From algorithms to action: embodied intelligence transitions into real-world application

By Shen Wenmin, People’s Daily The Global Developer Pioneers Summit 2025 and the International Embodied Intelligence Competition (GDPS 2025) were held in Shanghai from December 12 to 14. This event explored the integration of artificial intelligence from theoretical algorithms to tangible real-world applications. Embodied intelligence, steadily making its way into diverse aspects of human life, […]

Micro-renewal projects breathe new life into Shaoxing, a 2,500-year-old city in Zhejiang

By Dou Hao, People’s Daily In recent years, micro-renewal projects have catalyzed remarkable transformations in Shaoxing, an ancient city in east China’s Zhejiang province. While preserving its distinctive historical character, this ancient city, whose urban layout has remained largely unchanged for more than 2,500 years, has been revitalized with new energy. Shaoxing is one of […]

This ‘school’ trains humanoid robots before they enter workforce

By Pan Xutao As humanoid robots become increasingly integrated into everyday life, their development now includes a critical educational phase — training. In Beijing’s Shijingshan district, the Phase II Beijing Humanoid Robot Data Training Center, the largest facility of its kind in China, functions as a “school” where robots undergo scenario-based learning before deployment. Spanning […]

China’s robot industry doubles revenue in five years

By Wang Zheng, Li Xinping, People’s Daily At the 2025 China Robot Industry Development Conference, the China Machinery Industry Federation (CMIF) briefed on the performance of China’s robotics industry during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025). Industry revenue doubled from 106.1 billion yuan ($15 billion) in 2020 to 237.89 billion yuan in 2024. In the […]

Commercial spaceflight fuels China’s space exploration efforts

By Li Rui, People’s Daily Recently, China sent a Gravity-1 carrier rocket into space from waters off the coast of Haiyang, east China’s Shandong province, placing three satellites into their designated orbits. This launch exemplifies the growing momentum of China’s emerging commercial space sector, which is contributing significantly to the country’s space exploration capabilities. The […]

Forging new chapters in China-U.S. people-to-people friendship

By He Yin, People’s Daily The 2025 Kuliang Forum, themed “Echoes of History,” was recently held in New York.  In this special year marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, representatives from various sectors of China and the United States […]

Technology enhances immersive reading experience in Beijing

By Shi Fang, People’s Daily “Mr. Lu Xun, could you recommend one of your classic works?”  “If I were to suggest one, perhaps Call to Arms would be a good starting point…” This conversation took place at the Metaverse Experience Hall of the Beijing Library. Supported by artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies, the […]

A closer look at China’s ‘appropriate forward planning’ for new infrastructure development

By Wang Junling China is home to the world’s largest high-speed railway, expressway, and postal express delivery networks, as well as the world’s biggest and most extensive digital infrastructure. This increasingly modernized infrastructure system has supported rapid economic and social development, improving public services and enhancing everyday life. Looking ahead to the next five years, […]

China advances from digitalization to intelligent digital transformation

By Liu Wenxin, People’s Daily “Digital” and “intelligent” are two buzzwords in China’s recommendations for formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan, which calls for digital and intelligent development in the manufacturing sector, digital and intelligent transformation of the service sector, and upgrading and retrofitting traditional infrastructure with digital and intelligent technologies. The evolution from “digital” to […]

World’s first low-altitude wind tunnel launched in S China

By Lyu Shaogang, People’s Daily For more than a century, humanity has pursued the dream of flight. Traditionally, aircraft have primarily operated in the stratosphere or over open areas, where airflow conditions are relatively straightforward. However, with the rise of the low-altitude economy, the troposphere below 1,000 meters above the ground is fast becoming a […]