China Executive Insights
Haier third-generation AI exoskeleton W3 weighs just 1.75 kg at $2200, featuring AI gait learning that adapts to user walking patterns in real time, now available at physical stores in Guangzhou.
Chinese heavy-lift drones rescue flood victims in Guangxi by airlifting people, breaking normal safety protocols and revealing the trillion-yuan low-altitude economy industrial capacity.
Moonshot AI Kimi issues the world first AI-native credit card with Agricultural Bank of China and American Express, linking membership tiers to card levels and offering token-based rewards.
China completes world-first rocket net recovery, activates 100K-card AI supercluster, and reaches asteroid with Tianwen-2 probe in a landmark week for space and computing infrastructure.
Nubia and ByteDance second-generation Doubao AI Agent phone spotted with orange AI button and blue chassis, debuting at WAIC 2026 with refined Obric UI after 216 days of iteration.
A comprehensive test of ByteDance Seedream 5.0 Pro across realism, complex visualization, and design reveals impressive gains in infographic generation and UI mockups.
Hangzhou-based logicalqubit releases its quantum cloud platform with both physical and logical qubit capabilities, marking a shift from hardware sales to cloud-based quantum computing services.
MiniMax shares plunged 24% on lock-up expiry then raised $2.2 billion HKD in hours, revealing a fundamental split in how markets value AI platform companies versus AI product companies.
Shanghai-based Volant Aerotech has secured over 1,900 orders worth $66 billion for its VE25-100 eVTOL, completed China first manned transition flight, and restructured for IPO.
China Long March 10B world-first sea-based net recovery system eliminates landing legs for higher payload and reliability, using a 144m recovery ship with 0.5m positioning accuracy.
Sungrow launches commercial solid-state transformers for AI data centers, using 800V DC architecture to cut power distribution footprint by 50% and achieve 98.5% peak efficiency.
ChangXin Memory Technologies, or CXMT, has started the issuance process for its STAR Market IPO, with subscriptions scheduled for July 16. The Chinese DRAM maker plans to raise RMB29.5 billion. CXMT is China’s largest DRAM producer and one of the country’s most important memory chip companies, in a market still dominated globally by Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron. The company will issue 6.69 billion shares before any over-allotment option, equal to about 10% of its post-issuance share capital. [TechWeb, in Chinese] Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox. Your support helps TechNode continue to provide credible, on-the-ground journalism and industry insights about the Chinese tech industry.