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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 DeepSeek app is seen on a smartphone screen in this arranged photo taken January 26, 2025. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Tech Trends

DeepSeek leads surge in low-cost Chinese open-weight models on US platform

Open models reached a record share of 62 per cent on a US web development platform on Saturday, a reversal of figures in June.

25 Aug 2026 - 6:54PM

China urges global AI cooperation, not rivalry, ahead of Xi-Trump summit

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Frontier AI at a cost: what Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 means for US-China model race

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Big Tech

China’s No 2 foundry Hua Hong invests US$2b to expand capacity amid AI demand

Project is via a joint venture with state-backed investment entities under China’s National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund.

2 Sep 2026 - 5:43PM

Hua Hong’s existing fabrication plants in Shanghai and Jiangsu are operating at full utilisation rates. Photo: Handout

China Business

BYD, Leapmotor buck EV market slowdown as pressure piles up on small rivals

China’s leading EV makers saw sales surge in August, with BYD up 17.8 per cent from last year and Leapmotor up 80.7 per cent.

2 Sep 2026 - 5:17PMvideocam

Tech

‘Slop’ purge: Chinese watchdog scrubs millions of harmful AI posts

Clampdown sweeps across 2,400 websites and apps as cyberspace watchdog escalates fight against generative tech abuse.

2 Sep 2026 - 5:49PMvideocam

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China EVs

Chinese carmakers eye full hybrid market; BYD posts US$1.2b profit: 7 EV reads

From Tesla recalling 3 million cars in China to carmakers being told to focus on quality, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.

2 Sep 2026 - 3:30PM

Technicians work at a Geely Auto plant in Zhejiang province. Photo: Getty Images

Big Tech

How Hy4 preview puts Tencent back in the top tier of open-source AI

On the DeepSWE benchmark, the Hy4 preview scored 64.3, surpassing Alibaba’s Qwen-3.8 Max at 56.6 and DeepSeek-V4 Pro at 62.7.

2 Sep 2026 - 5:37PM

Companies

China approves string of ‘telepathy’ devices amid push to leapfrog Elon Musk

Chinese regulators have approved a group of brain-technology products this year, as local start-ups push to surpass Musk’s Neuralink.

2 Sep 2026 - 10:00AM

China Economy

Beyond coal: China’s installed solar power capacity crosses historic threshold

Beijing says the transition marks a turning point but integrating the 31.5 per cent share still requires a multi-trillion-yuan push to forge a modern grid.

2 Sep 2026 - 9:05AMvideocam

Solar panels on a hillside at an agricultural photovoltaic power station in Qianxi city, southwestern China’s Guizhou province, on August 17. Photo: AFP

Big Tech

Enflame’s US$900m IPO tests appetite for China’s ‘little dragon’ AI chipmakers

Fuelled by Beijing’s tech self-reliance push, the company is set to test investor confidence in specialised hardware.

2 Sep 2026 - 8:30AMvideocam

Tourists visit the Enflame booth at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 20. Photo: Getty Images

Tech

What’s next after China court freezes US$318 million in Nexperia assets?

Bitter custody fight sparked by Dutch intervention has affected European supply lines, and assets look to remain frozen for years.

1 Sep 2026 - 9:30PMvideocam

Policy

OpenAI executive urges US-China AI safety talks ahead of Trump-Xi summit

Dean Ball, a former White House adviser, says the window for cooperation will ‘widen’ in next few months but will not stay open forever.

1 Sep 2026 - 8:00PM

Big Tech

Manus resumes solo operations after collapse of US$2 billion Meta deal

The AI start-up said its founders would continue to lead the firm as an ‘independent agent lab’, after Beijing torpedoed its acquisition by Meta.

1 Sep 2026 - 6:30PMvideocam

AI agent start-up Manus has resumed independent operations after unwinding its acquisition by Meta Platforms. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

Making chip gear is the first step. Scaling it is China’s next big test

Industry leaders caution that the semiconductor equipment sector must now transition from technical viability to commercial reliability.

2 Sep 2026 - 1:52PM

A 12-inch silicon wafer on display at SEMICON China in Shanghai on March 25, 2026. Photo: AFP

China Business

Global investors flock to China’s Shenzhen to ride wave of AI and robotics

Major banks such as HSBC and UBS host thousands of executives in southern tech hub this week to connect foreign capital with domestic firms.

1 Sep 2026 - 5:00PMvideocam

Banking & Finance

Why Asian investors are pouring capital into brain tech and surgical robots

Family offices and venture investors across Hong Kong and the wider region are reshaping portfolios to capture long-term biotech growth.

1 Sep 2026 - 9:25PM

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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’.

29 Sep 2024 - 4:15PM

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.

30 Sep 2024 - 10:24PM

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.

1 Oct 2024 - 8:00PMvideocam

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.

2 Oct 2024 - 9:26AM

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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