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Tech Week Shanghai set to convene global and Chinese tech players

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T. K. Lin

Photo shows Peng Zhihui, president and CTO of Agibot, on stage with one of the company’s humanoid robots.

Agibot

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

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

East Asia

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

Deep Tech

Embodied Intelligence

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

Robotics

Attention is turning to intelligence, a robotics area constrained by data bottlenecks and other limitations.

After mass production, Agibot shifts focus to architecture and ecosystem

Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

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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

Foreign brands are tapping China’s low-cost manufacturing and in-car technology for exports.

From VW to Nissan, automakers bet on "in China, for global" strategies

From VW to Nissan, automakers bet on &#8220;in China, for global&#8221; strategies

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

KrASIA tracks China’s tech and business stories, alongside key developments across the broader Asia Pacific region.

News | KrASIA

Where do style and commerce meet? Examine supply chains, sustainable sourcing, and digital trends influencing global fashion markets.

Fashion

The jewellery e-tailer targeting the contemporary Indian woman, clocks a y-o-y growth of 400% in FY2019.

Lightbox Ventures-backed online jewellery brand Melorra raises USD 12 million in Series C round

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Priya Pradeep

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

Fintech

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Samsung Pay opens the collaboration with other payment players in Indonesia.

Samsung Pay collaborates with Indonesian mobile wallets Dana and GoPay

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Cindy Silviana

Alipay, a fintech platform by Ant Group, offers mobile payments, financial services, and e-commerce integrations, supporting transactions globally.

Alipay

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

With over 100 million users, Mail.ru is the leading internet company in Russia.

Alipay sets sights on digital payments outside Asia as it teams up with Russia’s Mail.ru

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SCMP

Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

GrabGifts vouchers come in various denominations and can customized for use by individuals or companies

Grab enhances its Grab for Business suite with gift vouchers to target enterprises

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

Artificial Intelligence

How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

Autonomous Vehicles

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

Internet of Things

Study finds technological advancement is bigger driver of unemployment, undermining populist argument China is stealing manufacturing jobs

‘China’s rise’ cannot be blamed for regional job losses in developed countries, IMF finds

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South China Morning Post

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

The company was founded by six former employees from Alibaba and its affiliate Ant Financial.

Cross-border payment platform XTransfer raises USD 15 million in Series B1 round, led by Alibaba

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Song Jingli

Meta oversees social networks (like Facebook and Instagram), messaging apps, VR platforms, and digital ads, connecting billions across continents.

Chinese Facebook staff sacked after speaking out for colleague's suicide: Reports

Chinese Facebook staff sacked after speaking out for colleague&#8217;s suicide: Reports

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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Wency Chen

Indian technical institutes of excellence to be roped in for the mission

India to fund 100 AI startups, fostering local language translation ecosystem

SenseTime’s AI solutions power facial recognition, image processing, and autonomous driving, serving governments, enterprises, and research institutes.

SenseTime

One step forward to commercialize SenseTime's tech in real-world applications.