Chinese Tech Stocks Rally After Apple Tests HALO Robotics System With Alibaba AI

Chinese robotics and artificial intelligence stocks surged on Monday following news that Apple tested its autonomous humanoid robot control system, HALO, using Alibaba's Qwen 3.6 AI model. Alibaba shares climbed up to 4% to reach HK$108.1, while Unitree Robotics rose over 8% in Shanghai. Apple's research paper detailed that the HALO system achieved a 91% success rate across 360 trials in six real-world environments when tested on Unitree's G1 humanoid platform. Although Apple announced no formal commercial partnerships, the milestone fueled investor optimism across hardware and AI suppliers.