BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- China aims to achieve breakthroughs in the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in key sectors by 2027, an official said on Friday when outlining the country's latest efforts to accelerate AI development.
GUANGZHOU, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- A Guangzhou resident surnamed Chen has made a tidy sum of more than 200 yuan (about 28 U.S. dollars) by simply parking his new energy vehicle (NEV) in the garage. The secret behind this new source of income? He has fed around 60 kWh of electricity back into the power grid.
BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The world's first World Humanoid Robot Games closed in Beijing on Sunday, with the next edition to be held in Beijing again in August 2026. Zhou Changjiu, president of the RoboCup Asia-Pacific Confederation and one of the co-organizers of the games, told Xinhua in an interview that the successful hosting of the games in China holds profound significance.
Research expedition members of ship Zhong Shan Da Xue pose for a group photo with China's self-developed Haiqin, a 6,000-meter deep-sea remotely operated vehicle (ROV), onboard ship Zhong Shan Da Xue, in the South China Sea, Aug. 23, 2025. China's self-developed Haiqin, a 6,000-meter deep-sea remotely operated vehicle (ROV), has successfully completed a deep-sea voyage in the South China Sea, scientists have told Xinhua. The deep-sea electric ROV system named Haiqin, which was designed and built by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, reached a depth of 4,140 meters during the sea trial early on Saturday morning. Equipped with high-definition cameras, robotic arms, sonar systems and sensors -- the ROV demonstrated capabilities including automatic heading control and precise hovering.(Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)
BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The three taikonauts on China's orbiting Tiangong space station recently completed their third spacewalk. Unlike their previous missions, they had a new assistant this time around, namely an AI model.
TAIYUAN, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- China launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province on Sunday.