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Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Deep Tech

Semiconductors

Dubbed the “Nvidia of China,” Moore Threads is set to become a bellwether of China’s semiconductor sector.

Moore Threads moves toward IPO as China’s GPU ambitions take shape | KrASIA

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Moore Threads moves toward IPO as China’s GPU ambitions take shape

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

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36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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Xpeng

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Strong sales of the Mona M03 and P7+ highlight Xpeng’s growing momentum in the EV market.

Xpeng hits its stride with Q3 financial and EV production breakthroughs | KrASIA

Xpeng hits its stride with Q3 financial and EV production breakthroughs

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Longtime managing partner Nisa Leung steps down as Qiming hands the reins to a new leadership trio.

Chinese VC firm Qiming Venture Partners prepares for leadership change | KrASIA

Chinese VC firm Qiming Venture Partners prepares for leadership change

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

KrASIA | Tencent Archives

NetEase, Inc. is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications and commerce. The company was founded in 1997 by Lebunto. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile games, advertising services, email services and e-commerce platforms in China.

NetEase

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

Music

Visual Stories

Tencent aims to build an online music empire in China and then beyond.

KEY STAT | Tencent acquires 10% stake in newly listed Warner Music Group | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Tencent acquires 10% stake in newly listed Warner Music Group

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Julianna Wu

Medical technology, or "medtech", encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to treat diseases and medical conditions affecting humans. 

MedTech

New funds will be used to develop Miaoshou's online services and insurance business.

CHINA BRIEF | Tencent-backed online medical unicorn Miaoshou Doctor closes USD 85 million Series D1 round | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Tencent-backed online medical unicorn Miaoshou Doctor closes USD 85 million Series D1 round

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Song Jingli

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

Tencent's Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile continue to be the highest-grossing mobile games worldwide.

KEY STAT | Honor of Kings drove up 15% of Tencent's mobile game revenue in May | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Honor of Kings drove up 15% of Tencent&#8217;s mobile game revenue in May

NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

Existing investor Tencent will secure 2.8% of Nio's ADS for about USD 10 million.

Nio to raise over USD 344 million by offering 60 million ADSs amid tight liquidity | KrASIA

Nio to raise over USD 344 million by offering 60 million ADSs amid tight liquidity

After two years of delay, the medtech unicorn plans on an IPO in Hong Kong for the third quarter of 2020.

KEY STAT | Tencent-backed healthtech WeDoctor plans USD 900 million Hong Kong IPO | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Tencent-backed healthtech WeDoctor plans USD 900 million Hong Kong IPO

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

Read stories of Travel service providers, platforms or the trending of the travel industry.

Travel

online travel

online travel agent

trip

The latest example of the growing prominence of corporate venture capital in China.

Trip.com launches VC firm to deepen travel industry investments | KrASIA

Trip.com launches VC firm to deepen travel industry investments

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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Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals. It was founded by Colin Huang as Shanghai Dream Information Technology Co., Ltd. in September 2015.

Pinduoduo

In a bid to boost the economy, regulators around China have loosened restrictions on street vendors and food stalls.

Coronavirus presents unexpected opportunity for China's struggling street vendors | KrASIA

Coronavirus presents unexpected opportunity for China&#8217;s struggling street vendors

JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

The move follows Alibaba and NetEase, both of which moved to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange amid turbulent US-China relations.

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com steps towards Hong Kong secondary listing | KrASIA

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com steps towards Hong Kong secondary listing

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Apple

ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

Wechat

Life can be problematic in China without a smartphone.