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China Telecom

China Telecom is the largest fixed line service and third largest mobile telecommunication provider in China. It is listed in Hong Kong and New York, but is controlled by the Chinese government.

Chairman / President

Ke Ruiwen

CEO / Managing Director

Li Zhengmao

CFO / Finance Director

Gao Tongqing

Industry

Telecommunications

Website

bing.com

Headquarters address

Beijing, China

Stock Code

SEHK:0728
SSE:600728

Year founded

2002

China Telecom and other Chinese carriers have made AI tokens a key part of their growth strategies. Photo: Shutterstock

Artificial intelligence

China’s telecoms giants bet on ‘token factories’ as AI drives revenue growth

The country’s ‘big three’ telecoms operators are investing heavily in AI computing capacity, as they cash in on a surge in token usage.

21 Aug 2026 - 9:30PMvideocam

Robotics

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

19 Aug 2026 - 5:22PMvideocam

US-China relations

Will Washington’s tech crackdown test fragile US-China truce?

19 Aug 2026 - 2:46AMvideocam

Robotics

Unitree IPO deluge masks humanoid robots’ limitations

Retail investors subscribed for more than 5,500 times the shares on offer in Unitree Robotics’ offering amid hype about advances for humanoid robots and a run of Shanghai IPO windfalls.

11 Aug 2026 - 5:05PM

Robotics

Backed by DeepSeek, Unitree seeks US$9b valuation in landmark robotics IPO

DeepSeek, which invested 141 million yuan, will co-develop AI models and embodied-intelligence technology with Unitree.

7 Aug 2026 - 5:34PM

US-China tech war

Chinese optical-module stocks rebound as analysts weigh ‘mild’ US AI curbs

FCC plan would preserve existing supplies while targeting next-generation products, forcing Washington to balance security concerns with cost of replacing Chinese capacity.

5 Aug 2026 - 8:30PMvideocam

US-China trade war

US bans new Chinese robots, power inverters in latest tech crackdown

Trump administration cites threats to US national security and supply chain vulnerabilities as reasons for latest sanctions.

29 Jul 2026 - 9:51AMvideocam

A wheeled robot by Shanghai-based robot maker AgiBot operates at a supermarket checkout. The Trump administration announced bans on imports of new Chinese robots on Tuesday. Photo: Handout

Artificial intelligence

Insert token: how China’s surging AI use is turning compute into currency

As the cost of running AI models continues to drop, the token economy is reshaping ecosystems far beyond corporate cubicles.

21 Aug 2026 - 6:13PM

Shanghai

Shanghai’s computing-grid coordination marks a national first

Led by State Grid’s local subsidiary, trial marks the largest single city-level adjustment of computing power load, says official newspaper.

16 Jul 2026 - 7:00PM

US-China tech war

FCC denies US firm with Chinese links approval to provide telecoms services

The Federal Communications Commission said it was adding Digitalsystem Technology to a list of firms posing risks to US national security.

8 Jul 2026 - 6:41AM

The headquarters of the Federal Communications Commission in Washington. Photo: Reuters

US-China tech war

US agency to extend ban on Chinese telecoms tech to cover legacy gear

In December, the FCC banned the import of new models of Chinese drones, including those made by DJI, the world’s largest drone manufacturer.

29 Jun 2026 - 9:00PM

Artificial intelligence

China bets on ‘air-space-ground-sea’ networks for future AI infrastructure

Executives at MWC Shanghai say next phase needs to encompass both the skies and oceans to meet skyrocketing demand for AI computing.

24 Jun 2026 - 7:00PM

Huawei

Huawei partners win big as China Telecom snaps up servers for self-reliance

China Telecom’s 40,000-server procurement puts Huawei’s Kunpeng ecosystem in focus as Beijing pushes for greater use of domestic hardware.

24 Jun 2026 - 5:00PM

Artificial intelligence

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.

