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Entrepreneurs and companies helping to lead the world’s second largest economy away from being the world’s factory into being one of its leading innovators and experimenters.
The beverage giant founder Zong Qinghou, one of China’s Mao era ‘sent-down youth’, cut a pathway for business leaders who followed as the country modernised.
The jury is still out, but scientists the world over, especially in China, are working on the holy grail of superconductivity, with an eye to making it possible at room temperature.
With the zero-Covid policy confined to the dustbin of history, China is eyeing growth in all sectors, from electric carmakers to e-commerce platforms.
Manufacturers such as BYD, Xpeng, Nio and Li Auto have already conquered the domestic market for EVs and are fast becoming global players.
- China’s ATLATL Innovation Centre and California-headquartered Founder Institute are setting up offices in Hong Kong to cultivate start-ups locally
- Both companies will utilise a 300-hectare space provided by the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park
City’s first satellite manufacturer, Uspace Technology Group, expects half of the units it produces annually will go to the Greater Bay Area, to spur digital transformation.
Three Chinese tech clusters made the top five, behind Tokyo-Yokohama, in the pre-release of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s rankings.
Changing Bio has launched a range of dairy products such as whipping cream, cheese powder and ice-cream made from a microbial ingredient called Kluvy Protein, which has been approved by the Chinese regulator.
A majority of the Singapore-based entrepreneurs selected from a record number of entries are not from the Lion City, underscoring the city state’s allure as a business base.
Applications to recognise inventions rise 30 per cent last year, agency says.
Tesla plans to set up a design centre in Beijing to develop cars specifically for the Chinese market, stepping up plans to consolidate its foothold in the mainland.
Simon Saw-Teong Ang pleaded guilty to one count from a 58-count federal indictment for failing to report to the university 24 patents he filed with the Beijing government.
Pandemic-led manufacturing export boom, concerns over China’s rapidly ageing society and a desire to save money have all contributed to the trend of replacing workers with machines.
Peng Yongdong, the co-founder, chief executive and executive director of Beike Zhaofang, which is also known as KE Holdings, has been appointed as the company’s new chairman following the death last week of Zuo Hui, the company’s founder.
After watching in disbelief as youngsters queued up for tea made with paltry powdered milk, ‘Neo’ opened his first real milk tea shop in 2012 – now he boasts 450 branches (and a US$600 million fortune)
Tony Xu had a strong work ethic from an early age, but it wasn’t until he met DoorDash’s co-founders – and became a Domino’s Pizza delivery driver to test out their theories – that it began to pay off
The OMA-designed master plan of China’s upcoming Future Science City includes a 4.95 million sq ft educational campus and a smart mobility network for autonomous vehicles
China success in controlling the coronavirus shows it has caught up with the West in some areas of innovation, such as health care, according to Nobel laureate Paul Romer.
The Chinese entrepreneur made US$71 billion in 2020 alone from making vaccines and his Nongfu Spring water – but he used to be a mushroom farmer and dropped out of high school
Hou Jianguo has been named the Communist Party secretary of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
She’s been playfully compared to Breaking Bad’s Walter White for her career change – now the Hansoh Pharmaceutical founder is 2020’s richest self-made billionaire
China boasts the highest number of self-made female billionaires in the world – meet the inspirational entrepreneurs empowering women in business, tech and finance
Chinese ministries outline detailed plan to build a complete strategic industrial system via state planning and state investments, and the onus is on local governments to guide funds accordingly.
Before Wang Wei became China’s 10th richest billionaire, he was an illegal cross-border delivery man – here’s how he made his fortune
Celebrating Shenzhen’s success, state media omit mentioning critical role played by Hong Kong.
