Chinese teenagers flock to tech frontline to touch the future amid AI study-tour boom

Recently, several multinational automakers have renewed long-term partnerships with their Chinese partners, signaling sustained confidence in the country's market. General Motors and Shanghai-based SAIC Motor announced an extension of their joint venture cooperation for another 20 years, through 2047.

A staff member demonstrates a dual-arm operating system at the 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC) in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 20, 2026. Opened in Beijing on Wednesday, the 2026 WRC features more than 300 exhibitors and over 2,000 exhibits under the theme "Human-Robot Symbiosis, Production-Demand Convergence."

China sent a new batch of internet satellites into orbit Sunday from a commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan. The satellites, the 24th group of the low-orbit internet satellites, lifted off aboard a Long March-12 carrier rocket at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) and entered their preset orbits successfully.

A Brazilian singer sings a Chinese song during a concert marking the 52nd anniversary of China-Brazil diplomatic relations at the Forte de Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 16, 2026. The concert was held here on Sunday.

On Aug. 4, 2026, the Fifth Silk Road Friendship Ceremony was held in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. The event was jointly hosted by the China International Culture Exchange Center, Global People magazine, and the Publicity Department of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee.