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Shanghai is ushering in its major AI moment of the year with the forthcoming 2026 World AI Conference (WAIC) and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance, scheduled from Friday to Monday.Themed "AI Partnership for a Brighter Future," the event will include more than 140 forums, bringing together

From a single component to the backbone of global robotics, Leader Harmonious Drive System's journey shows how Chinese innovation is reshaping the industry. What began as a mission to break a Japanese monopoly has established Leader as the world's second-largest manufacturer of strain wave gears.

The world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century at an accelerating pace. Geopolitical conflicts and regional wars continue to erupt, while unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, severely disrupting the international order. At the same time, the global economy is losing

Despite its size, Beijiao township boasts an extraordinarily robust manufacturing ecosystem. Vast factory compounds stretch across its compact 92 square kilometers, while freight trucks shuttle continuously between production facilities.

The carrier rocket for the Chang'e-7 lunar exploration mission has arrived at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said on Monday.

Multiple foreign enterprises, including those from the US and the EU, are increasingly turning to Chinese artificial intelligence (AI)-powered large-language models (LLMs), with the share of tokens used by US firms on Chinese AI models reportedly hitting as high as 46 percent in the first half of

A Chinese company will debut its groundbreaking Quester1 shape-shifting personal robot - "transformer-like" - at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), which opens in Shanghai on Friday, the Global Times learned.Analysts said that the innovative move will open new industry paths

The first smart satellite communication payload, made by Chinese private space firm GalaxySpace's Payload Center based in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province, rolled off its production line recently.It marks the launch of the firm's intelligent production line for satellite communication payloads,

China has achieved successive landmark technological breakthroughs spanning aerospace, quantum communications, 5G, hypersonic systems and AI. Yet certain Western analysts, still confined by Cold War mentality, have rushed to cast this pivotal technological leap as a new Sputnik Moment. To the West,

Get super close to China's rocket recovery — absolutely epic! China's Long March-10B successfully completed its maiden flight—and recovered its first stage via a sea-based net on Friday. This marks the country's first-ever controlled rocket recovery. A major leap toward reusable launch capabilities.

Watch the majestic trio of research ships Xuelong, Xuelong 2, and Jidi as they sail past East Fifth Street at Dalian Port on June 30. China's 16th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition team departed from Dalian, Liaoning Province, on July 3. The three vessels will jointly carry out this important mission, with the expedition expected to wrap up in early October.

A space science education program for Macao students held its award ceremony and graduation event on Saturday, recognizing outstanding participants and teams.

China's Long March-10B rocket, which achieved the successful sea‑based net recovery on Friday, has for the first time used high-purity methane fuel made from liquefied natural gas (LNG), marking a critical breakthrough in diversifying propellant sources for China's commercial space industry.

China launched and recovered the first stage of its Long March-10B rocket on Friday, using a net-capture system at sea – a global first in operational reusable rocket technology.