Krypton Evening News | Baidu Baike's "Starry Sky Project": It has attracted 10,000 experts and 300 official institutions in three months since its launch; Li Qiang, the vice president of Tencent Group, revealed Tencent Cloud's overseas investment plan for 2025; The 5th China International Consumer Products Expo concluded today, with 4,209 consumer brands participating, setting a new record in scale.
Large Companies:
Taobao Shopping Drives Growth of Cross - border Parcel Consolidation, Cainiao Enters US App Ranking
36Kr learned that Chinese e - commerce has set off an overseas craze, driving up the demand for cross - border logistics. In particular, with the increasing downloads of shopping apps like Taobao, the demand for cross - border parcel consolidation is strong. As a major service provider in the cross - border logistics and parcel consolidation market, Cainiao has been widely chosen by overseas consumers in recent days. On April 17th, the Cainiao App entered the US App ranking in the lifestyle application category for the first time. The next day, its ranking in the list rose rapidly by 25 places. It is understood that in response to the shopping habits of overseas Chinese consumers using apps like Taobao, Cainiao has launched cross - border consolidation services in the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong (China), etc.
BMW Deepens Local Cooperation with ByteDance
On April 18th, Brilliance BMW Lingyue Digital Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Volcengine, a cloud service platform under ByteDance, announced a cooperation. The two sides will focus on the innovative application of artificial intelligence in automobile marketing services, providing efficient product matching and car - buying suggestions through AI + scenarios, and precise content guidance to comprehensively improve the user's car - buying experience and the operational efficiency of dealers. This is BMW's second cooperation with a leading Chinese technology company after the release of the "360 - degree Full - chain AI Strategy" last month, aiming to accelerate the innovation and upgrading of the local value chain with AI technology. (Xinhua News Agency)
36Kr learned that on April 18th, the 2025 Baidu Creators Conference was held in Xishuangbanna. Baidu Baike announced at the sub - conference that just over 3 months after the launch of the "Starry Sky Project", nearly 10,000 authoritative experts and more than 300 official institutions have joined to jointly build a knowledge community in the AI era. The "Starry Sky Project" is a knowledge dissemination and co - construction plan officially launched by Baidu Baike on December 27, 2024, aiming to promote the openness and authority of the Chinese knowledge platform and facilitate the popularization and dissemination of knowledge.
Kingsoft Office Upgrades its Government Affairs Large - scale Model
36Kr learned that on April 18th, the 2025 Kingsoft Office Digital Government Affairs Partners Summit was held in Wuhan, where an enhanced version of Kingsoft Office's government affairs large - scale model was released. The enhanced version introduced in this update has in - depth reasoning ability. On the premise of ensuring the application effect of the AI algorithm, it reduces the hardware resource cost of AI servers by 90%, further promoting the popularization and implementation of government affairs AI in government units at all levels. After the upgrade of Kingsoft Office's government affairs large - scale model, the quality of official document writing has increased by 71.58%, the intention understanding ability has increased by 34.87%, and the official document typesetting ability has increased by 12%.
36Kr learned that Xiaomi's large - scale model team has recently proposed a new generation method, namely the direction - aware diagonal snake - like order autoregressive image generation method (DAR). Simply put, instead of drawing row by row, it generates each pixel flexibly along the diagonal of the image like a snake. This method is more natural than traditional methods and closer to human intuition when painting. In the 256×256 ImageNet benchmark test, DAR achieved an FID score of 1.37, refreshing the current state - of - the - art (SoTA) of similar technologies.
36Kr learned that on April 18th, the 2025 Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Conference Chengdu Summit opened. Li Qiang, Vice President of Tencent Group and President of Government and Enterprise Business, said that in the past three years, Tencent Cloud's international business has maintained double - digit high - speed growth, serving more than 10,000 overseas customers in more than 80 countries and regions. In the future, Tencent will continue to increase its overseas investment, planning to invest $150 million in the Middle East and establish its first data center in Saudi Arabia. It also plans to invest $500 million in Indonesia and build its third data center there.
Luobo Kuaipao Establishes a New Company in Hainan with a Registered Capital of 1 Million
36Kr learned that according to the Tianyancha App, recently, Luobo Yunli (Hainan) Technology Co., Ltd. was established. The legal representative is Bi Ran, and the registered capital is 1 million RMB. Its business scope includes import and export agency, online cultural business, artificial intelligence basic software development, artificial intelligence application software development, computer system services, Internet data services, information system integration services, etc. Shareholder information shows that the company is wholly - owned by Luobo Yunli (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., an affiliated company of Luobo Kuaipao.
