(opens original source in a new tab)Rest of WorldAnxious Chinese students are trusting AI to help pick colleges and majorsAlibaba, ByteDance, Baidu, and Tencent guide hundreds of millions of high-school grads to optimize the high-stakes university match system. (opens original source in a new tab)Viola Zhou·29 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)South China Morning PostChinese AI start-up Moonshot seeks influential ambassadors to widen Kimi’s global reachChina’s Moonshot AI, whose recently released Kimi K3 model stunned with performance close to American frontier systems, is seeking ambassadors to elevate its global influence. The Beijing-based start-up on Tuesday launched the “Kimi Ambassador Program”, aimed at “passionate Kimi users to build up communities and the future of AI”, according to its website. The move comes as Moonshot seeks to turn the growing attention around Kimi K3 into broader adoption among developers and creators. Unlike... (opens original source in a new tab)Minxiao Chang·29 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)South China Morning PostChinese AI chip giant Cambricon sets US$14.8b revenue goal tied to staff incentive planChinese artificial intelligence chip champion Cambricon Technologies has set a target of more than 100 billion yuan (US$14.8 billion) in revenue over the next three years as the prerequisite for a newly proposed employee stock incentive plan. The goal marked a nearly 20-fold increase from its previous plan set three years ago, which aimed for 4.6 billion yuan in cumulative revenue from 2024 to 2026. It is the latest sign that domestic AI chipmakers are riding a historic market rally, driven by.. (opens original source in a new tab)Ann Cao·29 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)South China Morning PostChina has 6 of world’s 10 most innovative humanoid robot start-ups: reportChina is widening its lead over the United States in the race to develop humanoid robots, with Chinese firms accounting for six of the world’s 10 most innovative start-ups in the sector, according to a new report tracking global patent data, as Washington moves to restrict imports of robots, including those made in China. Firms from China dominated the ranking released by legal research platform LexisNexis on Tuesday, claiming a clean sweep of the top five. The top five places went to... (opens original source in a new tab)Xinmei Shen·29 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)PandailyFrom Tsinghua Lab to Low-Altitude Market: Huaxi Aviation WorthyAero R1 Ultra-Light Personal eVTOL Weighs 115kg, Aims to Make Personal Flight AffordableHuaxi Aviation debuts WorthyAero R1 at 115kg empty weight, 85kg payload, with amphibious capability and 100km/h top speed, targeting personal flight, tourism, and emergency response with a build-small-verify-big strategy. (opens original source in a new tab)contact@pandaily.com (Pandaily)·29 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)PandailyChinese Internet Giants Accelerate Into the Physical World as Meituan JD.com ByteDance and Baidu Build Robotics Smart Delivery and Embodied AI EmpiresChinese internet companies are deploying robotaxis, delivery drones, warehouse robots, embodied AI agents, and physical-world AI infrastructure across transportation, logistics, manufacturing, and services. (opens original source in a new tab)contact@pandaily.com (Pandaily)·29 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)PandailyHuawei Turns the Only Escape Route Into a Grand Road: Tau Law Time-Scaling Surpasses Geometric Shrinkage as 381 Chips in 6 Years Redefine Semiconductor SurvivalRen Zhengfei writes preface for He Tingbo tau law interview: 381 chips manufactured in 6 years, LogicFolding reduces critical path length, Kirin chip targets 1.4nm density by 2031. (opens original source in a new tab)contact@pandaily.com (Pandaily)·29 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)PandailyDomestic TGV Glass Substrate Industry Explodes: Chinese Manufacturers Race to Scale Through-Glass Via Technology as AI Chip Packaging Demands New Substrate SolutionsChinese TGV glass substrate manufacturers scale production for AI chip packaging, with advanced glass interposer solutions offering superior signal integrity and thermal performance for HPC and AI accelerators. (opens original source in a new tab)contact@pandaily.com (Pandaily)·29 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)PandailyMineng Technology Raises Tens of Millions for SNN Brain-Like Chip: Becoming the Upstream Brain for Medical Devices With Spiking Neural Network Neuromorphic ComputingMineng Technology closes Series A for self-developed SNN neuromorphic chip targeting medical device AI inference, providing brain-inspired computing at 1/1000th the power of traditional GPUs for real-time diagnostics. (opens original source in a new tab)contact@pandaily.com (Pandaily)·29 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)South China Morning PostFrom CXMT to Zhipu: How Alibaba’s investment pays off with a growing AI and chip portfolioChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) and Zhipu AI have not only seen their share prices skyrocket, but they have also handed a windfall to their common backer: Alibaba Group Holding. Before the listing of China’s memory-chip giant on Monday, Alibaba owned nearly 5 per cent of CXMT, making it the chipmaker’s largest industrial shareholder, according to the prospectus. Alibaba has invested about 7.6 billion yuan in CXMT since 2021. Based on Tuesday’s closing market capitalisation of about 3.14... (opens original source in a new tab)Wency Chen·28 July 2026
(opens original source in a new tab)South China Morning PostMoonshot’s Kimi K3 triggers Silicon Valley debate over bans on Chinese open source modelsChina’s Moonshot AI has made its latest artificial intelligence model Kimi K3 available for public download, as its open-source strategy and more support for non-Nvidia ecosystems trigger heated debates across Silicon Valley. On Monday, the Chinese AI start-up not only released the model’s “weights” – the underlying parameters that encode its intelligence – but also made available key infrastructure, including tools to improve efficiency and stability. The move has allowed developers around the. (opens original source in a new tab)Coco Feng,Minxiao Chang,Xinmei Shen·28 July 2026
