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Listing in Progress

Haitian Flavoring and Food Co., Ltd.

36Kr learned that the Hong Kong Stock Exchange announced that Foshan Haitian Flavoring and Food Co., Ltd. has submitted an application for listing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Venture Global

On January 13, US natural gas company Venture Global filed a document with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, planning to raise $2.3 billion, which is expected to become the largest IPO in the US energy industry since Plains GP Holdings raised $2.9 billion in 2013. The document shows that Venture Global plans to issue 50 million shares at a price range of $40 to $46 per share. Based on the number of outstanding shares in Venture Global's document, the maximum issuance means its market value will reach $110 billion. This issuance is led by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America. Venture Global plans to be listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange, with the stock code VG. (Jiemian News)

TOP 3 Big News

Guirenniao Changes Its Name to Jinhe Agriculture, Saying Goodbye to Sports Shoes and Apparel to Sell Grain

Recently, Guirenniao, which has been delisted and entered the third-board trading, announced that it will change the name of Guirenniao Co., Ltd. to Jinhe Agriculture Co., Ltd., indicating that Guirenniao has completely bid farewell to the sports shoes and apparel business that it has operated for more than thirty years and entered the new agriculture field. In 2014, Guirenniao successfully listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and became the first sports brand in the A-share market. In 2015, the company's market value approached 40 billion yuan, and the founder Lin Tianfu won the title of "the richest person in Quanzhou" with a net worth of 19 billion yuan. At its peak, the number of physical stores once exceeded 5,000, and celebrities such as Andy Lau and Cecilia Cheung have been its spokespersons.

While expanding, the company's asset-liability ratio has been continuously rising, and its sales revenue and profit have also declined. On March 22, 2024, Guirenniao received the decision from the Shanghai Stock Exchange to terminate its listing. Currently, Guirenniao's main business direction is rice processing and sales, as well as pre-made rice. In the future, it will launch 20 series of products, including small-packaged rice products specially designed for infants and young children and low-sugar rice products specially designed for the elderly. (Jiupai News)

Yu Donglai Announces 7 New Rules for Pangdonglai, Including "No Domestic Violence or Cold Violence Between Couples"

On January 13, Yu Donglai posted on his personal social media, saying, "Centered around the spirit of freedom, centered around safeguarding everyone's dignity! Centered around the belief of love! Centered around enabling more people to live a relaxed, healthy, and beautiful life! Pangdonglai has learned the most advanced systems and methods in China and the world to formulate more and more standards! For example, starting with management personnel and gradually extending to employees!" And he announced 7 new rules for Pangdonglai, including "In Pangdonglai! Starting from 2025, domestic violence and cold violence between couples are not allowed! Beating children is also not allowed!", "In Pangdonglai! There are standards for borrowing money from each other, and the maximum amount is not allowed to exceed an individual's monthly salary income! It is not allowed to casually bother others!", "In Pangdonglai! It is not allowed to dislike the job one chooses or is engaged in! Only by liking it can one be dedicated, achieve professionalism, and be joyful and enjoy it!" etc. (Sina Hotspot)

US media claims that Greenland is valued at $12.5 billion to $77 billion, and purchasing the island "will be the greatest deal of this century"

On the 11th local time, the US President-elect Trump once again spoke about Greenland on a social platform. In the video he posted, Trump danced in front of a map of North America. The entire North America on the map was marked with the word "USA", and Greenland was marked with "Also belongs to the USA". The caption was "Trump hasn't even officially become president, and the leaders of Greenland already want to meet and discuss the options".

It is reported that the Danish government has privately conveyed a message to Trump's team, indicating its willingness to discuss the US's "Greenland demands". David Barker, a former economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, analyzed that the US could refer to the way it purchased the US Virgin Islands from Denmark to buy Greenland. It is estimated that Greenland may be valued at between $12.5 billion and $77 billion. Barker said that purchasing Greenland "will be the greatest deal of this century". (Global Times)

Big Companies/Big Events

The Thai police established a tourism safety operation center, stating that they aim to restore the trust of global tourists

It is reported that Pol. Gen. Pakkapong Pongpetra, Deputy Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police and Director of the Tourism Safety Operation Center, said that in accordance with the instructions of the Thai government, the police attach great importance to preventing and combating criminal activities, comprehensively protecting the lives and property safety of foreign tourists, and will ensure the safety of tourists through a series of efficient measures to restore the trust of global tourists in Thailand.

