Global Times today, in reporting on the DeepSeek breakthrough in global IT development, reports on the fact that the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, is emerging as the center of the technology boom in China, and in the world in general. It is the hometown of the Alibaba Group, DeepSeek, and Unitree Robotics, about which they note that its “humanoid robots have taken the center stage at China’s state broadcaster CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala.... Their quadruped robots captured about 60% of the global market share.”
The role of Hangzhou, they report, took off eight years ago, when city officials traveled to the U.S. to invite Han Bicheng, an entrepreneur who had built a business there and was planning to return to China, to establish his company in Hangzhou. Han’s company focuses on brain-computer interface technology. “The government agencies, along with my team, discussed the future development and application of brain-computer interface innovations. The city’s genuine interest and true commitment to innovation, and respect for talent is impressive,” Han told the Global Times on Feb. 11.
