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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 new models mark the first major Chinese releases this year. Photo: Shutterstock

Big Tech

China’s Alibaba, Moonshot claim latest AI models challenge OpenAI, Google

Alibaba says Qwen3-Max-Thinking is its ‘best model so far’, while Moonshot calls Kimi K2.5 the world’s most powerful open-source model.

27 Jan 2026 - 5:30PM

‘Optimus chain’: Chinese suppliers form backbone of Tesla’s humanoid robot plans

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China’s Wingtech, owner of Nexperia, expects wider loss amid row over chipmaker

31 Jan 2026 - 6:07PM

Tech Trends

Profits rise for China’s semiconductor firms on AI boom, tech self-reliance push

Domestic A-share companies in the sector are forecast to achieve substantial growth in their 2025 results, according to Donghai Securities.

31 Jan 2026 - 2:00PM

The results reflect investors’ sharpened focus on stocks related to integrated circuits, semiconductor manufacturing equipment and storage solutions. Photo: Shutterstock

Tech Trends

Chinese firms set for market growth as the global memory super cycle heats up

Eye-watering DRAM prices are bad news for consumers and smartphone brands, but present an opportunity for Chinese firms led by CXMT and YMTC.

31 Jan 2026 - 11:47AM

Big Tech

Ant Group’s open-source push aims to move robots from lab demos to real-world work

Flashy robots can dance and backflip on cue, but Ant Group is betting open-source AI can take them beyond scripted moves.

30 Jan 2026 - 9:00PM

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Big Tech

China tech giants ByteDance and Alibaba to ramp up AI infrastructure efforts

The two firms’ actions are poised to further intensify the global AI arms race.

30 Jan 2026 - 8:00PM

ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo wants to optimise efficiency across
the firm’s AI infrastructure. Photo: Shutterstock — ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo wants to optimise efficiency across the firm’s AI infrastructure. Photo: Shutterstock

Tech

Alibaba AI chip push hits 100,000 mark, beating local rival Cambricon: sources

The milestone underscores Alibaba’s growing footprint in AI hardware, as Chinese firms accelerate efforts to build home-grown processors.

30 Jan 2026 - 7:24PM

China Business

How Tesla’s AI shift is prompting Chinese rivals to expand tech offerings

As Tesla diversifies into humanoid robots and self-driving cars, its Chinese competitors are also moving into flying cars, robots and chips.

30 Jan 2026 - 1:12PMvideocam

China Economy

Can China’s AI strategy challenge India’s reign as ‘office of the world’?

Beijing’s ambition to move up the value chain could see it becoming a major exporter of digital services, AI to global high-end providers.

30 Jan 2026 - 8:03AMvideocam

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Tech

China’s humanoid robot sales to double this year as costs fall: Morgan Stanley

The US investment bank revises its China robot sales forecast to 28,000 units this year, while it sees parts prices falling 16 per cent.

30 Jan 2026 - 6:10PMvideocam

A humanoid robot is seen at the 2025 Global Industrial Internet Conference in Shenyang, Liaoning province, in September 2025. Photo: Xinhua

Companies

AstraZeneca unveils US$15 billion China investment as Starmer visits Beijing

The drug maker says the funding will expand medicines production and research capabilities, as London and Beijing seek to rebuild momentum.

30 Jan 2026 - 12:40PM

Big Tech

Alibaba’s T-Head unit unveils details of AI chip designed to rival Nvidia’s GPUs

The launch of the Zhenwu 810E marks the latest initiative by China’s Big Tech firms to develop a domestic alternative to Nvidia’s AI chips.

29 Jan 2026 - 6:00PM

Tech Trends

ASML reports heated global demand in 2025, but cools China outlook

US limits on ASML’s China trade continue to define the company’s growth pattern, with overall sales up despite China revenues falling.

29 Jan 2026 - 3:50PM

ASML CFO Roger Dassen attends a news conference after the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report in 2020. Photo: Reuters

China EVs

Tesla reports first ever annual revenue decline as China’s EV giants zoom ahead

Tesla’s vehicle production fell 7 per cent year on year in 2025, as Elon Musk signals company will pivot to humanoid robots.

29 Jan 2026 - 5:18PMvideocam

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland. Tesla has reported that its annual revenues declined for the first time in the company’s history in 2025. Photo: EPA

Tech Trends

Hygon’s chips ‘safe’ from AMD security flaw amid China’s tech self-reliance push

That result shows Hygon’s efforts in redesigning the chip architecture licensed from AMD with self-developed innovations.

28 Jan 2026 - 10:00PM

Tech Trends

Moonshot’s newest release narrows US-China AI model development gap: analysts

Kimi K2.5 raises questions about the potency of US controls on advanced chips to constrain China’s AI efforts, Brookings’ Kyle Chan says.

28 Jan 2026 - 9:00PM

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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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Opinion | How Hangzhou’s tech ecosystem nurtures dragons and rockets

Ni Tao

27 Jan 2026 - 4:30PM

Opinion | China’s new property pivot is coming. Expect full stabilisation ahead

Michael Han

14 Jan 2026 - 5:43PM

Opinion | Innovation and exports will winnow China’s car industry in 2026

Mark Andrews

6 Jan 2026 - 4:30PM

David Tingxuan Zhang

Opinion | Why China has moved to curb steel exports

David Tingxuan Zhang

23 Dec 2025 - 7:49AM

Brian Y. S. Wong

Opinion | Protection of vulnerable workers must be part of China’s AI strategy

Brian Y. S. Wong

20 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM

Opinion | Why the Global South is embracing Chinese AI

Zhang Zhipeng

10 Dec 2025 - 10:26AM

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