At Beijing Time on January 13, 2026, China successfully launched Remote Sensing Satellite-50 Group 01 into the predetermined orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, using the Long March 6A carrier rocket. The launch mission achieved complete success.
This satellite is mainly used for national land surveys, crop yield estimation, disaster prevention and mitigation, and other fields.
The mission marked the 624th flight of the Long March series carrier rockets.
On January 12, the first flight test vehicle of Zhongke Aerospace’s Lihong-1 successfully completed its suborbital flight test mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. The recoverable payload module landed safely and was retrieved via the parachute system.
The maiden flight carried payloads including a recoverable scientific experiment device for microgravity laser additive manufacturing, as well as rose seeds subjected to space radiation mutagenesis.
China's first robot capable of three-dimensional drilling and monitoring in seabed stratigraphic space has successfully completed trial operations in the South China Sea.
With a height of 2.5 meters and a weight of 110 kilograms, the robot is equipped with a drill bit that can conduct drilling operations on the seabed. It also carries a variety of sensors that enable large-scale, long-term, multi-parameter in-situ real-time monitoring.
Shortly before, the robot successfully carried out trial operations in the South China Sea at a water depth of 1,264 meters, with all performance indicators fully meeting the standards.
Qianwen App, a personal AI assistant developed by Alibaba based on the Qwen large model, was officially launched on November 13, 2025.
Upon its release, the product quickly gained great popularity among users. It exceeded 30 million monthly active users (MAUs) just 23 days after the public beta, hit 40 million MAUs and 19 million weekly active users (WAUs) within 30 days.
In December 2025, Qianwen ranked first on the global AI application growth rate list with a month-on-month MAU growth rate of 149.03%.
The 1 millionth vehicle of HarmonyOS Intelligent Mobility AITO officially rolled off the production line today. It only took 46 months to set the fastest record for new energy vehicle manufacturers to reach the milestone of 1 million vehicle roll-offs.
It is reported that for every 10 vehicles sold in the price range above 500,000 yuan, 7 are AITO M9; the AITO M8 has maintained the sales championship in the 400,000-yuan class for 6 consecutive months; the cumulative deliveries of the AITO M7 have reached 400,000 units; and the AITO M9 has ranked first in both Net Promoter Score (NPS) and residual value rate for consecutive periods.
