China Tech News

Alibaba's new AI-powered diagnosis system promises to detect new coronavirus cases with an accuracy rate of up to 96% via computerized tomography.

China’s delivery giant Meituan Dianping has started to use unmanned vehicles in Beijing to deliver groceries to its customers.

Coronavirus mitigation efforts have revealed the potential of China's surveillance and tracking capabilities.

Beijing-based dockless bike-share company Ofo pivots to an e-commerce platform featuring channels for JD.com, Ele.me, others.

Research firm Canalys posits Q1 smartphone sales could dip by as much as 50 percent in China due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Over 300 Chinese firms including Xiaomi and Didi Chuxing are seeking bank loans totaling $8.2B to ease the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

China-based online travel platform Trip.com is in talks to raise a $1.2B loan.

China’s Didi to launch ride-hailing services in Sydney — Didi Express and Didi Max will be available in Sydney from March 16

Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, and Vivo are said to be finalizing a platform that lets developers outside of China upload apps on their app stores.

Autonomous robots have replaced human cleaners at segregated wards to reduce infection rates.

In southwestern China’s Yunnan province, residents must now scan a QR code to enter and exit public places, including residential complexes, markets, malls, hospitals, and public transit hubs.

Since some delivery routes are no longer serviceable by normal means, JD.com has completed its first delivery by drone to a village.

Taobao and other e-commerce platforms have recently focused on direct-to-consumer selling.

Since the beginning of the virus’ outbreak, people in China have seen more and more services going contactless, including supermarkets and delivery services.

As human-to-human contact is discouraged across the country, JD.com’s logistics arm will launch robot delivery services in Wuhan. The drones will allow receivers to collect packages using facial recognition.

The platform enables medical experts across China and frontline medical staff to conduct remote online consultations with patients.

Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent have opened their artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing technologies to researchers amid coronavirus emergency.

Coronavirus tracker apps, free online doctor consultations, and AI-powered queries among those available.

Alibaba Cloud has offered AI capabilities to scientific researchers for free, while Baidu said it’s making its gene sequencing algorithm available to scientists.

A blockchain-based donation tracking platform has been launched in China, aimed at improving the transparency and efficiency of giving.

Megvii and Baidu have rolled out advanced temperature screening systems in major Beijing railway stations.

The Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba reported that cloud revenue grew 62 percent to $1.5 billion U.S.

DingTalk has surpassed social messaging apps in popularity on Apple’s App Store as companies tell employees to work remotely due to the coronavirus.

Traditional bricks and mortar schools in China are now exploring online education options as authorities postpone the new semester.

The Chinese government is working with Alibaba, Ant Financial, and Tencent to develop a system to categorize citizens based on coronavirus exposure risk and to track and control their movement.

Hong Kong-based Skymind Global Ventures (SGV) announces an $800M fund; targets AI startups and academic researchers.