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  1. 6 hr ago

    英语新闻丨不是个别突破,而是培育突破的整个生态系统

    It is an incontrovertible fact that China is becoming increasingly adept at translating technological ideas into real-world applications. This was underscored on Wednesday by three concurrent developments: Unitree Robotics' stock market debut in Shanghai, the opening of the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing, and the first successful land-based recovery of the first stage of the reusable Zhuque 3 rocket. 中国正越来越善于将技术理念转化为实际应用,这是不争的事实。8月19日的三件大事同时发生,进一步印证了这一点:宇树科技在上海上市、2026年世界机器人大会在北京开幕,以及可重复使用的朱雀三号火箭第一级首次成功实现陆上回收。 Interestingly, ahead of its listing, a report by Reuters framed Unitree's success as the result of allegedly "using" US military-funded research. Reuters touted itself as the first outlet to "detail connections" between Unitree's designs and a US Army program.有趣的是,在宇树科技上市前夕,路透社的一篇报道将其成功归因于据称“利用”了美国军方资助的研究。路透社自称是首家“详细披露”宇树科技设计与美国陆军项目之间“关联”的媒体。 According to US researchers and former officials who spoke to Reuters — without offering any verifiable technical proof — some of Unitree's robots allegedly "draw on" breakthroughs in quadruped movement financed by the US DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory and other military programs.据接受路透社采访的美国研究人员和前官员(未提供任何可验证的技术证据)称,宇树科技的某些机器人据称“借鉴”了由美国陆军作战能力发展司令部陆军研究实验室及其他军事项目资助的四足运动技术突破。 That is precisely where the story takes an intriguing and questionable turn. China's advantage is not in "copying". It is an entire ecosystem: enormous manufacturing capacity, dense supplier networks, huge domestic market, abundant engineering talent, affordable component costs, patient capital and a government willing to make long-term inputs.这正是故事走向引人入胜且令人质疑之处。中国的优势不在于“复制”,而在于整个生态系统:庞大的制造能力、密集的供应商网络、巨大的国内市场、丰富的工程人才、低廉的零部件成本、耐心的资本以及愿意进行长期投入的政府。 That ecosystem also has an unusual feature: It was built under pressure.这个生态系统还有一个不同寻常的特点:它是在压力下建立起来的。 For years, some Western governments have restricted Chinese access to advanced semiconductors, equipment, software and other technologies. The response was not the intended technological paralysis. It was accelerated localization, diversification and improvisation. Pressure has made China's innovation system more adaptive and resilient.多年来,一些西方政府一直限制中国获得先进半导体、设备、软件和其他技术。结果并未如他们所愿导致中国技术瘫痪,反而加速了中国在本地化、多元化和即兴创新方面的进程。压力使中国的创新体系更具适应性和韧性。 At this week's 2026 World Robot Conference, more than 300 exhibitors are showcasing more than 2,000 products, with more than 150 making their global debut. Many of them are Chinese. The Chinese robotics industry is moving from robot gymnastics to practical applications in factories, warehouses, logistics and services. Unitree itself has become a symbol of that transition.在本周的2026年世界机器人大会上,300多家参展商展示了2000多款产品,其中150多款为全球首发。其中许多产品来自中国企业。中国机器人产业正从“机器人体操”走向工厂、仓库、物流和服务领域的实际应用。宇树科技本身已成为这一转变的象征。 The same pattern is visible in AI. Alibaba's new lightweight AI model Qwen3.8-27B has matched much larger near-frontier rivals while being able to run on everyday hardware. The Qwen3.8-27B, a small model with 27 billion parameters, performed on par with OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Luna, which was billed as the most cost-efficient model in the US lab's latest flagship series, benchmark firm Artificial Analysis said on Monday.同样的模式在人工智能领域也很明显。阿里巴巴新的轻量级AI模型通义千问3.8-27B在性能上可与大得多的近前沿对手匹敌,同时能在普通硬件上运行。基准测试公司Artificial Analysis周一表示,这款拥有270亿参数的小模型通义千问3.8-27B,其表现与OpenAI号称其最新旗舰系列中性价比最高的GPT-5.6 Luna模型相当。 Hugging Face's latest analysis points to Chinese models becoming influential in the global open-model community. Qwen has reportedly accumulated more than 151,000 derivative models on Hugging Face — far more than the combined derivatives of Meta's models. The point is that more and more developers treat Chinese models as building blocks rather than merely products to be consumed.Hugging Face的最新分析表明,中国模型在全球开源模型社区中的影响力日益增强。据报道,通义千问在Hugging Face上已累积超过15.1万个衍生模型——远超Meta各模型衍生品的总和。关键在于,越来越多的开发者将中国模型视为构建模块,而不仅仅是消费产品。 The AI revolution itself is making the old logic of technological containment harder to sustain. Open-source models spread. Engineers collaborate. Developers modify other people's work. Breakthroughs increasingly emerge from networks rather than laboratories operating behind walls. China is simply becoming very good at making innovations and promoting applications in the new technology revolution.人工智能革命本身正在使技术遏制的旧逻辑越来越难以持续。开源模型不断传播,工程师们相互协作,开发者们修改彼此的工作。突破越来越多地来自网络而非封闭运作的实验室。中国只是在新科技革命中越来越擅长进行创新和推动应用。 The country's paradigm combines market incentives with public investment and long-term industrial strategy. Its success comes from connecting research, manufacturing, capital, talent and markets at extraordinary scale.中国的范式将市场激励与公共投资和长期产业战略相结合。其成功在于以前所未有的规模将研究、制造、资本、人才和市场连接起来。 There is also a larger philosophical question. Technology can be treated as a weapon, a monopoly or a public resource. China has presented openness and cooperation as part of its technological strategy. The global adoption of Chinese open-source models demonstrates that the approach has real appeal.还有一个更大的哲学问题。技术可以被视为武器、垄断资源或公共资源。中国已将开放与合作作为其技术战略的一部分。中国开源模型在全球的广泛采用表明,这种策略具有真正的吸引力。 The real story of China's breakthroughs is the whole ecosystem that connects robots, rocket recovery and AI models.中国突破的真正故事,是将机器人、火箭回收和AI模型连接在一起的整个生态系统。 Western countries may attempt to slow individual Chinese breakthroughs through export controls and technology bans. But they cannot cripple the Chinese innovation ecosystem itself, because its underlying engine — economies of scale, engineering talent, industrial depth, market demand and relentless iteration — will only grow more adaptive and more powerful under pressure. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.西方国家或许试图通过出口管制和技术禁令来延缓中国的个别突破,但它们无法摧毁中国的创新生态系统本身,因为其底层引擎——规模经济、工程人才、产业深度、市场需求和不懈迭代——只会在压力下变得更具适应性和更加强大。艰难之路,唯勇者行。 The sensible response is not denial or panic. It is cooperation and competition.明智的应对之道不是否认或恐慌,而是合作与竞争。 Smearing every Chinese breakthrough as a "theft" or "threat" does not make the breakthrough disappear. It only makes the person doing that look increasingly out of touch with the future.将中国的每一项突破都污蔑为“盗窃”或“威胁”,并不会使突破消失,只会让这样做的人显得越来越与未来脱节。 translating /trænzˈleɪtɪŋ/转化 underscored /ˌʌndəˈskɔːd/强调 land-based recovery /lænd beɪst rɪˈkʌvəri/陆上回收 reusable /riːˈjuːzəbəl/可重复使用的 touted /taʊtɪd/自诩,吹嘘 quadruped movement /ˈkwɒdrʊped ˈmuːvmənt/四足运动 intriguing /ɪnˈtriːɡɪŋ/引人入胜的 dense supplier networks /dens səˈplaɪə ˈnetwɜːks/密集的供应商网络

