Huawei Technologies Co unveiled a new version of its self-developed operating system HarmonyOS on Thursday, as the Chinese tech company speeds up efforts to cut reliance on foreign technologies and build an indigenous software ecosystem amid US government restrictions.

华为技术公司（Huawei Technologies Co）周四发布了其自主开发的操作系统HarmonyOS的新版本，这家中国科技公司在美国政府的限制下加快了对外国技术的依赖，并建立了一个本土软件生态系统。

This is why we are constantly joining hands with indigenous companies, to create a better biopharmaceutical ecosystem," said Sean Shan, senior vice-president of Takeda and president of Takeda China.

这就是为什么我们不断与本土公司联手，创造一个更好的生物制药生态系统，”武田高级副总裁兼武田中国总裁Sean Shan表示。

Noting that the high-tech manufacturing sector has become an important driver for China's economic growth, Li called for Chinese enterprises to continuously pool more resources into indigenous R&D, achieve breakthroughs in key technologies and enhance self-independent innovation capacities.

李指出，高技术制造业已成为中国经济增长的重要驱动力，他呼吁中国企业继续将更多资源投入本土研发，实现关键技术突破，提高自主创新能力。

We have to beef up our indigenous R&D push. "

我们必须加大本土研发力度。"

There were no indigenous home appliance brands in Australia and most of the products are dependent on imports," said Zhang Xifeng, managing director of Hisense Australia Pty Ltd, adding the company started as an OEM or original equipment manufacturer at the early stage, but determined to establish self-owned brands in an attempt to enhance its core competitiveness.

海信澳大利亚有限公司董事总经理张熙凤表示：“澳大利亚没有本土家电品牌，大部分产品依赖进口。

E-commerce is also a focus, with Lululemon on track to partner with local e-commerce giant JD on top of its existing Tmall store, further tap into social commerce through WeChat mini programs and develop its indigenous Chinese website.

电子商务也是一个焦点，Lululemon有望在其现有天猫店的基础上与当地电子商务巨头京东合作，通过微信小程序进一步进军社交商务，并开发其本土中文网站。

WeChat, the all-in-one messaging app with over 1 billion users, is doubling down on its indigenous short video platform, leveraging synergies across other functionalities within the WeChat ecosystem.

微信是一款拥有超过10亿用户的一体式消息应用，它正在加倍开发其本土短视频平台，利用微信生态系统中其他功能的协同作用。

Agricultural products are among the many categories where Chinese producers earn diminished profits due to a lack of well-known indigenous brands.

Shanghai-based Jala Group will strive to make more indigenous innovation in skincare and cosmetics technologies, as its products reach the space as part of the skincare regimen for a female astronaut in China’s latest space mission on Saturday.

The nation has been stepping up its efforts to achieve key technological breakthroughs and boost indigenous innovation.

Do you see your company playing a key role in fostering healthy international cooperation and in supporting the country's indigenous research and development efforts?

Such businesses view the country as a "too-big-to-miss" market bolstering global growth and also as fertile soil to foster indigenous innovation to keep the nation and themselves afloat.

With fostering indigenous IP at its core, the internet giant is expecting to build a prototype of its own "content universe", said Edward Cheng, vice-president of Tencent.

With fostering indigenous IP as its core, the internet giant is expecting to build a prototype of its own 'content universe', similar to that of Walt Disney's Marvel Studios, said Edward Cheng, vice-president of Tencent.

ByteDance clarified on Monday it would still hold a majority stake in short video app TikTok and keep indigenous technologies, such as algorithms, amid speculation on the company's fate in the light of a multiparty settlement in the United States.

Ant said it holds 26 indigenous core technology products, 18 international and national awards for key technologies, and some 26,000 patents or patent applications across 40 countries and regions, spanning multiple technology realms from artificial intelligence, risk control, security to blockchain and robot advisory services.

The newly-established company, named after its indigenous database product OceanBase, is eyeing to serve over 10,000 enterprise clients over the next three years, the company said in a press release.

The company said the compulsory presale coupons for the trial were snapped up within an hour of launch in Shanghai via KFC's indigenous mobile app, indicating a strong enthusiasm.

DingTalk, Alibaba's indigenous remote work tool, has helped major manufacturing companies resume operations, including China Gas Holdings, FAW Group as well as Dongfeng Honda.

