News on China's scientific and technological development.

Kunyuan Instruments delivered its second domestically developed “Sparkle-type” high-resolution Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometer (GDMS) to Suzhou Bofei in early July 2026, just three months after the first unit was handed to Kehui Testing. This milestone marks China’s self-developed GDMS transitioning from initial breakthroughs to large-scale commercialization and mass production.​

The company delivery cycle has stabilized at under 6 months; multiple assembly/debugging stations are running simultaneously, with more units scheduled for H2 2026.Breaks a long-standing foreign monopoly, offering domestic labs, semiconductor fabs, metal producers, and new energy material manufacturers a reliable, cost-effective alternative to imported GDMS systems.

Backed by the “14th Five-Year Plan” National Major Scientific Instrument Project, Kunyuan Instruments will expand production capacity and continuously iterate hardware/software capabilities. The company aims to strengthen end-to-end independent controllability across China’s advanced materials testing industry chain.

MatwingVenus Technology completed a multi-million RMB A++ round of financing, led by Shanghai Guotou Pioneer and others. The funds will be used for the research and development of MatwingVenus™, accelerating the large-scale application and industrialization of AI protein design in fields such as medicine.

Shanghai Tianwu Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Tianwu Technology"), an AI-driven protein R&D platform company, announced the completion of a multi-million RMB A++ round of financing. This round of financing was jointly led by Shanghai Guotou Pioneer and Guotou Innovation, with participation from Jiejie Microfiber , Ningbo Yongyuan Xinglun Junjin Venture Capital, Jinjing Capital, Futeng Capital, and Caixin Capital. Existing shareholders Qiming Venture Partners, Yonghua Investment, GSR Ventures Runpu Medical Fund, Bencao Capital, and Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Fund continued to increase their investments.

This round of financing will be primarily used for the iteration of artificial intelligence technology, including the continuous research and development and iterative upgrades of the company's core product—the "dry and wet closed-loop" protein research intelligent agent MatwingVenus™ (晓鹜™), and to accelerate the large-scale application of AI-driven protein design capabilities in fields such as circular economy, innovative drugs, big health, and medical consumables, further promoting the transformation of AI for Science results from the laboratory to industrialization.

MatwingVenus™ differs from traditional protein research tools. It reshapes the underlying logic of protein design through natural language interaction. Researchers do not need to master complex programming or structural biology skills. They only need to describe their research needs in natural language, and the intelligent agent can complete the entire process from market research and sequence generation to functional design. At the same time, the intelligent agent can also connect to cloud-based automated laboratories to realize sample preparation, purification, and functional testing. Experimental results can be returned to the AI model for optimization and iteration, realizing a " dry and wet closed-loop " full-process research and development.​

Guangdong Hanbang Laser's independently developed metal 3D printing equipment was successfully selected as a typical case in the additive manufacturing equipment category, winning national authoritative recognition and demonstrating the hard power of independent innovation and high-end manufacturing support in China's metal additive manufacturing equipment.

Industrial machine tools are the foundation of high-end manufacturing and a core carrier for cultivating new productivity and strengthening and supplementing the industrial chain. This selection process was rigorous, involving multiple rounds of screening including enterprise application, formal review, expert evaluation, and online public announcement. Only 147 products nationwide were selected, with just over ten additive manufacturing equipment making the list. The selected products represent the pinnacle of innovation in China's equipment industry and are a comprehensive endorsement from the state of their technology, stability, and industrialization capabilities.

The core product selected this time is Hanbang Laser's HBD E800 ultra-large-scale metal additive manufacturing system, with a forming size of 830mm×830mm×1250mm. It can complete the integrated forming of large and complex metal structural parts in one stop, breaking the limitations of traditional equipment in processing ultra-large parts. The equipment is equipped with self-developed "Lightspeed II" beam shaping technology and an independent galvanometer system, combined with a fully self-developed equipment control system and data management software, to achieve efficient multi-laser collaborative printing, taking into account forming accuracy, mass production stability and full-process digital traceability. The part density exceeds 99.99%, and it can be adapted to high-precision, high-volume continuous production scenarios.​

Leveraging its core technological advantages, the HBD E800 has achieved large-scale deployment across multiple industries. In the aerospace field, it can manufacture rocket engine thrust chambers, turbopumps, and large aerodynamic components. The integrated molding eliminates the need for multi-section welding, removes the risk of weld leakage, and significantly improves the thrust-to-weight ratio. In the new energy vehicle field, it can print integrated lightweight vehicle frames and heat dissipation components, achieving a 20% weight reduction without changing mechanical properties, thus optimizing the overall vehicle lightweighting and driving performance. At the same time, it widely covers industrial scenarios such as hydrogen energy and high-end equipment radiators, accelerating the import substitution process for high-end metal components.​