China's 'LineShine' declared world's fastest supercomputer at Hamburg conference

Chinese supercomputer LineShine has been officially declared the world's most powerful supercomputer on the global TOP500 list, marking China's return to the global supercomputing crown in nearly a decade.

The rankings were announced Tuesday at the ongoing International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) High Performance 2026 held in Hamburg, Germany, a major European conference and exhibition for the high-performance computing community.

Located at the National Supercomputing Center in south China's tech hub Shenzhen, LineShine outranked the U.S. system El Capitan as the world's most powerful supercomputer as measured by the High Performance Linpack (HPL) benchmark.

LineShine achieved 2.198 Exaflop/s on HPL, making it the first system on the TOP500 to exceed two exaflops of sustained double-precision performance, while El Capitan dropped to the second place with its performance at 1.809 Exaflop/s.

LineShine's crowning as the world's fastest supercomputer comes after the previous landmark Chinese supercomputer Sunway TaihuLight gained the title in 2017.

Running from Monday to Friday, this year's conference has gathered more than 3,400 participants, including scientists, engineers, technology providers, infrastructure specialists, and policymakers to discuss the latest developments in artificial intelligence, quantum technologies and supercomputing, according to a press release of the organizers.

The ISC 2026 exhibition has brought together 188 exhibitors from around the world, including Chinese technology companies such as Sugon, Huawei and Lenovo, according to the press release.

China's 'LineShine' declared world's fastest supercomputer at Hamburg conference

Foreign passenger traffic from APEC member economies at Shenzhen Airport hit a historic high of 1.25 million in the first ten months of this year, local border inspection authorities said on Monday, as the city prepares to host the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting later this month.

The 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting will be held in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, from November 18 to 19, with preparations in the final stretch.

As the meeting approaches, the airport port is seeing another surge in passenger flow, with international flights from APEC member economies including South Korea, Mexico and Malaysia arriving in succession at noon on Monday.

In addition to the APEC meeting, visa-free policies and the expansion of the international route network have driven notable growth in foreign passenger flows this year. In the first ten months, foreign nationals entering and exiting through the airport port totaled about 1.56 million passenger trips, up 27.7 percent year on year and a record high for the same period, according to the border inspection station.

A total of 1.25 million foreign nationals from APEC member economies received border inspection, up 29.6 percent year on year, also a record high for the same period. Travelers from Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, and the United States ranked among the top sources.

Shenzhen Airport sees record passenger traffic from APEC economies in first ten months