German futurists Christoph Gümbel and Lars Thomsen recently shared observations from their trip to China. Gümbel highlighted the strong curiosity and positive attitude toward new technologies he encountered, while Thomsen pointed to robotics companies testing minimum viable products with customers, gathering feedback on roughly 14-day cycles and making 15 to 20 iterations a year. Their observations highlight how openness to new technologies and rapid iteration are helping drive the pace of China's tech development.