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China's tourism performances generated over 13 billion yuan ($1.83 billion) in box office revenue during the first three quarters of this year, indicating robust development momentum, said Liu Kezhi, president of the China Association of Performing Arts, at a high-quality development conference on tourism performances held on Oct. 29.

In recent years, as culture and tourism have become increasingly integrated nationwide, many acclaimed and commercially successful tourism performance projects have emerged. The trend of "entering scenic areas to watch shows" is attracting growing numbers of visitors to both emerging destinations and traditional sites to discover new experiences.

China launched an artificial intelligence-powered large language model on Tuesday, developed specifically for meteorological applications to offer smarter, more personalized and scenario-based weather services for the public and industries.

The Fenghe LLM, developed by the China Meteorological Administration's Public Meteorological Service Center, is designed to enhance weather services with a deeper understanding of meteorological services and access to authoritative data, said Zhu Xiaoxiang, director of the center.

China Humanoid - Kuafu - is working in a factory. 250 units were sold in 1st quater of 2025.

China's humanoid robot sector is drawing fresh capital and accelerating toward commercialization, with multiple funding rounds and strong early sales signaling growing investor confidence, industry insiders said on Sunday.

Beijing-based humanoid robotics company Noetix Robotics announced that it had completed 300 million yuan ($42 million) in Pre-B financing led by FG Venture, with co-investors such as Vertex Ventures, CRRC Beijing Transformation and Upgrading Fund Management Co, OR Capital and Everpine Capital, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Sunday

The growing influence of artificial intelligence in China's educational system is creating significant opportunities for domestic education technology firms, including ed-tech giant Gaotu Group, to capitalize on demand for AI-powered learning solutions, a company executive said.

The rapid integration of AI in Chinese higher education isn't just a technological evolution, it's creating a massive and clear business opportunities for domestic education technology firms, said Luo Bin, cofounder of Gaotu.