A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China announced that, at the invitation of US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the US from Wednesday (23rd) to Friday (25th).

Trump will purportedly host a state dinner for Xi at the White House. US corporate leaders expected to attend include Microsoft Corporation (MSFT.US) CEO Satya Nadella, Apple Inc. (AAPL.US) Executive Chairman Tim Cook, NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA.US) CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM.US) CEO Cristiano Amon.
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Following earlier market talks that a Tesla, Inc. (TSLA.US) team conducted factory audits in Ningbo to pave the way for mass production of Optimus, The Paper cited sources as saying that Tesla's robotics team started factory audit work last week at supply chain companies including TUOPU GROUP (601689.SH), SANHUA (02050.HK) and JOYSON ELEC (00699.HK).

These companies primarily supply core electromechanical components such as joint modules, actuators and precision structural parts. Before Tesla's latest factory audits, the above-mentioned companies had already secured orders related to Tesla humanoid robots, although the order sizes differed, report told.

Moreover, Tesla's factory audit work was not limited to Ningbo as rumored online, sources divulged. This round of visits by Tesla's robotics team also covered supply chain companies in Yangtze River Delta areas including Hangzhou and Shanghai.
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NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA.US) CEO Jensen Huang again dismissed the AI doomsday theory, saying AI will not pose an existential risk to humanity. He said under any circumstances, 2030 will not be the end of the world, and the chance of an apocalypse is zero.

Huang has repeatedly reiterated in recent days that AI can be managed safely, but he also opposes the introduction of new regulatory measures, arguing that development in the AI industry should not slow down.

He accentuated that products should not be released before they are ready, nor should unsafe products be delivered.
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Microsoft Corporation (MSFT.US) CEO Satya Nadella plans to attend the state banquet hosted at the White House this week for Chinese President Xi Jinping, Bloomberg, citing sources, reported.

Apple Inc. (AAPL.US) Executive Chairman Tim Cook, NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA.US) CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM.US) CEO Cristiano Amon will also attend the banquet.

Debate surrounding AI risks is boiling up in the market. Since last week, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called on the entire industry to slow AI development, though technology leaders remain divided on the issue.
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The US auto industry hopes US President Donald Trump will maintain policies that make it difficult for Chinese automakers to operate in the US, or even fully bar them from entering the US market.

According to a letter dated last Thursday and addressed to Trump reviewed by CNBC, groups representing major segments of the US auto industry, including franchised dealers, suppliers, and domestic and foreign automakers, urged the president to maintain policies and firmly shut the door on Chinese automakers selling, importing, or producing vehicles in the US.

The letter stated that the auto industry is a key pillar of America's advanced manufacturing and defense industrial base, with production capacity and a workforce capable of responding during national emergencies. Once this foundation is hollowed out, it cannot be rebuilt in a short period of time.
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AI startup Manus, whose acquisition by Meta Platforms, Inc. (META.US) was previously halted by the Chinese government, is conducting a fundraising round and studying financing options including a future listing in Hong Kong, the Wall Street Journal, citing sources, reported.

Manus is reportedly in talks with potential investors including investment firms IDG Capital and Boyu Capital for a financing round of about USD500 million, valuing the company at approximately USD4 billion.

Existing investors including TENCENT (00700.HK), HongShan and ZhenFund are weighing participation in the financing round, while CATL (03750.HK) had also discussed investing in Manus, sources said.

Manus currently focuses most of its operations in Singapore and is evaluating restructuring plans to pave the way for a future Hong Kong IPO, report told.
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HONG KONG, Sept. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Healthcare and Technology Company Limited ("Ping An Good Doctor" or the "Company"; Stock Code: 1833.HK) recently unveiled its new product "Ping An GlobalCare" (平安跨境康) at the Shenzhen Sci-Tech Innovation Exhibition. Targeting the pain points expats face when seeking medical care in China — language barriers, unfamiliarity with hospital procedures, and fragmented services — Ping An GlobalCare combines an AI-powered real-time translation engine with a closed loop of online and offline medical services to provide one-stop patient navigation. The product is now available for trial experience in Shenzhen.

