Krstar Evening News | Domestic AI chip company Taichu Yuanqi was recognized as a national high-tech enterprise; Brain-computer interface "unicorn" NeuroXell Technology completed a financing of 2 billion yuan; The National Radio and Television Work Conference in 2026: Promote the development of short dramas towards high-quality works.
Large Companies:
36Kr learned that a piece of news about "new rules for Tencent's WeChat" appeared on the Internet, which attracted attention. In response, the WeChat Security Center stated that such information has multiple variations. For example, rumors such as "new rules for WeChat Moments of Tencent" are all false. The WeChat official has never released any so - called "new account - blocking rules". Statements like "accounts will be blocked if there are too many friends" or "accounts will be blocked if the address remains unchanged" are pure nonsense. Normal social behaviors will not be restricted in any way. WeChat always manages accounts based on publicly transparent rules such as the "Rules for Using WeChat Personal Accounts", not the so - called "new rules" spread by rumors. Please do not believe or spread such rumors.
Taichu Yuanqi, a domestic AI chip company, was rated as a national high - tech enterprise.
36Kr learned that according to official news, Taichu (Wuxi) Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (also known as "Taichu Yuanqi") was recognized and reported by the certification agency in Jiangsu Province in 2025. It passed the second batch of high - tech enterprise selection in 2025 and successfully joined the ranks of national high - tech enterprises. Previously, Taichu Yuanqi had been rated as the seventh batch of national specialized and sophisticated "little giants".
On January 2 local time, the New York Times in the United States published a full - page report introducing an AI model for early screening of pancreatic cancer developed by Alibaba, which helped doctors detect potentially fatal tumors that might have been missed. The report said that this AI model named DAMO PANDA was developed by researchers from DAMO Academy under the Chinese technology company Alibaba. Since November 2014, this AI has analyzed more than 180,000 CT scans in a hospital in Ningbo, helping doctors detect 24 cases of pancreatic cancer, including 14 cases of early - stage pancreatic cancer. In addition, DAMO Academy of Alibaba is carrying out scientific research cooperation pilot projects with multiple medical institutions.
Weimob Group reached a strategic cooperation with Taobao Flash Sale under Alibaba.
36Kr learned that recently, Weimob Group announced a strategic cooperation with Taobao Flash Sale, a local life service platform under Alibaba Group. The two sides will carry out multi - dimensional business cooperation and exploration in areas such as instant retail, digital marketing, and technological innovation, and jointly promote the digital and intelligent upgrade of local retail.
36Kr learned that Yahui Long announced that the company recently signed a "Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement" with Shenzhen Brain - Machine Starlink Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Brain - Machine Starlink"). The two sides reached a strategic cooperation. By integrating brain - machine interface technology with clinical and market resources, they will jointly develop in - research products related to brain - machine interfaces and promote subsequent market expansion and promotion, and improve the diagnosis and treatment technology level in fields such as central nervous system diseases. The validity period of the agreement is 5 years. It is expected that it will not have a significant impact on Yahui Long's performance this year, and the impact on future performance will depend on the progress of specific projects.
36Kr learned that recently, T3 Chuxing successfully migrated all its businesses to Tencent Cloud and officially put them into production, becoming the largest - scale and most complex cloud migration project in the travel industry to date. This migration covers more than a dozen core business domains, thousands of microservices, and hundreds of algorithm models. After the migration, the system achieved significant cost optimization and performance improvement, with a 30% optimization of computing power costs. At the same time, the system successfully withstood multiple - fold traffic stress tests, and the efficiency of fault troubleshooting was greatly improved.
Investment and Financing:
Recently, Qiangnao Technology, a "unicorn" in the brain - machine interface field, completed a financing of approximately 2 billion yuan, which is the second - largest financing in the brain - machine interface field in the world outside of Neuralink under Elon Musk. Investors include the investment institution IDG, Walden International founded by Intel CEO Chen Liwu, "Apple supply chain" giants Lens Technology and Lingyi Zhizao, strategic investors Will Semiconductor, Runze Technology, Huazhu Group, and TAL Education Group, as well as top family offices in Hong Kong, China and the United States. (The Paper)
New Products:
Qianli Zhijia and Geely jointly launched a new assisted - driving brand, G - ASD.