"And they have shifted from buying for the brand per se to delving into the intrinsic value through indigenous researches and the consequent deeper understanding of its propositions," he noted.

An overarching goal is to raise their average occupancy rate by 10 percent, said Zhuang Hai, who oversees the initiative and also heads the FlyZoo Future Hotel, Alibaba's indigenous, tech-driven hospitality prototype.

Hema Fresh, the new retail chain of internet giant Alibaba Group, is looking to cultivate and brand its indigenous strawberries through a collaboration with Chinese conglomerate Sinochem.

Almost four years in the making, Hema has seen indigenous brands claim over 10 percent of its ever-expanding product portfolio, the company said in October.

In other words, competition against indigenous brands was not at parity or premium prices.

Using its indigenous platforms backed by algorithms, cloud structures and blockchain technologies, Huifu Information stands to streamline a number of administrative processes such as fund-valuation calculation and outsourcing registration.

Certain Philips Lighting products operated by Signify are expected to be connected to Tmall Genie, Tmall's indigenous smart speaker and the suite of artificial intelligence solutions, by the end of this year.

Powered by its indigenous driving monitor system, the solution is capable of recognizing driver identity, fatigue level, distraction level and gives appropriate alerts to ensure safe driving.

Following the Libra announcement, Alipay told China Daily it will take a "precautionary but open approach" toward Libra, and emphasized the profound indigenous research and the wealth of technological reserves it possesses in blockchain.

A zinc producer in Australia's far north is set to hire a workforce made up of 50 percent indigenous staff, after a landmark joint partnership agreement was reached with the local aboriginal community.

Although a beautiful landscape with such isolation, many indigenous communities nearby have experienced high levels of unemployment and a significant amount of social disadvantage.

"But as well as a commitment to employing members of the indigenous community with a 50 percent target, Goodwin said the agreement actually goes one step further.

Huawei Technologies Co assured the public on Wednesday that its indigenous fifth generation technologies and solutions are "not at all impacted by the ongoing sanction" from Washington, and the company guarantees timely delivery for customers who have signed or are preparing to sign 5G procurement contracts.

The arrival of indigenous pasteurized milk came over a year after Fonterra launched a co-branded offering with Alibaba's Hema Fresh market, indicating the company's optimism and ambition to capitalize on the fresh milk segment, according to industry experts.

Amid such robust demand, China's indigenous chip sector is working hard to beef up its capability.

"China is a huge market and the indigenous providers will be far stronger than any new entrants could be for many years to come.

Already, China has seen a number of homegrown cutting-edge products and services, including high-speed railways, indigenous social networking platform WeChat and independent space exploration.

CGN first entered the UK market in 2016 when it signed a deal with French company EDF to jointly invest in three nuclear plants - Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C and Bradwell B. CGN is only a minority investor in Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C but according to the original deal, will be the majority investor in Bradwell B, which is also the only plant to use indigenous Chinese nuclear technology, the HPR1000.

For instance, it has developed an indigenous AI medical image product called Miying which can help doctors screen certain cancers with a considerably high precision rate.

He said Alibaba's food units, which also include the indigenous data-backed supermarket chain Hema Fresh, are "complementary to each other and there is strategic logic to merging them into one platform to compete with Meituan-Dianping".

The company plans to launch its first indigenous AI interference chip - AliNPU - in the second half of 2019, Chief Technology Officer Zhang Jianfeng told its annual cloud computing conference in Hangzhou.

The company plans to launch its first indigenous AI interference chip - 'AliNPU' - in the second half of 2019, Chief Technology Officer Zhang Jianfeng said at Alibaba's annual cloud computing conference in Hangzhou.

The company now owns 40 stock keeping units under its indigenous seafood program called Difresco.

China is looking to enhance its soft power and global influence with the three-day Exposition on China's Indigenous Brands that commenced in Shanghai on Thursday.

Steven Zhu, an analyst with market research firm Pacific Epoch, said that while the deal could put a drag on margins, there are a lot of synergies Alibaba can leverage, especially with its indigenous dining review service Koubei.

By launching indigenous services and acquiring foreign startups from musical.

Steven Zhu, an analyst with market research firm Pacific Epoch, said that while the deal could create a drag on margins, there are a lot of synergies Alibaba can leverage, especially with its indigenous dining review service Koubei.