On the technology front, Ping An GlobalCare is equipped with an advanced AI-powered translation engine that supports real-time, two-way speech and text translation across 19 languages, with precise coverage of professional medical terminology, effectively removing communication barriers between patients and physicians. To suit the habits of international users, the product supports login with mobile numbers from 198 countries and regions worldwide, greatly enhancing the convenience and reach of the service.

Beyond technology, the product also emphasizes companionship throughout the entire care journey, delivering a one-stop closed loop of "online assessment → transfer by a dedicated case coordinator → end-to-end in-person escort." Take Michael, an American user who suffered sudden abdominal pain, as an example: after completing an online consultation with real-time AI translation through the system, he was promptly provided with a dedicated vehicle transfer, and a dedicated coordinator accompanied him throughout his hospital visit, shortening the normally cumbersome medical visit process to just three hours.

As for the medical team, the family doctor service team of Ping An GlobalCare has obtained membership certification under PKU Healthcare. Its service system has earned certification from three leading authorities: the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA), the Chinese Society of General Practice of the Chinese Medical Association (CMA), and The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), bringing diagnostic and treatment standards fully in line with international benchmarks. Many of its team members come from 3A hospitals in mainland China, ensuring professional and high-standard medical services.

A representative of Ping An Good Doctor said that Ping An GlobalCare represents an innovative endeavor by the Company to address the medical service needs of expatriates in China. Looking ahead, the Company will continue to strengthen its cross-border healthcare capabilities and further enrich Ping An's "online, in-hospital, at-home and corporate" service network, contributing to the development of a multi-tiered health service system and providing users at home and abroad with even more worry-free, time-saving, and money-saving full-cycle health management services.

Apple Inc. (AAPL.US) plans to launch Apple Pay service in India next month, with Axis Bank serving as its first banking partner, Reuters, citing sources, reported.

Apple reportedly plans to roll out Apple Pay in phases in India, with the initial launch supporting Axis Bank credit cards first.

The company will gradually add more banking partners and is currently in talks with other major private banks, including HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank, although commercial terms with those banks have yet to be finalized.
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Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT (688825.SH) is preparing to dabble into the flash memory chip market currently dominated by Samsung Electronics and other foreign peers, Reuters, citing three sources familiar with the matter, reported. The move would expand its customer base amid a global memory shortage.

CXMT plans to establish an R&D production line for NAND flash memory at its new Beijing plant, two sources said. One source said the company has also set up a research institute in Beijing, with projects including NAND development.

A third source said CXMT discussed its NAND plans with customers, including a newly established startup that intends to purchase CXMT's NAND chips for storage products used in AI systems and supercomputers.

It remains unclear when the R&D production line will begin operations, or whether CXMT plans to move from the R&D and pilot production stage to large-scale commercial manufacturing. According to research firm TrendForce, Samsung (005930.KS) was the world's largest NAND supplier by revenue in 2Q26 with a market share of 29.3%. SK Hynix (000660.KS) ranked second, followed by Micron Technology, Inc. (MU.US) from the US.

This also means that CXMT, which mainly focuses on DRAM, will wrestle with Chinese peer YMTC in one of the fastest-growing segments of the semiconductor industry.
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Z.AI (02513.HK)'s GLM team disclosed the first public production-environment Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI) engineering practice among China's large models.

The Infra Agent powered by GLM-5.3 completed the design, debugging and optimization of the GLM-5.3-Flash inference infrastructure, enabling the model to improve its own operating system in reverse.

This marks the first publicly disclosed RSI case by a Chinese large-model developer operating in a production environment.

GLM-5.3-Flash was deployed on a cluster consisting of more than 100,000 domestic AI accelerators, representing a large-scale deployment previously lacking mature operational references.
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