Mandatory ‘Black Boxes’ Add a New Chip Market
Since 1 January 2022, all new passenger cars in China must carry an EDR event data recorder. With penetration at just 7.12% in 2020, the increment market alone could reach RMB 5.5-7.4 billion next year.
Digital and Green Development Together, for High-Quality Growth
Digitalisation can cut emissions across industry, buildings and transport – but data centres consume 2% of China's electricity, and data rights, talent and regional gaps stand in the way. Technology and institutional innovation must advance together.
Intelligent Medical Equipment to Power Smart Healthcare
China's medical equipment market reached RMB 840 billion in 2020. A new five-year plan calls for 5G-enabled devices, medical robots, smart rehabilitation equipment and home-embedded health sensors.
Virtual Humans Accelerate Their Reach into Industry
A digital bank clerk that completes full transactions, a livestream anchor that doubled a store's GMV in six weeks – service-type virtual humans are moving from demos to production across finance and retail.
Digitalisation Accelerates Industrial Upgrading: Notes from the 2021 China Computer Federation Conference
Over 600 computer scientists and entrepreneurs gathered around one question: how does computing power speed up digital transformation – from smart charging grids to AI music and a national computing network.
The Information Age’s ‘Last Screen’ May Be Closer Than You Think
From Google Glass to Xiaomi's smart glasses and Microsoft's HoloLens 2, AR eyewear is approaching consumer grade – and optical waveguide technology is the key to making it look like ordinary glasses.
Technology Innovation Unleashes Enormous Economic Momentum
A world-class French mathematician joins Huawei, the deepest 5G network runs 534 metres underground, and photovoltaics transform deserts. 2021 showed how innovation – from basic research to green transition – powers China's economy.
The Intelligence Wave Surges: Multiple Investment Themes Face Transformation Opportunity
Intelligent vehicles, energy internet, industrial internet and cloud computing are the core A-share investment lines for 2022 and beyond, analysts say – and the market has already taken notice.
Five Social Media Trends That Will Shape Business in 2022
Meta sees at least five trends spreading fast: VR/AR in business, social-native interaction, shoppertainment, creator partnerships and video-first expression.
Every Prefecture-Level City to Have a Science Museum by 2025
China's science association plans to push every prefecture-level city toward its own science museum, cultivate 5-10 world-class institutions, and add at least 200 rural middle-school science museums.
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