CHENGDU, China, Oct. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — According to Sichuan International Communication Center, on October 17 (Beijing time), the “Sichuan Ease” cultural tourism logo made its global debut simultaneously across five landmark locations worldwide, including Times Square in New York, Westfield Shopping Centre in London, Cross Shinjuku Vision in Tokyo, Wilkie Edge in central Singapore, and MBK Center in Bangkok. The eye-catching visual display aimed to introduce Sichuan’s rich cultural heritage and stunning natural landscapes to a wider international audience.

The newly unveiled logo design draws inspiration from classical Chinese cloud patterns and the character “Shu” from oracle bone script. Additionally, the logo seamlessly integrates the form of the giant panda with the structure of the Tai Chi diagram, embodying Sichuan’s philosophy of life—a harmonious blend of “leisurely ease” and “openness”.

Inspired by Shu brocade and embroidery, and Zigong lantern art, the logo features rich color combinations. It not only reflects Sichuan’s diverse landscapes—from majestic Danxia landforms to the tranquil bamboo sea—but also conveys a message of cultural vitality and inclusivity.

The simultaneously released promotional video features globally renowned attractions such as Jiuzhaigou Valley, Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area, Daocheng Yading, and Southern Sichuan Bamboo Sea, while showcasing symbols of the ancient Shu civilization like the Sun and Immortal Birds Gold Ornament and the Bronze Head Portrait with Gold Mask, in order to pay tribute to Sichuan’s millennia-old history. Moreover, the video also blends together cultural elements such as Sichuan hotpot, Sichuan opera, and exquisite Shu brocade and embroidery, thereby weaving tradition and modernity into a single captivating image.

Through this appearance, Sichuan, China has cordially invited global travelers to explore and experience a journey of leisurely ease and remarkable wonders.

HONG KONG, Oct. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) is featuring six groundbreaking technologies and smart solutions at this year’s InnoCarnival. Spanning artificial intelligence (AI), smart mobility, medtech, contech and intelligent manufacturing, these innovations allow visitors to experience the transformative power of technology first-hand.

Organised by the Innovation and Technology Commission, the InnoCarnival officially opened today at Hong Kong Science Park and will run until 26 October. Under the theme “I&T Unlocks Your Dream“, the event aims to foster innovation and technology (I&T) culture among the public.

Ir Dr Ted Suen, Chief Executive Officer of ASTRI, reaffirmed the institute’s commitment to supporting the HKSAR Government in promoting science popularisation. He emphasised that such initiatives lay the groundwork for the robust growth of local I&T. “ASTRI remains focused on developing practical, impactful technologies that bring real benefits to society and drive efficiency across industries,” Ir Dr Suen stated. “We are proud to showcase our research achievements to the public at this annual event.”

He described InnoCarnival as a flagship occasion that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, expressing hope that it will inspire more young people to pursue careers in innovation and technology, helping them unlock their potential and achieve their ambitions.

At ASTRI’s booth, visitors can engage in interactive digital technology demonstrations, enjoy generative AI games, and explore the institute’s cutting-edge innovations, including a dedicated system-on-chip for capsule endoscopy, an automated large-volume diamond colour grading instrument, drone and low-altitude economy-related technologies, and the smart optical precision positioning system tailored for modular integrated construction (MiC).

1. Wireless System-on-Chip (SoC) for Capsule Endoscopy

ASTRI’s award-winning capsule endoscopy system-on-chip, which boasts ultra-high-speed transmission capabilities more than seven times faster than traditional version, delivering significantly clearer image quality and markedly improved diagnostic accuracy. The chip is also 42% smaller than traditional designs, establishing its unique advantages in the field of capsule endoscopy and enabling patients to undergo more comfortable examinations without anaesthesia whilst reducing the risk of infection.

2. Automated Diamond Colour Grading

This high-precision automated diamond colour grading machine utilises internal reference standards to eliminate environmental and human errors, achieving an accuracy of ±0.5 grade. This innovative technology enables continuous diamond colour evaluation on production lines, simplify workflows and address the inefficiencies of traditional grading methods, setting a new benchmark for the industry.

3. Drone Technology for Urban Parcel Delivery

ASTRI’s drone solution optimises lightweight parcel delivery in urban areas, leveraging advanced positioning systems, including GNSS-RTK, inertial navigation algorithms, and roadside units (RSUs). Its precise navigation ensures reliable operation even in signal-obstructed environments, making it ideal for emergency medical deliveries. By bypassing urban traffic, the system significantly enhances delivery speed and reliability compared to conventional methods.

4. Smart Positioning for MiC Construction

ASTRI’s Smart Optic Precision Positioning System solves key challenges in Modular Integrated Construction (MiC). Using non-visible light communication (nVLC), edge computing, and event sensing, it tracks six-degree-of-freedom pose changes in real time. Features such as path prediction, operational assistance, and comprehensive hoisting records improve construction quality, enhance decision-making, and advance MiC component positioning technology.

