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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

Moonshot AI – creator of Kimi K3 model – has filed for Hong Kong IPO: sources

3 hours agovideocam

Do Z.ai and MiniMax face different financial fates months after Hong Kong IPOs?

5 hours agovideocam

Big Tech

US tech chiefs Huang, Musk warn against AI curbs amid race with China

US tech leaders warn strict rules could blunt innovation and prevent the harnessing of economic gains from rapidly advancing AI.

6 hours ago

Jensen Huang speaks at the G20 Innovation Ministerial summit. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

Chinese investors scramble for 1-in-4,000 odds in Enflame’s red-hot IPO

The last of China’s ‘four little dragons’ to go public has drawn millions of retail investors, despite odds of securing an allocation at less than 0.03 per cent.

3 Sep 2026 - 3:12PM

Tech Trends

Attack the chokepoints: how years of US export curbs reshaped China’s tech scene

China’s tech start-ups now focus far more on key ‘chokepoint’ technologies, especially in the chip supply chain, Morgan Stanley report finds.

3 Sep 2026 - 3:22PMvideocam

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Tech War

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

With the high-stakes meeting just weeks away and tech tensions escalating, Beijing uses a G20 ministerial forum to advocate collaboration on the emerging technology.

2 Sep 2026 - 9:30PMvideocam

China’s Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun joins other delegates at the G20 Innovation Ministerial summit in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US, on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

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

The US firm’s new models claim top position on leading benchmarks, though steep operating costs against Chinese rivals highlight a growing divide.

2 Sep 2026 - 7:30PMvideocam

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

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

The Cyberspace Administration of China says it has removed some 49,000 accounts during its latest enforcement drive. Photo: Reuters

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

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

Domestically developed brain-computer interface products at China Sensor Valley in Bengbu, Anhui province, last month. Photo: Xinhua

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

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

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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

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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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Mohamed Ibrahim Hafez,Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

Opinion | The significance of China’s joint air force drills with Egypt

Mohamed Ibrahim Hafez

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

2 Sep 2026 - 9:08PM

Opinion | Chinese reusable rocket’s success unlocks opportunities for Hong Kong

Zhonghua Sheng

31 Aug 2026 - 9:45AM

Opinion | US-China AI rivalry needn’t preclude cooperation

Shouqing Zhu

29 Aug 2026 - 5:30AM

Opinion | How Shenzhen can win the ‘AI for science’ race

Shaoshan Liu

27 Aug 2026 - 4:30PM

Opinion | For states, being part of everything doesn’t mean being part of nothing

Tan Poh Hwee

25 Aug 2026 - 4:30PM

Chenjie Song,Minghao Sun

Opinion | Asia is reaching for the open road that Chinese AI offers

Chenjie Song

Minghao Sun

23 Aug 2026 - 4:30PM

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