Bilibili Debuts at the Shanghai Auto Show in the Form of an "Exhibition within an Exhibition"
36Kr learned that the 2025 Shanghai Auto Show will officially open on April 23rd. As the strategic cooperation video platform for this auto show, Bilibili will make its first appearance at the auto show site in the form of an "exhibition within an exhibition", creating a double - layer immersive automobile experience space covering an area of more than 1,500 square meters. On Bilibili, automotive - related content has always been very popular. Data shows that Bilibili has become one of the core platforms for the automotive content ecosystem. In 2024, the total number of automotive - related content submissions on Bilibili soared by 266%, and 90% of users would browse in - depth content on Bilibili before buying a car.
New Products:
The New Extended - Range Version of Zhijie R7 Officially Launches
36Kr learned that on April 17th, the new extended - range version of Zhijie R7 was officially launched. The whole vehicle is equipped with a 53.4kWh large - capacity battery and Huawei's DriveONE four - wheel drive system, with a price range of 299,800 - 319,800 RMB. The preferential price of the new Zhijie S7 Ultra is 319,800 RMB, and a new Ultra sports version is added, priced at 329,800 RMB.
Investment and Financing:
"Zhonghao Qiwang" Completes an Angel Round of Financing of 8 Million RMB
36Kr learned that "Zhonghao Qiwang" announced the completion of an 8 - million - RMB angel round of financing. This round of financing was exclusively led by Fuxing Capital, and the funds will be mainly used for the research and development of core artificial intelligence algorithms and the expansion of application scenarios in vertical fields. It is understood that Zhonghao Qiwang focuses on the core direction of "AI + Industrial Internet of Things" and develops intelligent decision - making systems and automation solutions.
Recently, the straw - based biosynthesis enterprise "Juwei Yuanchuang" completed its Pre - B4 round of fundraising. Multiple industrial funds, including Blueprint Venture Capital and Jiangsu Coastal Group, participated in the investment. Yibai served as the financial advisor for the Pre - B4 round and in the long - term. It is understood that Juwei Yuanchuang raised nearly 500 million RMB in total in 2024 and gradually established a 100,000 - ton - level straw - based bio - manufacturing capacity. As of now, Juwei Yuanchuang's first - launch pipeline has entered the mass - production stage, and it has completed the actual delivery of 10,000 - ton - level bio - based products. By the end of this year, it will have a 100,000 - ton - level straw - based bio - manufacturing capacity.
Other Noteworthy News:
The 5th China International Consumer Products Expo closed today (April 18th). The 6 - day exhibition reached a record - high scale in terms of internationalization and specialization compared with previous editions. A total of 1,767 enterprises and 4,209 consumer brands from 71 countries and regions participated in this year's expo, setting a new record. Around the consumption theme and Hainan's characteristics, more than 60 events such as new product launches, healthy consumption, low - altitude economy, and the "Global Good Gifts" selection were held. During the exhibition, supply - demand matching activities with themes such as "Global Good Products, E - commerce Platforms, and Key Countries" were also held, and the intended cooperation amount reached 92 billion RMB on - site. (CCTV News)
New Regulations on Live - streaming E - commerce Supervision to Be Open for Public Comment
The State Administration for Market Regulation is leading the drafting of the "Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Live - streaming E - commerce" and will soon solicit public comments. This was learned by reporters from a press conference held by the State Administration for Market Regulation on the 18th. On the same day, the State Administration for Market Regulation released 10 typical illegal cases in the live - streaming e - commerce field, including false advertising, selling products that do not meet national standards, infringing on exclusive rights to registered trademarks, using medical terms in non - medical, pharmaceutical, or medical device advertisements, and passing off fake products as genuine ones. (Xinhua News Agency)
Focusing on Data Element Cooperation, Wenzhou Launches the "Hundred - City Action"
36Kr learned that during the 2025 Data Security Development Conference, the signing ceremony of the "Hundred - City Action" alliance for data element cooperation will be held at the main forum on May 17th. It is understood that the "Hundred - City Action" mainly focuses on three types of cities: those with a foundation in digital reform and a willingness to develop the data industry, pilot cities for data circulation and utilization infrastructure, and cities that visit the Data Security Port or are willing to cooperate. It will carry out cooperation in six aspects, including the research and promotion of data products, the interconnection of data infrastructure, the reuse of typical digital reform applications, the research on data basic systems and theories, data services, and computing power services.