China Tech

  • Alipay's pet nose-print recognition technology allows owners to insure their cats and dogs

    The Alipay insurance platform has announced the opening of pet nose-print recognition technology and has joined forces with insurers to apply this technology to pet insurance for the first time.

  • Huawei helps launch Africa's first independent 5G network

    South African mobile data network operator Rain has announced the launch of Africa's first commercial 5G independent network in partnership with Huawei.

  • Cambricon goes public, becoming first AI chip firm in China's A-share market

    On July 20, China's most valuable AI chip start-ups Cambricon Technologies went public on China's SSE Star Market, becoming the first AI chip stock in the A-share market.

  • Chinese panel maker Tianma launches world's first LCD in-display multipoint fingerprint solution

    Chinese panel manufacturer Tianma Microelectronics today announced the release of TED Finger Print (TFP), the world's first multi-point, in-screen fingerprint solution for LCD screens.

  • Another Chinese province starts producing PCs with home-made CPUs and operating systems

    After Chongqing Municipality and Liaoning Province, the China-made PC "Tianyue" has also rolled off production line in Hainan. The PCs use completely home-grown parts and operating systems, which is expected to produce 100,000 units a year.

  • Chinese university makes advances in new bio-optical microscopy technology

    According to a newly published paper, Harbin Institute of Technology has made important progress in the development of a new bio-optical microscopy imaging technique that is expected to introduce a new technique in 3D imaging.

  • China's Zhejiang province plans to invest over 10 billion yuan to set up innovation lab

    The Zhejiang provincial government today announced that it will invest more than 10 billion yuan over five years to establish the Hupan Lab, which will be led by the Alibaba DAMO Academy and focus on data science for disruptive technological innovation.

  • Chinese chip maker Loongson unveils new operating system, Loongbian

    Chinese chip maker Loongson Technology said it has completed the first phase of the Loongbian operating system, allowing the Loongson 2K1000 platform to meet the demands of HMI-type applications for display, computing, and browser performances. 

  • Chinese firm unveils BeiDou III-enabled high-precision navigation and positioning chip

    Navigation positioning chip is the core of BeiDou navigation industry chain. Recently, Chinese company Mengxin Technology launched the MXT907AM, a low-cost, single-frequency RTK high-precision positioning and orientation module kit that fully supports the BeiDou III satellite signal system.

  • Chinese team develops new 5 nm ultra-high precision laser lithography processing method

    A Chinese team recently published a research paper in the Nano Letters describing a new type of 5 nm ultra-high precision laser lithography processing method.