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Xiongan New Area waterfront skyline and urban development

Xiongan New Area: China’s Future City, Smart Infrastructure, and Innovation Experiment

In northern China, a new urban district is transforming expectations of what a city can be. The Xiongan New Area is being developed roughly 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing as part of a deliberate policy to disperse some non‑capital functions and promote coordinated development across the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region.  Starting in 2025, the area entered a

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Leapmotor B10 displayed at the IAA Mobility automotive exhibition

Leapmotor: China’s Affordable EV Challenger and Stellantis’s Global Bet

Leapmotor serves as a test of scale for China’s affordable EV playbook. The company has moved beyond startup visibility into a sharper phase built around cost control, smart features, faster overseas rollout, and global distribution through Stellantis. The brand’s Chinese name, 零跑, fits its current position. It signals speed and movement, but the business story

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Aerial view of ShanghaiTech University campus

Shanghai Tech Hub: Zhangjiang, AI Applications, Biotech, And Smart Mobility

Shanghai is entering 2026 with a sharper technology mandate. The Shanghai tech story now sits at the intersection of industrial upgrading, AI deployment, life sciences, and mobility infrastructure. The city’s three-year advanced manufacturing plan, released in January 2026, targets higher R&D intensity, more large-output manufacturers, and full digital intelligence coverage across large enterprises by 2027.

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Night skyline of Ningde city

Ningde Battery Hub: CATL, Energy Storage, and China’s New Energy Supply Chain

Walk into any serious discussion about lithium batteries or global energy storage today. The conversation lands in Ningde faster than you expect. This city in Fujian Province no longer plays a quiet second-tier role. It now commands the center of China’s new energy universe. Ningde, China, transformed from a coastal prefecture into the world’s most

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