  2. 1 day ago

    英语新闻丨人工智能需要与人类实现共生式重构

    As companies pour billions of dollars into artificial intelligence while cutting jobs, fears of human replacement are mounting. Oracle is reportedly preparing another round of layoffs ahead of Sept 1, according to Business Insider. But the 2026 Stanford AI Index shows that AI is reshaping the labor market without yet causing mass job displacement. 随着各大企业一边向人工智能砸入数十亿美元,一边削减岗位,人们对人类被取代的担忧日益加剧。据《商业内幕》报道,甲骨文公司正计划在9月1日前开启新一轮裁员。但斯坦福大学发布的《2026年人工智能指数报告》显示,人工智能正在重塑劳动力市场,却尚未造成大规模岗位流失。 The promise of AI is extraordinary: new frontiers in science, solutions to global challenges and a future where human creativity flourishes. That is the dream. 人工智能的发展前景无比诱人:开拓科学全新疆域、破解全球各类难题,迎来人类创造力蓬勃发展的未来。这是理想图景。 But the reality we are witnessing could not be further from it. 但我们眼下所见的现实,却与这份理想相去甚远。 The rapid deployment of AI today is not aligned with human wellbeing. It is driven by an ideology — one that treats human beings as obstacles to be overcome. Slogans like "move fast and break things" are rooted in a form of technological determinism that devalues human agency. 如今人工智能的快速落地应用,并未以人类福祉为导向。其背后是一套意识形态:把人类视作需要被攻克的阻碍。“快速行动,破除桎梏”这类口号,根植于一种技术决定论,该理论贬低人的主观能动性。 At its core lies a dangerous myth — that machines will soon surpass us in every cognitive domain, rendering human expertise obsolete. 这一切的核心是一个危险的谬论:机器很快会在所有认知领域超越人类,让人类的专业技能变得毫无价值。 This myth is not innocent. It is already being used to justify mass layoffs of software engineers, writers, translators and analysts. 这个谬论并非无伤大雅。它已经被拿来为软件工程师、作家、翻译以及分析师的大规模裁员做合理化辩解。 Tech executives frame these cuts as inevitable progress. But a cleareyed look at the facts tells a different story. 科技企业高管将裁员描绘成不可避免的进步。但如果清醒审视事实,会看到另一番真相。 We are still in AI's early stages. Today's systems mimic certain cognitive functions, but they do not understand, reason or reliably replace human judgment. 人工智能仍处在发展早期。当下的系统只是模仿部分认知功能,并不具备理解、推理能力,也无法可靠替代人类的判断。 Consider autonomous vehicles — promised by 2020, still struggling on city streets. Consider the "autonomous agents" heralded for 2025 — now quietly postponed. 不妨看看自动驾驶汽车:2020年就被寄予厚望,如今在城市道路上依旧举步维艰。再看曾大肆宣传将在2025年问世的“智能自主代理”,现在已经悄无声息地推迟落地。 As someone who works on autonomous systems, I can attest that current AI lacks genuine understanding. It matches patterns. It does not think. 作为一名研究自主系统的从业者,我可以证实,当前人工智能并不具备真正的理解能力。它只是匹配模式,并不会思考。 Some argue that reasoning will magically "emerge" as we scale models to an everincreasing number of parameters. This narrative suits the tech giants perfectly. It justifies billiondollar investments in data centers and infrastructure. But this is a gamble with no scientific basis, one that leads AI to a dead end. 部分人声称,随着我们不断扩大模型参数规模,推理能力就会神奇地“涌现”。这套说法对科技巨头再合适不过,为数十亿美元的数据中心与基础设施投资提供了借口。但这是一场毫无科学依据的赌博,会将人工智能引向死胡同。 We need a different path: AI that collaborates with humans, instead of replacing them — specialized, transparent systems designed to augment expertise in fields such as medicine, engineering, scientific research and business management, not generalpurpose black boxes. 我们需要另一条道路:人工智能与人类协作,而非取代人类。打造专门化、透明化的系统,用于增强医学、工程、科研、商业管理等领域的专业能力,而不是通用型黑盒模型。 This "collaborative AI" raises profound scientific challenges. How do we build machines that explain their reasoning in humanunderstandable terms? How do we establish trust between humans and machines? How do we design systems that solve problems with us, rather than for us? Consider a medical diagnosis. A collaborative AI would not replace the doctor's judgment. It would surface relevant research, flag anomalies and explain its recommendations in plain language — allowing the physician to make the final, informed decision. This differs fundamentally from current "black box" systems, which provide takeitorleaveit answers. 这种“协作式人工智能”带来了深刻的科学难题。我们该如何构建机器,让它用人类能够读懂的语言解释自身推理过程?如何建立人与机器之间的信任?如何设计和人类共同解决问题,而非替人类解决问题的系统?以医疗诊断为例:协作式人工智能不会取代医生的判断。它会调出相关研究,标记异常情况,用通俗语言解释给出的建议,由医生做出最终的、充分知情的决断。这和当下直接给出非接受即舍弃式答案的“黑盒”系统有着本质区别。 These are hard problems. They require investment in explainability, reliability and domainspecific knowledge — not just bigger models and more data. Yet academic research, which should lead this charge, has been sidelined. University laboratories are unable to compete with the private labs of a handful of companies and often find themselves reduced to playing catchup. When research is concentrated in a few private labs, its priorities shift toward proprietary features, rather than scientific understanding. This distorts the entire field. We must revitalize university research — driven by curiosity, transparency and peer review — which is best positioned to address the challenges of explainability and trust. 这些都是棘手难题。需要投入资源提升可解释性、可靠性以及领域专属知识,而不只是打造更大的模型、堆砌更多数据。本应牵头攻坚的学术研究却遭到边缘化。高校实验室无力和少数企业的私有实验室竞争,往往只能被动追赶。当研究集中于少数私有实验室,研究重心就会偏向专有技术,而非科学认知,扭曲整个行业。我们必须重振高校科研:以好奇心、公开透明、同行评审为导向,高校最适合攻克可解释性与信任相关难题。 The conditions conducive to change are taking shape. Public distrust of unaccountable AI is growing. From chatbots that make up facts, to facial recognition systems with racial biases, to autonomous driving systems with fatal flaws, the public has seen too many buzzwords touted as major breakthroughs. Every widely publicized hype campaign erodes trust. The technical limits of "scaling up" are becoming apparent — even to the industry's true believers. And the economic pressure weighing on tech giants — the gap between colossal investments and a market still struggling to generate returns — is becoming impossible to ignore. 变革的有利条件正在逐步形成。公众对无需担责的人工智能愈发不信任。编造事实的聊天机器人、带有种族偏见的人脸识别系统、存在致命缺陷的自动驾驶系统,太多噱头被包装成重大突破呈现在大众眼前。每一场大肆宣传的造势活动,都在消耗公众信任。即便是行业忠实拥护者也逐渐看清,“扩大规模”存在技术上限。科技巨头背负的经济压力也已经无法忽视:巨额投入,却难以获得市场回报,两者之间落差巨大。 History shows that humanity has capitalized on technological revolutions by balancing risks and benefits. The steam engine, electricity and the internet — each brought profound change, but each was shaped by regulation, public debate and ethical reflection. Artificial intelligence should be no exception. The initial rush of enthusiasm should give way to sober reflection. Societies built frameworks to ensure these technologies served the common good. We are now at that same inflection point. 历史表明,人类从技术革命中获益,靠的是权衡风险与收益。蒸汽机、电力、互联网,每一项都带来翻天覆地的改变,同时也都在监管、公众讨论、伦理反思之下不断完善。人工智能也理应如此。最初的狂热应当让位于冷静思考。社会曾建立制度框架,确保技术服务公共利益,如今我们正处在同样的转折点。 We have a choice. We can continue down the path of replacement, building machines that mimic us, supplant us and ultimately marginalize us. Or we can invest in a future where AI enriches human intelligence rather than replacing it. 我们拥有选择权。我们可以继续走取代人类的道路,制造模仿人类、顶替人类,最终边缘化人类的机器。我们也可以投入建设这样的未来:人工智能丰富人类智慧,而非取而代之。 That future requires a global effort: governments funding collaborative AI research, universities prioritizing humanAI interaction, and citizens demanding transparency and accountability. This means public funding for collaborative AI, curricula in humanAI interaction

