Kr Star Evening News | Yonghui Announces Second Batch of 100-Store Plan; Yikong Zhijia Raises Over 400 Million Yuan in Series D Funding Led by Puquan Capital and CATL; Huawei Cloud's CloudDevice Debuts at HDC 2025
Large Companies:
Lawson Opens New Stores Using AI and Robotics Technology in Tokyo, Japan
On June 23 local time, Lawson, a Japanese convenience store giant, opened new stores in Tokyo that utilize technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics. When customers pick up a product, the electronic screen will display relevant recommended products. The stores have also introduced robots responsible for cooking and product display. (Jiemian)
Yonghui Announces Plan for Second Batch of 100 Stores
36Kr learned that Yonghui Superstores announced its latest adjustment plan following the Fat Donglai model. It is expected to complete the adjustment of 200 stores nationwide by September 30 this year. With the opening of the Nanjing Jiangning Wanda store in mid - June, Yonghui Superstores completed the adjustment of 100 stores nationwide on the first anniversary of launching the Fat Donglai model adjustment, marking that its adjustment in this model has entered a stage of scale and systematization. During the opening of the 100th adjusted store nationwide, Yonghui Superstores held a one - week training session for the elite class of store managers for the 2025 national store adjustment in Zhengzhou to further strengthen the ability to implement the adjustment.
36Kr learned that according to the Aiqicha App, recently, Zhongye Great Wall Investment (Xiongan) Co., Ltd. was established. The legal representative is Chen Shimin, and the registered capital is 100 million yuan. Its business scope includes investment activities with self - owned funds, project management services, and enterprise management consulting. The equity penetration chart shows that the company is wholly - owned by Zhongye Great Wall Investment Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Metallurgical Group Corporation.
Haitian Co., Ltd.: Signs School - Enterprise Cooperation Agreement with Sichuan University
36Kr learned that Haitian Co., Ltd. announced that it signed a school - enterprise cooperation agreement with Sichuan University. The two parties will jointly establish a joint innovation research center. Focusing on the development needs of new energy industries such as water treatment, solid waste resource utilization, hydrogen energy, energy storage, and photovoltaic, as well as the construction of Sichuan University as a world - class university, they will establish an innovation cooperation mechanism. The cooperation content includes the development of new products and technologies, technical support for engineering projects, and technology development planning. Haitian Co., Ltd. will invest 50 million yuan as special funds for industry - university - research cooperation in the research center, with 10 million yuan per year for five years. This agreement will not have a significant impact on the company's operating performance in 2025, and the impact on future operating performance depends on the progress of specific projects.
JD Logistics: Starts Recruiting Full - time Riders for JD Food Delivery Service
36Kr learned that JD Logistics announced that with the development of JD Group's food delivery business, JD Logistics has started recruiting full - time riders to participate in the delivery service of JD food delivery. This move enriches JD Logistics' solutions and service scope, and is expected to strengthen the synergy of existing end - to - end fulfillment and other operational links of JD Logistics and improve operational efficiency.
Investment and Financing:
36Kr learned that "Yikong Zhijia" announced the completion of Series D financing of over 400 million yuan. This round of financing was led by CATL through its only industrial investment platform, Puquan Capital (CATL Captial), and its own funds. Strategic industrial parties and investment institutions such as Fangguang Capital, Xingqi Fund under Falcon Investment, Zhongji Holdings, Tongli Co., Ltd., and Huace Navigation jointly invested. The funds will be mainly used for the research and development of unmanned driving products, market expansion, and international layout in overseas markets such as Australia. It is reported that as of now, "Yikong Zhijia" has deployed about 1,500 unmanned mining truck fleets, with a domestic market share of nearly 50%.
36Kr learned that recently, Jiangsu Liwan Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. announced that it has completed Series A+ financing of tens of millions of yuan, invested by Jiangyin Xiake Emerging Industry Development Fund (Limited Partnership). This financing is mainly used for the research and development of components of wafer electrical testing equipment and the upgrading of technology and production lines.
Michun Biotechnology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Completes Series A Financing of 20 Million Yuan
36Kr learned that recently, Michun Biotechnology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., an enterprise in the domestic maternal and infant nutrition technology field (referred to as "Michun Biotechnology"), announced the successful completion of Series A financing of 20 million yuan. The raised funds will be mainly used for deepening the research and development of core products, expanding market channels, and accelerating its listing process on the NASDAQ.
