Krypton Evening News | Ant Digital Technology's Bund Summit Reaches AI Cooperation with 14 Entities; Qiushi Journal Publishes Xi Jinping's Important Article "Deeply Advance the Construction of a Unified National Market"; Beijing's GDP is Expected to Exceed 5 Trillion Yuan by the End of the 14th Five-Year Plan
Large Companies:
East Selection: To Promote More High - quality Agricultural Products with Geographical Indications
36Kr learned that recently, East Selection was invited to participate in the 14th China Intellectual Property Annual Conference. At the conference, East Selection announced that it has launched nearly 800 self - operated products, more than half of which are agricultural products, including several products with geographical indications. In the future, East Selection said it will continue to strengthen cooperation with local governments, industry associations, etc., to explore new paths for e - commerce to support the development of products with geographical indications.
SF Express Same - City's "SoFast" Launches in Macau
36Kr learned that recently, SF Express Same - City's "SoFast" brand was officially launched in Macau. It is understood that for this launch in Macau, SF Express Same - City has reached a strategic cooperation with the local Macau lifestyle service platform "Aomi App". The two parties will provide efficient and convenient one - stop same - city instant delivery services for Macau merchants and users. SF Express Same - City's "SoFast" will build a business matrix targeting merchants and consumers in Macau, providing instant delivery services with a delivery time as fast as one hour. The delivery scope includes documents, flowers, meals, tea drinks, jewelry, digital products, etc.
36Kr learned that Beijing Automotive Group issued a statement saying that it will continuously optimize mechanisms such as order confirmation, delivery acceptance, and payment settlement, firmly oppose any form of unreasonable payment behavior and malicious competition, effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of supplier partners, and adhere to advancing hand in hand with supplier partners. It will focus on core technology breakthroughs and product quality improvement, build a healthy, stable, and win - win automotive industry ecosystem, and enhance the resilience and security level of the industrial chain.
Ant Digital Technology's Bund Summit Reaches AI Cooperation with 14 Entities
At the 2025 Bund Summit held recently, Ant Digital Technology reached cooperation with 14 institutions to jointly promote the large - scale implementation of artificial intelligence technology in key fields such as energy, data, healthcare, and transportation. As the technology commercialization arm of Ant Group, Ant Digital Technology continuously promotes the in - depth application of cutting - edge AI technology in industries. Its previously launched "Energy Service Intelligent Agent" based on the EnergyTS large - model has significantly improved efficiency in power generation forecasting, operation strategy generation, etc., helping enterprises improve the efficiency of investment decision - making by more than 60 times. The self - developed financial reasoning large - model Agentar - Fin - R1 is currently applied in scenarios such as wealth management and intelligent customer service, which can help financial institutions increase the number of customers served by financial advisors by more than 10 times.
36Kr learned that on September 15, Midea continued to deepen its cooperation in instant retail with Tmall. The brand's first batch of nearly 90 offline store warehouses were connected to Taobao Flash Sale, providing consumers with "one - hour delivery" services, which now cover 19 cities across the country, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou.
Hisense Group Formally Signs a Cooperation Agreement with Feishu
36Kr learned that recently, Hisense Group formally signed a cooperation agreement with Feishu, announcing that it will comprehensively upgrade its existing office platform "Xinhong 2.0" to "Xinhong 3.0". This upgrade is the result of in - depth co - creation between Hisense and Feishu in the AI era.
36Kr learned that the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers issued the "Initiative on Standardizing Account Payment to Suppliers by Automobile Manufacturers" today. On the same day, 17 key automobile manufacturers, including FAW, Dongfeng, Changan, SAIC, BAIC, GAC, Jianghuai, Seres, Chery, Geely, Great Wall, BYD, Li Auto, NIO, Leapmotor, XPeng, and Xiaomi Auto, all said that they will actively implement the "Initiative on Standardizing Account Payment to Suppliers by Automobile Manufacturers", build a win - win cooperation and development ecosystem of "automobile manufacturers - auto parts suppliers", and jointly promote the high - quality development of the automobile industry.
