China Tech

  • Chinese memory module maker Gloway to sharply increase production to ease price hikes

    Chinese memory module maker Gloway said Tuesday it will significantly increase production this year to ease memory price hikes caused by a global DRAM supply shortage.

  • Chinese drone maker EHang reportedly to launch electric aircraft with 400 km range

    Chinese drone maker EHang will launch an electric aircraft with a range that will exceed 400 kilometers, ten times that of its current flagship EHang 216, according to NetEase Tech.

  • Alibaba's DAMO Academy says aiming for major breakthroughs in chips and quantum computing

    Alibaba's research and innovation institute DAMO Academy says it will increase its investment in technology in an effort to achieve major breakthroughs in areas including chips and quantum computing.

  • TCL subsidiary unveils display technology better than conventional OLEDs

    CSOT said on March 4 that it recently launched NTSC 110% ultra-high color gamut LCD display technology that outperforms conventional OLEDs.

  • China's 'Tianwen-1' to land on Mars in May-June

    China's "Tianqian-1" Mars probe will land on Mars in May-June to carry out a follow-up roving probe, according to Bao Weimin, director of the Science and Technology Commission of the Aerospace Science and Technology Group.

  • China's civil manned airship AS700 expected to make maiden flight this year

    China's civil manned airship AS700, which began development in August 2018, is expected to make its first flight later this year, the Science and Technology Daily reported on March 3.

  • High-resolution images taken by China's Mars rover released

    The China National Space Administration (CNSA) released on March 4 three high-resolution images of Mars taken by China's Mars rover Tianwen-1, including two black-and-white images and one color image.

  • Tencent unveils Max, its first in-house developed quadruped robot

    The robot can run, jump and leap over obstacles like an animal, and can also glide on wheels like a vehicle on a flat road.

  • China-made C919 large passenger aircraft receives first contract

    China Eastern Airlines signed a contract with Comac on March 1 to purchase five of the latter's C919 large passenger aircrafts, becoming the first buyer of the Chinese manufacturer of large passenger aircraft.

  • Chinese startup conducts driverless truck tests in Sweden

    Chinese driverless truck startup TuSimple announced on February 25 that it has partnered with Scania's Transport Laboratory to test driverless trucks with cargo on the E4 highway between Södertälje and Jönköping, Sweden.