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Unitree Robotics opened its first retail store on December 31, 2025, in Beijing, allowing customers to test and purchase its humanoid and quadruped robots. The company also recently launched an app store for robot skills, reported revenue exceeding RMB 1 billion in 2024, and completed IPO counseling for a planned domestic listing.

<a href="/company/bytedance">ByteDance</a> dismissed reports that it is partnering with automakers to build cars, saying it has no such plans. Its Volcano Engine unit continues to serve major carmakers with <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a> and cloud technologies, including projects with Mercedes-Benz, BMW’s LingYue, and Seres on smart driving and digital services.

<a href="/company/nvidia">Nvidia</a> CEO Jensen Huang said China is unlikely to formally approve H200 chip imports, but purchase orders will show if shipments are allowed. As the US reviews export licenses, Nvidia is ramping up H200 production to meet strong Chinese demand and projects USD 500 billion in chip sales by year's end.

TikTok Shop generated nearly USD 100 billion in GMV in 2025, ranking fifth among global <a href="/industry/e-commerce">e-commerce</a> platforms behind Amazon, Walmart, <a href="/company/shopee">Shopee</a>, and eBay. With about 400 million active consumers across 17 markets, the <a href="/company/bytedance">ByteDance</a>-owned platform leads the industry in growth through its “interest-based” model driven by short videos and live streams.

Inx Technology has supplied solid-state lithium metal batteries for EHang’s EH216 <a href="/industry/evtol">eVTOL</a> aircraft, which completed China’s first cross-sea unmanned passenger flight. The battery delivers an energy density of 480 Wh/kg, up to twice that of mainstream aviation batteries.

<a href="/company/chery">Chery Group</a> has announced a 2026 sales target of 3.2 million vehicles, a 14.03% increase from 2025. Its listed subsidiary, Chery Automobile, along with five affiliated brands, aims to deliver 3 million units, up 14.01% YoY.

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<a href="/company/nvidia">Nvidia</a> CEO Jensen Huang said at CES 2026 that <a href="/company/deepseek">DeepSeek’s</a> reasoning models helped accelerate the global shift toward open-source <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a>, adding that such models are rapidly narrowing the performance gap with proprietary systems. Huang made the remarks during the launch of Nvidia’s Vera Rubin computing platform.

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At CES 2026, <a href="/company/geely">Geely</a> and Qianli unveiled G-ASD (Geely Afari Smart Driving), a joint brand designed for Level 2 to Level 4 assisted driving. Built on an end-to-end architecture, the system integrates multimodal, visual-language, and reinforcement learning models to enhance automation and lessen dependence on high-precision mapping.

<a href="/company/baidu">Baidu</a> Baike has introduced new features, including “dynamic” encyclopedia entries and an <a href="/industry/ai">AI</a>-powered “knowledge graph,” as the platform’s total number of entries surpassed 30 million. More than eight million users and 100,000 experts from institutions such as the University of Science and Technology of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have contributed to the encyclopedia, according to the company.

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