Huawei to offer AI support to Chinese aviation, steel conglomerate Fangda

Huawei to offer AI support to Chinese aviation, steel conglomerate Fangda

Chinese telecommunications gear giant Huawei Technologies will work with the steel and aviation industries to drive the use of digital and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies through a deal with industrial conglomerate Fangda Group Industrial. Huawei signed strategic partnership deals on Friday with Hainan Airlines Holding and Fangda Special Steel Technology, both owned by Fangda Group. … Read more

China’s top drone maker DJI to build global headquarters in Shenzhen’s new city centre

China’s top drone maker DJI to build global headquarters in Shenzhen’s new city centre

DJI, the world’s biggest maker of consumer drones, intends to build a new global headquarters for its intelligent aviation systems operation in its home city of Shenzhen, according to a plan released recently by the southern tech hub’s municipal government. The plan involves DJI’s acquisition of a 15,658-square-metre plot inside the Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters … Read more

China gives vocational training a hi-tech overhaul to upskill workforce

China gives vocational training a hi-tech overhaul to upskill workforce

China is overhauling its vocational education courses to expand the pool of hi-tech workers for strategic sectors. The Ministry of Education unveiled 40 new vocational majors on Thursday – more than half of them in advanced manufacturing and digital technology – to promote a digital, marine, and low-altitude economy, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The … Read more

Huge potential for jobs in China after stimulus measures, national planners say

Huge potential for jobs in China after stimulus measures, national planners say

There is still huge potential to create new jobs in China, the country’s top economic planner said on Tuesday, days after the central government unveiled an array of stimulus measures. Plans were in place to address “structural issues” in employment and expand strategic industries, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) officials told a press conference … Read more

Chinese on-demand services giant Meituan’s delivery workers earn US$11 billion in 2023: CEO

Chinese on-demand services giant Meituan’s delivery workers earn US billion in 2023: CEO

Meituan, China’s largest on-demand local services provider, said its 7.45 million delivery workers drew 80 billion yuan (US$11.3 billion) in total income from the platform last year, company co-founder and chief executive Wang Xing said in an internal letter on Tuesday. About 4.5 million of those delivery workers are also covered with insurance for occupational … Read more

Xpeng’s flying car affiliate AeroHT closes in on airworthiness certification as Chinese EV maker targets fourth-quarter presales

Xpeng’s flying car affiliate AeroHT closes in on airworthiness certification as Chinese EV maker targets fourth-quarter presales

AeroHT, an affiliate of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng, has started the countdown for the commercialisation of its flying car and plans to start taking pre-orders in the fourth quarter of this year. The company, controlled by Xpeng co-founder and CEO He Xiaopeng, said in a statement to the Post on Friday that it … Read more