Krypton Abendblatt | Alibaba Advertising's AIGC-Kreativität startet eine Cross-Over-Kooperation mit der Dunhuang-Kultur; China Unicom unterzeichnet ein strategisches Kooperationsabkommen mit ZTE; Die "Ausführungsregeln für die Pilotgeschäfte des grenzüberschreitenden Vermögensmanagements im Freihandels-Hafen von Hainan" werden veröffentlicht.
Large Companies:
According to Hong Kong media such as Wen Wei Po, French luxury brand Louis Vuitton recently sent a letter to customers, stating that a customer data leakage incident had occurred, affecting nearly 420,000 Hong Kong customers. The leaked data includes customer names, passport numbers, dates of birth, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, purchase records, and product preference information. Louis Vuitton Hong Kong (LVHK) said that the leaked data does not include any payment information and is notifying relevant departments and affected customers. The Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said that it has launched an investigation into LVHK in accordance with established procedures, including whether the incident involved a delayed notification. (Jiemian)
Yiyifang and Yangchanji's First "Community Retail 4.0" Store Opens in Shanghai
36Kr learned that recently, the first "Community Retail 4.0" store jointly operated by Yiyifang and Yangchanji opened in Sijing Town, Songjiang District, Shanghai. This is a substantial implementation after the two parties reached a strategic cooperation in January and the first large - scale practice of the "New Community Life Ecosystem" concept in March. Currently, community retail has become a new growth point, with the market scale exceeding one trillion yuan in 2024, and the "Daily FMCG + Lifestyle Services" format growing at an annual rate of 18%. The two parties plan to expand their presence in multiple locations in Shanghai, aiming to achieve the highest market penetration rate in East China.
Baidu Cloud Intelligence Conference 2025 Scheduled for August 28
Today, Baidu Smart Cloud officially announced that the 2025 Baidu Cloud Intelligence Conference will be held from August 28th to 30th at the National Convention Center Phase II in Beijing. The theme of the conference is "Intelligence, Generating Infinite Possibilities". During the main forum of the conference, Baidu Smart Cloud will focus on four core topics: new - generation cloud infrastructure, enterprise - level intelligent agent services, enhanced model capabilities, and upgraded intelligent tool platforms, and will release the future strategic directions of AI cloud, intelligent agents, and models, as well as products such as enterprise - level intelligent agents.
Alimama's AIGC Creativity Launches a Cross - Border Collaboration with Dunhuang Culture
36Kr learned that recently, Alimama's AIGC creativity launched a cross - border collaboration with Dunhuang culture, releasing the "Respect Dunhuang with Intelligence" series of AI promotional videos. Through the in - depth application of Taobao's Xingchen large - model, Alimama successfully reproduced the millennium - old Dunhuang civilization in a digital way, injecting new cultural impetus into merchants' summer marketing campaigns.
China Unicom and ZTE Sign a Strategic Cooperation Agreement
36Kr learned that according to ZTE, on July 19th, during the 2025 China Unicom Partners Conference, China Unicom and ZTE signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Shanghai. According to the agreement, the two parties will conduct in - depth cooperation in multiple strategic fields such as network modernization, technological innovation, and service improvement around the "Integrated Innovation" strategy, jointly creating more innovative and competitive networking communication, computing - networking digital - intelligence products, and solutions, and jointly building a more intelligent, integrated, and secure new - generation digital information infrastructure.
New Products:
Volcengine is currently conducting a closed - beta test of a new - generation digital human platform named "Chimera". A R & D personnel from an internet company said that currently, the use of the Chimera digital human platform adopts a targeted invitation model. During the invitation - only testing phase, the service is temporarily free of charge, and the public beta may start at the end of the month. It is understood that the Chimera digital human platform is developed by the intelligent creation digital human team under ByteDance. The aforementioned R & D personnel introduced that relying on technologies such as Volcengine's AI large - model, the Chimera digital human platform can provide services such as digital humans, picture dressing - up, and video translation. After the official launch of the service, there will be specific billing methods and charging standards, generally based on the number of uses or the duration of video generation. (Sina Technology)
iPowerAI, Incubated by iPlus Marketing, Launches Self - Driving GEO Large - Model Product iGeo
36Kr learned that on July 21st, iPowerAI, a technology company incubated by iPlus Marketing Group, launched the iGeo, a self - deployed and self - driving GEO large - model product for intelligent agent clusters. The product provides a full - link AI search optimization solution from strategy to service for brands through the collaboration of ten AI Agent clusters, focusing on improving the brand's visibility, recommendation rate, and information accuracy in AI search engines. iGeo relies on four pioneering technologies: self - evolving Agent clusters for self - optimization of the full - link workflow; AI intention neural network for dynamically capturing buyers' search intentions; AI visibility vector engine for quantifying the brand's AI cognitive visibility; and brand value decoder for building an AI ecosystem brand knowledge base.
