Li Bin, deputy director of the National Health Commission: the average height of male and female adults in China is 169.7cm and 158CM respectively

Survival Rules for Turbulent Times: A Compilation of the 20 Most Unmissable Core Insights from the 2026 Tsinghua PBCSF Forum

A dialogue between Zhu Min, former Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China and former Vice Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund; Michael Spence, 2001 Nobel Prize winner in Economics and Philip H. Knight Professor Emeritus of Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business; and Masaaki Shirakawa, former Governor of the Bank of Japan, at the 2026 Tsinghua PBCSF Global Finance Forum.

WeRide Launches Fully Driverless Robobus Service in Singapore, Marking Southeast Asia’s First Public Deployment

Chinese autonomous-driving company WeRide (文远知行) began operating its Robobus autonomous minibus in fully driverless mode on Singapore’s Sentosa island on July 17, becoming the first autonomous vehicle in Southeast Asia to provide public passenger service without a safety driver onboard. The milestone marks a significant step in the overseas commercialization of China’s Level-4 autonomous-driving technology, moving beyond pilot programs toward regular public operation.

BYD to Begin EV Assembly in Pakistan, Expanding Chinese Automakers’ South Asia Manufacturing Footprint

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD (比亚迪) is preparing to begin local assembly of vehicles in Pakistan as early as July or August, marking the company’s first attempt to establish direct production capacity in South Asia rather than relying solely on vehicle exports.

Moonshot AI Nears $50 Billion Valuation in Pre-IPO Round, Highlighting China's AI Investment Momentum

Moonshot AI（月之暗面）, the Chinese artificial intelligence startup behind the Kimi chatbot, is reportedly in talks to raise a final pre-IPO financing round at a pre-money valuation of around $50 billion, a valuation that would place the company among the world's most valuable private AI companies and highlight the rapid growth of China's generative AI sector.

Yingshen Intelligence Signs Vietnam Deals to Deploy Hundreds of Footwear Robots

Hangzhou Yingshen Intelligent Technology（影身智能）has signed strategic cooperation agreements with several footwear manufacturers in Vietnam to deploy hundreds of embodied-AI robots, according to a company announcement.