China's 2026 Spring Festival Gala made one thing clear: robots have entered mass culture. Unitree robots performed martial arts with children from Tagou Martial Arts School.

China's auto market ended 2025 with production and sales of 34.4 million vehicles and new-energy penetration above 50%.

On the first working day after the Lunar New Year holiday, Chinese automakers set the tone for 2026 in different ways.

China exported 8.32 million vehicles in 2025, a figure that underlined how far the country's car industry has moved from low-cost manufacturing into a central force in global supply.

BMW is entering 2026 with one of its most intensive China product pushes in years.

China's car market opened 2026 without the same visible wave of headline price cuts, but a new form of competition quickly took its place.