China Technology
With data showing a shortage of artificial intelligence (AI) talents reaching 5.2 million in China in 2024, Chinese enterprises and universities are enhancing cooperation to seek deep integration in industry, academia and research, injecting new momentum in building a digital China. Recently, the City University of Hong Kong Business School and a number of data…
Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words “Artificial Intelligence AI” in this illustration taken, Feb 19, 2024. [Photo/Agencies] BEIJING – The topic of artificial intelligence (AI) has stood out at meetings and press conferences during China’s annual two sessions, painting a broader picture: China is rapidly evolving into an AI…
[Photo/VCG] A subsidiary of China Telecom has officially obtained a national invention patent for key 6G satellite-terrestrial integration technology, marking a significant step in achieving technological independence for the next-generation wireless technology, laying a core technical foundation for building a fully connected “space-air-ground-sea” network in the future. The national invention patent, roughly translated as “A…
Editor’s note: China is evolving into a consumption-driven economy. As it strives to revitalize consumption, the focus has shifted beyond price competition to tailored innovation, where personalized demand fuels premium-quality supply and shapes new consumption landscapes. At this key juncture, Xinhua presents three stories that explore China’s “new consumption trends” and their role in driving…
Zhongwei in Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui autonomous region will step up efforts to establish a big data industry center and build itself into a hub for the nation’s computing power sector, as part of a broader push to bolster the development of the digital economy, said its mayor Ma Honghai. Ma Honghai Ma, a deputy…
The DeepSeek logo is seen in this illustration taken Jan 27, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] Technology has been my beat for more than a decade now — part of my job as a business journalist is to keep a close eye on the latest trends and developments in China’s ever-changing high-tech sector. Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek…
Autonomous driving buses are seen on a street in Yangquan, North China’s Shanxi province, Feb 27, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] China should grant more autonomy to local governments to expand autonomous driving and streamline regulatory approvals to accelerate commercialization, said a national political adviser on the sidelines of the two sessions, which ended on Tuesday. The comments…
BEIJING — A Chinese open-source AI model is shown to rival top-tier global competitors such as DeepSeek R1, despite its smaller size, representing another step forward in balancing performance and efficiency in AI application. The QwQ-32B, unveiled last Thursday by Alibaba’s Qwen team, operates on just 24 GB of video memory with only 32 billion…
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing unit of Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group has introduced its latest open-source large language model QwQ-32B, with its performance comparable to leading models such as DeepSeek R1. The model has only 32 billion parameters, 21 times fewer than the 671 billion parameters of DeepSeek R1, but it has achieved a…
Shoppers browse AI-related products at an iFlytek store in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. LONG WEI/FOR CHINA DAILY There is an urgent need to encourage research and development of large language models trained on domestic chips, in order to build a robust artificial intelligence ecosystem that will ensure sustainable and high-quality development in the AI era, said Liu…