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On 21 August, during the 2026 World Robot Conference, news emerged that MoJia Robotics (AiMOGA), under Chery Automobile (09973.HK), had started IPO preparation. Zhang Guibing, who also serves as president of Chery’s international business, said publicly that MoJia is discussing potential listing venues and expects to sharply raise humanoid-robot deliveries next year to join the … Read more
Unitree Technology rang the opening bell and its shares exploded higher at the start. “The first humanoid-robot stock” formally listed on the Shanghai STAR Market. On its first trading day Unitree opened at 1,100 yuan per share, a surge of 629.44 per cent over the 150.80 yuan issue price, and its total market value instantly … Read more
On 22 August, the 12th Overseas Chinese Industry and Commerce Fair and the 2026 Asia-Pacific Industry Cooperation and Going-Global Expo closed at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Centre (Futian). Across three days the event delivered strong trade results: 35,000 professional visitors and intended procurement of RMB 2.7 billion. Overseas buyers from more than 50 countries … Read more
On 24 August, the registration-based IPO reform on the Shenzhen SME board (ChiNext) marked its sixth anniversary. Built on China’s earliest capital-market segment created to back technology innovation, Shenzhen firms are accelerating into industry leadership. According to data from iFinD compiled by the newspaper, as of 23 August Shenzhen had 166 ChiNext-listed companies, the highest … Read more
On 24 August, media reports said the US government is considering approving Apple’s purchase of products from Chinese memory makers, in a move to ease the storage supply pressure the company currently faces. According to the reports, Apple has already been testing DRAM and NAND chips from two Chinese memory suppliers. If later cleared for … Read more
On 24 August, SHEIN (00625.HK) formally opened its global offer. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan act as joint sponsors and overall coordinators. Cornerstone investors include Boyu, Tiger Global, General Atlantic, Tencent, Greenwoods, Taikang Life and UBS Asset Management Singapore. Industry observers say the line-up reflects broad recognition from mainstream global capital markets of the … Read more
At the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing, exhibitors showed how the hand, the bridge between thought and work, is being reimagined. A three-finger dexterous hand, unlike the human five, changes shape to grab all kinds of objects and targets industrial settings where it raises efficiency and cuts cost. Teams integrated micro-motors and transmission modules … Read more
On 12 August, Tencent reported a second-quarter result that split the market. Revenue reached 204.785 billion yuan, up 11 per cent and past 200 billion for the first time, but capital expenditure hit 52.784 billion yuan, up 176 per cent year on year and 65 per cent quarter on quarter, far above the 32.1 billion … Read more
On 23 August, Bloomberg reported on Saturday that some of Nvidia’s largest customers have been told that servers containing its artificial-intelligence chips will in many cases rise more than 15 per cent, because memory-chip costs are surging. The price increase takes effect from the start of next year and covers systems built on the flagship … Read more
Bloomberg reports Paul Meade, the Apple vice president who led the Vision Pro team, is leaving to join OpenAI’s hardware group. The move follows a contested reorganisation after John Ternus succeeded Tim Cook as the next CEO and promoted Johny Srouji to chief hardware officer. Srouji rebuilt hardware engineering so Meade and several other VPs … Read more