3 Jun 2026 - 9:15PM

Guo Yike, provost of HKUST and director of HKGAI, delivers remarks at the launch event on Wednesday. Photo: Dickson Lee

Artificial intelligence

Forget cellular data: China’s telecoms giants are selling AI token plans

China Telecom and China Unicom’s Shanghai branch are among the latest telecommunications carriers to offer token-based packages to consumers.

18 May 2026 - 4:09PMvideocam

All three major telecom operators in China now offer tokens-based packages to consumers. Photo: AFP

Artificial intelligence

China ramps up building national computing power network as AI token use surges

Beijing casts computing power as a national infrastructure, likening tokens to mobile data as telecoms firms roll out mass-market packages.

17 May 2026 - 8:30PM

Artificial intelligence

Supersized and scaling: China pushes 10,000-card computing clusters in AI race

Cities and tech giants are racing to build massive AI clusters, betting scale will drive faster model training, lower costs and wider adoption.

5 May 2026 - 11:49PMvideocam

US-China relations

US telecoms agency votes to expand tech crackdown on China

The FCC advanced a proposal to bar all Chinese labs from testing electronics, including phones, cameras and computers, for use in the US.

1 May 2026 - 1:51AM

FCC chairman Brendan Carr delivers a speech in Barcelona in March. Photo: AFP

US-China tech war

China telecoms face US exit risk as FCC deepens crackdown on data centres

Chinese companies could be required to sell, transfer or shut down their US-based data centres and network nodes, analysts say.

10 Apr 2026 - 10:55PM

Artificial intelligence

As AI race with US intensifies, Alibaba launches 10,000-card computing cluster

Cluster in Shaoguan powered by domestically developed Zhenwu chips latest evidence that China is doubling down on home-grown infrastructure.

8 Apr 2026 - 2:30PM

Artificial intelligence

Top US AI conference apologises after sanctions policy sparks backlash in China

Organisers said they had gone beyond legal requirements after linking to a broader US sanctions list.

27 Mar 2026 - 8:34PM

NeurIPS said it had gone beyond its legal obligations under US sanctions when outlining changes to its submissions policy earlier this week. Photo: Shutterstock

Artificial intelligence

AI rift widens as China urges boycott of top US conference over sanctions ban

Move to comply with US sanctions sparks backlash, with China’s top computing body threatening to blacklist the AI conference.

26 Mar 2026 - 8:00PM

The NeurIPS Foundation has said restrictions are being introduced to comply with US sanctions. Photo: Shutterstock

US-China relations

CIA targets Chinese military officers in new recruitment video

US spy agency’s outreach, depicting a disillusioned mid-level officer, risks unsettling fragile calm before April’s Trump-XI summit.

13 Feb 2026 - 7:07PMvideocam

Semiconductors

‘More than 600%’ memory price spike rattles China’s phone and broadband makers

China’s tech sector braces for a “memory winter”, with rising chip costs threatening handset output and slowing broadband rollouts.

12 Feb 2026 - 10:00PM

China’s private sector

China raises taxes on select sectors: a one-off fix or tough times ahead?

A broader push to raise taxes across the private sector is not on the cards, economists say.

4 Feb 2026 - 6:37PM

China’s three state-owned telecoms giants – China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom – have all announced the tax adjustments will have an impact on their revenues and profits. Photo: AP

Banking & finance

China pushes to shore up government finances with tax rises on several sectors

Beijing targets tax incentives in telecoms and other industries after seeing fiscal revenue drop sharply in late 2025.

2 Feb 2026 - 9:30PMvideocam

China has raised taxes on telecoms giants including China Telecom as part of a push to shore up government finances. Photo: Shutterstock

Semiconductors

China Telecom develops MoE models trained entirely on Huawei’s AI chips

The state-owned telecoms network operator trains its TeleChat3 models on Huawei’s Ascend 910B chips.

20 Jan 2026 - 10:54PM

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba’s Amap rolls out AI-powered 3D virtual tours for offline destinations

Flying Street View feature offers virtual tours of restaurants and venues as platform nears 1 billion monthly users.

7 Jan 2026 - 10:00AM

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