China Focus. Tech for good. Innovation empowers disabled in China

Xinhua

18th May 2026

China Focus. Tech for good. Innovation empowers disabled in China

At a rehabilitation room in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, 59-year-old Sun Renchun took steady steps forward with a bionic leg, an accomplishment he previously believed was impossible.

Several other leg amputees were doing the same, their faces lighting up with each deliberate stride. "I thought I would never stand up again. But after wearing the bionic leg for just over half a month, I can walk quite steadily," Sun said.

The advanced bionic legs, developed by the brain-machine interface company BrainCo, rely on intelligent algorithms to adjust the knee joint in real-time, offering walking support that aligns more closely with human physiology.

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