Krstar Evening News | Airwallex Completes $330M Series G Funding Round, Valued at $8B; UK Report: International Investors Bullish on Chinese Firms' Accelerated Internationalization; Construction of a Unified National Market Progresses Steadily, with Inter - provincial Trade Sales Ratio Continuously Rising
Large Companies:
Unilever's Ice Cream Business to Complete Spin - off and Listing Soon
Magnum Ice Cream Company announced on December 8 that its common shares would be approved for trading on the Euronext Amsterdam, the London Stock Exchange, and the New York Stock Exchange on the same day. Unilever previously announced that it had renamed its ice cream business "Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V." and planned to list it independently in Amsterdam, London, and New York. (Jiemian)
Robinhood Enters the Indonesian Market by Acquiring Local Brokerage and Digital Asset Platform
US online brokerage Robinhood Markets said in a blog post on Sunday that it would acquire Indonesian brokerage Buana Capital Sekuritas and licensed digital asset trader Pedagang Aset Kripto, marking the company's entry into one of Southeast Asia's major cryptocurrency hubs. Indonesia is one of the world's leading countries in adopting cryptocurrencies, supported by a regulated and tech - savvy young population, making it a prime target for US companies seeking growth in Asia. (Sina Finance)
36Kr learned that Yingli Co., Ltd. released an investor relations activity record. The visibility of Yingli's orders is generally valid for 8 weeks. If the impact of memory chips on laptops is not considered, Yingli plans to achieve a revenue of about 2 billion yuan (excluding Youteri) in 2026, and Youteri plans to achieve a revenue of 900 million - 1 billion yuan. Yingli is currently evaluating and negotiating a project on magnesium - aluminum alloy structural parts for humanoid robots with a listed company, mainly for small - and medium - sized parts below 60 cm for the upper arm. Both parties have signed a confidentiality agreement, and the name of the robot company cannot be disclosed at this stage. Samples of magnesium - aluminum alloy structural parts for humanoid robots from other customers are also being sent for testing.
Japanese Power Company JERA Signs Long - Term LNG Supply Agreement with India's Torrent Power
Japanese power producer JERA said today that it had signed its first long - term liquefied natural gas (LNG) export agreement with India's Torrent Power. Starting in 2027, JERA will supply 4 LNG carriers to Torrent Power in India annually for 10 years. Torrent Power will use the LNG in its power plants in India and sell it to household users, small businesses, and the transportation industry. (Jiemian)
Goldman Sachs' latest research report points out that Doubao, a mobile phone assistant, has achieved system - level integration through cooperation with smartphone OEC manufacturers. Combined with the input method product recently released by Doubao, it reflects ByteDance's intention to expand into the mobile Internet infrastructure and smartphone ecosystem. At the same time, Goldman Sachs points out that Xiaomi has made huge investments in GUI, and the penetration rate of its AI agent Super Xiaoi in the MAU of Xiaomi smartphones is 71%. In addition, Goldman Sachs mentions that large - model manufacturer Jieyue Xingchen recently open - sourced its GUI agent Gelab, which can be deployed locally and has reached the SOTA (state - of - the - art) level in multiple benchmark tests. It is understood that this company has cooperated with ZTE on a mobile phone assistant for the elderly and has carried out AI mobile phone function cooperation with manufacturers such as Honor and OPPO.
Investment and Financing:
Airwallex Completes $330 Million Series G Financing with a Valuation of $8 Billion
36Kr exclusively learned that Airwallex has completed a new round of financing. The Series G financing amount is $330 million, and the valuation is $8 billion, nearly 30% higher than the previous round. It is led by Addition, with participation from European and American institutions such as T. Rowe Price, Activant, Lingotto, Robinhood Ventures, and TIAA Ventures.
Yanshengchao Completes Hundreds of Millions of Yuan in Series A Financing
36Kr learned that Yanshengchao has successfully completed hundreds of millions of yuan in Series A financing. This round of financing is exclusively led by Cathay Capital and followed by investment institutions such as Guokai Kechuang. The old shareholder Qiming Venture Partners has provided continuous support for four rounds. The funds raised in this round will be mainly used to support the clinical development of the core pipeline YSC001, the pre - clinical development of YSC002, the early verification work of YSC003/YSC004, and to further expand the company's international strategic layout and deepen business development cooperation with top multinational pharmaceutical companies.
Today's Views:
The "Foreign Direct Investment Intelligence Magazine", an investment research publication under the UK's "Financial Times", recently released a report saying that as Chinese enterprises accelerate their internationalization process, China ranks first on the list of "economies expected to increase their share of global foreign direct investment (FDI) sources in 2026". The report titled "Foreign Direct Investment Outlook 2026" says that the magazine conducted an annual outlook survey on 101 senior FDI professionals globally in October this year. In response to the question "Which three economies will increase their share in global FDI sources in 2026", China was mentioned the most times, a total of 74 times. (Xinhua News Agency)
Other Notable News:
The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting on December 8 to analyze and study the economic work for 2026 and review the "Regulations on the CPC's Leadership in Comprehensively Governing the Country According to Law". The meeting pointed out that next year's economic work should adhere to making progress while maintaining stability and improving quality and efficiency, continue to implement a more active fiscal policy and a moderately loose monetary policy, give play to the integrated effect of existing and incremental policies, increase the intensity of counter - cyclical and cross - cyclical adjustments, and effectively improve the efficiency of macroeconomic governance. It is necessary to adhere to domestic demand as the mainstay and build a strong domestic market; adhere to innovation - driven development and accelerate the cultivation and growth of new drivers; adhere to reform to overcome difficulties and enhance the impetus and vitality for high - quality development; adhere to opening up and promote win - win cooperation in multiple fields; adhere to coordinated development and promote urban - rural integration and regional linkage; adhere to the "dual carbon" goal as the guide and promote comprehensive green transformation; adhere to the people - centered approach and strive to do more practical things for the people; adhere to guarding the bottom line and actively and steadily resolve risks in key areas. (Xinhua News Agency)
The latest tax data released by the State Taxation Administration shows that since the beginning of this year, the construction of a unified national market has been progressing steadily, and the proportion of inter - provincial trade sales in the country's total sales revenue has been continuously increasing. Invoice data shows that from January to November, the proportion of inter - provincial trade sales in the country's total sales revenue has reached 41.1%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points compared with the same period last year. The proportion of tax - related business entities engaged in cross - provincial sales has exceeded 50%, an increase of 1.2 percentage points compared with the same period last year. The number of provinces with an increase in cross - provincial trade volume has increased from 19 last year to 27, reflecting that the inter - provincial trade connection is continuously deepening and the construction of a unified national market is progressing steadily. (CCTV News)
Trump to Announce a $12 Billion Aid Plan to Support Farmers
A White House official revealed that the Trump administration plans to announce a long - awaited agricultural aid package on Monday, providing $12 billion in funds to help a key support group that has been hit hard by low crop prices and the president's tariff policies. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the information has not been made public, said the aid would include a one - time payment of up to $1.1 billion to crop growers under a newly designed "Farmer Bridge Aid Program" by the Department of Agriculture, and the rest would be used for crops not covered by the program. The official said that US President Donald Trump plans to announce the package at a joint event with farmers. (Sina Finance)