36Kr Evening News | SK Ecoplant is reportedly seeking to sell two environmental protection subsidiaries for 2 trillion won: "Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child 2" enters the top 4 of the global animated film box office list.
Big Companies:
"Ne Zha: Devil Child Comes to the Sea" Enters the Global Animation Film Box Office Top 4
36Kr learned that according to the global box office list of Dengta Professional Edition, as of 17:36 on February 12, the total box office (including pre-sales) of the film "Ne Zha: Devil Child Comes to the Sea" exceeded 1.306 billion US dollars (including 370,000 US dollars in overseas preview box office), surpassing "Frozen", entering the top 4 of the global animation film box office list. It is also the only non-Hollywood film in the global animation film box office TOP4.
SK Ecoplant Is Reportedly Seeking to Sell Two Environmental Subsidiaries for 2 Trillion Korean Won
According to the Korea Economic Daily, banking insiders said that SK Group's environmental energy subsidiary SK Ecoplant is seeking to sell its waste management departments Renewus and Renewone to improve its financial situation. SK Ecoplant is seeking the help of private equity funds and hopes to sell these two departments at a price of up to 2 trillion Korean won. (Jiemian)
Alibaba International Station AI Integrates Advanced Models Such as DeepSeek
36Kr learned that during this Spring Festival, not only did Alibaba International Station's AI foreign trade product help merchants receive a large order of 20 million US dollars from the Middle East, but it has also integrated advanced large models such as DeepSeek, which will be fully applied to all core links of foreign trade business. After the integration, when the AI automatically receives overseas customers, it will be able to more comprehensively consider the intention of the buyer's inquiry, and then conduct in-depth reasoning in combination with the market insights on Alibaba International Station, foreign trade experience, and the merchant's own product situation. In addition, Alibaba International Station is also testing the Tongyi Qianwen Qwen 2.5-Max model to provide services for merchants.
Tencent Exits Saiya People Network Technology Company
36Kr learned that the Tianyancha App shows that recently, Saiya People (Beijing) Network Technology Co., Ltd. has undergone industrial and commercial changes, and Shenzhen Tencent Industry Investment Fund Co., Ltd. has withdrawn from the list of shareholders. Saiya People (Beijing) Network Technology Co., Ltd. was established in March 2015, with Wu Rui as the legal representative. Its business scope includes technology development, technology consultation, technology services, and technology transfer. It is now jointly held by Wu Rui, Wei Xuan, Li Hong, and Shenzhen iDreamsky Technology Co., Ltd.
Some Global Investors Are Reembracing Hedge Funds in China
According to a survey by BNP Paribas, a net 7% of respondents said they plan to increase their allocation to funds mainly focused on China (including all strategies) in 2025. The survey was conducted in December and January, with 229 asset allocators responsible for a global $1.4 trillion investment in hedge funds as the respondents. (Cailian Press)
According to the Weibo message of "Huawei Terminal", Hongmeng Zhixing Zhijie New S7 launches limited-time financial policies with 3-year 0-interest and 5-year low-interest. From now on, the down payment for car purchase is only 79,800 yuan, with a maximum savings of 17,000 yuan. Recently, car companies such as Tesla, Xiaopeng, Avita, and NIO have all launched interest-free car purchase preferential measures. Industry insiders believe that the market competition in 2025 will definitely be more intense. With the accelerated penetration of intelligent driving, "Intelligent Driving Equality" will become the key to the next round of competition in the car market. (Cailian Press)
36Kr learned that recently, Lenovo Group and IDC jointly released the 2025 "Global Chief Information Officer (CIO) Report: Entering a New AI Economic Era". The report surveyed nearly 3,000 IT and business decision-makers in medium and large organizations worldwide, showing the progress and challenges of global enterprises in implementing AI. The report found that in 2025, the scale of enterprise AI spending will increase to 3 times, and data science/business intelligence has become the largest investment area, with more than 40% of funds flowing to generative AI. And the priorities of enterprises are also shifting from the AI technology itself to the business results it enables and the improvement of operational and productivity benefits. At the same time, challenges such as AI return on investment, lack of high-quality data, and ethical governance still need to be broken through.
Baidu's Autonomous Driving May Go Overseas to the United Arab Emirates
It is learned from insiders that Baidu's autonomous driving may go overseas to the United Arab Emirates. Dubai Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed said on February 12 that he recently met with Baidu founder Li Yanhong in Dubai. Previously, Li Yanhong had a conversation with the UAE AI Minister Omar Sultan AI Olama, who said, "I look forward to all fleets being supported by RoboTaxi for autonomous driving at next year's conference." (Sina Finance)
Investment and Financing:
"Hongcheng Innovation" Receives Additional Investment in Series B+ Financing
36Kr learned that recently, Beijing Hongcheng Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. announced that it has successfully received additional investment in the Series B+ financing, which is invested by the state-owned fund Shandong Cultural Development Investment Fund. The funds from this round of financing will be mainly used to strengthen the company's core technology R & D capabilities, continue to increase investment in the field of biosafety digital and intelligent management, promote the further implementation of products nationwide, and at the same time promote the commercial application and promotion of products and technologies in the global market. Previously, Hongcheng Innovation has received a 100 million yuan Series B+ investment led by Yizhuang Guotou and Yunzhou Capital. Up to now, the post-investment valuation of Hongcheng Innovation has reached 1 billion yuan.
