Krypton Evening News | China's first benchmark project for domestic substitution of agricultural open-source HarmonyOS is officially launched; HP partners with Alibaba Cloud to explore the application of Tongyi large models on the edge side; The seventh batch of new occupations is officially released, including 17 new occupations and 42 new types of work.
Large Companies:
Starbucks China Responds to the Launch of "Starbucks Study Rooms" in Some Guangdong Stores
36Kr learned that on July 22, in response to the launch of "Starbucks Study Rooms" in some Starbucks stores in Guangdong, Starbucks China issued a statement saying that it hopes the store spaces can provide consumers with a place to "study" during the hot summer. In the future, more stores are also prepared to try more "interest - oriented" spaces and activities.
36Kr learned that on July 21, the "First Large - Scale Domestic Replacement Project of Open - Source HarmonyOS in Chinese Agriculture and the Construction Project of the Domestic Agricultural Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain", jointly initiated by Chinese agricultural technology enterprise MaiMai Technology Group, Shenzhen Kaihong Digital Industry Development Co., Ltd., CITIC Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., and the Jingmen Municipal Government, held a cooperation signing ceremony in Jingmen, Hubei. The project focuses on the domestic replacement construction of open - source HarmonyOS in the entire agricultural scenario, with "domestic replacement + artificial intelligence" as the core, and builds a full - stack self - controllable system from seed chips, operating systems to the application of the entire agricultural industry chain.
To help consumers meet their beautiful housing needs from "having a place to live" to "living well", Beijing Lianjia announced on July 22 that it has launched 1,411 decoration experts covering all stores in the city. This move aims to achieve an effective connection from second - hand housing transactions to decoration by cultivating compound housing consultants who understand both real estate and decoration, help customers make comprehensive decisions during the home - buying process, avoid decoration pitfalls in advance, and create a one - stop housing service experience from "purchase to occupancy".
South Korean fashion e - commerce platform MUSINSA announced on July 22 that the transaction volume of Chinese tourists in its major offline stores has increased significantly recently. In the second quarter of this year, the transaction volume of Chinese customers at the "MUSINSA Store Seongsu @ Daelim Warehouse" store in Seoul's Seongsu - dong increased by 257% compared with the first quarter. The transaction volume of Chinese tourists at the offline store "MUSINSA Store Hongdae" in Seoul's Hongdae Entrance increased by 180% year - on - year in the first half of the year. (Jiemian)
36Kr learned that recently, HP and Alibaba Cloud signed a cooperation memorandum and will cooperate around the Tongyi big model. They will integrate the model capabilities into HP's AI assistants, Hui Xiaowei/Xiao Hui, explore the local operation of the big model on the PC side, and improve the intelligence and user experience of terminal products.
Meituan: Pinhaofan Launches the "Ten Thousand Brands" Program
36Kr learned that Meituan's official Weibo account announced that starting from now, Pinhaofan has officially launched the "Ten Thousand Brands" program, which will provide traffic support, joint customized services, and brand support for 10,000 well - known catering brands across the country to serve consumers well together. Currently, more than 5,000 catering brands have settled in Pinhaofan. As of July 2025, more than one million merchants across the country have gone online, and the peak daily order volume of Pinhaofan has exceeded 35 million.
36Kr learned that Jindun Co., Ltd. announced that the cumulative deviation of the closing price increase of the company's stock trading for two consecutive trading days has exceeded 30%, which belongs to the abnormal fluctuation of stock trading. Jindun Co., Ltd. said that it has noticed the high market attention to the Yarlung Zangbo River hydropower concept recently. Although the construction ceremony of the hydropower project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River has been held, the project bidding process has not started.
