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China’s southwestern industrial base eyes breakthroughs on novel drugs

Chongqing, a key economic hub in southwest China, has unveiled a plan to support the development of innovative drugs as…

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Billion-dollar Hong Kong IPOs keep coming as China’s biggest drug company joins rush

Initial public offering (IPO) plans keep rolling in for Hong Kong’s revitalised capital market, with China’s largest pharmaceutical company launching…

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Ahead of Hong Kong IPO, China drug maker Hengrui touts partnership with US giant Merck

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, a leading Chinese developer of novel drugs that recently received approval to go public in Hong Kong,…

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BYD raises up to US$5 bln in its biggest post-IPO funding for research and global growth

China’s largest electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD plans to raise up to HK$40.7 billion (US$5.05 billion) in a primary share…

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IBM lay-offs at China R&D teams send shock waves across local tech community

Chinese employees at US computing giant IBM, once considered a cradle of mainland engineers, have expressed dismay over a terse…

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EV maker Zeekr posts record revenue, boosts output to take on Tesla, domestic rivals

Revenue jumped 36 per cent to 20 billion yuan (US$2.8 billion) in the April to June quarter, compared with the…

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Inside China Tech: Beijing to sharpen country’s R&D focus

04:07 China’s automated driving technology speeds ahead with research by search engine giant Baidu China’s automated driving technology speeds ahead…

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China pivots to state-corporate partnerships in drive for technology self-reliance

Semiconductors – along with other cutting-edge fields like artificial intelligence and quantum computing – were also added to the list…

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What are the pillars of growth in the Greater Bay Area?

The State Key Laboratory of Virology, for instance, is under the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has gained wider attention…

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Shenzhen to focus on chips, AI and biomedicine to grow GDP 40 per cent over five years in the face of US hostility and economic slowdown

Shenzhen, the southern boomtown hand-picked by Chinese President Xi Jinping as a model “socialist” city, has set lofty development and…

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