China’s T1400 Autonomous Tandem Helicopter: Redefining Uncrewed Cargo Systems in the Global Race

On October 30, 2025, China achieved a milestone in uncrewed aviation with the successful maiden flight of the Boying T1400 Tandem Rotor Unmanned Helicopter, developed by Harbin United Aircraft Technology. The aircraft, weighing 1,400 kg and boasting an 8-hour endurance, has already garnered global attention for its dual-engine redundancy, 6,500-meter operational ceiling, and 650 kg payload capacity—capabilities that position it as a game-changer in cargo transport, disaster response, and precision agriculture .

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China Launches Shenzhou-21 Mission: Pioneering Rapid Docking and Multigenerational Space Exploration

China’s 37th manned space mission, Shenzhou-21, blasted off at 11:44 pm Fridayfrom the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, marking a pivotal moment in the nation’s space station era. The spacecraft, carrying three taikonauts, successfully docked with the Tiangong Space Station’s forward portin 3.5 hours—a groundbreaking achievement that sets a new record for crewed missions and underscores China’s mastery of autonomous rendezvous technology .

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2025 China's Light Industry: Driving Global Innovation and Sustainable Growth

China builds 75,000 km of rural roads in first three quarters of 2025

A photo taken in Oct 2024 shows a rural road in Pinglu County, Yuncheng City, north China's Shanxi Province.

China constructed and upgraded 75,000 kilometers of rural roads in the first three quarters of the year, completing 75.4 percent of the annual target, according to official data released on Tuesday.

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China makes breakthrough in key core material for ‘artificial sun’ project

China REBCO C276 2025

China has achieved a significant breakthrough in developing key materials for controlled nuclear fusion, a crucial component of the country's "artificial sun" project, researchers at the Institute of Metal Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences told the Global Times on Tuesday.

Recently, a research team led by Professor Rong Lijian at the institute developed a domestically innovated purification technology that broke through the technical bottleneck in metallic substrates for second-generation high-temperature superconducting tapes used in controlled nuclear fusion. The team successfully achieved the industrial-scale production of high-purity, ton-level Hastelloy (C276) metallic substrates, according to a statement that the team sent to the Global Times.

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China's digital RMB transactions top 14.2 trillion yuan

China's digital RMB ecosystem has been established in preliminary terms, with cumulative transactions reaching 14.2 trillion yuan ($2 trillion) by the end of September 2025, according to the People's Bank of China (PBOC).

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Chinese research team sets efficiency record for next-generation solar cells

A joint research team in China has developed a new method that, for the first time, has enabled a key type of advanced perovskite solar cell to surpass the 30 percent efficiency threshold.

The groundbreaking research, led by Tan Hairen, a professor at Nanjing University, and Chang Chao, a professor at the National Sciences Institute of Innovation, was published on the Nature website on Tuesday, Beijing time.

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China's high-tech manufacturing profits rise 8.7% in first 3 quarters 2025

China's industrial firms posted faster revenue growth in the first nine months of 2025, with operating income up 2.4 percent year-on-year, driven by a rise of 8.7 percent in the profits of the high-tech manufacturing sector, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday.

Major industrial firms recorded 5.37 trillion yuan ($745.8 billion) of profits from January to September, up 3.2 percent year-on-year, the highest cumulative growth since August last year, the NBS said.

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China's scientific team makes history with first Arctic manned deep dive

China's scientific expedition team for the Arctic manned deep-diving mission returned home on Monday, with China's independently designed and built Tan Suo San Hao (Exploration No. 3), China's first comprehensive scientific research ship designed for global deep-sea exploration, carried the Fendouzhe (Striver) submersible to complete 43 dives in the Arctic.

The expedition was jointly organized and executed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Fendouzhe and Jiaolong manned submersibles conducted joint underwater operations, pioneering China's first dual-submersible collaborative mission model, according to CCTV News.

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Money pours into China’s robotics sector 2025

China Humanoid - Kuafu - is working in a factory. 250 units were sold in 1st quater of 2025.

China's humanoid robot sector is drawing fresh capital and accelerating toward commercialization, with multiple funding rounds and strong early sales signaling growing investor confidence, industry insiders said on Sunday.

Beijing-based humanoid robotics company Noetix Robotics announced that it had completed 300 million yuan ($42 million) in Pre-B financing led by FG Venture, with co-investors such as Vertex Ventures, CRRC Beijing Transformation and Upgrading Fund Management Co, OR Capital and Everpine Capital, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Sunday

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2025 China's New chip sharpens, widens views of the universe

Chinese researchers have developed a spectroscopic chip with a novel technique that offers an unprecedented combination of exceptional resolution and a panoramic view, unlocking the potential for sharper, faster and wider scans of the universe.

While conventional high-resolution spectrometers are often bulky and heavy, the chip, named RAFAEL in English and Yuheng in Chinese, is the size of a mobile phone SIM card, researchers from Tsinghua University said. The study was published in the international journal Nature on Oct 15.

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1st dual-fuel luxury Ro-Ro vessel GNV·VIRGO is delivered in Guangzhou China

A new dual-fuel luxury ro-ro passenger vessel, named GNV·VIRGO, was delivered after a naming ceremony held in Guangzhou's Nansha district, Guangdong province, on Thursday.

This modern, green and luxurious dual-fuel ro-ro passenger vessel was built by Guangzhou Shipyard International, a subsidy of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, and tailored for Italian company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV), a ferry operator under MSC Group.

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