Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology plans to expand in Europe with a new plug-in hybrid car even as the bloc eyes limiting imports of those vehicles from China to defend its local industry.

A team from Zhejiang University and vivo has introduced FlashRelight, an AI system that can relight portrait videos. It's more than just applying a filter. The goal is to change the lighting while preserving a person's identity, expression, and motion. FlashRelight takes a two-stage approach: First, a delighting model suppresses the original lighting and shadows. Then, a relighting model generates new dynamic lighting across the video. You can control the lighting in three ways: • Envmap sequences: Precise frame-level lighting control. • Text prompts: Describe color, direction, movement, and flicker. • Reference videos: Transfer lighting effects from another video. The team built a hybrid dataset with 34k+ paired videos: • ~24K synthesized from static OLAT lighting data • 10k+ generated by Wan2.2 This gives the model varied lighting and motion without costly dynamic light-stage capture. On envmap-based relighting, FlashRelight outperformed all baselines across all five evaluation metric For short videos, ads, or virtual-human content, this could make it easier to adjust a portrait’s lighting in post-production.

Opera and dance at Zhejiang Performing Arts Group, Zhejiang Jingkun Art Center and Hangzhou Opera and Dance Theater caught Arab arts professionals' attention. Stage innovations at Dafeng Science and Innovation Center sparked fresh ideas. Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang @cite_culture @opera_alger

BGI-Research and Zhejiang Lab have released two new models built on the Genos genomic foundation model: Genos-Mutation and Genos-Reg. These tools are designed to help researchers study how DNA mutations and cell states shape gene expression, supporting more efficient interpretation of genomic variation and regulation. Available through the BGI DCS Cloud platform.

BGI-Research and Zhejiang Lab have released Genos-m, an open-source foundation model for human-associated microbes. Building on BGI’s Genos framework, Genos-m converts microbial genes, genomes, and metagenomic samples into reusable numerical representations, supporting research in microbiome science, pathogen analysis, and personalized health. Model weights, code, and documentation are publicly available under Apache 2.0.

As Typhoon Bavi approaches the Zhejiang coast, Shanghai has moved into full typhoon-prevention mode. On July 11, Spring Airlines was seen securing parked aircraft and boarding stairs at both Pudong and Hongqiao airports.