Wan Gang, honorary chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology, said viral claims that solid‑state batteries can deliver 10‑minute fast charging and 1,500 km range are an appealing ideal but not achievable now, and that solid‑state batteries could reach industrialization around 2030. He said he currently favors sodium‑ion batteries for commercial vehicles and high‑cold regions because of lower cost and stronger safety characteristics.

Temporal is in talks for a new financing round of about $500m that would more than double its February valuation to at least $12bn. The round has not closed and terms remain subject to change.

China's Cyberspace Administration, MIIT and Ministry of Public Security said the 2026 personal information protection campaign has produced interim results: authorities inspected data-collection/use in more than 20,000 apps and SDKs, pressed 4,000+ to complete compliance fixes, publicly named 1,100+ apps/SDKs for violations and removed or penalized about 400. Targeting unclear data use for advertising and user profiling and lack of personalized-ad opt-outs, regulators audited products from 1,000+ firms and ordered remediation.