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2025/07/24 15:43:22

1. COMAC Joins Hands with China Unicom: 5G + AI Empower Domestic Large Aircraft to Soar in the New Era

At the 2025 China Unicom Partners Conference, the chairman of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) stated that since 2018, COMAC has joined hands with partners such as China Unicom to further promote the integrated innovation of new-generation information and communication technologies like 5G and artificial intelligence with the research and development of large aircraft. With the help of partners, COMAC has successively built the world's first 5G industrial park and China's first 5G fully connected factory, among others. Aircraft have entered a new stage of industrial development, and COMAC will continue to advance the application of 5G and artificial intelligence in the large aircraft industry.

2. Chinese Team Wins 2025 RoboCup World Championship

The 2025 RoboCup World Championship was successfully held in Brazil recently. Tsinghua Huoshen Team from Tsinghua University claimed the championship in the Adult Humanoid Robot Category. Since the start of the group stage of this World Championship, Chinese teams have delivered outstanding performances all the way. Among them, the domestically developed Accelerated Evolution T1 robot used by Tsinghua Huoshen Team defeated a host of opponents with large score margins of 16:0, 9:0, and 12:0, smoothly advancing to the final of the Adult Humanoid Robot Category. The final was held between Tsinghua Huoshen Team and Shanhai Team from China Agricultural University, and eventually, Huoshen Team defeated Shanhai Team 5:2 to win the championship. Chinese teams swept the champion and runner-up in the adult category of this tournament.

3. World's Largest Hydropower Station: Construction of Lower Yarlung Zangbo River Hydropower Project Officially Commences

The hydropower project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River (with its core project being the Medog Hydropower Station) has officially broken ground. This super project, with a total investment of 1.2 trillion yuan, an installed capacity of 60 million kilowatts, and an annual power generation of 300 billion kilowatt-hours (equivalent to three Three Gorges Projects), is not only another milestone for China's "infrastructure maniac" reputation. Moreover, due to its huge investment, extremely high construction difficulty, and far-reaching future impact, the construction duration is also expected to break records and create new history.

4. 90.51 Million Yuan! UBtech Secures the Highest-value Order for Humanoid Robot Enterprise Procurement

UBtech Robotics Corp., Ltd. ("UBtech", 09880.HK), known as the "first stock of humanoid robots", has won the bid for the robot equipment procurement project of Miyee (Shanghai) Automotive Technology Co., Ltd., with a winning price of 90.5115 million yuan.

5. China's First Deep-Sea Green Intelligent Technology Test Vessel "Future" Completed Naming and Delivery

After six years of scientific research, design and construction, the "Future" deep-sea green intelligent technology test vessel has successfully completed its naming and delivery.

After delivery, the "Future" will be mainly used to carry out tasks such as intermediate test verification of green intelligent technologies, surface support for deep-sea equipment, and comprehensive marine scientific survey services. It aims to enhance the in-situ test verification capability of marine equipment, remove obstacles from technological breakthroughs to product market applications, promote independent innovation and digital transformation of equipment, assist the intelligent upgrading and green development of the industry, and build a new fulcrum for the high-quality development of China's shipbuilding industry and deep-sea science and technology.

6. Huawei HarmonyOS 5.1 Upgrade Wave! 19 Models to Receive Push in July

Huawei will launch a large-scale upgrade to HarmonyOS 5.1 in July, covering 19 key models including the Mate 70/60 series, Pura 70 series, nova 12-14 series, foldable Mate XT Ultimate Master/X5/X6 series, and Pocket 2. The biggest highlight of this upgrade is the full deployment of the "Card Swipe Live Window" function – when users make card payments or use transportation, the phone screen will automatically display real-time amount and trip information, eliminating the need for repeated app switching. The experience is on par with the new flagship Pura 80 series, while Mate Pro models, leveraging their screen size advantage, will present information more completely, potentially becoming the ultimate in functional experience.