The improved humanoid robots participating in this year's Beijing Yizhuang Half Marathon is another example of China's development in sci-tech innovation and new quality productive forces, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Monday.
Guo made the remarks at a regular press briefing in response to a question on the 2026 Beijing Yizhuang Half Marathon featuring humanoid robots which was held on Sunday.
"Compared with last year, humanoid robots participating in this year's race show significant technological progress, which is yet another example of China's development in sci-tech innovation and new quality productive forces. In the field of AI, we advocate open and inclusive development of AI for good and for all. The Chinese side will stay committed to international cooperation, enable common development with the outcomes of sci-tech innovation and deliver benefit to people from all countries," said Guo.
Beijing humanoid robot half-marathon reflects China's new quality productive forces development: spokesman
Beijing humanoid robot half-marathon reflects China's new quality productive forces development: spokesman
A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday slammed Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te over his latest remarks on cross-Strait relations, accusing him of promoting secessionism and escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said in a press release that Lai's speech marking his second anniversary in office was "filled with lies and deception, hostility and confrontation."
Chen accused Lai of stubbornly adhering to a secessionist stance in pursuit of "Taiwan independence," while exaggerating the so-called threats from the mainland and intensifying confrontation across the Strait.
Lai played an old trick of advocating the secessionist agenda on one hand and, on the other, calling insincerely for dialogue and exchanges with the mainland, attempting to mislead people in Taiwan and deceive the international community, he said.
Chen said that these common tricks have been seen through by more and more Taiwanese people. Their deceptive and provocative actions will be met with firm opposition from compatriots on both sides and the international community, and are doomed to fail.
Reaffirming the mainland's position on the Taiwan question, Chen said Taiwan has never been a country, is not one now, and will never become one in the future.
He described the Taiwan question as a historical issue left over from a Chinese civil war in the 1940s.
No election result in Taiwan could alter the fact that Taiwan is part of China or sever the historical and legal bonds linking the two sides of the Strait, according to Chen.
The mainland would never allow any person or force to pursue secessionist activities under any pretext, he added.
Calling secessionists "the chief culprit" who undermines cross-Strait peace, Chen said the mainland would continue to uphold the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus, unite broadly with Taiwan compatriots, combat secessionist activities, and safeguard peace and stability across the Strait.
Central government spokesperson refutes Lai Ching-te's latest remarks, warns against secessionist moves
