China

Wei-Ying Ma will join an institute being founded by Baidu’s former president Zhang Yaqin inside the Tsinghua University.

The Duoduo Pifa wholesaling feature is similar to Alibaba’s 1688 platform, which is the country’s largest online platform for businesses to procure goods.

SmartX is still a small player in the global HCI market where Cisco, VMware, Huawei, and Lenovo have a large presence.

This Chinese startup provides luxury accessories and exclusive food products for pet lovers.

The tests, in which cars do not have safety operators, make WeRide the second company in the world to run fully driverless vehicles.

A third of the stocks listed on the Shanghai Star Market lost more than 20% since listing.

The company’s app, Cainiao Guoguo, has over 200 million users.

Alipay hopes to increase adoption of the app among SME owners, while spurring consumer spending in China’s coronavirus-hit economy.