Tech China Post #118

Eric Schmidt, Martin Lau of Tencent, Jean Liu of Didi, and David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group discuss technology and innovation in China.(link)

China Science Fiction Research Institute has opened in Chengdu. It is the first institute dedicated to science fiction research to a growing sci-fi industry in China. The Institute will also publish the China Science Fiction Review. (link)

Self-driving startup WeRide will start trial in Guangzhou. WeRide is partly backed by Nissan. (link)

China’s Internet Is Flowering by The New York Times Magazine.

Samsung Electronics is investing additional $8 billion in a Chinese chip plant to meet demand of Chinese smartphone manufacturers and Foxconn. (link)

China Standard Software (CS2C) and Tianjin Kylin Information (TKC) are two of the largest software makers in China. Both have created local computing operating systems for the domestic market including government customers. Two companies are now teaming together to create a joint operating system. (link)

China’s robo flying taxi EHang listed on Nasdaq, raising approximately $40 million. (link)

Y Combinator closed its YC China operations after a year in China. (link)