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

China

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

East Asia

Miniso sells low-cost lifestyle goods, home essentials, and personal care items, making everyday products accessible to broader markets.

Miniso

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

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Young CEO Wang Shoucheng reflects on Yonghui’s outlook after a sweeping reform inspired by Pangdonglai.

One year after Miniso’s takeover, where does Yonghui Superstores stand?

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36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. 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 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

There’s more to car door safety than simply unlocking a latch.

Why car doors may fail to open after a crash, and how automakers can fix it

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Deep Tech

Shen’s appointment comes amid a major reshuffle at the AI startup.

Baidu veteran Shen Pengfei joins Lee Kai-Fu at 01.AI as co-founder

Kuaishou, best known for its short video platform, drives user-generated content, influencer marketing, and community engagement through shareable clips.

Kuaishou

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ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, showcases locally popular short videos, influencer content, and creative challenges optimized for China’s market.

Douyin

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

Weishi, Tencent’s short video platform, invites users to create, share, and discover trending clips in a mobile-friendly environment.

Weishi

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

Tencent abandoned plans to acquire iQiyi due to tightened anti-monopoly regulations.

Tencent merges video teams to draw eyeballs away from Douyin and Kuaishou

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ByteDance to file IPO with a valuation of USD 400 billion

TikTok hosts short-form videos spanning entertainment, education, and branded content, capturing global audiences and driving cultural trends.

TikTok

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

The company's subsidiaries may seek their own listings in New York, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. With a valuation of nearly USD 400 billion, app factory ByteDance—known chiefly as the company behind TikTok, Douyin, and Toutiao—has submitted a letter to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange indicating the company is seeking underwriters for a listing in Hong Kong, local news media China Securities reported on Wednesday, citing an anonymous source.

KEY STAT | ByteDance initiates process for mammoth listing in Hong Kong

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How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

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What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

Kuaishou (HKSE: 1024) shares plunged more than 12% on Wednesday in Hong Kong trading, closing at HKD 265. The stock appears to be pulling back after advancing since the IPO, due to high expectations from investors, DTZ Research lead analyst Ke Yan told KrASIA. On Tuesday, the company said it made RMB 58.8 billion (USD 9 billion) in revenue in 2020, up 50.2% year-on-year, in its first annual report since it went public last month.

Kuaishou shares dive after first annual report

Beijing-based short video and livestreaming app Kuaishou (HKSE: 1024) for the first time brought electric vehicles to its e-commerce platform on Monday, teaming up with SGMW, the joint venture of SAIC Motor, Liuzhou Wuling Motors, and GM China.

Kuaishou now sells EVs via livestreaming

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Douyin stagnated at the pre-holiday level of about 600 million DAUs. Newly-listed short video service Kuaishou's (HKEX: 1024) daily active users (DAUs) spiked to nearly 500 million during the Chinese New Year holiday earlier this month, local media LatePost reported, representing a new record for the Douyin rival.

KEY STAT | Kuaishou boosts user numbers in successful CNY campaign

Kuaishou's blockbuster Hong Kong debut showed the huge investor appetite in the short video market.

ByteDance's Douyin eyes New York listing: Report

ByteDance&#8217;s Douyin eyes New York listing: Report

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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Kuaishou bonus for each employee: USD 4447

Several tech firms will have generous bonuses for its employees. Newly-listed short video app Kuaishou (HKEX: 1024) said it prepared a "sunshine award" of 100 shares for each of its regular employees, 36Kr reported. The award is valued at around USD 4,447 based on its current price.

KEY STAT | Kuaishou announces employee dividend as share price rockets

What sets the world’s soundtrack? Follow streaming royalties, label strategies, and genre shifts guiding the global music industry’s rhythm.

Music

TME's US-listed stock has more than doubled since its debut in 2018.

Tencent Music Entertainment mulls USD 5 billion secondary listing in Hong Kong

The world's first short video stock reached a market cap of USD 179 billion. Short video app Kuaishou (HKEX: 1024) on Friday morning raised USD 5.3 billion in the biggest tech IPO since Uber, and the biggest public listing in Hong Kong, with its stock price almost tripling from HKD 115 to HKD 338.