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2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference Opens - Beijing

A robot performance is staged during the opening ceremony of the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference in Beijing, capital of China, March 27, 2025. The opening ceremony of the event was held here on Thursday. Themed "New Quality Productive Forces and Global Technology Cooperation," this year's annual conference of the forum comprises five major sections, including meetings and technology trading. It provides new ideas and insights for global innovative development in large AI models, embodied intelligence, quantum technology, biomedicine, 6G, brain-computer interfaces, and other frontier areas in 128 events. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference Opens - Beijing

A participant plays chess with a robot during the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference in Beijing, capital of China, March 27, 2025. The opening ceremony of the event was held here on Thursday. Themed "New Quality Productive Forces and Global Technology Cooperation," this year's annual conference of the forum comprises five major sections, including meetings and technology trading. It provides new ideas and insights for global innovative development in large AI models, embodied intelligence, quantum technology, biomedicine, 6G, brain-computer interfaces, and other frontier areas in 128 events. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference Opens - Beijing

People learn about a bionic humanoid robot at the Zhongguancun International Innovation Center during the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference in Beijing, capital of China, March 27, 2025. The opening ceremony of the event was held here on Thursday. Themed "New Quality Productive Forces and Global Technology Cooperation," this year's annual conference of the forum comprises five major sections, including meetings and technology trading. It provides new ideas and insights for global innovative development in large AI models, embodied intelligence, quantum technology, biomedicine, 6G, brain-computer interfaces, and other frontier areas in 128 events. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference Opens - Beijing

A participant shakes hands with a robot during the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference in Beijing, capital of China, March 27, 2025. The opening ceremony of the event was held here on Thursday. Themed "New Quality Productive Forces and Global Technology Cooperation," this year's annual conference of the forum comprises five major sections, including meetings and technology trading. It provides new ideas and insights for global innovative development in large AI models, embodied intelligence, quantum technology, biomedicine, 6G, brain-computer interfaces, and other frontier areas in 128 events. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-CHINA-EURASIA EXPO-EXHIBITS (CN)

(240701) -- URUMQI, July 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Visitors learn about power facility models at the 8th China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 27, 2024. Themed "New Opportunities of Silk Road, New Vitality for Eurasian Cooperation," the five-day expo that opened on June 26 has drawn over 1,900 participants from 50 countries, regions and international organizations, showcasing over 6,000 varieties of products. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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Sony to release new Alpha 700 digital SLR camera in November

TOKYO, Japan - Models pose with Sony Corp.'s new digital single-lens reflex camera Alpha 700 during a presentation in Tokyo on Sept. 6. The Alpha 700 is equipped with a newly developed 12.24-megapixel CMOS sensor, called Exmor, enabling users to capture sharp images at around five frames per second.

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KDDI unveils 'au' 2012 summer line

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold new models of ''au'' communication devices including the Urbano Progresso smartphone (2nd from L, front) in Tokyo on May 15, 2012, as KDDI Corp., the provider of the au cellphone service, unveils its 2012 summer line comprising five smartphone models and three conventional cellphone models.

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NTT DoCoMo unveils 5 handsets with 2 phone numbers apiece

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. unveils five new mobile handset models featuring the capability to communicate with phone partners via two different dial numbers and as many e-mail addresses apiece at a press conference in Tokyo on April 23. The handsets, which will hit store shelves from May to June, also brandish the capability to download any number of songs via the Internet for a fixed monthly fee.

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Sony to release new digital Walkman music players, stereo sets

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. will start releasing on Oct. 21 five types of new digital Walkman music players and three types of component stereos that enable music to be download from an online service without the need to use a personal computer. The features of the new Walkman models include reduced distortion of low-pitch sounds and improved functions to reduce exterior noise levels.

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Sony unveils new Walkman that 'evolves' to suit users' taste

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said Sept. 8 it will release five new palm-size digital Walkman models that ''evolves'' in accordance with listeners' preference of music. The new Walkman A series, to be put on the Japanese market Nov. 19, is equipped with functions to learn users' taste in music. The five new models, including a 20-gigabyte one capable of storing up to 13,000 songs, are expected to be available for 30,000 to 35,000 yen.

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(2)NTT DoCoMo to launch 5 new 3G FOMA mobile phone models

TOKYO, Japan - Five new models for the 901i series of 3G FOMA mobile phone handsets unveiled by NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Nov. 17 feature an enhanced audio system. The company will market one model, the SH901iC, in Japan on Nov. 26 with other models to follow. The new series features a surround-type 3D audio system for ringing-tones, i-appli games and other applications, with twin speakers, NTT DoCoMo.

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Toyota unveils new multipurpose vehicle produced in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled on Sept. 1 what it calls an ''Innovative International Multipurpose Vehicle'' produced at its Karawang plant in West Java. The new vehicle, called the Kijang Innova (photo), is powered by either a 2.0-liter gasoline engine or a 2.5-liter diesel engine. The Kijang Innova is one of five multipurpose models developed by Toyota for production mainly in Indonesia, Thailand, Argentina and South Africa, the automaker said.

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Toyota launches pickup plant in Thailand

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. said on Aug. 25 it has begun producing and selling a new pickup truck in Thailand, the first step in the automaker's plan to build a global supply network. The new pickup, the Hilux VIGO (photo), is the first of five newly developed models to be produced in four countries -- Thailand, Indonesia, South Africa and Argentina -- in an investment worth about 150 billion yen. The five models -- three pickup trucks, a minivan and a sport-utility vehicle -- will be sold in more than 140 countries outside Japan and North America.

