The Times reports the UK chancellor said the country must embrace AI and invest in data centres, saying it would deliver a "productivity revolution" and lift pay for ordinary workers.

Guangdong branch of Customs says Jan–Oct combined imports and exports for nine mainland Greater Bay Area cities totaled 9.46 trillion yuan, up 26% YoY and 6 percentage points faster than national foreign trade growth. The region accounted for 21.1% of China’s total imports and exports, up 1 percentage point from a year earlier. Exports were 5.54 trillion yuan, up 15.1%; imports were 3.92 trillion yuan, up 45.4%.

Zhaomin Technology said at a strategy meeting it is expanding its market presence in the humanoid-robot sector and pursuing new clients. Leveraging years of experience in precision molds and specialty engineering plastics (PEEK, PPS) and precision parts manufacturing, the company and customers have jointly developed several new precision components for humanoid robots, which are now being ramped toward mass production.