  3. 3 days ago

    英语新闻丨恒大集团前董事长被判处无期徒刑

    Xu Jiayin, former chairman of China's property developer Evergrande Group, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for a string of financial and corporate crimes, while the group and its property arm were fined a combined 15.82 billion yuan ($2.35 billion), according to the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court. 据深圳市中级人民法院消息,中国房地产开发商恒大集团前董事长许家印因多项金融及企业犯罪,于周四被判处无期徒刑;恒大集团及其地产子公司合计被处以158.2亿元人民币(折合23.5亿美元)罚金。 The court sentenced Evergrande Group to fines totaling 8.82 billion yuan for multiple offenses and Evergrande Real Estate Group to a 7 billion yuan fine. 法院对恒大集团数罪并罚,判处罚金共计88.2亿元;对恒大地产集团判处罚金70亿元。 Xu was deprived of political rights for life and had all his personal property confiscated. The court also ordered the continued recovery of illegal gains, with any shortfall to be repaid. 许家印被剥夺政治权利终身,个人全部财产予以没收。法院同时判令继续追缴违法所得,不足部分予以退赔。 According to the court, Xu was the actual controller of Evergrande Group, with overall responsibility for its operations. 法院表示,许家印系恒大集团实际控制人,全面负责集团经营管理。 Between 2016 and 2021, Evergrande Group, Evergrande Real Estate and Xu engaged in sustained, largescale financial fraud, including inflating assets and concealing liabilities, the court said. 法院查明,2016至2021年间,恒大集团、恒大地产及许家印实施持续、大规模金融诈骗,包括虚增资产、隐瞒债务等行为。 The court also found that Evergrande Group and Xu used bribery to gain control over financial institutions and illegally obtained credit and insurance funds for use by the group. Their conduct constituted crimes including corporate bribery, illegal issuing of loans and illegal use of funds. 法院还查明,恒大集团及许家印通过行贿掌控金融机构,非法获取信贷、保险资金供集团使用,其行为构成单位行贿罪、违法发放贷款罪、挪用资金罪等多项罪名。 Xu also abused his position as chairman of Evergrande Real Estate by organizing financial fraud and misappropriating company assets in the form of dividend payments, the court said. 法院称,许家印还利用恒大地产董事长的职务便利,组织实施金融诈骗,并以分红形式侵占公司资产。 The court ruled that Evergrande Group and Xu were guilty of illegally absorbing public deposits, fundraising fraud, illegal granting of loans, fraudulent securities issuance, illegal disclosure of important information and corporate bribery. Xu was additionally convicted of illegal use of funds and occupational embezzlement. 法院判决,恒大集团、许家印犯非法吸收公众存款罪、集资诈骗罪、违法发放贷款罪、欺诈发行证券罪、违规不披露重要信息罪、单位行贿罪;许家印另犯挪用资金罪、职务侵占罪。 Evergrande Real Estate was convicted of fraudulent securities issuance. 恒大地产犯欺诈发行证券罪。 The court said the crimes seriously disrupted the socialist market economic order, infringed upon public and private property rights and undermined the integrity of public officials. It described the amounts involved as exceptionally large, the circumstances as particularly serious and the resulting economic losses and social harm as severe. 法院表示,上述犯罪行为严重破坏社会主义市场经济秩序,侵害公私财产权益,损害公职人员职务廉洁性;案件涉案金额特别巨大,情节特别严重,造成重大经济损失与严重社会危害。 The sentences were handed down based on the facts, nature and circumstances of the crimes and their impact on society, the court said. 法院称,本次判决系结合犯罪事实、犯罪性质、情节以及对社会的危害程度依法作出。 Compensation for victims' losses takes priority over the enforcement of fines and confiscation of property, it added. 法院补充,对被害人的损失退赔优先于罚金、没收财产的执行。 Also on Thursday, the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court and the Nanshan District People's Court in Shenzhen handed down sentences in related cases involving other Evergrande personnel. 同样在周四,深圳市中级人民法院与深圳市南山区人民法院对恒大集团其他涉案人员的关联案件作出一审宣判。 Fiftysix defendants received prison terms ranging from one year and 10 months to 18 years for offenses including illegally absorbing public deposits, fundraising fraud and illegal use of funds. They were also fined or had property confiscated, while illegal gains will continue to be recovered. 56名被告人因犯非法吸收公众存款罪、集资诈骗罪、挪用资金罪等,被判处1年10个月至18年不等有期徒刑,同时被处以罚金或没收财产,违法所得继续予以追缴。 Xu had been placed under compulsory measures on Sept 28, 2023. His trial was held publicly at the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court on April 13 and 14 this year. He expressed remorse in his final statement. 许家印于2023年9月28日被采取强制措施;今年4月13日、14日,深圳市中级人民法院对该案公开开庭审理,许家印在最后陈述中当庭认罪悔罪。 confiscate /ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/没收;充公 liability /ˌlaɪəˈbɪləti/债务;负债;责任 bribery /ˈbraɪbəri/行贿;贿赂 embezzlement /ɪmˈbezlmənt/侵占;挪用公款 fraud /frɔːd/诈骗;欺诈

