Digital China

Research and Insights

A worker is producing photovoltaic modules for export at a 5G smart workshop of a new energy company in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, September 3, 2024.

Digital China

Real economy digitalization + Energy sector upgrade + Supply chains

Andreas Mischer

Esther Goreichy

MERICS China Industries

Jun 26, 2025

US swings boldly to block China’s AI progress, with fallout for other countries

Wendy Chang

Antonia Hmaidi

Comment

Feb 18, 2025

Data Marketplaces and Governance: Lessons from China (CIGI)

Rebecca Arcesati

External publication

Nov 12, 2024

The Chinese way (World Energy)

Rebecca Arcesati

External publication

Nov 01, 2024

China’s drive for self-sufficiency in critical technologies, with Antonia Hmaidi

Podcast

Oct 02, 2024

MERICS starts the China Tech Observatory

Press release

Sep 26, 2024

Large language model development in China thrives, but geopolitics may spell trouble

Wendy Chang

Comment

Sep 26, 2024

Chinese firms prepare to take a piece of the weight-loss drug market

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

Comment

Sep 26, 2024

Profile: Huawei

Antonia Hmaidi

Sep 26, 2024

CTO-Comment_Digital-Connectivity_306214487

Chinese telcos join rush to build AI models despite chip shortage

Rebecca Arcesati

Sep 26, 2024

staff member of the East China Sea Comprehensive Agricultural Experiment Station of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences checks the growth of tissue culture seedlings in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, Feb 29, 2024.

Public private R&D + Digital talent + Advanced manufacturing

Alexander Brown

Rebecca Arcesati

MERICS China Industries

May 08, 2024

The challenge of obtaining information from China, with Vincent Brussee

Podcast

Feb 26, 2024

Security guards stand guard at the closed gates of the Forbidden City

The increasing challenge of obtaining information from Xi's China

Kai von Carnap

Report

Feb 15, 2024

Experts on Digital China

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

Lead Analyst

Strategic emerging industries; Research collaboration; Tech transfer

Antonia Hmaidi

Head of Program (Co-lead)

Geopolitics of technology; semiconductors; data science; hacking

Rebecca Arcesati

Head of Program (Co-lead)

Technology; digital policy; artificial intelligence

Katja Drinhausen

Head of Program

China’s legal and governance system; social credit system; human rights

Wendy Chang

Senior Analyst

China's tech companies, digital ecosystem and emerging technologies including AI

Events

Entrepreneur Rui Ma at a MERICS Lunch Talk

MERICS Lunch Talk: Chinese Internet entrepreneurs amid the US-China trade dispute

Nov. 06, 2019

Digital China

Research and Insights

Real economy digitalization + Energy sector upgrade + Supply chains

US swings boldly to block China’s AI progress, with fallout for other countries

Data Marketplaces and Governance: Lessons from China (CIGI)

The Chinese way (World Energy)

China’s drive for self-sufficiency in critical technologies, with Antonia Hmaidi

MERICS starts the China Tech Observatory

Large language model development in China thrives, but geopolitics may spell trouble

Chinese firms prepare to take a piece of the weight-loss drug market

Profile: Huawei

Chinese telcos join rush to build AI models despite chip shortage

Public private R&D + Digital talent + Advanced manufacturing

The challenge of obtaining information from China, with Vincent Brussee

The increasing challenge of obtaining information from Xi's China

Experts on Digital China

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

Antonia Hmaidi

Rebecca Arcesati

Katja Drinhausen

Wendy Chang

Events

MERICS Lunch Talk: Chinese Internet entrepreneurs amid the US-China trade dispute

Become a member

EU Industrial Accelerator Act + Critical materials + Platform exports