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<a href="/company/jd">JD.com</a> has begun blocking employee access to external <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a> tools, redirecting usage to its in-house models, while <a href="/company/meituan">Meituan</a> requires approval for use of <a href="/company/alibaba">Alibaba’s</a> Qwen and promotes its own LongCat model internally.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing reported a Q1 2026 profit attributable to shareholders of HKD 5.188 billion, a 27% YoY increase. Revenue and other income reached HKD 8.203 billion, up 20% from the same period last year. The company attributed the growth to higher trading and clearing fees driven by increased volumes in the spot and commodities markets.

MinoSpace has completed its IPO guidance and inspection process, according to the CSRC. The commercial satellite company engaged Haitong Securities to oversee the regulatory filing process.

<a href="/company/tencent">Tencent's</a> Hy3 preview model secured the top spot on OpenRouter's global API call volume leaderboard on April 29. The model also ranked first in tool usage and second in programming categories.

<a href="/company/tencent">Tencent</a> has launched a "copilot mode" for its Ima AI product. The agentic tool helps users manage, query, and analyze personal information assets by building a structured, evolving memory system across documents and web content.

<a href="/company/geely">Geely</a> reported a Q1 2026 net profit attributable to owners of the parent of RMB 4.17 billion, a 27% YoY decline. The company attributed the drop to foreign exchange fluctuations compared to the same period last year. Despite the profit dip, revenue grew 15% YoY on total sales of 709,358 units, driven by strong exports and higher-value product sales.

<a href="/company/xiaomi">Xiaomi's</a> next-gen Xring O3 chip features a prime core clock speed of 4.05 GHz and a redesigned three-cluster architecture. According to database leaks, the chip will debut in the China-exclusive Mix Fold 5. Compared to the O1 model, O3 reportedly increases efficiency core frequency by 68% and GPU frequency by 25%.

<a href="/company/insta360">Insta360</a> reported Q1 revenue of RMB 2.48 billion, up 83% YoY, while net profit halved to RMB 84.62 million as R&amp;D spending jumped to RMB 465 million, exceeding profit. Founder Liu Jingkang said investment is focused on new products, custom chips, and AI amid escalating competition and litigation with <a href="/company/dji">DJI</a>.

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