  4. 4 days ago

    英语新闻丨机器人热潮助推中国科技雄心

    More than 3,000 cuttingedge robots and related products packed the 2026 World Robot Conference, which opened in Beijing on Wednesday, the same day that Unitree Robotics made its debut on the STAR Market in Shanghai and surged 629.44 percent to 1,100 yuan ($163) per share from its initial public offering price. 2026年世界机器人大会于周三在北京开幕,展会汇集3000余台前沿机器人及相关产品。就在同一天,宇树科技登陆上海科创板上市,股价较发行价暴涨629.44%,达到每股1100元(折合163美元)。 As the Beijing conference showcased China's strength as the world's largest producer of robots and a supplychain hub for the industry, Shanghai's capital market bet on what comes next — whether that industrial muscle can drive faster innovation, lower costs and, ultimately, expand share in the global robotics market, industry experts said. 业内专家表示,北京这场大会展现出中国作为全球最大机器人生产国与行业供应链中心的实力;而上海资本市场则押注后续发展:这套产业实力能否推动创新提速、降低成本,并最终扩大中国机器人在全球市场的份额。 That bet played out vividly on Unitree's first trading day. At its peak, a single winning IPO allotment translated into a paper profit of up to 474,600 yuan. Although the shares retreated from that high, they still closed at 845 yuan, up 460.3 percent, valuing the company at 341.77 billion yuan. 这份押注在宇树科技上市首日表现得淋漓尽致。该股盘中巅峰时,中一签账面盈利最高可达47.46万元。尽管股价自高点回落,收盘仍报845元,涨幅460.3%,公司市值达3417.7亿元。 Pan Helin, a member of the expert committee for information and communication economy of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said the surge reflects robust investor confidence in China's embodied artificial intelligence industry. 工信部信息通信经济专家委员会委员盘和林表示,股价暴涨反映出投资者对中国具身智能产业抱有十足信心。 "Despite the share price retreating from its opening high amid broader market pressure, Unitree's performance far outpaced earlier expectations," he said. 他称:“受大盘整体压力影响,股价虽较开盘高点有所回落,但宇树科技的市场表现仍远超此前预期。” During the 14th FiveYear Plan (202125) period, President Xi Jinping made multiple visits to robotics companies. At the 2026 World AI Conference and HighLevel Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai last month, Xi said that AI is moving from the digital world into the physical world, and he called for greater efforts to advance technological innovation, industrial development and scenariobased applications. “十四五”(20212025)期间,习近平总书记多次考察机器人企业。在上月于上海举办的2026世界人工智能大会暨全球人工智能治理高层会议上,习近平总书记指出,人工智能正从数字世界走向物理世界,并呼吁加大力度推进技术创新、产业发展与场景化应用落地。 Robotics sits at the heart of this transition, serving as the primary vehicle for bringing AI technologies into the physical realm. 机器人正是这一转型的核心载体,是把人工智能技术落地到现实物理世界的主要工具。 The World Robot Conference brought together more than 300 Chinese and overseas companies with over 3,000 products, ranging from humanoid, industrial and medical robots to core components such as dexterous hands, reducers and sensors, and embodied AI models. 世界机器人大会汇聚国内外300余家企业,展出3000多款产品,涵盖人形机器人、工业机器人、医疗机器人,灵巧手、减速器、传感器等核心零部件,以及各类具身智能模型。 Galbot unveiled a new humanoid robot capable of learning to play tennis. Unitree demonstrated its H1 humanoid robot, which can run at a peak speed of 10 meters per second — rivaling the pace of elite human sprinters. Galbot发布一款可学习打网球的全新人形机器人;宇树科技展示H1人形机器人,其奔跑峰值速度可达每秒10米,比肩人类顶尖短跑运动员。 Xin Guobin, viceminister of industry and information technology, said at the robot conference that revenue from major robotics companies reached 165.5 billion yuan in the first half of the year, a 24.5 percent yearonyear increase. 工信部副部长辛国斌在机器人大会上表示,国内重点机器人企业上半年营收达1655亿元,同比增长24.5%。 Xin said China will focus on overcoming bottlenecks in core robotics components and embodied AI. The country also aims to expand the integration of robots into agriculture, healthcare, elderly care and emergency response, he added. 