Investment and Financing:
"Jiliu Technology" Completes Nearly 100 Million Yuan in Series A+ Financing
36Kr learned that AI infrastructure provider "Jiliu Technology" recently completed nearly 100 million yuan in Series A+ financing, jointly led by Shanghai Guotou Futeng Capital and Guofang Innovation, followed by Karamay City Development Fund and Zhangjiang Suixin Fund. Existing shareholder Zhuoyuan Asia continued to increase its investment for the fourth consecutive round. The funds raised in this round will be mainly used for core technology R & D, market expansion, and team building.
JD Invests in Three Robot Companies in One Day, JD Responds
On July 21st, JD made significant moves in the robot field. This morning, Qianxun Intelligence announced the completion of 600 million yuan in Pre - A+ financing, led by JD; LimX Dynamics announced a new round of financing strategically led by JD; and Zhongqing Robot announced the completion of two rounds of financing, with the A1 round led by JD. In response, a relevant person in charge of JD said that the company currently attaches great importance to technological hotspots including embodied intelligence and large - models. In the future, it will focus on supply - chain scenarios and continue to build a technological innovation ecosystem through internal technological innovation and external investment. (Yicai)
"Xiangxiang Gongyong" Completes Over 100 Million Yuan in Series F Financing
36Kr learned that recently, global intelligent packaging technology and circular service platform "Xiangxiang Gongyong" announced the completion of over 100 million yuan in Series F financing, led by Shenzhen Times Bole Investment Management Co., Ltd., a domestic industrial - chain investment institution. Its subsidiary fund, Xianju Times Bole New Energy Industry Investment Fund, contributed 130 million yuan. According to Xiangxiang Gongyong, the funds from this financing will be mainly used to comprehensively improve China's full - industrial - chain capabilities, continuously build gold standards for niche industries, and accelerate the implementation of the L4L (Local for Local) global localization strategy, empowering domestic and foreign partners.
Other Notable News:
Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao posted on social media, saying that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government has implemented a series of listing - system innovation measures in recent years, and the new - share market has shown a prosperous trend since this year. As of mid - July this year, there have been 52 IPOs, raising a total of HK$124 billion, an increase of 30% and 590% respectively year - on - year, temporarily ranking first in global IPO fundraising. The Hang Seng Index has risen by 25.3% year - on - year. Li Jiachao said that in the future, the listing system will be continuously improved to further promote stock - market liquidity, attract more high - quality global enterprises to list in Hong Kong, and enhance Hong Kong's attractiveness and vitality as a listing destination. (Xinhua)
The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released the 56th "Statistical Report on the Development of the Internet in China" in Beijing today. The report shows that in the first half of 2025, China's digital entertainment sector has been developing both at home and abroad, continuously exporting excellent cultural values globally and expanding its integration with offline industries, adding new impetus to the domestic cultural and tourism market. The popularity of Chinese web - fiction going global has been rising, becoming an innovative carrier for Chinese culture to "go global". In 2024, the market size of Chinese web - fiction going global exceeded 500 million yuan, cultivating 460,000 overseas web writers, with an overseas user base of over 350 million, covering more than 200 countries and regions around the world. Among them, the user base in the Japanese market has increased by 180%, making it the fastest - growing emerging market globally. (China Daily)
36Kr learned that according to the central bank, recently, the Hainan Branch of the People's Bank of China, the Hainan Regulatory Bureau of the National Financial Regulatory Administration, the Hainan Regulatory Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the Hainan Provincial Local Financial Regulatory Bureau, and the Hainan Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange jointly issued the "Implementation Rules for Cross - Border Asset Management Pilot Business in Hainan Free Trade Port" (hereinafter referred to as the "Implementation Rules"). The pilot business supports overseas investors to invest in wealth - management products issued by financial institutions in the Hainan Free Trade Port, private asset - management products of securities, fund, and futures operating institutions, publicly offered securities investment funds, and insurance asset - management products. The "Implementation Rules" make specific arrangements in terms of the conditions for pilot institutions and the pilot filing procedures, the scope of pilot asset - management products, the suitability management of overseas investors, account opening, fund transfer and exchange, pilot - scale management, the protection of overseas investors and dispute resolution, statistical monitoring, and supervision. This pilot business is conducive to enriching the supply of cross - border financial products, exploring new channels for overseas investors to invest in the domestic market, attracting domestic and foreign asset - management institutions to operate in Hainan, and contributing to the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port.