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As China bets on tech and innovation to drive its growth, it has placed its chips on several industrial sectors that are expected to play increasingly important roles in development and trade, which will bring fresh opportunities and challenges for stakeholders. SCMP’s China Future Tech is your go-to destination for the latest news, insights, and opinions on these select industries. Explore in-depth coverage of EVs, AI, semiconductors, aerospace, robotics and biomedicine sectors. Follow us to stay ahead in China's evolving competitive landscape.

The Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Photo: Getty Images / TNS

United States & Canada

US takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese overseas subsidiaries

Surprise move suggests US chips may have been making their way to the subsidiaries of Chinese firms based in places such as Malaysia.

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Which company could become the Chinese Pfizer? Here are analysts’ top picks

What does Washington’s latest AI chip guidance mean for Chinese tech firms?

Tech

Chinese memory makers step up challenge to Korea’s chip champions

CXMT and YMTC are nearing public listings, giving China’s memory-chip sector fresh firepower in its pursuit of Samsung and SK Hynix.

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Analysts say CXMT’s IPO approval is further evidence that Chinese memory-chip makers are becoming increasingly competitive with their US and Korean rivals. Photo: Getty Images
Analysts say CXMT’s IPO approval is further evidence that Chinese memory-chip makers are becoming increasingly competitive with their US and Korean rivals. Photo: Getty Images

China Business

With AI able to predict disease, can we treat ageing like a ‘bug’ in the system?

AI is transforming longevity as companies like METiS TechBio and Human Longevity use algorithms to combat ageing and predict health risks.

Big Tech

China launches space computing hub as SpaceX gears up for historic IPO

New institute highlights Beijing’s bid to leapfrog energy bottlenecks and underscores how tech race with US is moving off-planet.

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Tech Trends

Chinese researchers tackle AI training bottleneck for household robots

The framework breaks the constraints of conventional indoor scene generation, which has long been confined to single-room layouts.

A robot works in a simulated home scenario at the Humanoid Robot Data Training Centre in Shougang Park, in Beijing on March 29, 2026. Photo: Xinhua
A robot works in a simulated home scenario at the Humanoid Robot Data Training Centre in Shougang Park, in Beijing on March 29, 2026. Photo: Xinhua

China EVs

Why foreign marques are struggling to keep pace with Chinese EV demand

Domestic brands surge on fresh incentives and better batteries, while foreign carmakers fail to sustain their earlier market share.

Tech

Huawei chips refine DeepSeek model in leap for China’s AI self-reliance

While Chinese chipmakers have found success in supporting AI inference, they are struggling with the far more complex process of training.

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Big Tech

Tencent’s AI chief dismisses lag concerns, says race a ‘long-term game’

Yao says he does not think ChatGPT and Claude Code will be the only super apps, as ‘new opportunities will inevitably emerge’.

Yao Shunyu, Tencent’s chief AI scientist, speaks at the Tencent Cloud AI Industry Applications Summit on Friday. Photo: Handout

China Business

AI effect vaults China’s Zhongji Innolight to top of stock benchmark

Maker of optical modules surpasses CATL in weighting thanks to off-the-charts demand from Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Huawei.

An AI data centre architecture is seen at the Wiwynn booth during Computex in Taipei on June 2. Photo: AFP
An AI data centre architecture is seen at the Wiwynn booth during Computex in Taipei on June 2. Photo: AFP

Tech Trends

US public cheers dancing Unitree robots while Congress looks to ban them

Eight Unitree G1 humanoid robots performed an elaborate dance routine on America’s Got Talent, alongside a Chinese dancer from Sichuan.

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China Business

China’s BYD, Chery chart 80% growth overseas as EV demand spikes

‘Eye-catching’ numbers show efforts paying off amid growing brand recognition abroad and tepid sales at home, analysts say.

Tech

Part boat, part plane, part sci-fi: China debuts consumer watercraft

Chinese company Navee completes the maiden flight of craft that glides above the water on a cushion of air.

The world’s first consumer-grade crewed waterborne aircraft, the WaveFly 5X, can fly at a cruising altitude of 30 cm to 50 cm above the water with two people on board. Photo: Handout

Tech

China just beat Nvidia on a global robotics ranking. Is a new tech war brewing?

Spirit AI says its foundation model for embodied intelligence is the first from China to top the RoboArena global leaderboard.

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A robot stands in fighting position during the Beyond Expo technology exhibition in Macau on May 29, 2026. Photo: AFP
A robot stands in fighting position during the Beyond Expo technology exhibition in Macau on May 29, 2026. Photo: AFP

Tech

Want to save the planet? Stop being so polite to AI chatbots

UN report reveals massive energy, water, and e-waste footprint, urging sustainable practices as AI usage skyrockets.

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Tech Trends

Hong Kong unveils HKGAI-V3 model built on domestic tech and DeepSeek V4

Agent Workshop operated stably for up to 28 hours without interruption in a single session to produce a research report.

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China Business

Wuxi AppTec’s upbeat business update boosts stock despite US bill

A presentation persuaded investors that risk of a potential US blacklisting is low while growth in some business areas is ‘unprecedented’.

Shares in Chinese drug research and development group Wuxi AppTec closed up 23.9 per cent on Friday, the most since its listing in 2018. Photo: Reuters
Shares in Chinese drug research and development group Wuxi AppTec closed up 23.9 per cent on Friday, the most since its listing in 2018. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

China Telecom say AI model with 1 trillion parameters trained with Chinese chips

The state-owned telecoms operator did not reveal what chips it used for its 1 trillion-parameter model, but it has a partnership with Huawei.

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Tech War

Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou back at the helm of firm ahead of next smartphone launch

In her latest tenure as rotating chairwoman, Meng is expected to oversee the launch of Huawei’s next flagship 5G smartphone series, the Mate 70.

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China Business

5 Chinese EV makers set monthly sales records as discounts draw buyers

BYD, Li Auto, Xpeng, Zeekr and Leapmotor posted new monthly delivery records in September as new models and promotions proved enticing.

Employees work on an EV production line at a Leapmotor factory in Jinhua, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province, on September 18, 2024. Photo: AFP
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Oppo expects to roll out generative artificial intelligence functions to its 50 million smartphone users by the end of this year. Photo: Shutterstock

Oppo enters tech pact with top EV maker BYD, acquires AI start-up

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OPINION
Daryl Ng

Opinion | Hong Kong’s first astronaut success is also a story of youth potential

Daryl Ng
Jun Yan

Opinion | How foreign investors should view China’s ‘little giants’ scheme

Jun Yan
Richard Heydarian

Opinion | Will the US’ Pax Silica deliver for the Philippines?

Richard Heydarian
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Sheheryar Bilal

Opinion | Why the Philippines walks a delicate balance as Asean chair

Sheheryar Bilal
Tan Kong Yam,Clement CT Chan

Opinion | China’s next big leap: becoming a frontier science civilisation

Tan Kong Yam
Clement CT Chan
Winston Mok

The View | In Beijing, the US and China tiptoed around tech and critical minerals

Winston Mok
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