辛国斌补充道,我国将着力攻克机器人核心零部件与具身智能领域的技术瓶颈,推动机器人进一步融入农业、医疗健康、养老、应急处置等领域。 Xu Xiaolan, president of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, said that embodied AI is entering a critical window for largescale adoption, with Chinese products at a pivotal juncture transitioning from smallbatch trials to broader deployment. 中国电子学会理事长徐晓兰表示,具身智能正迎来大规模落地的关键窗口期,国产产品正处在从小批量试点走向规模化应用的关键节点。 "Public and commercial services are leading the way," she said. "In China, robots are now being deployed in traffic guidance, at tourist attractions, in shopping malls and in education, leveraging capabilities such as autonomous positioning, dynamic obstacle avoidance and question answering." “公共与商业服务领域走在应用前列,”她说道,“国内机器人已经投入交通疏导、景区、商场、教育等场景,可实现自主定位、动态避障、问答交互等功能。” JPMorgan has forecast that global humanoid robot shipments will climb from an estimated 18,000 units in 2025 to 60,000 this year, before surging to 1.75 million by 2030. China is expected to account for more than half of global demand, according to the bank. 摩根大通预测,全球人形机器人出货量将从2025年预估1.8万台增长至今年6万台,到2030年飙升至175万台。该行认为,中国市场需求将占到全球总需求的一半以上。 The National Development and Reform Commission said that eight out of every 10 humanoid and quadruped intelligent robots sold worldwide are made in China. 国家发改委表示,全球每售出10台人形、四足智能机器人,就有8台产自中国。 Zhang Yiming, chief analyst for the machinery sector at Guosheng Securities, said that humanoid robots are emerging as a key arena in the technology competition between China and the United States, making Unitree's market performance a potential bellwether for the broader industry. 国盛证券机械行业首席分析师张一鸣称,人形机器人正成为中美科技竞争的关键赛道,宇树科技的市场表现有望成为整个行业发展的风向标。 "China's advantage increasingly lies not just in building sophisticated robots, but in its ability to manufacture them at scale," he said. "The nation's deep industrial supply chains give domestic manufacturers an edge in mass production, while overseas companies retain strengths in areas including frontier AI algorithms." “中国的优势越来越不只是制造高性能机器人,更在于规模化生产能力。”他说,“完备的工业供应链让国内厂商在量产上具备优势,而海外企业在前沿人工智能算法等领域仍保有强项。” A humanoid robot integrates motors, reducers, servo systems, lead screws, sensors, batteries, controllers and precisionmachined parts. Many of these overlap with industries that China has spent years building at an enormous scale, particularly electric vehicles, batteries, consumer electronics and industrial automation. 人形机器人集成电机、减速器、伺服系统、丝杠、传感器、电池、控制器以及精密加工零部件。其中大量零部件,与我国多年大规模发展的产业高度重合,尤其电动汽车、电池、消费电子、工业自动化领域。 Wang Peng, a researcher at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, said that hardtech companies such as Unitree reflect a broader shift in how China's capital market values technology. 北京社科院研究员王鹏表示,宇树这类硬科技企业,折射出中国资本市场对科技企业估值逻辑发生的重大转变。 "While the upper ranks of China's stock market were long dominated by financial and consumer companies, investors are increasingly willing to price technological capability and future growth potential over current profitability," he said. “长期以来A股市场头部企业以金融、消费类公司为主,如今投资者越来越看重技术实力与未来成长空间,而非当下盈利水平。”他说。 However, an IPO is not the finish line, he said, adding that Unitree's elevated pricetoearnings ratio also points to valuation risks. 但他也表示,上市并非终点,宇树科技高企的市盈率也预示着估值风险。 "Humanoid robotics is a longcycle industry, where success cannot be measured by a blockbuster market debut, nor by the internetera playbook of burning cash to chase scale," Wang said. "What ultimately matters is whether a company can deliver technology, products and business models that stand the test of the market." “人形机器人属于长周期行业,成功不能靠上市首日的火爆表现来衡量,也不能照搬互联网时代烧钱换规模的模式。”王鹏说,“最终关键要看企业能否拿出经得起市场检验的技术、产品与商业模式。” embodied /ɪmˈbɒdid/具身的; be