The investment scale of South Korea's top ten manufacturing enterprises this year will increase by 7% year-on-year to 119 trillion won (about 599 billion yuan). Specifically, the semiconductor industry will increase investment centered on advanced memory chips to meet the steadily increasing global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) devices. The automotive industry will increase investment in the electrification transformation. However, due to factors such as the stagnant demand for electric vehicles and global oversupply, the investment in the secondary battery and steel industries is likely to decrease. (Cailian Press)
"Bo'er Zhizao" Completes A Round of Financing of Several Ten Million Yuan
36Kr learned that recently, the AI industrial vision enterprise "Bo'er Zhizao" completed a round A financing of several ten million yuan. This round is led by the Taiwanese fund China Development Financial Holdings as the lead investor, with the new shareholder Minyin International following suit and the old shareholder Haolan Capital continuing to increase its investment. As of the completion of this round, Bo'er Zhizao has accumulated financing of RMB 100 million yuan. This round of financing is mainly used for the initial test of new directions in semiconductor testing and the large-scale mass production of existing mature consumer electronics industry testing, further strengthening the commercial and technical barriers.
New Products:
With the surge in artificial intelligence data centers driving demand growth, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order later on February 11 local time. The largest grid operator in the US, PJM Interconnection, which manages a 13-state network extending from the East Coast to Chicago, will begin rapidly reviewing up to 50 new projects starting in April. These projects will be specifically used to improve grid reliability to help avoid potential power shortages by the end of this decade. (Jiemian)
36Kr learned that the global knowledge management enterprise Xmind announced the completion of the strategic acquisition of the AI summary tool Briefy. The latter, with its application of multimodal parsing driven by the large language model, can convert long videos and tens of thousands of word documents into structured outlines or mind maps, and help users digest and manage knowledge through the knowledge base. This acquisition will strengthen Xmind's technical depth in the field of generative AI, and promote the iteration of knowledge management services in the direction of lightweight and universalization through the underlying ability to intelligently disassemble complex information.
The "Hundred Vehicles Action" of Nano AI Search was held in Beijing. He Xiaopeng, the chairman of Xiaopeng Motors, said that he wants to make a top-level intelligent driving product with a price of 20,000 US dollars. Xiaopeng Motors will launch the top-of-the-line version of MONA, MONA M03 MAX, in May this year, "equipped with the industry's top autonomous driving technology". The name MONA comes from "made of new AI". He believes that in the next 10 years, the penetration rate of high-level intelligent driving will increase from 2% to 50%, or even 80% - 90%. (Cailian Press)
Today's Views:
He Xiaopeng, the chairman of Xiaopeng Motors, Wang Xingxing, the founder of Unitree Robotics, investor Xu Xin, Yuan Jinhui, the CEO of Silicon Mobility, Li Dahai, the CEO of Facade Intelligence, Zhang Junjie of Bawang Tea Ji, etc. went to Huawei for a visit and study, and communicated with Ren Zhengfei. He Xiaopeng, the chairman of Xiaopeng Motors, also posted a photo with Ren Zhengfei on the social platform. He said: "Today, I am honored to learn and communicate with Ren Zhengfei. Ren Zhengfei gave a lot of thoughts and suggestions on technology, enterprises, culture, and governance." (Cailian Press)
Other News Worth Noting:
Some securities regulatory bureaus and listed company associations have once again issued regulatory reminders to listed companies and intermediaries, requiring them to strengthen the quality of information disclosure work. The regulatory requirements are as follows: On the one hand, as the main body of information disclosure, listed companies should establish and improve the announcement review and verification mechanism, equip the information disclosure department with sufficient personnel, clarify the direct responsible persons in each link of the announcement release, establish an internal accountability mechanism, strengthen the review of information disclosure documents such as regular reports, refinancing, and major asset reorganizations, and avoid low-level errors; Actively use technological means to reduce the probability of low-level errors, provide sufficient personnel, and take all necessary measures to prevent low-level errors. On the other hand, intermediaries should strengthen the review and verification of information disclosure documents and fulfill their due obligations. Overall, if low-level errors in information disclosure cause significant impacts, the regulatory authorities will deal with them seriously and in accordance with regulations. (Cailian Press)