Hangzhou-based DeepSeek has dominated the spotlight in China's AI arena at the expense of local peers such as Moonshot and MiniMax DeepSeek sent shock waves across China's artificial intelligence (AI) community after its low-cost models upended conventional thinking in the industry,

China is seeing a surge in humanoid robot rentals, with investors paying thousands of yuan daily and local companies fully booked until June.

For years, Shenzhen has been synonymous with Chinese innovation. The southern megacity - and the firms it has spawned over the decades - have become the indisputable champions of the country's drive for technological self-reliance,

The Hangzhou-based firms have upended China’s tech scene — and sent governments across China scrambling for their own champions.

According to the Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, TV and Tourism, discussions are ongoing with various major international starts about concert schedules. As more international voices echo in Hangzhou, the city's unique charm that bridges China and the world will be increasingly under the global spotlight.

As the first quarter of 2025 unfolds, China's innovation landscape reveals compelling patterns through three distinct

Unitree, based in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, has established a wholly-owned venture called Shenzhen Tianyi Technology.

With the debut of Xiaoyu, Hangzhou News Broadcast became the first news program in China to feature AI-generated hosts for an entire show. AI technology has advanced rapidly, and in less than a year, Xiaoyu has undergone multiple updates. "Now, capturing a single image may only take five to 10 minutes. That's quite impressive," Liu said.