Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Centre (HKGAI) launched HKGAI-V3, a new large language model based on DeepSeek V4. It offers tenfold efficiency in token compression and a hundredfold increase in agent runtime, running on domestic chips for potential export of Chinese AI.
Wingtech Technology establishes independent management for Nexperia's Chinese unit, ensuring operational autonomy amid a dispute with Nexperia's Dutch headquarters over control and operations.
China has launched the world's first copper-blended titanium orthopaedic implant, a bone pin approved for market release on April 21. Developed by Silvan Medical and the Institute of Metal Research, the material aims to enhance strength while reducing infection risk.
China’s chip champions channelled a larger proportion of revenue into research and development (R&D) than their US peers, first-quarter earnings show, as Beijing presses ahead with its tech self-reliance drive amid an artificial intelligence boom. Beijing-based Moore Threads spent half of its revenue on R&D in the quarter ended March 2026, while Shanghai-based MetaX spent 45 per cent over the same period, according to exchange filings. By contrast, US chipmakers such as AMD and Intel have...
US technology companies should stay in China, despite persistent political pressure for their exit, to capitalise on revenue potential and stifle local competition while monitoring consumer trends, according to a Washington-based policy think tank. Sales generated by American firms within China can be reinvested in research and development back in the United States, thereby helping “sustain US innovation leadership”, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) said in a new...
The Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Centre (HKGAI) is set to release HKGAI-V3, a sovereign AI model built on DeepSeek architecture optimized for domestic Chinese chips like Huawei's Ascend 910C.
South Korean ICT companies invested 64.6 trillion won in R&D in 2024, a 13.8% increase year-on-year driven by the AI boom. The investments represent 60.6% of all corporate R&D in the country, with large conglomerates leading at 53.5 trillion won. The sector added 5,200 jobs, bringing total R&D personnel to 225,900.