Pol. Gen. Pakkapong Pongpetra said that the Royal Thai Police has established the "Tourism Safety Operation Center", with him as the director, to comprehensively coordinate the police and tourism police in various regions across the country to jointly create a systematic tourist safety management system. At the same time, the "Thai Tourism Police" mobile application has been launched. Tourists can directly send messages, pictures and locations, consult, report an emergency or seek assistance through this application. This system is seamlessly connected to the 1155 emergency hotline, providing 24-hour translation services in 8 languages, and supports cooperation with the 191 emergency alarm center to handle emergencies. (China News Service)

After Live Streaming to Give Away a Car, Huang Zitao Has Lost Over 3 Million Followers, Only Giving Away the "Right to Use" of the Car

On January 12, 2025, it was reported that after the live stream to give away a car, Huang Zitao continued to lose followers. Currently, he has lost over 3 million followers. It can be seen on Huang Zitao's social media account homepage that he has deleted all videos related to giving away the car.

Previously, Huang Zitao stated that the car to be given away is a Baojun Yunhai, a pure electric vehicle with a 500km range. The official price is 123,800 yuan. Because the live stream lottery is a form of sales with prizes, and the requirement is that the prize cannot exceed 50,000 yuan, ultimately only the right to use the car can be given away. After winning the lottery, the car brand will sign a guarantee agreement with the user and establish a VIP group. The lottery instructions officially released by the Baojun Hainan Brand Center show: "After the expiration of the vehicle's right to use, the user should return the vehicle." Relevant staff from the Baojun Hainan Brand Center said that the lottery instructions were sent to them by Huang Zitao's team. The right to use the vehicle is for five years, but it should be usable continuously. The specific usage rules need to be followed in Huang Zitao's live stream. (Xiaoxiang Morning News, Yangcheng Evening News)

Officially Announced to Give Away Cars, Zhou Hongyi Gained Over One Million Followers in One Day

At noon on January 12, Zhou Hongyi released a video stating that his number of followers was about to reach 10 million and he was preparing to give cars to his fans. Zhou Hongyi said, "Huang Zitao's car-giving activity was completed a few days ago. He gave away cars worth 130,000 yuan, and a total of 30 cars. This matter has made me rather troubled because I was thinking of giving away slightly more expensive cars. For example, the Yangwang U8, a car worth over one million yuan, which is equivalent to more than ten of the 130,000-yuan cars. The Huawei S9 and M9 also cost around 400,000 to 500,000 or 500,000 to 600,000 yuan."

It is worth noting that in the video released by Zhou Hongyi on January 12, his number of followers was 9.683 million. However, after the release of this video, the number of his followers increased significantly. As of January 13, his number of followers has reached 11.06 million, with an increase of over one million. (National Business Daily)

The accounts under Three Sheep are live-streaming to sell New Year goods, and after a nearly four-month suspension, they have moved to the Video Account.

On January 12, the official account "Xiao Yang Zhen Xuan" under Three Sheep Network started a live-streaming with goods on the Video Account, mainly selling New Year goods. According to the data from the live-streaming room, the number of viewers of the live-streaming that night was about 90,000. The anchor said that this was the second day of the account's resumed live-streaming, and the live-streaming will continue in the following days.

The certification subject of the "Xiao Yang Zhen Xuan" Video Account is Hefei Sanwu Chengqun E-commerce Co., Ltd., and this company is 100% held by Hefei Three Sheep Network Technology Co., Ltd. It is worth noting that the live-streaming style of "Xiao Yang Zhen Xuan" on the Video Account has changed. It no longer has the passionate live-streaming mode on Douyin before, and the style has become more stable. (IT Home)

Southeast Asia Tour Groups Face Wave of Group Cancellations, May Cause 1 Billion Losses to Thailand's Tourism Industry

Recently, affected by the "Wang Xing Incident", not only Thailand but also all the Southeast Asia tour group agencies in the entire country are facing a sudden wave of group cancellations. Due to the approaching Spring Festival holiday, the originally peak season for travel bookings coincides with the peak of refund requests, leaving many travel agency owners and customer service representatives in a frantic state. Before the Wang Xing Incident escalated, warm Thailand in winter was originally the most popular destination for Chinese tourists during the 2024 Spring Festival.

Data from Umetrip shows that as of January 9, Bangkok, Thailand, is ranked first among the popular outbound destinations for the 2025 Spring Festival holiday, and Phuket is also on the list. According to the Bangkok Post, the Association of Thai Travel Agents predicts that tourism safety issues may lead to a 10% to 20% decrease in the number of Chinese tourists visiting Thailand during the Lunar New Year, which may cause a loss of up to 5 billion baht (approximately 1 billion RMB) to Thailand's tourism industry during the Spring Festival. (Tourism Industry)

After achieving its ideals, Leapmotor becomes the second profitable new force in the automotive industry

On January 13, Leapmotor released a profit forecast, announcing that it achieved a positive net profit in the fourth quarter of 2024, reaching the single-quarter profit target one year ahead of schedule. This marks Leapmotor as the second profitable new force in the industry.