New Products:
Huawei Cloud CloudDevice Debuts at HDC 2025
At the high - level forum of the Huawei Developer Conference (HDC 2025) on June 21, Huawei Cloud officially launched its new - generation cloud terminal product, CloudDevice, covering products such as cloud mobile phones, cloud PCs, and cloud tablets. It also jointly released the "Report on the Development of the Cloud Terminal Industry" and the "Technical Standards for Cloud Terminals Based on Cloud - Network - Terminal - Edge - Chip" with the Think - tank Construction Research Department of the Institute of Science and Technology Strategy and Consulting of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. Through the full - stack collaboration of "cloud - network - terminal - edge - chip", CloudDevice achieves 4K 90FPS ultra - clear picture quality and an ultra - low end - to - end latency of 60ms, and has obtained two "leading - level" certifications from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. Huawei Cloud said that CloudDevice will continue to build an open ecosystem, accelerate the innovation of intelligent applications in the industry, and promote the connection of all intelligent things to the cloud.
Faraday Future Launches Intelligent Cockpit Operating System FF AI 2.0
At 6:24 Beijing time, Faraday Future announced the official launch of the FF AI 2.0 system, which will be integrated into the FF 91 2.0 model through OTA software updates. It is reported that FFAI2.0 supports real - time switching of more than 50 languages, has the ability to remember the context of conversations, and can understand complex instructions. The FFAI 2.0 system is deeply integrated with OpenAI and will be first deployed to the FF 91 model through an upcoming OTA upgrade, and is planned to be extended to the FX series in the future. (Jiemian)
Novo Nordisk Launches Blockbuster Weight - Loss Drug Wegovy in India
Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk officially launched its blockbuster weight - loss drug Wegovy in India on Tuesday, which is injected once a week. Vikrant Shrotriya, the managing director of Novo Nordisk India, said that the drug is being distributed and will be available in pharmacies by the end of this month. (Sina Finance)
Today's Views:
"In terms of market allocation, we maintain our overweight recommendation for A - shares and Hong Kong stocks. We expect the target point of the CSI 300 to be 4,600 points and the target point of the MSCI China to be 84 points, implying an upside potential of about 10%." At a media briefing on June 23, Fu Si, a China equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, said. In terms of industry allocation, Fu Si said that Goldman Sachs recently upgraded the ratings of the banking and real - estate sectors, mainly benefiting from domestic policy support. At the same time, it continues to overweight consumer - oriented sectors, including sub - sectors such as medical devices, consumer services, media, and e - commerce retail. Wang Lisheng, an economist at Goldman Sachs China, pointed out that China's economic growth remains relatively resilient in the short term, and policy hedging will significantly increase in the second half of this year. (The Paper)
Other Noteworthy News:
Six Departments: Support Residents' Employment and Income Increase to Boost Consumption Confidence
36Kr learned that six departments, including the People's Bank of China, jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Financial Support for Boosting and Expanding Consumption". The "Opinions" pointed out that financial services for business entities with strong employment absorption capabilities, such as private and small - and - micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households, should be strengthened. The policy of entrepreneurial guarantee loans should be deeply implemented. It is encouraged to appropriately relax the application conditions for entrepreneurial guarantee loans according to local conditions, simplify the approval process, and promote the entrepreneurship and income increase of eligible individuals and enterprises. Financial products that meet the needs of family wealth management should be innovated, the personal investment and financial management business of residents should be regulated, and the property income of residents should be increased.
UK Announces Ten - Year Industrial Development Strategy
The UK government announced a ten - year industrial development strategy on the 23rd, planning to support the development of key industries such as advanced manufacturing and clean energy by reducing energy costs and optimizing energy infrastructure to promote long - term economic growth. The UK will take a series of energy cost reform measures: implement the "Industrial Competitiveness Plan" from 2027 to reduce the electricity costs of about 7,000 energy - intensive enterprises by up to 25%; significantly increase the exemption ratio of grid connection fees for power - intensive enterprises such as steel, ceramics, glass, and aluminum; establish a "Grid Connection Acceleration Service" by the end of 2025 to coordinate multiple parties to ensure the rapid grid connection of key projects. (Xinhua)