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38 Chinese mobile game publishers generated a combined USD 2.3 billion in July, accounting for 42.6% of revenue among the global top 100 publishers, according to Sensor Tower. <a href="/company/tencent">Tencent</a>, NetEase, and Mihoyo were among the leading publishers, while Mihoyo’s revenue rose 71% month-on-month following summer content updates.

<a href="/company/alibaba">Alibaba's</a> Qwen open platform has added a Cainiao <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a> agent that recommends shipping options and courier services based on details such as item type, price preferences, and pickup time.

Naipu Mining reported an H1 2026 net loss of about RMB 12 million, compared with a profit of RMB 17 million in the same period last year. Revenue rose 20.38% YoY to about RMB 497 million. The company has raised about RMB 1.22 billion through three financing rounds since its 2020 IPO.

Suna Optoelectronics filed for IPO counseling on August 13, appointing Huatai United Securities as its counselor. The Suzhou-based company develops optical communication and sensing chips and says its silicon microlens products hold more than 70% of the global optical communications market.

New energy vehicles (NEV) accounted for more than 60% of new vehicle sales in China in July, the first time the monthly share crossed that threshold, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. The cumulative NEV share also exceeded 50% for the first time, while monthly vehicle exports topped one million units for a second consecutive month.

MediaTek’s board authorized up to USD 5 billion in domestic or overseas unsecured bond and convertible bond financing for medium- and long-term funding. The financing could help it secure supply-chain capacity as it expands into AI accelerator ASICs, with its first accelerator scheduled for mass production in Q4 2026.

Kerry Arawana Holdings reported H1 2026 net profit of RMB 2.29 billion, up 30.69% YoY. Revenue reached RMB 122.85 billion, up 6.2%, while operating cash inflow fell 93.16% to RMB 1 billion.

Kechuang New Material reported H1 2026 net profit of RMB 15.16 million, up 115.71% YoY. Revenue reached RMB 79.42 million, up 42.38% from the same period last year.

DeepSeek released the official V4 Pro model with a one-million-token context window and maximum output of 384,000 tokens. It supports thinking and non-thinking modes. API pricing is RMB 3 per million cache-miss input tokens and RMB 6 per million output tokens, with cache-hit input priced at RMB 0.025 per million tokens.

<a href="/company/insta360">Insta360</a> launched the X6, a flagship 8K 360-degree camera with dual sensors and <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a>-powered editing. The device includes a 2,600 mAh battery, native in-camera Dolby Vision, and a three-in-one design that can function as a 360 camera, subject-tracking gimbal camera, or single-lens action camera.

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With 2025 revenue of just RMB 1.7 billion, Unitree is commanding a valuation once unthinkable for a Chinese hardware startup.

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