Hi-tech toilet paper dispensing is the latest example of China’s efforts to extend artificial intelligence (AI) into almost every aspect of daily life

The new regulations represent the latest efforts by the central government to extend the monitoring of internet content from social media platforms to other business sectors.

Often called China’s Silicon Valley, the city of 12 million has been named as the location of the country’s fourth major national science centre.

The latest initiative by ByteDance could sharpen its rivalry with internet giant Tencent Holdings, the world’s biggest mobile games publisher.

China is determined to use the industrial internet to upgrade its industries at a time when its biggest competitive advantage – a huge consumer base – is eroding.

Young people increasingly falling victim to scams involving fraudulent money transfers, aided by facial recognition payment systems and a preference for text over voice calls

A “ghost market” featuring mostly second-hand electronics of uncertain provenance draws late-night shoppers to Huaqiangbei, the world’s biggest electronics wholesale district

The two-seater, electric-powered Ehang 216 autonomous flying vehicle can cover a distance of about 30 kms at speeds of up to 130km per hour.

Ehang’s passenger drone is electric-powered and self-driving, with 16 separate electric motors connected to 16 propeller blades.

Only 14.9 per cent of those born after 2000 in China post every day on WeChat, compared with 56.6 per cent for those born in their 1960s, according to research firm JiGuang.

A new government plan will have Shenzhen pursue a range of hi-tech development initiatives, including flexible policies to attract and retain highly skilled talent from overseas.

SCMP visits one of China’s treatment centres for internet addicts more than a decade after such a disorder was classified as an official disease.

Revenue from games and social media businesses rose 14 per cent to 48 billion yuan in the second quarter.

Chaos at Hong Kong International Airport comes as neighbouring centres press ahead with big plans.

This is the first of an occasional tech series on Shenzhen, the southern metropolis bordering Hong Kong that is earning a reputation as China's Silicon Valley.

Facial recognition tech promises next wave of payments convenience for consumers and has potential to include less tech-savvy users, such as the elderly.

Investment bank expects Tencent’s mobile gaming revenue growth to recover to 23 per cent year on year in the second quarter

Experts warn that social problems may have hit dangerous levels as Beijing vows to step up efforts to boost employment and education as the economy slows.

CloudMinds is targeting a diverse range of service sectors including retail, hospitality, security, leisure, and healthcare in the near future.

Once the realm of science fiction, using the brain to control machines is already happening on a small scale but one entrepreneur wants to take it much further

Chinese tech giants introduce apps that help residents stay out of trouble when it comes to sorting and disposing of their trash.

The rapid adoption of drones in safety agencies illustrates DJI’s strategy of sharpening its focus on its industrial business with new products to offset slowing growth in the broader consumer market

JD.com is using AI across the entire purchasing process, from product search and personalised recommendations to customer-service chatbots and product delivery

Fujian-based digital forensics and information security specialist is believed to be linked to spy app used by Chinese police to extract data from citizens’ smartphones.

The Shenzhen Industrial Internet Union aims to help drive the development of new technologies for the industrial internet era in the southern coastal city that is often called China’s Silicon Valley.

China has stepped up its oversight of the gaming industry following a directive from Chinese President Xi Jinping that more needed to be done to avoid myopia in children

China will need to step up the development of more supercomputers to handle the growing requirements of its industries, according to tech authorities.

China is home to the world’s biggest online gaming market and has been more proactive than most countries in tackling addiction to the internet.

Low profile head of Foxconn’s semiconductor unit named to succeed founder Terry Gou as chairman amid US-China trade war

DJI said discussions at a US Senate hearing ‘included inaccurate information and speculation about drone use and technology’.