Southeast China's Fujian Province has suspended passenger ferry services, while Guangdong Province has experienced a temperature drop due to storms from the approaching Typhoon Fengshen, the 24th typhoon of the year.
According to the forecast of the Fujian Meteorological Observatory, influenced by both cold air and the outer area of Typhoon Fengshen, the province is facing gale from Sunday to Tuesday, with wind force from 63 km/h to 103 km/h.
For safety considerations, as of 16:00 on Sunday, a total of 55 passenger ferry routes and 120 passenger ferries along the coast of Fujian were suspended, among which four "Mini Three Links" routes between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan were also suspended.
According to the Fujian Maritime Safety Administration, strong winds along the coast of the province will continue in the coming days, with wind speeds reaching above 63 km/h.
According to the Meteorological Bureau of Guangdong Province, the temperature in the province will generally drop by six to ten degrees Celsius from Sunday to Tuesday.
From Tuesday to Thursday, the central and southern counties and cities of Guangdong will experience rainfall, and the province will also be hit by strong winds.
Typhoon Fengshen is expected to move into the eastern waters of the South China Sea around Sunday evening, with its intensity gradually strengthening, local authorities said.
Typhoon Fengshen affects ferry services, cools temperatures in southeast China
The Caixin Robotics Industry Index (RII) was released at the Inaugural AI High-Quality Development Conference held in Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Saturday.
The index, a comprehensive benchmark dedicated to the robotics sector, reached 125.1 last month, up nearly 25 percent from two years ago.
According to Caixin, Beijing topped the city robotics industry index, which measures the share of robotics-related industrial inputs in a city's overall economic inputs.
Nanjing, Xi'an, Hangzhou, and Suzhou also ranked among the top five.
In 2025, China produced more than 770,000 industrial robots and over 18 million service robots, with output expected to continue rising in the years ahead.
The climb of the index comes as robotics has been elevated in China's national planning, underscoring the sector's growing role in industrial transformation and future economic strategy, according to Wang Zhe, senior economist with the Caixin Insight, the compiler of the index.
"The robotics industry was mentioned in both the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), and the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) . Over the past five years, this industry has fully developed. From these two plans, we can see that the position of this sector has been upgraded. Five years ago, robots were just part of manufacturing upgrades, but now and looking ahead to the next five years, robotics, alongside many other emerging industries, is poised to grow into a pillar industry for China," said Wang.
Climb of robot industry index point to industrial growth
