Leapmotor to hit European market in September

Leapmotor’s electric vehicles are seen at the Shanghai port in late July 2024. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The first shipment of Leapmotor-branded electric vehicles are en route to Europe, scheduled to start sales in nine European countries from September. Models aboard are the C10 and the T03, said Leapmotor International, a joint venture between Stellantis … Continue reading Leapmotor to hit European market in September

Cutting-edge technologies shine at expo in China

A boy interacts with a robot lion at the eighth China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, Southwest China’s Yunnan province, July 24, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] Cutting-edge technologies shine at the eighth China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, Southwest China’s Yunnan province. The expo kicked off on Tuesday, and will run until July 28, attracting over 2,000 exhibitors. From … Continue reading Cutting-edge technologies shine at expo in China

Seres NEV sales up 508% in July

Seres sees its 400,000th AITO-branded vehicle roll off the assembly line in Chongqing on July 29, 2024. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Seres sold 42,176 new energy vehicles in July, up 508 percent from the same month last year, said the Chinese vehicle maker on Thursday. Its sales in July brought total deliveries in the first … Continue reading Seres NEV sales up 508% in July

State Grid Bozhou Power Supply Company supplies more power to keep users cool

The picture shows staff members of Bozhou Yiyuan Company carrying out live work on July 24. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] “Raise the dipper arm a little, and pay attention to the installation position of the switch lead.” On the morning of July 24, at the site of pole 007 of Shaohua road branch of 10kV … Continue reading State Grid Bozhou Power Supply Company supplies more power to keep users cool

BMW protects Grand Canal’s cultural gems

Franz Decker, president and CEO of BMW Brilliance Automotive, learns how to make a traditional Chinese fan at Wangxingji, a time-honored fan-making brand in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on July 23, 2024. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] BMW China has kicked off a three-year program with the Network of International Culturalink Entities to protect cultural treasures associated … Continue reading BMW protects Grand Canal’s cultural gems

Multimodal LLMs pursuing AGI now

Participants visit the exhibition area of the 2024 China Internet Conference in Beijing, capital of China, July 9, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] Multimodal large language models have made substantial advances over the past year, and the practical application of such models is heading in the direction of pursuing artificial general intelligence, with diverse vertical industrial large models … Continue reading Multimodal LLMs pursuing AGI now

China cuts benchmark lending rate LPR

A pedestrian walks past the headquarters of the PBOC in Beijing. JIANG QIMING/CHINA NEWS SERVICE BEIJING — China on Monday cut the market-based benchmark lending rate. The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) came in at 3.35 percent Monday, down from the previous reading of 3.45 percent, according to the National Interbank Funding Center. The over-five-year … Continue reading China cuts benchmark lending rate LPR

BMW highlights sustainable luxury at summit

Sean Green, president and CEO of BMW Group Region China, delivers a speech at the BMW Group China Sustainability Summit in Beijing on July 18. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The fourth BMW Group China Sustainability Summit was held in Beijing on Thursday, which focused on color, material and finishing design to highlight the German premium … Continue reading BMW highlights sustainable luxury at summit

CAERI international expert group established

New members of the CAERI’s International Expert Group pose for a photo on July 11, 2024. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The China Automotive Engineering Research Institute unveiled the International Expert Group for its Automotive Index Technical Expert Committee on Thursday. The newly established group, which includes university professors and experts from leading carmakers, would foster … Continue reading CAERI international expert group established

AI conference on global governance opens in Shanghai

Staff members walk past the logo of the 2024 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in front of Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, in Shanghai, July 3, 2024. [Photo/VCG] The 2024 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance, themed “Governing AI for Good and for All”, … Continue reading AI conference on global governance opens in Shanghai