The deposit waiver threshold is set at 650 in Sesame Score, an indigenous credit-rating system developed by Ant Financial.

"This is clear evidence of the capabilities and quality of China's research and development community, and our commitment to developing this indigenous capability," he said during a visit to southern China's Guangdong province.

Earlier this year CGN also put the Chinese indigenous Hua-long Pressurized Reactor 1000 nuclear technology, also known as HPR1000, before the UK's nuclear regulator for review.

Bradwell will be built with indigenous Chinese third generation nuclear technology known as Hua-long Pressurized Reactor 1000 or HPR1000, with support from the French energy group.

Britain's only indigenous bespoke trombone manufacturer has enlisted an overseas trade company to advise on entering the Chinese market.

Bradwell will be built with indigenous Chinese third generation nuclear technology -Hua-long Pressurized Reactor 1000 (also known as HPR1000)-- with support from EDF.

Apart from its indigenous site and app, Yiguo also cooperates with Tmall Supermarket－a unit selling mostly fast-moving consumer goods－by carrying out daily operations of its fresh produce offerings.

NAIROBI — Chinese electronic payment platform Alipay plans to enter the Kenyan market as an indigenous company, where it would create a payment platform for companies operating in the East African region's largest economy, the company's founder Jack Ma said on Thursday.

[Photo/Agencies]Ant Financial Services Group announced on Wednesday that it will allow third-party financial institutions to set up virtual shops through an indigenous app, another push to vie for supremacy in the country's booming online financial sector.

Alibaba is branching out overseas, having securing 80 million annual active users outside China via its indigenous foreign marketplace AliExpress and Lazada Group, the Southeast Asian e-commerce group it acquired last year.

The company had also branchedout overseasand secured 80 million annual active users outside of China via its indigenous foreign marketplace,Ali Express and Lazada Group, which had been acquired by the Southeast Asian e-commerce group last year.

Our long history of collaboration has helped to drive forward China's indigenous innovation," said Wu Jiang, executive vice-president of Tongji University.

Malaysian merchants are set to accept the use of Alipay, China's indigenous mobile wallet, in stores around the country this month, as announced by parent company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Friday.

[Photo/Agencies]Caterpillar Inc will continue to facilitate Chinese indigenous partners on projects along the Belt and Road economies, said one of its top executives.

In the face of increasingly fierce competition, Wu called for heightened efforts to double down on indigenous innovation to make core technological breakthroughs in key fields and expand the industrial application scenarios of leading technologies.

The forum has brought together more than 150 representatives of sustainable businesses, private organizations including charities and indigenous groups, and young peoples' and women's groups from APEC economies.

Key topics being discussed at the forum, which runs in San Francisco through Monday, include community-level actions, transition experiences of indigenous people, voices of youth, public-private partnerships and innovative low-carbon solutions that are inclusive.

Xu called for more detailed steps to further encourage private investment in high-tech and equipment manufacturing sectors, strengthen financial assistance to private investment projects, improve policies for tax and fee reductions, and enhance enterprises' indigenous innovation capacities in core technologies in key fields.

They called for greater efforts to promote indigenous innovation capabilities for breakthroughs in crucial technologies, including digital technologies, and to bolster industrial upgrade and high-quality economic development.

China's latest push to facilitate the development of platform companies will motivate Chinese entrepreneurs to double down on indigenous innovation to achieve breakthroughs in crucial technologies, shore up market confidence and inject strong impetus into the country's economic recovery, experts and company executives said.

Over the years, Chinese enterprises have been making efforts to pursue high-quality development and pave the way for indigenous brands to reach the world stage.

It will encourage scientists, entrepreneurs and others to double down on the pursuit of indigenous innovation, which is expected to boost the country's drive for high-quality development.

"We've already noticed this policy shift from 'license-in' and repeated development to favoring indigenous innovation and R&D capabilities," said Lu, who had been engaged in the Chinese and US biopharma markets before starting the business in Shanghai.

In recent years, the Chinese government has sought to shift the focus from improving IP quantity to quality, in an effort to boost true indigenous innovation.

"It's the only project that remunerates the indigenous communities, who own the land where the solar park is located.

