Manufacturing

A joint research team in China has developed a new method that, for the first time, has enabled a key type of advanced perovskite solar cell to surpass the 30 percent efficiency threshold.

The groundbreaking research, led by Tan Hairen, a professor at Nanjing University, and Chang Chao, a professor at the National Sciences Institute of Innovation, was published on the Nature website on Tuesday, Beijing time.

China's industrial firms posted faster revenue growth in the first nine months of 2025, with operating income up 2.4 percent year-on-year, driven by a rise of 8.7 percent in the profits of the high-tech manufacturing sector, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday.

Major industrial firms recorded 5.37 trillion yuan ($745.8 billion) of profits from January to September, up 3.2 percent year-on-year, the highest cumulative growth since August last year, the NBS said.

Industrial and supply chains, auto parts and intelligent and smart manufacturing are becoming new competitive advantages of China's automotive industry chain, industry players at the 32nd China-SAE Congress & Exhibition said.

Held in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality from Tuesday through Friday, the event attracted more than 10,000 representatives from more than 30 countries and regions, according to the organizers. More than 210 auto companies attended the event.

From nuts and bolts to chips and power trains, exhibitors have put China's auto supply chain advantage and the latest new-energy vehicle (NEV) technology on full display.

Chinese researchers have developed a spectroscopic chip with a novel technique that offers an unprecedented combination of exceptional resolution and a panoramic view, unlocking the potential for sharper, faster and wider scans of the universe.

While conventional high-resolution spectrometers are often bulky and heavy, the chip, named RAFAEL in English and Yuheng in Chinese, is the size of a mobile phone SIM card, researchers from Tsinghua University said. The study was published in the international journal Nature on Oct 15.