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Nissan to launch 5 new model cars in Mexico by early 2004

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Nissan Motor Co. will launch five new model cars in Mexico by early next year in an effort to maintain its share in the local market. Nissan officials said May 29 the five models will include the sport-utility vehicles Murano (photo) and Pathfinder Armada, and the pick-up truck Titan.

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Mazda puts new Mazda Atenza midsize car on market

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. on May 20 introduced to the market a new midsize car, the Mazda Atenza, featuring low fuel consumption and emissions. The Mazda Atenza went on sale in two models -- a five-door ''SPORT'' model, which is priced between 2 million yen and 2.3 million yen, and a four-door ''SEDAN'' model priced between 1.8 million yen and 2.36 million yen. The new model is available with a newly developed 2300-cc four-cylinder DOHC engine or a newly developed 2000-cc four-cylinder engine.

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Audi FAW NEV project breaks ground in NE China

STORY: Audi FAW NEV project breaks ground in NE China DATELINE: June 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. various of manufacture of vehicles STORYLINE: Audi FAW new-energy vehicle (NEV) project broke ground on Tuesday in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province. The joint venture project, with an investment of over 30 billion yuan (about 4.5 billion U.S. dollars), is designed to have an annual production capacity of 150,000 vehicles. The facility, Audi's first production base specifically for purely electric vehicles in China, is expected to be completed and go into operation at the end of 2024. It will firstly produce high-end models of the A6 e-tron and Q6 e-tron. Audi holds a majority stake in the NEV joint venture with major Chinese automaker FAW. The new project came as German luxury carmaker Audi AG seeks to cash in on China's fast-growing NEV market, analysts said. In the first five months of this yea

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Toyota launches pickup plant in Thailand

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. said on Aug. 25 it has begun producing and selling a new pickup truck in Thailand, the first step in the automaker's plan to build a global supply network. The new pickup, the Hilux VIGO (photo), is the first of five newly developed models to be produced in four countries -- Thailand, Indonesia, South Africa and Argentina -- in an investment worth about 150 billion yen. The five models -- three pickup trucks, a minivan and a sport-utility vehicle -- will be sold in more than 140 countries outside Japan and North America. (Kyodo)

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Toyota unveils new multipurpose vehicle produced in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled on Sept. 1 what it calls an ''Innovative International Multipurpose Vehicle'' produced at its Karawang plant in West Java. The new vehicle, called the Kijang Innova (photo), is powered by either a 2.0-liter gasoline engine or a 2.5-liter diesel engine. The Kijang Innova is one of five multipurpose models developed by Toyota for production mainly in Indonesia, Thailand, Argentina and South Africa, the automaker said.

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(2)NTT DoCoMo to launch 5 new 3G FOMA mobile phone models

TOKYO, Japan - Five new models for the 901i series of 3G FOMA mobile phone handsets unveiled by NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Nov. 17 feature an enhanced audio system. The company will market one model, the SH901iC, in Japan on Nov. 26 with other models to follow. The new series features a surround-type 3D audio system for ringing-tones, i-appli games and other applications, with twin speakers, NTT DoCoMo. (Kyodo)

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NTT DoCoMo unveils 5 handsets with 2 phone numbers apiece

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. unveils five new mobile handset models featuring the capability to communicate with phone partners via two different dial numbers and as many e-mail addresses apiece at a press conference in Tokyo on April 23. The handsets, which will hit store shelves from May to June, also brandish the capability to download any number of songs via the Internet for a fixed monthly fee. (Kyodo)

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Mazda releases refurbished Premacy minivan

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. has released a refurbished Premacy minivan (photo) that features a new frontal design, a choice of 11 body colors, and five-speed automatic transmission for all models. Retail price in Japan begins at 1,768,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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Sony unveils new Walkman that 'evolves' to suit users' taste

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said Sept. 8 it will release five new palm-size digital Walkman models that ''evolves'' in accordance with listeners' preference of music. The new Walkman A series, to be put on the Japanese market Nov. 19, is equipped with functions to learn users' taste in music. The five new models, including a 20-gigabyte one capable of storing up to 13,000 songs, are expected to be available for 30,000 to 35,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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Sony to release new Alpha 700 digital SLR camera in November

TOKYO, Japan - Models pose with Sony Corp.'s new digital single-lens reflex camera Alpha 700 during a presentation in Tokyo on Sept. 6. The Alpha 700 is equipped with a newly developed 12.24-megapixel CMOS sensor, called Exmor, enabling users to capture sharp images at around five frames per second. (Kyodo)

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Sony to release new digital Walkman music players, stereo sets

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. will start releasing on Oct. 21 five types of new digital Walkman music players and three types of component stereos that enable music to be download from an online service without the need to use a personal computer. The features of the new Walkman models include reduced distortion of low-pitch sounds and improved functions to reduce exterior noise levels. (Kyodo)

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KDDI unveils 'au' 2012 summer line

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold new models of ''au'' communication devices including the Urbano Progresso smartphone (2nd from L, front) in Tokyo on May 15, 2012, as KDDI Corp., the provider of the au cellphone service, unveils its 2012 summer line comprising five smartphone models and three conventional cellphone models. (Kyodo)

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Production of Honda motorbike shifts back to Japan from China

Honda Motor Co. President Takahiro Hachigo poses with new Super Cup motorcycle models at the company's factory in Otsu in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 19, 2017. Honda announced the same day that its Super Cub production has shifted back to Japan after five years as wages are rising in China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan to launch 5 new model cars in Mexico by early 2004

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Nissan Motor Co. will launch five new model cars in Mexico by early next year in an effort to maintain its share in the local market. Nissan officials said May 29 the five models will include the sport-utility vehicles Murano (photo) and Pathfinder Armada, and the pick-up truck Titan. (Kyodo)