In the fourth quarter of 2024, Leapmotor delivered an average of over 40,000 vehicles per month, and the sales proportion of the C-series models with higher prices exceeded 77%. The significant sales growth and product structure optimization directly led to a substantial increase in operating income, laying a solid foundation for the company's profitability. Leapmotor expects its operating income in 2024 to be no less than 30.5 billion yuan, with a growth of no less than 80% compared to the annual operating income in 2023; the gross profit margin is not less than 8%. The annual sales as of December 31 were 293,724 vehicles, an increase of 104% compared to 2023. (Sina Technology)

Beijing Sets an Example for the Intelligent Driving Industry, Allowing Higher-Level Autonomous Driving Private Vehicles on the Road

The "Beijing Autonomous Driving Vehicle Regulations", which was recently passed by the 14th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 16th Beijing Municipal People's Congress, will come into effect on April 1, 2025. This regulation makes specific provisions for the road passage of personal passenger vehicles with L3 level (Conditional Autonomous Driving) and above, and refines the division of accident liability for autonomous driving vehicles. Experts interviewed said that the introduction of the "Beijing Regulations" provides policy-level support for the implementation of L3 level and above autonomous driving technologies. With the opening of the autonomous driving technology in the personal passenger vehicle field, major enterprises will have a more clear legal basis for technological innovation and research and development. (China Securities Network)

The Mandatory National Standard for Electric Bicycles Officially Released

On January 13, the revised mandatory national standard for electric bicycles was officially released and will be implemented on September 1, 2025. The old standard (GB 17761 - 2018) will be replaced. The newly released standard strengthens the requirements for fire resistance and flame retardancy of non-metallic materials; clarifies that the total mass of plastics used in electric bicycles should not exceed 5.5% of the vehicle's total mass; increases the upper limit of the total mass of electric bicycles using lead-acid batteries from 55 kg to 63 kg; adds requirements for the enterprise's quality assurance capability and product consistency; and requires that electric bicycles have Beidou positioning, communication, and dynamic safety monitoring functions. Vehicles that consumers have already purchased that do not meet the new standard will not be forcibly eliminated. Local governments can, according to the local actual situation, accelerate the upgrading by means of policies such as trade-in. (CCTV News)

Pony Ma: Hopes the Outside World Doesn't Overpraise the "Send Gift" Feature of WeChat Mini Store

On the afternoon of January 13th, the Tencent Group Annual Meeting was held in Shenzhen. Pony Ma, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Tencent, stated that recently, the "Send Gift" feature launched by the WeChat Mini Store has been called "WeChat Blue Packet" by some people and compared with the WeChat Red Packet. Pony Ma expressed his hope that the outside world would not overpraise this feature. WeChat plans to take five years or even longer to build an e-commerce ecological connector, leveraging the power of social interaction. It emphasizes the need for meticulous work and aims to create a high-quality product. (China Business Network)

Yu Chengdong of Huawei's 2025 All-staff Letter: Hongmeng Occupies One-Third of the Market

Yu Chengdong, the Executive Director of Huawei, Chairman of the Terminal BG, and Chairman of the Intelligent Automotive Solution BU, has released the first all-staff letter of the new year. Yu Chengdong stated: "The torrent of the times sweeps the world, and it is the responsibility and mission entrusted to our generation of terminal personnel by history that Hongmeng occupies one-third of the market." He also mentioned that in 2025, the Hongmeng ecosystem requires intense investment, and 100,000 applications are a sign of a mature ecosystem, which is a key goal for the next six months to one year. (Sina Technology)

The Company Responds to "UBTech Core Executives' Share Reduction", Claiming No Company Shares Sold

On January 13th, it was reported that recently, market rumors suggested that the core management of the humanoid robot enterprise UBTech reduced their holdings after issuing a lock-up commitment. On January 13th, UBTech responded that the company's core executives Zhou Jian, Xiong Youjun, and Wang Lin have never sold any of the company's shares they directly hold since the company's listing. According to the lock-up commitment, the three will not sell within the next one year, and the company's core management remains confident in the company's development. Xiong Youjun and Wang Lin both joined the company when UBTech was first established in 2012, and together with Zhou Jian, they formed the core management team members in the same year. On January 5th, Xiong Youjun, Wang Lin, etc. made a lock-up commitment, promising that they will not sell any of the UBTech shares they directly hold within 12 months from January 5th. (China Securities Journal)

