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China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

SMIC is a Chinese semiconductor foundry fabricating chips that power smartphones, data centers, and emerging IoT applications.

SMIC

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

The nation's rapid expansion in older semiconductors is driving down prices.

Global tech industry braces for "China shock" in mature chips | KrASIA

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Global tech industry braces for &#8220;China shock&#8221; in mature chips

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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GAC Group, a Chinese state-owned automaker, is one of China's largest car manufacturers, producing vehicles under its own brands and joint ventures.

Discover how Japan’s advanced manufacturing, robotics, and consumer electronics brands drive global technology trends.

Toyota, a Japanese automaker, produces a wide range of vehicles, focusing on reliability, efficiency, and innovation in mobility.

Toyota

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

Joint venture automakers, including GAC Toyota, are embracing smart driving as a key selling point for EVs.

GAC Toyota enters smart EV race with LiDAR-equipped bZ3X | KrASIA

GAC Toyota enters smart EV race with LiDAR-equipped bZ3X

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence

Touted as China’s next breakthrough after DeepSeek, is Manus truly an AI game changer?

5 things to know about Manus, the AI agent everyone's debating | KrASIA

5 things to know about Manus, the AI agent everyone&#8217;s debating

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

Ant Group | KrASIA Archives

Ant Group's business model and advantages

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

Fintech

Visual Stories

"Small is beautiful, small is powerful," Ant Group says on its website.

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Ant Group's business logic, advantages, and 'small' customers | KrASIA

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Ant Group&#8217;s business logic, advantages, and &#8216;small&#8217; customers

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Ant Group's dual-listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong has been put on hold, pending further approval from regulators.

Ant Group's IPO paused by Chinese regulators | KrASIA

Ant Group&#8217;s IPO paused by Chinese regulators

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What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Fintech company brings credit to small businesses often shunned by banks.

How AI and vast data support Ant Group's financial empire | KrASIA

How AI and vast data support Ant Group&#8217;s financial empire

Hong Kong leg also appears headed for clawback to retail buyers.

Ant draws USD 2.8 trillion in bids from mom-and-pop investors in Shanghai | KrASIA

Ant draws USD 2.8 trillion in bids from mom-and-pop investors in Shanghai

Ant Group grand IPO to raise USD 34.5 billion

When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

Ant Group's shares will be ready for public trading in Shanghai and Hong Kong next week.

KEY STAT | Ant Group sets prices to raise USD 34.5 billion in the world's biggest dual IPO | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Ant Group sets prices to raise USD 34.5 billion in the world&#8217;s biggest dual IPO

China's national social security fund to earn USD 4.5 billion from Ant Group's IPO

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

China's National Social Security Fund is the biggest external institutional shareholder of Ant Group.

KEY STAT | 1.3 billion Chinese citizens to benefit from Ant Group IPO | KrASIA

KEY STAT | 1.3 billion Chinese citizens to benefit from Ant Group IPO

Ant Group's Q1-Q3 gorss profit year-on-year increase: 74%

Opinion

Alibaba is subscribing for a fifth of the available Ant shares in the IPO, that could raise as much as USD 35 billion.

KEY STAT | Ant Group posts 74% year-on-year profit increase ahead of mega IPO | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Ant Group posts 74% year-on-year profit increase ahead of mega IPO

What happens when banking goes virtual? Study no-branch platforms, biometric authentication, and seamless financial services.

Digital Banks

Jack Ma-controlled finance platform still awaits notice from China regulator.

Ant Group wins Hong Kong clearance for USD 35 billion IPO plan [Update] | KrASIA

Ant Group wins Hong Kong clearance for USD 35 billion IPO plan [Update]

Chinese regulators probe Alipay's exclusive role in mutual fund distribution which has delayed Ant's IPO.

Fintech giant Ant Group faces potential US ban ahead of IPO | KrASIA

Fintech giant Ant Group faces potential US ban ahead of IPO

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Ant Group

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Ant Group’s business logic, advantages, and ‘small’ customers

Ant Group’s IPO paused by Chinese regulators

How AI and vast data support Ant Group’s financial empire

Ant draws USD 2.8 trillion in bids from mom-and-pop investors in Shanghai

KEY STAT | Ant Group sets prices to raise USD 34.5 billion in the world’s biggest dual IPO

KEY STAT | 1.3 billion Chinese citizens to benefit from Ant Group IPO

KEY STAT | Ant Group posts 74% year-on-year profit increase ahead of mega IPO

Ant Group wins Hong Kong clearance for USD 35 billion IPO plan [Update]

Fintech giant Ant Group faces potential US ban ahead of IPO

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