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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 Wuhan-based chipmaker captured 14 per cent of global NAND bit shipments in the second quarter. Photo: Shutterstock

Tech Trends

China’s YMTC breaks into top 3 flash-memory suppliers with 14% market share

The chipmaker captured a larger proportion of bit shipments, but still ranks fifth by revenue due to heavier exposure to lower-value products.

13 Aug 2026 - 4:25PM

Growth driver: Hesai bets on lidar boom amid surge of smart cars in China

3 hours agovideocam

SpaceSail’s record funding fuels China’s satellite challenge to Musk’s Starlink

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China Economy

China’s C919 supply chain: inside the push to replace Western aerospace parts

The localisation strategy remains a long-term challenge and is not expected to derail the aircraft’s bid for EU safety approval, industry insider says.

20 Aug 2026 - 9:00AMvideocam

A C919 aircraft after taking off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Photo: Xinhua

Global Economy

Money and ‘a lot of noise’: how the US’ critical-minerals sector vies with China

State-backed funding is driving American efforts to build domestic supply, but industry trends and price gaps are still seen as hurdles to reducing reliance on China.

20 Aug 2026 - 2:35AMvideocam

Big Tech

From spectacle to scale: why China’s robotics firms face a ‘critical juncture’

China’s robots have won global attention with a string of viral stunts. But firms now face growing pressure to generate real-world returns.

19 Aug 2026 - 8:03PMvideocam

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China EVs

Why US may be open to affordable Chinese cars; in-vehicle karaoke: 7 EV reads

From Tesla facing uphill battle against Chinese standards to SAIC and GM tie-up plans, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.

19 Aug 2026 - 3:30PM

Cars for export including BYD, Cherry and SAIC models, are seen at the Shanghai port on August 7, 2026. Photo: CN-STR/AFP

China Business

Chinese robotaxi firms see reduced red tape in Europe as deployment picks up

Europe embraces self-driving technology, opening up further opportunities for Chinese companies to expand overseas fleet, says Pony AI CEO.

19 Aug 2026 - 3:35PMvideocam

Tech Trends

Unitree Robotics surges 629% to US$66 billion valuation in Shanghai share debut

Stock jumps as first listing by humanoid robot maker draws 9.8 million retail investment accounts competing for just 9.7 million shares.

19 Aug 2026 - 5:22PMvideocam

Tech Trends

Alibaba’s lightweight Qwen takes on OpenAI, DeepSeek, Zhipu’s larger AI systems

Chinese tech giant’s latest offering performed on par with OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Luna and nearly matched DeepSeek, Zhipu’s open-weight models.

18 Aug 2026 - 8:00PMvideocam

Chinese tech titan Alibaba Group Holding’s new lightweight AI model Qwen3.8-27B has matched much larger rivals including OpenAI, DeepSeek and Zhipu. Photo: Shutterstock

Big Tech

Baidu’s AI surge fails to stem quarterly revenue decline

Helping cushion the fall, revenue from AI-related operations jumped 25 per cent year on year to 12.5 billion yuan.

18 Aug 2026 - 9:19PM

Baidu’s Intelligent Cloud Tianchi 512 Supernode system is displayed at its booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, July 18, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Tech Trends

Zhipu AI’s answer to Project Glasswing marks shift for Chinese cyber safety

Company’s ‘Shield of Open Source’ programme offers free security audits to help users patch software vulnerabilities.

18 Aug 2026 - 2:38PM

Tech Trends

Next silicon? AI data centre material faces price spike amid China supply crunch

Beyond GPUs and memory chips, the rapid AI buildout is sparking demand for indium phosphide, a substrate used to power next-generation optical transmission.

17 Aug 2026 - 10:00PMvideocam

China Business

Geely’s Li Shufu hands over reins to younger generation for ‘healthy’ growth

China’s second-largest carmaker names new chairman and CEO in planned succession, as profit drops despite record revenue and export surge.

18 Aug 2026 - 1:24PM

Li Shufu, founder of Geely Auto, arrives for a session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee in Beijing on March 4. Photo: EPA

Tech

CXMT value tops 4 trillion yuan as global memory rally lifts China chip champion

Shares jump 12 per cent to a record as bullish signals from SanDisk reinforce expectations that AI-driven memory demand will keep supplies tight.

17 Aug 2026 - 6:03PMvideocam

The logo of ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is displayed on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration from July. Photo: Getty Images

Banking & Finance

China’s self-driving push gears up in Europe as Momenta, Pony.ai expand

Deutsche Bank raises its price target for Momenta while Pony.ai widens partnership with Uber to accelerate autonomous-vehicle roll-out in European cities.

18 Aug 2026 - 3:16PMvideocam

Tech Trends

AI chipmaker Biren projects up to 22-fold revenue surge in first half of 2026

Massive financial gains across domestic chipmakers underscore how the push for self-sufficiency is reshaping demand for home-grown hardware.

17 Aug 2026 - 2:39PM

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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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China Future Tech

China Future Tech

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 | Where does China’s fourth rocket failure in 2026 leave its busy space schedule?

18 Aug 2026 - 6:50AM

Bruno S. Sergi,Kevin K.F. Chen

Opinion | America is arguing over the wrong AI obstacle

Bruno S. Sergi

Kevin K.F. Chen

17 Aug 2026 - 8:30PM

Opinion | Chokepoints and the cost of cutting off access

Robin Hu

17 Aug 2026 - 5:30AM

Opinion | Can we govern AI in a fragmented world before it’s too late?

Shouqing Zhu

3 Aug 2026 - 8:30PM

Outside In | China’s export success is a by-product of self-reliance

David Dodwell

31 Jul 2026 - 4:30PM

Opinion | Hugging Face attack: Chinese rescue shows value of open AI governance

Wei Wei

28 Jul 2026 - 5:21PM

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