5. Fraud Detection and Awareness Game

Fraudsters are using advanced generative AI tools, such as realistic voice cloning and deepfake technologies, making it increasingly challenging for victims to distinguish between real and fake. ASTRI’s AI fraud detection system utilises multimedia analysis, computer vision, and natural language processing to provide real-time risk alerts and fraud prevention solutions for industries like finance and insurance. At the booth, an interactive AI mini-game allows visitors to test their ability to identify authentic versus AI-generated images, helping to raise public awareness of fraud risks in the digital age.

6. ASTRI All-In-One Tech Showcase

ASTRI’s interactive digital display highlights innovations in AI, smart mobility, smart cities, advanced electronics, industrialisation, construction technology, and 5G communication. Unlike static displays, the installation allows visitors to explore ASTRI’s cutting-edge developments across diverse R&D areas through immersive visual experience.

Event website: https://innocarnival.hk/en 

ASTRI’s booth number: B07, Red Zone (G/F, 10W, Science Park)

About ASTRI

Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) was founded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000 with the mission of enhancing Hong Kong’s competitiveness through applied research. ASTRI’s core R&D competence in various areas is grouped under five Technology Divisions: Advanced Electronic Components and Systems; Artificial Intelligence and Trust Technologies; Communications Technologies; Intelligent Perception and Control Technologies, and IoT Sensing and AI Technologies. It is applied across six core areas which are Smart City, Financial Technologies, New Industrialisation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Digital Health, Application Specific Integrated Circuits and Metaverse.

Over the years, ASTRI has nurtured a pool of research, I&T talents and received numerous international awards for its pioneering innovations as well as outstanding business and community contributions. ASTRI has transferred close to 1,600 technologies to the industry and has been granted about 1,200 patents in the Chinese Mainland, the United States, and other countries. For further information, please visit https://www.astri.org.

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500 family volunteers distribute over 10,000 free flags to encourage the public to share their feelings

HONG KONG, Oct. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Manulife Hong Kong and JUST FEEL, a Hong Kong-based NGO dedicated to emotional education, successfully held the city’s first-ever “My Flag Day” today. A total of 500 family volunteers from Manulife and nine of JUST FEEL’s partner schools engaged with 10,000 citizens across the city, encouraging them to select a flag to wear, which would represent their current feelings. This initiative aims to raise public awareness of self-care by acknowledging and sharing different emotions.

“My Flag Day” introduced a creative concept that encouraged individuals to focus on their own well-being and express their feelings through personalized flags. The Feeling Flags, which were distributed for free, were winning designs from the “My Flag Day” Flag Paper Design Competition held earlier this year. Illustrated by local primary school students, the flags represent six positive and negative feelings, including “happy”, “warm”, “excited”, “sad”, “angry”, and “scared”. By putting on these flags, people brought otherwise unspoken feelings into life, reinforcing the message that feelings are neither right nor wrong. These flags also served as conversation starters, inspiring people to share and, in turn, deepen mutual understanding and care.

Since April 2025, Manulife and JUST FEEL have forged a multi-year strategic charity partnership to nurture students’ emotional well-being and cultivate a “Compassionate School Culture”. The collaboration also aligns with Manulife’s Impact Agenda, underscoring the company’s strong commitment to empowering sustained health and well-being within the community. As one of the flagship initiatives, “My Flag Day” brings this shared vision of emotional wellness beyond schools and into the public. It advocates for active listening, acceptance, and expression of feelings as a way to prevent emotional suppression. By mobilizing 500 family volunteers, Manulife and JUST FEEL also inspired families to explore feelings together, strengthen parent‑child relationships, and engage with their neighborhoods in more caring ways. 

“Mental well-being is a vital pillar of overall health and is essential to living a fulfilling life. At Manulife, we are committed to fostering mental wellness as part of our broader mission to empower sustained health and well-being. We believe that creating space for people to openly express and embrace all feelings is key to building a healthier, more resilient society. We are pleased to partner with JUST FEEL to launch Hong Kong’s first ‘My Flag Day’ – a meaningful initiative that advances public awareness on emotional well-being and promotes empathy and compassion across our communities,” said Celia Ling, Chief Marketing Officer of Manulife Hong Kong and Macau.

“Expressing our feelings with courage and sincerity is crucial for fostering well-being and building healthy relationships. We are grateful to Manulife and our partner schools for their continuous support and for joining us on this journey. Through ‘My Flag Day’, we have extended emotional education from schools to families and the wider community. Looking ahead, we will continue to work closely with Manulife to promote compassionate communication and social‑emotional learning across local schools, transforming the communication culture in schools and families, thereby enhancing students’ emotional well-being,” said Raymond Yang, Co-founder and Executive Director of JUST FEEL.

About Manulife Hong Kong
Manulife Hong Kong has been a trusted name for more than 125 years. Since our operations started in Asia in 1897, we have grown to become one of the top-tier providers of financial services, offering a diverse range of protection and wealth products and services to over 2.6 million customers in Hong Kong and Macau. We are committed to helping make decisions easier and lives better for our customers.

Manulife Hong Kong, through Manulife International Holdings Limited, owns Manulife (International) Limited, Manulife Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited, and Manulife Provident Funds Trust Company Limited. These entities are all subsidiaries of Manulife Financial Corporation.