Zuckerberg Claims Apple Lacks Innovation and Earns Money by Oppressing

On January 10, Eastern Time in the US, Meta CEO Zuckerberg gave a podcast interview. In this interview, Zuckerberg boldly criticized Meta's competitor in hardware - the tech giant Apple, accusing them of lacking innovation and oppressing the interests of others. Zuckerberg added that he believes the reason for the recent decline in Apple iPhone sales is that consumers are now taking longer to upgrade their phones because new models do not have significant improvements compared to previous versions. He also criticized Apple's newly released headset device Vision Pro in 2024. Zuckerberg also attacked Apple's profit model and listed the notorious "Apple Tax" and restrictions on third-party accessories. (Caixin)

US Media: Wildfires Have Caused Over $50 Billion in Losses, but Californians Find Themselves Unable to Claim Compensation

The Wall Street Journal reported on the 11th that the California wildfires are sweeping through the wealthiest coastline in the United States, causing more than $50 billion in losses so far. What is more worthy of attention is that after the wildfires, many people found that their losses are facing a situation where they cannot be compensated due to the lack of home insurance or the withdrawal of insurance company business. At the same time, the huge amount of compensation has also put pressure on the US insurance industry. (Global Network)

Apple Faces £1.5 Billion Class Action Lawsuit as UK Court Hears App Store Commission Dispute

According to the Financial Times, a class action lawsuit against tech giant Apple officially began in the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal on January 13. This is the first trial in a series of antitrust lawsuits launched against large tech companies in the UK. Apple is accused of charging "excessive and unfair" fees for software downloaded from its App Store and faces a legal claim of up to £1.5 billion. (Global Network)

Tesla's Global Sales in 2024 Surpass Audi for the First Time in History

Although Tesla's 2024 automotive sales were lower than expected, it surpassed Audi, one of the most sought-after high-end automotive brands in Germany, for the first time in history. Data released by Audi on January 13 shows that its sales in 2024 were 1.67 million units, a 12% decrease from the previous year. Meanwhile, Tesla delivered 1.79 million vehicles in 2024. Audi stated on January 13 that its sales in markets such as Germany, China, and North America declined. The delivery of pure electric models dropped to around 164,000 units. (Caixin News Agency)

New York City Imposes Congestion Charge to Alleviate Urban Woes

Starting from the 5th, the central business district of Manhattan Island in New York City began to impose a daily congestion charge on vehicles entering this area, becoming the first area in the United States to impose a congestion charge. The website of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), which is responsible for the transportation operation in New York City, issued an announcement saying that the congestion charge plan will be implemented from January 5th, and vehicles entering the congestion mitigation area south of 60th Street on Manhattan Island will be subject to the congestion charge. (Xinhua Finance)

The US Introduces New Regulations on AI Chip Control, Nvidia and Oracle Have Clearly Opposed

On January 13, the US government announced the introduction of new regulations on AI chip control made in the US, stipulating the upper limit of computing power for US companies to sell chips to most countries. US Commerce Secretary Raimondo said that each company will have a 120-day comment period. Two tech giants, Nvidia and Oracle, have recently criticized the new US regulations on AI chip control. Nvidia said, "Personal computers commonly used by global users on a daily basis have already widely carried GPU products and technologies related to data centers. Trying to control them makes no sense and may instead force the world to look for alternative solutions, harming US interests." Oracle said that this new regulation may become one of the most destructive policies in the history of the US tech industry, "directly reducing the global chip market of US companies by 80%". (Jiemian News)

Zuckerberg: The US intelligence agencies have "many methods" to obtain the information that users store in communication software and social platforms

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of the American tech giant "Meta" company, admitted on the 10th local time when he was a guest on the podcast hosted by the well-known American self-media person Joe Rogan that the US intelligence agencies have "many methods" to obtain the information that users store in communication software and social platforms. Taking the company's communication software WhatsApp as an example, he said that although the encryption technology of WhatsApp and other software is strong enough to prevent general hacker attacks, like many communication software, it uses open-source universal encryption technology. Therefore, when the US intelligence agencies invade a user's mobile phone, they can read all the contents of these software in the user's mobile phone. (Global Network)

The Forefront of AI

The competition pattern in the automotive industry is constantly evolving, and many automakers are entering the AI track.

