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Wency Chen
Senior Reporter, Tech
Wency tells stories that explore how technologies are reshaping society, with a focus on cross-border e-commerce, AI, the supply chain and others. Before joining SCMP, Wency contributed to KrASIA, Wired, Rest of World, World of Chinese, Tech in Asia, Vice China (BIE), Harper's Bazaar, etc. She attended Columbia Journalism School.
Wency tells stories that explore how technologies are reshaping society, with a focus on cross-border e-commerce, AI, the supply chain and others. Before joining SCMP, Wency contributed to KrASIA, Wired, Rest of World, World of Chinese, Tech in Asia, Vice China (BIE), Harper's Bazaar, etc. She attended Columbia Journalism School.
Areas of Expertise:
Cross-border e-commerce, Big Tech, AI Languages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
Intended to increase AI coordination, the group will sit alongside Alibaba Cloud and the company’s e-commerce divisions.
Unable to absorb rising memory-chip prices, popular handset makers are passing on the costs to consumers.
Farmers, schools and healthcare facilities in rural China are benefiting from policies designed to promote the use of artificial intelligence nationwide.
The few retailers who still have units jack up prices as demand surges for the computer, seen as ideal for safely running the AI tool.
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The automated agent requires unusually high levels of access to user devices, raising security concerns.
Industry leaders say the draft blueprint underscores Beijing’s determination to reduce reliance on foreign technology.
A boom in computing and data-centre sales helped lift revenue, but weaker demand for traditional telecom equipment weighed on profits.
Officials from Yangtze River Delta, Greater Bay Area outline ambitions after Xi Jinping calls on provincial economies to drive development.
Beijing’s work report outlines funding, IPO support and SOE-led tech adoption to accelerate AI and other frontier industries.
First announced in 2024, the AI Plus initiative includes a target of integrating AI into 90 per cent of China’s economy by 2030.
The prominent AI scholar says China’s data resources, power supply and industrial base position it to expand global access to the technology.
Tech leaders advocate for rapid AI and robotics growth, calling for policy support to boost industrial use and computing infrastructure.
Baidu, WeRide and Meituan among companies halting operations or instituting remote work, as some Chinese nationals seek to escape region.
LLVision CEO Wu Fei explains how advances in AI and hardware are pushing smart glasses closer to everyday use.
ByteDance, Unitree, RedNote, Bilibili and Kuaishou among the firms involved in the unparalleled nationwide marketing opportunity.
Chinese manufacturers are moving aggressively into liquid-cooling technologies as hyperscalers expand data-centre infrastructure.
Tencent-backed Enflame’s listing on the Star Market could follow successful recent flotations from peers Moore Threads, MetaX and Biren.
Humanoid robots may one day transform factories and warehouses, but for now their most immediate role is keeping the party going.
The software sector in China has long been constrained by slower cloud adoption and a weaker appetite for recurring subscription fees.
Musk’s pursuit of space-based data centres has drawn attention to China’s solar industry, sparking market rallies – and calls for caution.
Innoscience claims to be the world’s first to achieve mass production of eight-inch silicon-based GaN wafers.
Alibaba unveils US$432 million campaign to push mass-market adoption of its AI as rivalry with Tencent, Baidu and ByteDance intensifies.
Tesla’s pivot to producing humanoid robots is expected to engage a network of key Chinese component makers.
More than 400,000 H200 chips reportedly approved for ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent as China balances AI needs with tech self-reliance push.
Chinese chip designer outlines a multi-year GPU plan to outperform Nvidia’s next-generation Rubin platform within two years.
With Kuaishou’s tool headed for US$240 million in annual revenue, the firm is one of the world’s most undervalued AI stocks, JPMorgan says.
StepFun closes US$690 million B+ funding round as the company doubles down on “physical AI”.
The Shenzhen-based firm is sharpening its AI strategy and talent pipeline, after acknowledging rivals are reshaping the pace of development.
Huang’s Lunar New Year trip comes as the H200 AI chip faces US export rules and an uncertain China import stance.
