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Shanghai tech firms ready for intl embodied intelligence competition

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Engineers of the Humanoid Robot (Shanghai) Co Ltd fine-tune the robot’s dexterity through rigorous grasping and handling performance tests on Dec 8. [Photo by Luo Bin/chinadaily.com.cn] Leading robotics companies offered a preview of their advanced technologies for upcoming international events during a media briefing in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang area on Dec 8. The spotlight is on…

World Bank raises China 2025 growth forecast by 0.4 percentage points

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BEIJING — The World Bank on Thursday released its latest China Economic Update in Beijing, raising its 2025 economic growth forecast for the world’s second-largest economy by 0.4 percentage points. The World Bank said that accommodative fiscal and monetary policies supported domestic consumption and investment. Simultaneously, demand from developing countries sustained exports. “China’s growth in…

CCUS seen as smoother path to CO2 goals

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Workers conduct carbon dioxide injection operations at Bayan Oilfield in Bayannuur, Inner Mongolia autonomous region. LI YUNPING/XINHUA In its bid to balance sustained economic growth with its pledge to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060, China is betting on a technology that traps and buries carbon dioxide emanating from fossil fuels via carbon capture, utilization and…

China seen as reliable growth engine for world

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Exhibitors conduct a live streaming event at the booth of a New Zealand honey brand at the Food and Agricultural Products exhibition area during the eighth China International Import Expo (CIIE) in East China’s Shanghai, on Nov 6, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Even though an increasingly challenging external environment clouds global economic prospects, China will continue to…

Mind-machine tech leaps from lab to life, powering up future industry

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A man plays a racing game with a brain-computer interface (BCI) device at his residence in East China’s Shanghai, on April 30, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] SHANGHAI – In a quiet ward at Shanghai’s Huashan Hospital, a 28-year-old who has been paralyzed for eight years was playing Mario Kart using only his mind. Thanks to a robotic…

China taps high-altitude wind energy niche

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The world’s largest wind-catching sail for high-altitude wind power generation successfully ascends at the test site in Alshaa Left Banner, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Nov 12. XINHUA China has successfully deployed the world’s largest high-altitude wind energy collector, a giant 5,000-square-meter kite or “wind-catching sail”, marking a crucial step in the nation’s cutting-edge exploration…

Banks gear up financial services for high-tech firms

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This photo taken on Nov 14, 2025 shows a scene of the 27th China Hi-Tech Fair in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s banking sector is ramping up its technology finance capabilities as it pushes toward high-quality development, with experts urging lenders to adopt a portfolio-based approach to sci-tech lending and assess whether overall…

Civil drone standards to bolster industry

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The V2000CG CarryAll, a ton-class electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, conducts a flight demonstration at a flight test base in Kunshan, East China’s Jiangsu province, on July 22, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] In a bid to further promote the healthy and orderly development of the drone industry, China’s top market regulator has intensified efforts to…