises. One of the hub's members is Wu Zhen, a 44-year-old entrepreneur.
A convoy of off-road vehicles was winding its way up the mountain road, kicking up clouds of dust that obscured the view. Suddenly, it came to a halt. Wang Tianyi, clad in a blue uniform, camouflage pants, and work shoes, stepped out of the first vehicle and gently carried away the calf that was blocking the way ahead.
As Chinese skater Sun Long stood on the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics podium, the vibrant China Red of his award ceremony outfit signaled more than national pride, it pointed to the growing role of artificial intelligence in China's manufacturing sector.
China has experienced a significant surge in intellectual property cases over the past five years, prompting judges to adopt a range of measures to strengthen protections for innovators and support high-quality development, officials from the Supreme People's Court said.
It added that the development of major flight vehicles, including the Long March 10 heavy-lift carrier rocket, the Mengzhou crew spacecraft and the Lanyue lunar lander, is progressing smoothly.
A team of paleontologists has discovered the first-known evidence of a bone tumor in a vertebrate preserved in amber, in the form of a 99-million-year-old lizard specimen that offers a rare glimpse into the ancient origins of disease.
For residents of Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, few pleasures compare to savoring fresh seafood year-round. And for Liu Kaidong and Liang Fengyan, the local delicacies have yielded far more than culinary delight.
Chinese scientists have developed a lithium metal battery that boasts an energy density of more than 700 watt-hours per kilogram and stable performance at extremely low temperatures.
It can predict stellar atmospheric parameters and elemental abundances in one go, perform spectral-similarity searches, and even help identify peculiar celestial objects.
Scientists in Australia have developed a simple blood test that detects circulating tumor cells to pinpoint head and neck cancer patients at higher risk of relapse after surgery.
A new species of bent-toed gecko has been discovered in Cambodia's renowned Kirirom National Park, said a joint press release seen on Wednesday.
A baby elephant and its mother are pictured in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, on Sept 7."The automated alerts allow field teams to respond before conflict escalates." Because of this innovation, Kenya is emerging as a continental leader in wildlife conservation.
The 2026 AI Impact Summit in New Delhi has concluded with a sweeping vision for the democratization of technology, signaling a shift in the global digital order.
From the afternoon of February 20 to the early hours of February 21, the Xueying 102 aircraft made more than a dozen shuttle flights between Qinling Station and the icebreaker Xuelong, successfully transferring 69 summer team members and supplies to the vessel.
Just a year ago, many humanoid robots were still at a rudimentary stage, able to do little more than basic movements. This Spring Festival, they once again stepped onto the stage of the China Media Group gala and executed a full sequence of extremely difficult movements with astonishing fluency. The speed of iteration is difficult to ignore.
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