China needs indigenous innovation if it is to escape from the middle-income trap, yet sorely relying on the dynamism of its own society may not be sufficient for achieving high-value innovation, said Phelps, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics and a professor at Columbia University.

During the period, China will host an international forum on China brand development and an expo on China indigenous brands, Xia said, adding the events will also help to guide local governments to organize activities to create distinctive brands.

Investments in advanced electronics and artificial intelligence will allow China to transition to indigenous innovation instead of being a technological follower.

"It will also have succeeded in shifting from imported to indigenous innovation－drawing less on the technologies of others and more on those developed at home.

Superficially, the focus on developing indigenous technological capabilities may seem to be driven by US moves to limit technology transfers.

Pan called for efforts to beef up research and development investments and tackle bottleneck issues in core technologies in fields such as basic materials and software, precision components and integrated circuits, in order to reinforce the country's indigenous innovation capabilities.

"Yao said that through partnerships with indigenous telecom firms, China Unicom has been involved in the launch of technologies crucial for digitizing Africa including satellites and fifth-generation mobile networks (5G).

Zhang Jin, president of Siasun Robot & Automation Co, one of China's largest robotics firms, said the company will continue to increase investment in research and development, enhance indigenous innovation capabilities and expand its presence in the automobile manufacturing, semiconductor and new energy sectors.

The high-tech manufacturing sector has become an important driver of China's economic growth, said Li Dongsheng, founder and chairman of consumer electronics maker TCL Technology Group Corp. Li urged Chinese enterprises to continuously pool more resources into indigenous R&D, achieve breakthroughs in key technologies and enhance self-independent innovation capacities.

"In the long run, the move will push Chinese enterprises to step up indigenous innovation efforts, ensure the security of industrial and supply chains, and promote technological innovation and industrial upgrade," he added.

One of the early pioneers of indigenous central processing units, or CPUs, for computers in China told me: "We missed an era in semiconductors and we must have a rational take on the time gap.

China aims to have its production capacity of indigenous resources exceed 4.6 billion tons of standard coal by 2025, versus its 4.41 billion target for this year, the NEA said.

Horizon Robotics will step up efforts to push for indigenous innovation, Yu said.

But more enterprising endeavors are aimed at building an indigenous healthcare service system or empowering the existing medical system through technologies.

SMIC noted the global shortage of chips and strong demand for local and indigenous manufacturing brought the company a rare opportunity.

"It is ridiculous and vicious that the US imposed sanctions and restrictions on Chinese tech companies, while it stepped up support to spur its indigenous chip making industry," Xiang said.

"Agricultural products are among the many categories where Chinese producers earn diminished profits due to a lack of well-known indigenous brands.

"This year, Luo's speech touched upon a wide spectrum of issues and new perspectives like understanding China's social fabric, tackling the pandemic and handling hardship and potential of indigenous R&D of key technologies.

"Chinese customers are looking for healthy, vibrant, segmented and functional items when they choose their dining options," said Ling Jin, director of market development China ingredients at Fonterra China, adding the company has developed two indigenous, patented probiotics that can be used in future product co-creations.

Robson, a cross-border trader, came to the CIIE to find buyers for 8 metric tons of honey produced from the flowers of an indigenous tree, Julbernardia, in Miombo Forest in northwestern Zambia.

Last month, Xiaohongshu unveiled a string of supportive measures to bolster the development of notably indigenous brands, including zero entrance fee, online traffic funneling, as well as connecting merchants with influencers with sizable followers.

More marketing dollars will likely flow into so-called private online domains such as indigenous online stores and virtual followers' clubs.

Among them, many were indigenous products from Xinjiang.

There are two prevailing models for brands to conduct livestreaming: working with influencers (or better known as KOLs in China's internet lingo), and grooming indigenous hosts, Zhao from Taobao Live noted.

The platform is also enriched by over 730,000 original content curators who submit 2.08 million indigenous videos accounting for 89 percent of the total videos being played.

Following the forum was the second Exposition on China Indigenous Brands, which will last from Friday to Sunday.

The team might also recommend modifying the line's route to avoid disturbing an indigenous community in the area, in keeping with norms established by the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI).

Among the group of visitors were some indigenous women.

"China has been developing its own indigenous technologies, drawing on its experience with a wide variety of imported foreign models, as it does in many other high technology sectors," Findlay said.