任正非、梁文锋、王兴兴等多位中国人入选！

Ren Zhengfei doesn't fear reinvention. The former military engineer, who grew up hungry as one of seven children in a dirt-poor family living in China's impoverished central province of Guizhou, founded Huawei in 1987 as a humble reseller of Hong Kong-made telephone switches. Before long, the firm moved into developing its own telecom equipment, cell phones, and laptops — and later cloud computing and even EVs.

任正非从不惧怕“推倒重来”。这位出身于贵州贫困山区、在七个兄妹中长大的前军队工程师，于1987年创办了华为。那时的华为还只是一家转卖香港生产电话交换机的小公司。很快，华为就开始研发自己的通信设备、手机和笔记本电脑，之后又进入云计算领域，甚至涉足新能源汽车。

Today, Ren leads one of the most consequential AI powerhouses on the planet. Huawei's new Ascend 910C AI chip now reportedly achieves up to 60 percent of performance in inference tasks when compared to Nvidia's latest H100 AI-powered chips, recasting the firm as central to China's attempts to challenge US tech dominance. Huawei also boasts the CloudMatrix 384, a China-based AI system built using domestic chipsets, and its own Harmony operating system. Despite being subject to strict US sanctions, Huawei reported revenue of more than $118 billion in 2024, a 22.4 percent year-on-year rise.

如今，他领导的华为已成为全球最具影响力的人工智能企业之一。最新推出的昇腾910C AI芯片，据称在推理任务中能达到英伟达最新H100芯片约六成的性能，让华为成为中国挑战美国科技霸主地位的核心力量。华为还打造了基于国产芯片的本土AI系统“CloudMatrix 384”，并有自主研发的鸿蒙操作系统。尽管长期遭受美国严厉制裁，华为在2024年依然实现了超过1180亿美元的营收，同比增长22.4%。

On Jan 20, Chinese AI startup DeepSeek released R1, the first open-weight model that challenged rival OpenAI's then-newest release. (Unlike closed models favored by top US firms, an open-weight model's parameters, known as weights, can be accessed publicly.) 

1月20日，中国AI创业公司DeepSeek发布了R1，这是第一个对标OpenAI最新产品的开放权重模型。（不同于美国大厂偏好的封闭式模型，开放权重意味着参数对外公开。）

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Headlines seized upon DeepSeek's modest $6 million training cost, casting doubt on mega-projects like OpenAI's $500 billion development venture known as Project Stargate. Frantic investors dumped shares of Nvidia and American tech stocks, driving a brief but astounding $1 trillion market drop. Meta and OpenAI would later capitalize on the panic, urging the White House to block state-level AI regulations and approve training on copyrighted material.

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When dozens of robots danced in perfect synchrony on China's most-watched TV show in January, it was a star turn for their maker, Unitree Robotics. But founder and CEO Wang Xingxing sees less flashy, more useful possibilities on the horizon. "Our hope is that robots will truly help people in all aspects of life — whether in households, industrial scenarios, or agricultural environments," he tells TIME.

今年1月，中国最受关注的春晚舞台上，几十台机器人整齐起舞，制造商宇树机器人因此走入公众视野。但对创始人兼CEO王兴兴来说，比起这种“亮相”，他更看重的是机器人未来在日常生活中的实用价值。“我们希望机器人能真正帮助人类，无论是在家庭、工厂，还是农田里。”他在接受《时代》采访时说。

Unitree claims to control two-thirds of the market share for robot dogs and have the bestselling humanoid on the globe. Its affordable and durable bots have made them popular among roboticists outside China, with 50 percent of the company's sales coming from abroad. "The fewer parts a product has and the simpler its structure, the easier it is to produce, and the stronger and more durable it will be," Xingxing says. His focus on simplicity, he adds, was forged when, as a first-year university student, he built his first robot on a shoestring budget.

宇树称自己占据了全球三分之二的机器狗市场，还推出了销量最高的人形机器人。因为价格亲民、耐用度高，宇树的产品在海外科研人员中很受欢迎，公司一半的销售额来自国外。“零件越少、结构越简单，生产越容易，产品也更结实。”王兴兴说。他解释，这种理念源于大学一年级时，当时他几乎没什么资金，却拼出了人生第一台机器人。

While Xingxing says Unitree is a hardware company at its core, he believes progress in AI will allow robots to tackle more tasks without preprogramming, such as cleaning a room they have never seen before. "To truly put AI to work and help solve real-world problems for humanity, we need robotics," he says. "That's why I believe AI and robotics are inseparable."

虽然王兴兴认为宇树的根本仍是硬件公司，但他相信AI的进步将让机器人能够在无需预先编程的情况下完成更多任务，比如能打扫一间从未见过的房间。“要让AI真正落地，解决现实问题，就必须有机器人。”他说，“这也是我坚信AI和机器人密不可分的原因。”