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China thinks big on brain-computer interfaces after world-first surgery

China thinks big on brain-computer interfaces after world-first surgery
South China Morning Post Friday 28 August 2026, 03:17 UTC By Julie Zhang 1 min read
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Chinese surgeons last month completed the world’s first commercial surgery to implant an invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) device in a patient with a spinal cord injury, a milestone in the neurotechnology development race with US companies like Elon Musk’s Neuralink. This month a Chinese company, state-owned PICC Property and Casualty, launched the world’s first commercial insurance policy covering BCI implantation surgery. September will see the first undergraduates in China to major...

Chinese surgeons last month completed the world’s first commercial surgery to implant an invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) device in a patient with a spinal cord injury, a milestone in the neurotechnology development race with US companies like Elon Musk’s Neuralink. This month a Chinese company, state-owned PICC Property and Casualty, launched the world’s first commercial insurance policy covering BCI implantation surgery. September will see the first undergraduates in China to major in... [Image text:] CHINA FUTURE TECH China thinks big on brain-computer interfaces By Julie Zhang Reporter, Hong Kong August 28,2026 Chinese surgeons last month completed the world's first commercial surgery to implant an invasive brain-computer interface (BcI) device in a patient with a spinal cord injury,a milestone in the neurotechnology development race with US companies like Elon Musk's Neuralink This month a Chinese company, state-owned PICC Property and Casualty, launched the world's first commercial insurance policy covering BCI implantation surgery.
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