China Tech

  • Chengdu-Chongqing high-speed railway will be first in China to increase speed to 350 km/h

    The Chengdu-Chongqing high-speed railway line is being upgraded, and will be opened for debugging after the National Day. After the debugging is completed, the whole operation of high-speed rail from Chengdu to Chongqing will be shortened to less than one hour, Xinhua News Agency quoted China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) as saying on October 5.

  • SMIC falls 5% in Hong Kong after confirmation of US export restrictions

    SMIC shares were down 4.86% at HK$17.24 in Hong Kong in early morning trading after the company on Sunday confirmed in an announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange about US export restrictions.

  • Video of Chinese student running program on laptop while riding bike goes viral

    A video showing a student at Tsinghua University holding a laptop running a program while riding a bicycle has recently been widely circulated on the Chinese Internet.

  • SMIC says some suppliers under US export restrictions, assessing impact

    Chinese chipmaker SMIC announced today in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that, after several days of inquiries and discussions with suppliers, it is aware that the United States has required some of its suppliers to obtain licenses before supplying to it, and is currently assessing the impact of this requirement.

  • From following to leading: Huawei's journey in chip development

    Huawei is attracting a lot of attention as one of the few Chinese companies with a significant presence in the chip space, and the China Industrial Securities computer team took a comprehensive look at Huawei's chip footprint earlier this year.

  • OPPO and Tsinghua University establish joint research center for future device technology

    OPPO and Tsinghua University recently announced the establishment of a joint research center for future terminal technology, where the two parties will collaborate on research in human-computer interaction technology, cognitive computing, computer vision, and computational camera science.

  • Xiaomi has responsibility for pushing local components to replace foreign ones, founder says

    Xiaomi Group Founder, Chairman and CEO Lei Jun recently said that Xiaomi has a very big responsibility to provide a boost in the wave of Chinese companies adopting local components.

  • Huawei HiSilicon launches 2021 doctoral recruitment program in China

    Despite the challenges, Huawei HiSilicon recently announced that it is continuing to recruit for the 2021 PhD graduates.

  • Alibaba discloses R&D investment for first time: Over RMB 100 billion annually

    At the 2020 Alibaba Global Investor Conference, Alibaba Group Chief Financial Officer Wu Wei revealed for the first time that in recent years, Alibaba has been investing more than 100 billion yuan a year in technology and research and development.

  • 30% of Internet users in China earn less than RMB 1,000 per month

    The number of Internet users in China is 940 million, of which over 30% are in the group with a monthly income of RMB1,000 ($147) or less, a new report showed.