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

China

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

East Asia

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

It is getting more profit out of retail, even as quick commerce spending tests the limits of that improvement.

JD.com beats quarterly expectations, but food delivery keeps margins under pressure

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

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Deep Tech

Heavier spending has wiped the tech giant’s profit and pushed cash flow negative, even as AI demand continues to outstrip supply.

Alibaba’s AI cloud gains ask investors to look past profit decline

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

Games and advertising still fund the company’s next act, but investors are asking when AI will become more than a spending line.

Tencent’s AI push gets harder to price after muted first quarter

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

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Mobility

Transportation

How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

Operating one of the largest robovan fleets globally, Zelos expects to break even once it reaches a fleet size of 50,000 vehicles.

Zelos achieves RMB 10 billion valuation after new fundraise and Cainiao fleet merger

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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The term has left the industry divided, with definitions shaped as much by marketing as by technical consensus.

What exactly is a “world model” in smart driving?

Photo of Yu Qian, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of QCraft.

A focus on partnerships, chip flexibility, and execution has kept the company in contention.

How QCraft stayed in the assisted driving race as rivals fell away

Photo of a sixth-generation RT6 autonomous vehicle operated by Baidu’s Apollo Go in Dubai, UAE.

Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

Baidu

Middle East

Through its Apollo Go unit and local partner AutoGo, the company is rolling out commercial robotaxi operations in the UAE capital.

Baidu launches fully driverless ride-hailing service in Abu Dhabi

Huawei, a global telecom and smartphone vendor, delivers networking equipment, 5G solutions, and consumer devices integrating cutting-edge tech.

The Huawei-led alliance has begun testing in Chongqing and Hefei, marking a step forward for conditional autonomy.

HIMA’s Level 3 autonomous vehicles hit the roads as China authorizes real-world testing

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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Photo of the RT6 vehicle from Baidu’s Apollo Go, used for autonomous vehicle testing in Switzerland as part of a collaboration with a Swiss Post subsidiary.

Europe

Trials are underway even as narrow roads and competition from buses pose potential hurdles.

UK, Europe emerge as robotaxi battleground for Baidu and Waymo

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With operations in 170 cities nationwide, the startup is building one of the fastest-growing autonomous delivery fleets in China.

Rino.ai raises new funding to accelerate toward mass production of autonomous cargo vans

Li Auto develops electric vehicles that combine smart cockpit systems, advanced safety features, and long-distance battery support.

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

The new facility marks Li Auto’s latest move in its transformation into an “AI company.”

Li Auto builds Silicon Valley lab to chase Xpeng and others in smart driving

Chery

The automaker is appointing a former Huawei and Geely executive to lead its assisted driving R&D efforts.