CGTN: Why Xi Jinping chose a Beijing tech hub for his first domestic tour in 2026
CGTN published an article on why Chinese President Xi Jinping chose a tech hub in Beijing’s Yizhuang for his first domestic inspection tour in 2026. Using Yizhuang as a focal point, the article highlights China’s broader national strategy to build world-class science and technology innovation centers while linking these efforts to major recent breakthroughs and the positioning of innovation as the central engine of development at the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
When runners set off alongside humanoid robots in a half-marathon in Beijing’s Yizhuang area in April last year, the finish line was not a stadium or a public square, but a national information technology innovation park.
The race, the first in the world to feature humans and humanoid robots competing on the same c...