China high‑tech investment rose 4.6% YoY in 1H 2026 as venture capital activity recovered. VCs point to AI development as the main driver, with funding accelerating into AI, quantum technologies and compute. Chinese AI startup fundraising in 1H 2026 exceeded CNY300bn, surpassing full‑year 2025. Concentrated inflows have pushed valuations higher and produced a scramble for allocations in the primary market.

Haohua Technology said on its investor platform it has built a multi-product portfolio for AI liquid-cooled servers, including phase-change immersion coolant YL-10, single-phase immersion coolant YL-70, phase-change cold-plate coolant HP-1 and HFC-134a refrigerant. The company said it is developing and stocking additional new coolants to suit downstream applications, and is working with multiple industry-leading customers to advance product validation and commercial rollout.

Ministry of Natural Resources data on Aug. 3 show China’s 1H seagoing ship new contracts, completions and orderbook rose 105.2% YoY, 34.8% and 37.1% respectively; China accounted for 73.9% of global new orders, 55.4% of completions and 63.3% of backlog. Deliveries included more than 40 large vessels — including container ships above 10,000 TEU, ultra-large crude carriers and large LNG carriers. Shipyards report full production schedules, with some orders pushed into 2029 and beyond. High-end deliveries included the world’s first 10,800-car LNG dual-fuel car carrier, the world’s first 24,000-TEU methanol dual-fuel container ship and China’s first 740-TEU pure-electric smart container ship, signalling steady improvement in high-end shipbuilding supply capacity.