New Products:
Baidu's Video Generation Model Steam Engine Launches Mobile Web Version
36Kr learned that on July 22, Baidu's self - developed AIGC video generation model, Steam Engine, officially launched its mobile web version, allowing users to generate movie - level videos with one click on mobile devices. It is understood that since its launch two weeks ago, the number of registered users of this model has exceeded 300,000, the number of task submissions per hour has reached 18,000, and the cumulative number of generated content has exceeded 2 million. In addition, the Turbo version is currently in a limited - time free public beta. The Lite/Pro and full - series audio versions will be launched in August, realizing the industry's first support for single - person voice and two - person dialogue video generation. This model is trained based on hundreds of millions of Chinese multi - modal data and uses a multi - objective reinforcement learning framework. It topped the VBench I2V list with a global high score of 89.38% in May this year.
Smart Glasses Brand XREAL Releases Flagship Product XREAL One Pro
On July 22, smart glasses brand XREAL officially released its new flagship product, XREAL One Pro. According to IDC data, XREAL has ranked first in global sales in the AR field for three consecutive years. In the first quarter of 2025, XREAL ranked among the top two in the global market share in the global AR/VR industry.
Zero One Wanwu's Wanzhi 2.0 Upgrades
36Kr learned that on July 22, Zero One Wanwu held a product launch event in Beijing. Dr. Li Kaifu, the CEO of Zero One Wanwu, together with co - founders Ma Jie and Huang Huiwen, jointly released the 2.0 version of the Wanzhi enterprise - level big model one - stop platform (hereinafter referred to as the Wanzhi Platform) and launched Zero One Wanwu's enterprise - level Agent intelligent entity. It is understood that this enterprise - level Agent is positioned as a "super employee" and has the ability of in - depth thinking and task planning. Based on the security sandbox and MCP, Zero One Wanwu's enterprise - level Agent can access mobile phones and the Web and connect to various enterprise services.
Other Noteworthy News:
The State Administration of Foreign Exchange released data on July 22, showing that in the first half of 2025, the total cross - border income and expenditure of non - bank sectors such as enterprises and individuals reached $7.6 trillion, a record high for the same period in history. Among them, the proportion of RMB in cross - border payments reached 53%, and the non - bank sectors such as enterprises and individuals had a net inflow of $127.3 billion in cross - border funds, continuing the net inflow trend since the second half of last year. (Xinhua News Agency)
China's Trade Volume with Five Northeast Asian Countries Exceeded $900 Billion in 2024
Learned from the press conference of the Ministry of Commerce held this morning that in recent years, China has deepened practical cooperation with Northeast Asian countries in various fields, and economic and trade exchanges have maintained a good development momentum. In 2024, China's trade volume with five Northeast Asian countries reached $901.6 billion. In 2024, China's trade volume with five Northeast Asian countries increased by 1.6% year - on - year, accounting for nearly 15% of China's total foreign trade volume. China has long remained the largest trading partner of the five Northeast Asian countries. (CCTV News)
Li Qiang Signs the State Council Decree to Promulgate the "Regulations on Rural Highways"
Li Qiang, the Premier of the State Council, recently signed the State Council Decree to promulgate the "Regulations on Rural Highways" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), which will come into effect on September 15, 2025. The "Regulations" aim to promote the high - quality development of rural highways to meet the needs of promoting rural revitalization and accelerating agricultural and rural modernization. (Xinhua News Agency)
Learned from the press conference of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security that today, the seventh batch of new occupations was officially released, including 17 new occupations and 42 new types of work. The main characteristics of the newly released occupations and types of work are reflected in three "news": Driven by new technologies. The rapid development and in - depth application of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data have given rise to a large number of new digital occupations and types of work. Bred by new consumption. People's increasing demand for quality of life, health management, spiritual culture, and personalized services has given rise to new occupations. Catalyzed by new business forms. The development of new business forms is profoundly reshaping the employment market and giving rise to a number of new occupations and types of work with both technological content and contemporary characteristics. (CCTV News)
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office estimates that in the next decade, the "Great and Beautiful" tax and spending bill promoted by U.S. President Trump will reduce direct government spending by about $1.1 trillion and government revenue by about $4.5 trillion. This means that the U.S. fiscal deficit will increase by about $3.4 trillion, slightly higher than the level predicted by the agency at the end of June. In addition, by 2034, this bill is expected to cause about 10 million Americans to lose their health insurance. (CCTV News)