About Manulife
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping our customers make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across Canada, Asia, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States, providing financial advice and insurance for individuals, groups and businesses. Through Manulife Wealth & Asset Management, we offer global investment, financial advice, and retirement plan services to individuals, institutions, and retirement plan members worldwide. At the end of 2024, we had more than 37,000 employees, over 109,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 36 million customers. We trade as ‘MFC’ on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under ‘945’ in Hong Kong.

Not all offerings are available in all jurisdictions. For additional information, please visit manulife.com. 

About JUST FEEL
JUST FEEL is the first charity to systematically promote Compassionate Communication and Social-Emotional Learning in local schools in Hong Kong. With the motto of “Connection before Solution”, JUST FEEL is dedicated to transforming the communication culture in schools and families, empowering educators and parents to enhance the emotional well-being of children. Since its establishment in 2018, JUST FEEL has collaborated with over 65 primary schools, supporting over 55,300 students, 8,900 teachers, and 87,300 parents. For additional information, please visit https://www.justfeel.hk/.

WUHU, China, Oct. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A clear and composed “Hello everyone, I’m Mornine” ignited the climax of the 2025 Chery Global Innovation Conference.

This unique “presenter” was none other than AiMOGA robot Mornine.

In a ten-minute fully autonomous presentation, she reviewed AiMOGA’s journey from concept to real-world deployment across more than 30 countries and demonstrated multilingual interaction and scenario-based applications, outlining a vivid vision of “car-machine collaboration.”

Mornine’s remarkable appearance became a vivid illustration of the conference theme, “Innovation • Intelligence Leading the World.”

As one of the core activities of the 2025 Chery International User Summit, the Innovation Conference brought together academicians, top global experts, industry leaders, media, and partners to witness Chery’s breakthrough transformation toward a full-scenario intelligent ecosystem.

From Presenter to Experience Officer: A Robot‘s Ecosystem Showcase

Mornine’s highlights extended beyond the main stage.

In the outdoor demonstration area, her “multi-agent collaboration” became another focus of attention.

From professional introductions and vehicle guidance to door-opening demonstrations, every step was completed autonomously.

With the coordination of her vision-tactile dexterous hand and multi-expression interaction system, Mornine impressed visitors with fluent demonstrations—pouring water, opening car doors, and other signature actions that drew rounds of applause.

Dr. Gao Xinhua, CTO of Chery Group, stated during his keynote:

“Our technology evolution is expanding from ‘wheels’ to a ‘three-dimensional ecosystem,’ and intelligent robots are a natural extension of this strategy.”

This vision is reflected in AiMOGA’s technical details:

its ±5 cm precision autonomous navigation and dynamic obstacle avoidance builds on Chery’s achievements in intelligent driving;

and its 17-degree-of-freedom vision-tactile dexterous hand integrates Chery’s electromechanical and control system expertise.

The Strength of “Tech Chery”: Five Domains of Breakthrough Innovation Behind AiMOGA’s impressive performance lies the technological foundation of “Tech Chery.”

At this year’s Innovation Conference, Chery unveiled major breakthroughs across five key technology domains, releasing more than ten world-leading innovations.

The new Kunpeng engine set a new global benchmark with over 48% thermal efficiency;

the high-energy solid-state battery achieved 600 Wh/kg, near the theoretical lithium limit;

the Luoshu AI large model covers 1,000+ vehicle control functions, with response time <1000 ms and task accuracy >95%;

the Falcon 900 intelligent driving system integrates VLA and world modeling, targeting L3–L4 autonomous driving with full safety redundancy.

From leading hybrid performance to human-centered intelligent interaction, from key breakthroughs to full-ecosystem development, Chery is transforming its 28 years of technological expertise into a key to the future — opening a new era of global intelligent mobility.

From Wuhu to the World: A New Global Identity for the Future

Just before the conference, AiMOGA Robotics achieved a series of EU certifications, becoming the world’s first robot to complete both hardware and software compliance. This milestone marks a new chapter in Chery’s global ecosystem — from Poland to Malaysia, Indonesia to South Africa, AiMOGA Dedicated To Embodied Intelligence. Be Committed To Building World-Leading And Trusted AI Assistants. Behind this growing global footprint lies AiMOGA’s powerful R&D network — spanning Shanghai, Europe, and North America, and collaborating with top universities.

This multidimensional R&D ecosystem fuels AiMOGA’s ongoing evolution and serves as a strong foundation for Chery’s global innovation strategy.

From AiMOGA Robotics leading the era of embodied intelligence to Chery’s progress across five technological frontiers, a new vision of intelligent mobility is emerging.

Within this ecosystem, robots have become the natural bridge between people, vehicles, and services.

From showrooms to city blocks, from production lines to living spaces, Chery is building a future where humans and robots coexist harmoniously and technology integrates seamlessly with real-world scenarios.

At this moment, on the stage of the 2025 Chery Global Innovation Conference, we are witnessing not just a product release, but the beginning of a new era.

Looking ahead, Chery will continue to drive innovation and speak the language of intelligence, joining global partners to usher in a new era of human-robot symbiosis and intelligent connectivity.