Manufacturing

FAW Jiefang Automotive Co Ltd, a truck subsidiary of China's leading automaker FAW Group, has sold a record 236,300 Jiefang trucks in the first three quarters of 2017, the company said Tuesday.

Of all the trucks that entered the market this year, 215,600 were medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, it added.

The company's performance started to rebound in recent years after its sales hit a low point due to problems found in services and some products.

In 2016, it sold 202,000 trucks, of which 185,000 were medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, holding the biggest market share in China at 19.25 percent.

Founded in 1953 and headquartered in China's Northeast Jilin province, the State-owned FAW Group is known as the cradle of China's auto industry.

The first batch of subway trains manufactured by China for the Boston subway's new Orange Line is expected to be shipped to the city in December, announced by the manufacturer, CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles.

The operating speed of the Boston subway new orange train is 63 miles per hour, and it's designed to serve 30 years.

Chinese tech company Xiaomi launched an updated version of its "concept smartphone" Mi Mix, the Mi Mix 2, on Monday, one day earlier than the planned release date of iPhone 8.

The Mi Mix 2, with a screen aspect ratio of 18:9 like its predecessor, runs on a Snapdragon 835 processor and has a 5.99-inch screen, whose display looks almost as large as the 5.55-inch iPhone 7 plus screen.

2016 World Robot Conference

The 2017 World Robot Conference will be held in Beijing from Aug 22 to 27, with various world-famous robot companies showcasing the latest robotic technologies that can handle work and daily tasks, like playing piano and performing a surgical operation.

The conference will be hosted by Beijing Municipal Government, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and China Association for Science and Technology. Other backers include the Chinese Institute of Electronics.