36Kr learned that at the CES 2026 held today, Qianli Zhijia and Geely jointly announced the launch of a new assisted - driving brand, G - ASD (Geely Afari Smart Driving), for the global market. G - ASD is a high - modulus intelligent assisted - driving solution jointly developed by the two sides, which will comprehensively cover the intelligent driving capabilities from Level 2 to Level 4.
XGIMI launched an AI glasses brand, MemoMind, at CES.
36Kr learned that XGIMI launched an AI glasses brand, MemoMind, at CES. Since its listing in 2021, XGIMI has invested more than 1.5 billion yuan in R & D. In the first half of 2025, XGIMI's R & D expense ratio reached 12.15%.
Today's Views:
At the CES 2026, Lisa Su, the CEO of AMD, launched multiple new chips and the next - generation platform Helios. Lisa Su predicted that the artificial intelligence industry will develop to have more than 5 billion users per day within five years, and hopes that the computing power will increase to more than 10 YottaFLOPS in the next five years. (Caixin)
Other Noteworthy News:
China will introduce more than 30 national standards in the data field in 2026.
Reporters learned from the National Data Administration today that in 2026, China will introduce more than 30 national standards in the data field, and the pace of standard development in emerging fields is accelerating. In 2026, China will layout a number of data standards in frontier directions such as intelligent agents and embodied intelligence; at the same time, accelerate the introduction of a number of urgently needed standards in directions such as public data, high - quality data sets, and data infrastructure, and accelerate the development of a number of key standards in directions such as the digital transformation of the entire city and the national integrated computing power network; in addition, accelerate the establishment of important data identification catalogs for industries such as industry, telecommunications, seed industry, aerospace, geographic information, and civil aviation. (CCTV News)
36Kr learned that the National Foreign Exchange Management Work Conference in 2026 was held in Beijing from January 5th to 6th. The conference deployed the key work of foreign exchange management in 2026. Deepen the reform of foreign exchange facilitation and strive to enhance the vitality and impetus for high - quality development. Optimize the management of trade foreign exchange business, orderly expand the pilot of high - level opening - up of cross - border trade, increase support for the development of new forms of trade such as cross - border e - commerce, and improve the management of enterprise trade credit reports. Build an open, diversified, functionally sound, and competitively orderly foreign exchange market, support financial institutions to develop simple and useful exchange - rate hedging products, reduce the exchange - rate hedging costs of small and medium - sized enterprises, and improve the service level of foreign exchange market infrastructure. Continue to do a good job in the "five major articles" of finance and expand the application scenarios of the cross - border financial service platform. Strengthen the transmission and evaluation of foreign exchange policies and improve the implementation effect of policies.
Wang Zhibin, the director of the Science and Technology and Finance Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on January 6th that in the future, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will further promote the construction of "waste - free cities" with high standards, smooth the recycling and reuse cycle of waste, and help the development of green consumption. During the 15th Five - Year Plan period, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will promote about 200 cities to carry out the construction of "waste - free cities", so that the public can personally feel the achievements of the construction and strengthen the green background of Chinese - style modernization. (Securities Times)
36Kr learned that from January 5th to 6th, the National Radio and Television Work Conference in 2026 was held in Beijing. The conference deployed the key work of radio, television, and online audio - visual in 2026. It includes promoting the prosperous development and standardized management of online audio - visual. Promote the development of high - quality short - form dramas, strengthen the full - chain and full - cycle management of online variety shows, promote the precise and scientific management of online live - streaming programs, promote the development of new forms of online audio - visual, and strengthen the governance of the online audio - visual ecosystem. Deepen the innovative and integrated application of artificial intelligence. Build a high - quality audio - visual data set, innovate typical application scenarios, and promote healthy and standardized development. Deepen the development of ultra - high - definition, and implement the "dual - improvement" project for radio and television audio - visual services and experiences. Promote the expansion and quality improvement of ultra - high - definition development. Accelerate the popularization of the function of "one - key to watch TV" with a single remote control to comprehensively improve the TV operation experience. Thoroughly clean up false medical advertisements. Expand the scope of benefits from the "dual - governance" achievements and strengthen public service guarantees.