The US' absence from international deliberations on climate change must not be allowed to derail efforts to solve the crisis The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded its deliberations in Hangzhou,

But fund managers say the start of production at new mines in Africa, including Rio Tinto’s Simandou project, will do more to push prices down long-term.

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,

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

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.

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.

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

China's joyful embrace of DeepSeek has gone one step deeper - extending to TVs, fridges and robot vacuum cleaners with a slew of home appliance brands announcing that their products will feature the startup's artificial intelligence models.

Zhipu AI, founded in 2019 and considered one of China's "AI tigers", has completed 16 funding rounds, according to business registration platform Qichacha. The company raised 3 billion yuan in December, with state-backed Zhongguancun Science City among the investors.

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