In 2025, when the development and transformation of the automotive industry has reached a climax, AI technology is becoming an important anchor point for automakers to improve their competitiveness. Recently, the 2025 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) concluded in Las Vegas, USA. Many well-known automakers participated in the exhibition with the latest AI technology, showing the unlimited possibilities of "AI + Automobile" to the outside world. Lin Shi, the secretary-general of the Intelligent Connected Vehicle Branch of the China-Europe Association, said in an interview with reporters that in the current automotive industry, the experiences of leading automakers in the intelligent field have become relatively similar, making it difficult to show unique differentiation and leading advantages in the market. Facing this situation, the entire industry is eagerly awaiting the emergence of more advanced intelligent technologies to bring more significant and considerable changes to the automotive industry. Against this background, AI technology has gradually become the "darling" in the eyes of automakers. (Securities Daily)

CITIC Securities: OpenAI Gets Involved Directly, Self-developed Robots May Be the Inevitable Path to AGI

36Kr has learned that CITIC Securities stated that OpenAI has restarted the robot project and is publicly recruiting leadership talents in project management, system integration, and mechanical structure on the Internet. This restart of the robot project by OpenAI means that the company currently has the financial and human resources conditions, and has begun to attach importance to the significance of self-developed and self-produced robots in the exploration of the AGI field. This is in line with CITIC Securities' previous judgment that global technology companies will focus on investing in robots in 2025. This trend is expected to intensify after Tesla, NVIDIA, and OpenAI have successively increased their investment. The core links of the Tesla robot industry chain are highly recommended.

Maifushi builds the AI-Agentforce Intelligent Agent Middle Platform with its self-developed AI large model and Agent technology.

36Kr learned that Maifushi, relying on its self-developed AI large model and Agent technology, has created the AI-Agentforce Intelligent Agent Middle Platform. It is introduced that this middle platform covers multiple products and services such as marketing intelligent agent, sales intelligent agent, business decision-making intelligent agent, and search intelligent agent, empowering the digital and intelligent transformation and change in multiple industries. Up to now, Maifushi has successfully customized digital and intelligent transformation solutions for more than 200,000 customers.

Pony Ma: Tencent will continuously invest resources in computing power reserves and conduct more AI explorations based on Hunyuan.

On the afternoon of January 13, Tencent Group's annual meeting was held in Shenzhen. Pony Ma, Chairman and CEO of Tencent, stated that in terms of TEG (Technology Engineering Group), Tencent will continuously invest resources in computing power reserves. It is hoped that each BG can embrace the productization and landing scenarios of large models. Currently, products including WeChat, QQ, Input Method, and Browser will launch AI intelligent entities, and products such as games, WeChat Reading, and Tencent Video will conduct more AI explorations based on Hunyuan. (China National Radio)

Investment and Financing

"SuanYun Digital Technology" Completes 90 Million Yuan Series A Financing

36Kr has learned that recently, "SuanYun Digital Technology" announced the successful completion of a 90 million yuan RMB Series A financing. This round of financing is led by the investment institution Fengying Ventures. The funds will mainly This round of financing will accelerate the company's layout in the CDN - IDC Internet value-added service field, promote the development of the light-asset CDN monetization project, and provide users with better cloud delivery products and services.

Cool Products

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has begun manufacturing advanced 4-nanometer chips at its factory in Arizona, the United States.

According to Reuters, TSMC, a major supplier to tech giants such as Apple and NVIDIA, has started manufacturing advanced 4-nanometer chips at its factory in Arizona, the United States. This is also the first time that TSMC has initiated large-scale production of advanced chips in the United States. US Commerce Secretary Raimondo said, "This is a major breakthrough, unprecedented. Many people once thought this was impossible to achieve." TSMC is a major supplier to companies such as Apple, NVIDIA, and AMD. Both the company and NVIDIA are the main beneficiaries of this round of the global artificial intelligence boom. (Securities Times)

It is reported that Apple's strongest chip M4 Ultra will debut in 2025

Mark Gurman revealed that the new Apple Mac Studio will be unveiled in the first half of 2025. The standard version is equipped with the M4 Max chip, and the high-end version will debut with the M4 Ultra chip. Among them, the M4 Ultra is the most powerful chip in Apple's history. It is expected that this chip will be fabricated with TSMC's 3nm process technology, equipped with a 32-core CPU and an 80-core GPU, and adopt Apple's custom chip-level packaging architecture UltraFusion. It is understood that UltraFusion uses local silicon interconnect technology to connect two M-series chips together. At the software level, these two chips are regarded as a single chip.

Mercedes-Benz to Launch CLA Model with Google AI Assistant in 25 Years

On January 13 local time, Google Cloud announced the launch of an automotive artificial intelligence assistant, providing multimodal reasoning and multilingual support to enable natural conversations with the AI assistant. Mercedes-Benz is one of the first automakers to apply Google AI in its MBUX virtual assistant and will apply it to the new Mercedes-Benz CLA later in 25 years. (Jiemian News)

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