  5. 4 days ago

    英语新闻丨中国实现火箭陆地回收成功

    In a landmark moment for China's space sector, a huge rocket booster gently touched down on China's northwestern desert terrain on Wednesday morning, marking the country's firstever successful land recovery of a rocket. 对于中国航天领域而言,这是一个具有里程碑意义的时刻。周三上午,一枚大型火箭助推器平稳降落在中国西北荒漠地带,标志着我国首次实现火箭陆地回收。 Footage from surveillance drones flying near the landing trajectory shows that during the final phase of its return to Earth, at an altitude of roughly three kilometers above the ground, the booster ignited an engine at the center of its base for propulsive deceleration. 在降落轨迹附近飞行的监控无人机拍摄的画面显示:助推器返回地球的最后阶段,在距离地面约3千米的高度,启动箭体底部中央发动机,开展动力减速。 Shortly before touchdown, its four landing legs deployed. At the instant of touchdown, the engine shut down, and the legs held the over 40metertall first stage firmly upright on the concrete landing pad in Minqin county, Gansu province. 即将着陆前,它的4条着陆腿展开。触地瞬间,发动机关机;着陆腿将这枚40多米高的一级箭体稳稳直立支撑在甘肃省民勤县的混凝土着陆平台上。 The recovery has made LandSpace the second in China to bring a booster back to Earth intact and the first to successfully land a rocket on Chinese soil. Last month, the Stateowned space conglomerate China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp recorded the nation's first successful rocket recovery, flying the firststage booster of a Long March 10B back to a recovery ship in the South China Sea. 本次回收使蓝箭航天成为国内第二家完整回收火箭助推器的企业,也是首家在我国本土陆地完成火箭着陆回收的企业。上个月,国有航天集团中国航天科技集团完成我国首次火箭回收,将长征十号B火箭一级助推器送回南海的回收船上。 Wednesday's success also made China the second country in the world, following the United States, that can conduct both land and seabased recovery of rocket. 本次周三的成功,也让中国成为继美国之后,全球第二个可同时实现火箭陆地回收与海上回收的国家。 The 66.1meter ZQ 3 Y2, a gigantic craft made primarily by stainless steel, blasted off at 7:35 am from its dedicated launch service tower at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, which is about 390 kilometers away from the landing site, in northwestern China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. 这枚高66.1米的朱雀三号遥二火箭,主体采用不锈钢制造。火箭于早上7点35分,在中国内蒙古自治区境内的酒泉卫星发射中心专属发射勤务塔架点火升空,发射场距离着陆点约390公里。 The Y2 in the rocket's name signifies that the craft is the second to be built in the ZQ 3 series. 火箭型号中的遥二代表它是朱雀三系列的第二枚箭体。 The rocket's secondstage booster separated from the first stage just over two minutes after the liftoff and continued flying upward before transporting a satellite called Honghu 03 into its preset orbit. 火箭点火升空两分多钟后,二级与一级分离,二级继续向上飞行,将洪湖03卫星送入预定轨道。 The ZQ 3 Y1 was launched in December 2025, becoming China's first reusable rocket to reach orbit. However, the recovery attempt failed as its firststage booster burst into a fireball over the landing site in Minqin in the last seconds of descent. 朱雀三号遥1于2025年12月发射,是我国首枚入轨的可复用火箭。但回收尝试宣告失败:一级助推器在降落的最后几秒,于民勤着陆场上空炸成火球。 Technical specs from LandSpace shows the ZQ 3 Y2 had a diameter of 4.5 meters and weighed about 570 metric tons when fully fueled. 蓝箭航天公开技术参数显示,朱雀三号遥二箭体直径4.5米,加满燃料后总重约570吨。 The rocket was propelled by nine TQ 12A methane engines on the first stage and a TQ 15A methane engine on the second stage, boasting a liftoff thrust of nearly 770 tons that was enough to transport heavy satellites to lowEarth or Sunsynchronous orbits. 该火箭一级配备9台天鹊-12A甲烷发动机,二级配备1台天鹊-15A甲烷发动机;起飞推力接近770吨,足以将重型卫星送入近地轨道或太阳同步轨道。 trajectory /trəˈdʒektəri/弹道,飞行轨迹 deceleration /ˌdiːˌseləˈreɪʃn/减速 conglomerate /kənˈɡlɒmərət/大型集团,企业联合体 signify /ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪ/表示,意味着 thrust /θrʌst/火箭)推力

