Chinese astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang will carry out the Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceflight mission on Friday, the China Manned Space Agency announced at a press conference on Thursday.

China's newly revised Cybersecurity Law, passed on Tuesday by national legislators, will take effect on Jan 1, spelling out national support for basic artificial intelligence research and development while strengthening penalties for violations.

China's polar research team has completed the country's first-ever cooperative operation of deep-sea manned submersibles, significantly advancing collaboration and its capabilities in deep-sea conditions.

The Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship will be launched at an appropriate time in the near future, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on Friday.
In the heart of the Ulan Buh Desert, where harsh winds once swept sand into the Yellow River, vast fields of solar panels stretch across the horizon.For Dengkou, a front-line zone in the battle against the spread of the Ulan Buh Desert, it has moved beyond just planting trees and shrubs.
Nearly 100 experts from around the world recently convened in Shanghai for a conference, drawn by a Chinese-developed spinal endoscopic technology known as uni-port bi-channel dual-media, or UBD.
China had more than 10,000 virtual reality (VR) companies by the end of 2024, it was revealed at the 2025 World Conference on VR Industry (WCVRI), which concluded on Monday in Nanchang, the capital of east China's Jiangxi Province.
In a big leap for medical science, Chinese surgeons have successfully performed the world's first transplant of a gene-edited pig liver into a living human patient, who survived for 171 days – nearly six months – after the operation.
As Africa's mobile revolution enters a new phase, policymakers and industry leaders gathering in Kigali, Rwanda, said artificial intelligence and fintech hold the key to unlocking inclusive growth — if the continent can close its digital and energy gaps.

The world's first solar magnetic-field telescope operating in the mid-infrared wavelength range has officially become operational after gaining government approval, marking a major breakthrough in solar magnetic field research.

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-powered web browser built around its popular chatbot, in a direct challenge to Google Chrome's dominance.
The CR450, touted as the world's fastest electric multiple unit (EMU), is currently undergoing operational evaluation on the Shanghai–Chongqing–Chengdu high-speed rail line.
CAS Space, a leading commercial rocket maker in China, launched the ninth rocket in its Kinetica 1 series on Sunday morning, successfully putting three satellites into their preset orbital positions.
Engineers at the Aviation Industry Corp of China are working on at least two new types of new-energy aircraft with vertical takeoff and landing capability, hoping to meet demand for such craft in the market.

Outside a consultation room at Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital in Hangzhou, the provincial capital, Liu tightly clutches her husband's medical records, unable to conceal her excitement and anticipation.

China on Wednesday unveiled a self-developed 90GHz real-time oscilloscope at the 2025 WESEMiBAY Semiconductor Ecosystem Expo in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, marking a breakthrough in the country's high-end electronic measurement instruments and breaking the long-standing foreign technology blockade.
AheadForm Technology, a cutting-edge AI and humanoid robotics company, has developed an ultra-lifelike droid, the "Elf V1." The AI-powered fantasy bot boasts bionic skin textures and even human-like eye movements.
The 30-meter-tall rocket lifted off at 10:20 am from a launch vessel off the coast of Haiyang in Shandong province and soon placed its payloads — an optical remote-sensing satellite and two experimental satellites — into their preset orbits.
An evolution driven by data is quietly unfolding within China's robotics landscape, one that is expected to transform the fabric of daily life.
China's first large-scale sodium-ion battery energy storage facility enters expanded operation in Nanning city, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, October 8, 2025.

China's Ministry of Commerce announced on Thursday that it will implement export control measures covering technologies associated with rare earth elements.

Chinese scientists have overcome a key obstacle in the development of all-solid-state lithium batteries by solving the issue of void formation at the interface between the anode and solid electrolyte under low external pressure. The breakthrough enhances the safety and stability of the batteries and moves them closer to commercialization.

American scientists Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell, and Japanese scientist Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance, the Nobel Committee announced at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on Monday.

ChatGPT creator OpenAI will soon introduce controls allowing content rights holders to dictate how their characters are used in its AI video-generating tool, Sora, and plans to share revenue with those who permit such use.
Finding potentially habitable planets could hold the answers to questions about life, the universe and everything, as well as the key to the future survival of the human species. So scientists have taken a fresh look at data which uncovered more evidence that Saturn's icy moon Enceladus may be able to host alien life.

Chinese scientists have devised "NeuroWorm", an intelligent microfiber capable of navigating freely inside the body, demonstrated through lab tests on mice, providing insights for brain-machine interfaces and neural regulation in treating certain chronic diseases.
The world's first in-situ diameter-adjustable tunnel boring machine was rolled out at an equipment company in Foshan, Guangdong province, on Tuesday, representing a significant breakthrough in the field of rail transit construction in China.
Designed and manufactured by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, a CASC subsidiary, the Long March 2D made its maiden flight in August 1992, transporting a recoverable Earth-observation satellite into orbit.

China launched a new Fengyun meteorological satellite, which will also contribute to a global green mission, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.
京公网安备 11010202009201号] [京ICP备05004340号-1]