Virtual anchors and hosts on the rise

By Ye Zi Hangzhou News Broadcast, operated by east China’s Zhejiang province’s Hangzhou Culture, Radio and Television Group, has integrated AI-synthesized virtual anchors into its programming—a pilot initiative reporting zero operational errors during broadcasts, provoking robust public debate on automation’s role in journalism. A “virtual human” denotes a digitally engineered entity replicating anthropomorphic traits within…

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China’s unwavering opening-up efforts unlock global opportunities

By He Yin, People’s Daily China has unveiled a 2025 action plan to stabilize foreign investment, outlining 20 policy initiatives across four strategic priorities: phased expansion of autonomous market opening, enhanced investment facilitation, functional upgrades to open-economy platforms, and service system optimization. International observers have largely interpreted the move as reinforcing China’s commitment to institutional…

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A fresh look at China’s innovation boom

By Li Zheng, People’s Daily As the first quarter of 2025 unfolds, China’s innovation landscape reveals compelling patterns through three distinct regional narratives. The eastern tech stronghold of Hangzhou continues its ascendancy, while central China’s Henan province emerges as an unexpected cradle of commercial innovation, and western regions demonstrate growing cultural influence through cinematic achievements….

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Tesla’s Megafactory in Shanghai starts operation

By Wang Yinxin, People’s Daily Tesla’s first overseas Megafactory, a sprawling 200,000-square-meter facility in Shanghai’s Lin-gang Special Area, commenced operations on Feb. 11, 2025, marking a pivotal expansion of the U.S. automaker’s global energy-storage ambitions. The site, equivalent in size to 30 standard football pitches, represents Tesla’s inaugural standalone Megapack production hub beyond American borders….

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‘Six Little Dragons of Hangzhou’ usher in new era of technological innovation

By Shen Mengzhe At a Beijing symposium on private sector dynamism in mid-February, two figures symbolised China’s shifting entrepreneurial landscape: Wang Xingxing of Unitree Robotics and Liang Wenfeng of DeepSeek. Born in 1990 and 1985 respectively, these founders epitomise a new wave of Chinese innovators reshaping emergent industries through boundary-pushing technologies. Their companies anchor an…

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Chinese robotics giant vows to make robots dependable household assistants

By Yang Junfeng At China Central Television Station’s 2025 Spring Festival Gala, 16 humanoid robots named “Fuxi” from Unitree Robotics performed Yangko folk dance on the stage, dressed in northeastern Chinese style floral cotton-padded jackets and twirling handkerchiefs. They soon went viral on social media. This innovative performance, titled YangBOT, seamlessly blended traditional folk culture…

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