  6. 5 days ago

    英语新闻丨Zhu Rongji's remains cremated

    The remains of former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji were cremated in Beijing on Tuesday. President Xi Jinping and other senior Party and State leaders, including Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and Han Zheng, bade farewell to Zhu at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in the morning. Amid solemn music, they walked slowly toward Zhu's remains and stood in silent tribute. They then paid their final respects with three bows and shook hands with Zhu's family members. Hu Jintao sent a wreath to express his condolences over Zhu's passing. Zhu died of illness on Aug 12 in Beijing at the age of 98. He had served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 14th and 15th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China. To mourn his death, national flags flew at half-staff on Tuesday at Tian'anmen Square, Xinhuamen, the Great Hall of the People and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, in seats of CPC committees and governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, at land ports, seaports and airports, and at Chinese embassies and consulates. Zhu was extolled in an official obituary as an excellent Party member, a time-tested and loyal communist fighter, and an outstanding proletarian revolutionist, statesman and leader of the Party and the State. Zhu, who was born in October 1928 in Changsha, Hunan province, joined the CPC in October 1949. During his tenure as vice-premier and premier of the State Council, China's Cabinet, between 1991 and 2003, the country was in a critical period of transition — from a planned economy to a socialist market economy. Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Jiang Zemin at its core, Zhu organized and implemented a series of major reforms, promoting the establishment of the basic framework for a socialist market economy. Zhu spearheaded reform of the fiscal and taxation systems, actively promoted the reform of the financial system, carried out the reform of State-owned enterprises, and pushed for the establishment of a unified, regulated and comprehensive framework for the social security system. He oversaw the completion of the arduous negotiations for China's accession to the World Trade Organization, and advanced the country's opening-up in both scope and depth. Zhu also advanced China's housing reform, gradually replacing the allocation of housing to employees with monetary housing benefits. He had deep affection for the people and emphasized that government officials should always bear in mind that they are public servants, have the courage to speak the truth and refrain from seeking special privileges. Zhu's life was a revolutionary, fighting and glorious one, the obituary said, adding that his death is a great loss to the Party and the State.

  7. 5 days ago

    英语新闻丨民调显示特朗普支持率降至33%低点

    US President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to 33 percent, the lowest level of his presidency, amid public concerns over the US war against Iran, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded Monday. 根据8月17日结束的路透社/益普索民意调查,美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的支持率跌至33%,为其总统任期内的最低水平,主要原因是公众对美国对伊朗战争的担忧。 Just 33 percent of respondents in the four-day survey said they approved of Trump's performance in the White House, while 64 percent disapproved, the poll showed.民调显示,在这项为期四天的调查中,仅有33%的受访者表示认可特朗普在白宫的表现,而64%的受访者表示不认可。 It noted that Trump's approval rating, down from 35 percent in a poll that closed earlier this month and lower than at any point in his current term, "has now tied the lowest level of his prior term reached in December 2017."民调指出,特朗普的支持率较本月早些时候一项民调的35%有所下降,也低于他当前任期内任何时期的水平,“目前已追平他在上一任期内于2017年12月创下的最低点”。 The latest poll was released as a 60-day negotiation period under a US-Iran memorandum of understanding was set to expire Monday, with no progress toward a broader peace agreement between the two sides.最新民调发布之际,美伊谅解备忘录规定的60天谈判期将于8月17日到期,双方在达成更广泛和平协议方面未取得任何进展。 Trump has sought to ease public concerns over high gas prices in recent remarks. At a political rally in Garden City, New York on Friday, Trump said that paying "a tiny little bit more for your gasoline" is worth the cost of ensuring "a very evil country" cannot have a nuclear weapon.特朗普在近期的言论中试图缓解公众对高油价的担忧。上周五在纽约加登城的一场政治集会上,特朗普表示,为确保“一个非常邪恶的国家”无法拥有核武器,支付“稍微多一点点的汽油费”是值得的。 Meanwhile, a Financial Times poll released Sunday showed that 53 percent of US voters said they had become worse off under Trump, amid growing discontent over his handling of the economy and cost of living.与此同时,《金融时报》周日发布的一项民调显示,53%的美国选民表示,在特朗普执政期间他们的经济状况恶化了,公众对其处理经济和生活成本问题的不满情绪日益加剧。 "Inflation is outstripping wage gains and people are having difficulty paying their bills. Many feel they are falling behind and not able to keep up with the cost of food, gas, and healthcare," Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Darrell West told Xinhua.布鲁金斯学会高级研究员达雷尔·韦斯特对新华社表示:“通胀正超过工资增长,人们在支付账单方面遇到困难。许多人感到自己正在落后,无法跟上食品、汽油和医疗保健的成本。” worse off /wɜːs ɒf/状况恶化 discontent /ˌdɪskənˈtent/不满 inflation /ɪnˈfleɪʃən/通货膨胀 outstripping /ˌaʊtˈstrɪpɪŋ/超过 wage gains /weɪdʒ ɡeɪnz/ 工资增长

