BEIJING — China’s National Development and Reform Commission announced on Wednesday that it is soliciting public opinions on draft plans to guide and evaluate government investment funds, aiming to better leverage their role in serving national strategies, boosting industrial upgrading, and fostering innovation and entrepreneurship. The draft plan on guiding government investment funds is designed…
Schoolchildren take a tour in Baidu robotaxis in Chongqing on June 1. CHEN SHICHUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY Self-driving cars have seemed the ultimate unfulfilled promise. Everyone from Tesla boss Elon Musk to ousted Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has hailed the impending mass arrival of vehicles that can dispense with human drivers, only for much-hyped timelines to…
Visitors gather at Apsara Conference, Alibaba Cloud’s annual flagship event, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. LONG WEI/FOR CHINA DAILY Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, is doubling down on open-source artificial intelligence models as the tech heavyweight aims to bolster the application of fast-evolving tech in a wider range of sectors, and make…
Technicians check power facilities with the help of a robot in Chuzhou, Anhui province. SONG WEIXING/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s newly installed wind and solar power capacity nearly doubled year-on-year during the first half of this year, as the country ramps up its transition to cleaner energy sources, data from the China Electricity Council showed. Newly…
China’s top industry regulator reaffirmed the country’s commitment to supporting foreign-funded enterprises during a meeting with major US companies, including Apple Inc, in Beijing on Tuesday. Li Lecheng, minister of industry and information technology, said his ministry will continue to offer strong service support for US firms operating in China. He encouraged US companies to…
Visitors watch a humanoid robot during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, East China, July 27, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] SHANGHAI — More than 60 humanoid robots are on display at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, demonstrating capabilities across industrial and service applications as China continues to move closer to large-scale…
Shanghai Westwell Technology’s booth at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Enterprises in the logistics industry are showcasing latest advancements that push technological boundaries at the ongoing 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), which opened in Shanghai on Saturday. Shanghai Westwell Technology, which specializes in intelligent solutions in the bulk logistics…
Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime officially unveiled its embodied intelligence platform Wuneng on Sunday at a large model forum on the sidelines of the 2025 World AI Conference & High-level Meeting on Global AI Governance held in Shanghai. The Wuneng embodied AI platform is capable of empowering robots to interact naturally, including presenting PPTs, answering…
As several children were playing by the Shuhe River in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province on July 2, a drone flew into the area, hovering at a low altitude and warning them: “Deep water is dangerous! Please leave immediately!” As summer vacation started, many places in the prefecture-level city of Xuzhou conducted drowning-prevention drills for minors, but…
Intsig unveils ‘Unlimited Scanning’ and AI Anti-Forgery Solutions at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] At the ongoing 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) Intsig Information Co Ltd made its debut with a range of innovative technologies, including “Unlimited Scanning” and “AI Anti-Forgery”, focusing on addressing the challenges of…