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Qi Faren, a renowned Chinese space technology expert, speaking at an academic seminar held at Beijing Institute of Technology, December 6, 2025.An asteroid has been named after Qi Faren, a renowned Chinese space technology expert, according to the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, the world's longest expressway tunnel, will be open to traffic by the end of this year, enabling a new shortcut linking southern and northern parts of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
TikTok said Thursday it has signed a joint venture deal with investors that would allow the company to maintain operations in the United States and avoid a ban threat over its Chinese ownership.
CMA Deputy Director Bi Baogui said at a press briefing in Beijing that the initiative addresses both national disaster prevention and climate change adaptation needs.
Data that would take 699 days to transmit over the traditional Internet was transferred in just 1.6 hours on a testbed for China's future networks.
Two Chinese patients with high-level paralysis have successfully used brain-machine interface technology to perform tasks using only their thoughts, including controlling a power wheelchair, directing a robotic dog to retrieve deliveries, and operating a robotic arm to grasp a cup and drink water.
China's autonomous driving industry has entered a new phase of accelerated development, as the country approved two cars with level-3 autonomous driving capabilities, marking the first time that such vehicles have been cleared by the national regulator as authorized products nearly ready for mass adoption.
Two Chinese patients with high-level paralysis have successfully used brain-machine interface technology to perform tasks using only their thoughts, including controlling a power wheelchair, directing a robotic dog to retrieve deliveries, and operating a robotic arm to grasp a cup and drink water.
In early 2024, Swedish payments company Klarna rolled out an OpenAI-powered customer service agent that it said could do the work of 700 full-time customer service agents.
The world's largest-diameter shield machine for constructing high-speed railway tunnels, independently developed by China, marks its 10,000-meter tunneling milestone under the Yangtze River on Tuesday. With only 1,000 meters remaining to the southern bank of the Yangtze, the boring operation is expected to conclude in late 2026.
China has approved market access for its first batch of Level 3 autonomous driving passenger vehicles, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Monday, a milestone in the commercial rollout of conditionally automated driving technology.
Scientists at Zhejiang University have found a way to turn allergy-causing cells in the body into cancer-fighting agents, offering a new targeted approach that combines immune system activation with precise delivery of cancer treatments.
China on Monday granted road approval for two electric sedan models equipped with Level-3 autonomous driving capabilities, marking the first time it has allowed such vehicles to operate on public roads.
China's resolve to promote innovation-driven development to accelerate the cultivation of new growth drivers is expected to help the country gain an edge in strategic emerging fields and tech frontiers, and boost the nation's long-term competitiveness globally amid external uncertainties, said experts, economists and company executives.
In 2024 alone, more than a dozen major institutions — including Tsinghua University, Harbin Institute of Technology, the University of Science and Technology of China and Wuhan University — have created or restructured AI schools.
Eager to tap into a huge potential customer base, industry players are accelerating their push into the artificial intelligence-driven toys market, hoping to unlock new growth as supportive policies inject fresh momentum into the sector.
Russia has completed the flight tests of four "Ionosfera-M" satellites, which are designed to study physical processes in the Earth's ionosphere, Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos announced on Saturday.
A new fish species has been discovered in Zayul County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, providing insights for studies of fish diversity and biological evolution in the Himalayan area, said the Institute of Plateau Biology of the Xizang Autonomous Region on Saturday.
China will strive to keep economic growth stable next year while maintaining overall stability in employment, prices and the balance of payments, a senior official said on Saturday.
OpenAI unveiled its GPT-5.2 artificial intelligence (AI) model on Thursday, after CEO Sam Altman reportedly issued an internal "code red" in early December pausing non core projects and redirecting teams to accelerate development in response to Google's Gemini 3.
In November, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Business Incubator purchased insurance for two 60-kilogram humanoid robots, at a premium of about 5,000 yuan ($707) per robot.
Chinese scientists have successfully developed an integrated green control strategy to combat canker disease affecting poplar trees in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. They have achieved a sustained disease control rate exceeding 80 percent in field trials over a one-year period.
China has begun trial operations of a new artificial intelligence system designed to improve sand and dust storm forecasting in some of the country's most hazard-prone regions.
China, on Thursday, launched the maiden flight of a new type of large, multifunctional unmanned jet that can undertake both civilian and military tasks.
China has completed the production of the SUNNY-T2000, a 2-metric-ton unmanned cargo aircraft, marking a significant step in boosting the logistics network for long-haul, regional, and last-mile delivery.
OpenAI on Wednesday warned that its upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) models could pose a "high" cybersecurity risk, as their capabilities advance rapidly.
CAS Space, a leading commercial rocket maker, launched the 11th Kinetica 1 carrier rocket on Wednesday afternoon, deploying nine satellites, including three for the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Nepal.
Surgeons implant an invasive brain-computer interface device in a patient at Fudan University's Huashan Hospital on March 25."For example, if a patient sees a flame and wants to move away, that 'wanting' signal is captured by the chip and converted into a command to move the hand," he added.
With the rapid growth of brain-computer interface clinical trials in China — which account for nearly 40 percent of global research of the technology since 2020 — the need for uniform standards for indications, evaluation criteria, and pathway management has become increasingly apparent.
The SUNNY-T2000, a 2-metric-ton unmanned cargo aircraft, rolls off the production line Saturday in Shenyang, Liaoning province.The 6-ton aircraft offers cargo space equivalent to a 40GP standard container, or about 67 cubic meters, and is designed for medium- and short-haul heavy cargo transport, he said.
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