  8. 6 days ago

    英语新闻丨中国电动汽车制造商在美找到立足点

    Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers are finding a foothold in the United States' autonomous-driving market as suppliers of purpose-built vehicle platforms, even as steep tariffs and security restrictions keep Chinese-branded EVs out of US showrooms. 尽管高额关税和安全限制使中国品牌电动汽车无法进入美国展厅,但中国电动汽车制造商正以专用车辆平台供应商的身份,在美国自动驾驶市场找到了立足点。 Since 2024, Chinese new energy vehicle manufacturer Zeekr has shipped more than 3,200 minivan-like CM1e vehicle platforms — including over 2,600 this year — to the US, where Waymo is its only known partner, business magazine Forbes reported, citing data compiled by US research firm ImportGenius. New York-based investment research firm Moffett-Nathanson estimates that Waymo is receiving around 300 units per month.据商业杂志《福布斯》援引美国研究公司ImportGenius汇编的数据报道,自2024年以来,中国新能源汽车制造商极氪已向美国运送了超过3200个类似小型货车的CM1e车辆平台——其中包括今年以来的2600多个——其已知的唯一合作伙伴是Waymo。总部位于纽约的投资研究公司Moffett-Nathanson估计,Waymo每月接收约300辆。 "What Waymo needs is not an ordinary passenger car, but a purpose-built robotaxi platform with a flat floor, low step-in height, sliding doors, ample space and suitability for high-frequency operations," said Zhang Hong, a senior NEV industry expert at the China Automobile Dealers Association.中国汽车流通协会新能源汽车行业高级专家章弘表示:“Waymo需要的不是普通乘用车,而是一款专用机器人出租车平台,要求地板平整、离地间隙低、配备滑动门、空间宽敞,并适合高频运营。” "European and US automakers would struggle to meet such demand at short notice, while China's supply chain can quickly tailor a platform to Waymo's needs," he added.“欧美汽车制造商很难在短时间内满足这样的需求,而中国的供应链可以快速根据Waymo的需求定制平台,”他补充道。 This advantage is reflected in the cost structure. In July, Philipp Kampshoff, McKinsey's global co-leader for automotive and assembly practice, wrote that Chinese automakers are "producing at 30 percent lower bill-of-materials cost and 30 percent lower capital expenditure".这一优势体现在成本结构上。7月,麦肯锡全球汽车与装配业务联合负责人菲利普·坎普肖夫撰文称,中国汽车制造商“在物料清单成本和资本支出方面均低30%”。 Kampshoff added that in addition to the cost advantage, Chinese vehicles are often more technologically advanced than their Western counterparts and favored by younger consumers.坎普肖夫还指出,除了成本优势,中国汽车通常比西方同类产品技术更先进,也更受年轻消费者青睐。 Dense industrial clusters产业集群密集 Zhang, the NEV industry expert, attributed part of that advantage to China's dense industrial clusters, which bring together battery makers, electric-drive suppliers, automakers and engineering teams, thereby accelerating the transition from prototype to mass production.新能源汽车行业专家章弘将这一优势部分归因于中国密集的产业集群——电池制造商、电驱动供应商、整车厂和工程团队汇聚于此,从而加速了从原型车到量产的转化。 For a robotaxi operator expanding into new cities, he said, delivery speed and a platform designed for fleet use may outweigh the tariff bill.他表示,对于向新城市扩张的机器人出租车运营商来说,交付速度和为车队设计的平台可能比关税账单更重要。 The arrangement has survived a sharp increase in US trade barriers. Washington increased the Section 301 tariff on Chinese EVs to 100 percent in September 2024, followed by a separate 25 percent tariff on imported automobiles taking effect in April 2025. Together with the standard 2.5 percent duty on passenger cars, covered China-built EVs can face tariffs of 127.5 percent.这种合作模式经受住了美国贸易壁垒大幅提高的考验。华盛顿于2024年9月将针对中国电动汽车的301条款关税提高至100%,随后于2025年4月对进口汽车单独征收25%的关税。加上乘用车2.5%的标准关税,中国制造的电动汽车面临的总关税可达127.5%。 "Tariffs can keep out some consumer cars, but they cannot block commercial fleets' real demand for mature, low-cost and customizable platforms," Zhang said.“关税可以阻挡部分消费级汽车,但无法阻挡商业车队对成熟、低成本、可定制平台的真实需求,”章弘说。 US security rules have also shaped the division of work. The US Department of Commerce's connected-vehicle rule restricts China-linked vehicle connectivity and automated driving software from model year 2027 onward, while restrictions on covered connectivity hardware will take effect from model year 2030.美国的安全规定也影响了分工。美国商务部关于联网汽车的规定,从2027年车型年起限制与中国相关的车辆联网和自动驾驶软件,而针对联网硬件的限制将从2030年车型年起生效。 In this regard, the imports are not finished robotaxis. Zeekr ships vehicle bodies and chassis without autonomous driving systems. Waymo then installs its sensor and computing system at a factory in Mesa, Arizona, and validates the vehicles for intelligent passenger service.因此,进口的并非成品机器人出租车。极氪运送的是不含自动驾驶系统的车身和底盘。Waymo随后在亚利桑那州梅萨的一家工厂安装其传感器和计算系统,并对车辆进行智能客运服务验证。 "US companies can reduce costs through such cross-border specialization while keeping algorithms, data and operating platforms at home," Zhang said, adding that, more broadly, the model points to continued cooperation in less sensitive manufacturing, even as competition in software and data intensifies.“美国公司可以通过这种跨境专业化降低成本,同时将算法、数据和运营平台留在国内,”章弘说,并补充道,从更广的视角看,这种模式表明,即便在软件和数据领域的竞争加剧,在敏感度较低的制造环节仍会保持合作。 "It (the cooperation pattern) would likely be that China provides the manufacturing backbone and the US controls the intelligent systems, with each side retaining the most critical part of the value chain," he said.“(这种合作模式)很可能是中国提供制造基础,美国控制智能系统,双方各自保留价值链中最关键的部分,”他说。 Warning for Chinese EVs对中国电动汽车的警示 However, Zhang added that the model also carries a warning for Chinese companies: If they remain only hardware suppliers, the higher-margin service revenue and customer relationships still stay with their US partners.然而,章弘补充说,这种模式也给中国企业带来警示:如果它们仅作为硬件供应商,利润率更高的服务收入和客户关系仍掌握在美国合作伙伴手中。 "Auto exports were once judged largely by shipment volumes. But today, the more important question is what enables Chinese automakers to establish a lasting presence after entering an overseas market," said Wu Songquan, a senior expert at the China Automotive Technology and Research Center.中国汽车技术研究中心资深专家吴松泉表示:“汽车出口曾主要以出货量来衡量。但如今,更重要的问题是什么能使中国汽车制造商在进入海外市场后建立持久的市场地位。” "Chinese automakers now face far more than product competition in global markets. They must navigate an entirely new environment shaped by tariffs, regulatory compliance, localization, supply-chain security, data rules and industrial policy," Wu said.“中国汽车制造商现在在全球市场面临的远不止产品竞争。它们必须应对一个由关税、合规监管、本地化、供应链安全、数据规则和产业政策共同塑造的全新环境,”吴松泉说。 autonomous-driving /ɔːˈtɒnəməs ˈdraɪvɪŋ/自动驾驶 purpose-built /ˈpɜːpəs bɪlt/专用定制的 steep tariffs /stiːp ˈtærɪfs/高额关税 higher-margin /haɪə ˈmɑːdʒɪn/利润更高的 shipment volumes /ˈʃɪpmənt ˈvɒljuːmz/出货量 regulatory compliance /ˌreɡjʊlətəri kəmˈplaɪəns/合规监管 localization /ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/本地化

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