Slovak president amazed at China's robotics achievements, vows to promote cooperation

Slovak President Peter Pellegrini expressed amazement at China's robotics achievements during a visit to a robot center in Beijing on Tuesday, vowing to promote bilateral exchanges and cooperation in the tech sector.

Pellegrini visited the world's first embodied intelligence robot 4S store, known as Robot Mall, at Beijing E-Town on Tuesday afternoon.

He explored cutting-edge humanoid robots, watched a robot perform Tai Chi, and even played a friendly game of basketball with robots.

Pellegrini noted that he would prioritize cooperation with China by promoting the application of Chinese technologies in Slovakia, and vowed to strengthen youth exchanges to enhance bilateral friendship.

"I think this would be something where I would focus on for the future - to combine technology from China and implementation programs in Slovakia. And that can be a wonderful synergy between technology and implementation. And we'll find a way how to bring more students from China to Slovakia. And also a lot of students to study in China, and to not just study, but to work together on some new projects or scientific projects or something like that. And I think this is the key, when we start and we connect young generation, that is a good base for great friendly relationships, also for the future, for the next decades," said Pellegrini.

Pellegrini is paying a state visit to China from July 27 to 29 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Slovak president amazed at China's robotics achievements, vows to promote cooperation

China's exports of intellectual property royalties reached 45.5 billion yuan (about 6.72 billion U.S. dollars) in the first five months of 2026, the country's top intellectual property regulator disclosed on Wednesday.

The IP royalty exports reflect growing global demand for China's homegrown technologies and innovations.

Rui Wenbiao, deputy head of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), said at a press conference providing an update on the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) that rising patent application figures reflect the new competitive strength of Chinese companies.

"In the first half of this year, the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) international patent applications, the international applications through the design patents in the Hague System and international trademarks under the Madrid System filed by Chinese applicants ranked among the top in the world. The overall scale continued to rise steadily. In the first five months, the export volume of intellectual property royalties in China reached 45.5 billion yuan, a significant year-on-year increase of 64.9 percent, indicating that Chinese enterprises actively used intellectual property to create new advantages in international competition and promoted the high-quality and innovation of China's service trade," said Rui.

China's exports of IP royalties reach 45.5 bln yuan in Jan-May