36Kr learned that according to the website of the State Administration for Market Regulation, after a preliminary investigation, NVIDIA Corporation violated the "Anti - monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China" and the "Announcement of the State Administration for Market Regulation on the Anti - monopoly Review Decision of Approving NVIDIA Corporation's Acquisition of the Equity of Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. Subject to Attached Restrictive Conditions". The State Administration for Market Regulation decided to conduct a further investigation into it in accordance with the law.
It was reported that Sainsbury's, the second - largest supermarket chain group in the UK, had consultations with JD.com regarding the potential sale of Argos. Sainsbury's announced on September 14 (local time) that JD.com was only willing to conduct consultations on significantly revised terms and commitments, which are not in the best interests of Sainsbury's shareholders, employees, and broader stakeholders. Accordingly, Sainsbury's confirmed that it has terminated the negotiations with JD.com. (Jiemian)
New Products:
Wondershare's Wanxing Super Media Agent Launches Globally on Both Desktop and Mobile Platforms
36Kr learned that Wondershare appeared at the Internet Yuelu Conference. Wu Taibing, the chairman, announced the upgrade of the native application matrix of Wanxing Tianmu 2.0, and the global launch of the full - link AI audio - video creative intelligent agent, Wanxing Super Media Agent, on both desktop and mobile platforms. It is understood that this intelligent agent supports generating a complete video with one sentence, delivering multi - modal content, and interactive editing through multi - round dialogues, improving the creation efficiency by more than 60 times with a success rate of over 95%.
Meizu 22 Launched, with a Starting Price of 2,999 Yuan
36Kr learned that on September 15, Meizu officially launched its new flagship mobile phone, the Meizu 22. It is understood that the Meizu 22 has a total of five configurations this time, including the 12GB + 256GB version (priced at 2,999 yuan), the 16GB + 256GB version (priced at 3,299 yuan), the 12GB + 512GB version (priced at 3,399 yuan), the 16GB + 512GB version (priced at 3,699 yuan), and the top - end 16GB + 1TB version (priced at 4,199 yuan).
Other Noteworthy News:
The 18th issue of Qiushi Journal, published on September 16, will carry an important article by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairperson of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, titled "Deeply Promote the Construction of a Unified National Market". The article emphasizes that building a unified national market is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee. It is not only necessary for building a new development pattern and promoting high - quality development but also for winning the initiative in international competition. As the world's second - largest consumer market, China must build a unified national market well to enhance its confidence in calmly responding to risks and challenges. The article emphasizes that building a unified national market is both a tough battle and a protracted war. All regions and departments should implement it from a political and overall perspective. The central and local governments, local governments at different levels, governments and enterprises, and enterprises with each other should strengthen coordination and cooperation to form a joint force for promotion. (Xinhua News Agency)
36Kr learned that the General Office of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government issued the "Action Plan for Promoting the Full - Chain Development of the High - end Medical Device Industry in Shanghai" on the 15th. It mentioned that enterprises are supported to optimize their layout and accelerate international development through mergers and acquisitions. Enterprises are supported to cooperate with universities, research institutions, medical institutions, and third - party testing platforms to carry out collaborative research on common technologies. Small and medium - sized innovative enterprises are supported to grow into "single - product champions", "little giants", etc. Leading industrial mother funds and biomedical merger and acquisition funds are encouraged to cooperate with industrial agglomeration areas. The future industry fund should be utilized to support innovation in relevant disruptive and cutting - edge technologies.
Fu Wanjun, the deputy director of the National Administration of Financial Regulation, said at the launch ceremony of the "2025 Financial Education and Publicity Week" that in the next step, behavior supervision will be strengthened, and continuous efforts will be made to ensure that financial institutions fulfill their responsibilities for consumer protection. Specifically, first, improve the suitability management mechanism and focus on solving the matching problem between financial products and financial consumers; second, improve the marketing management mechanism and encourage financial institutions to strengthen marketing behavior management; third, improve the dispute resolution mechanism, focus on prevention, mediation, and grass - roots work, and promote the timely resolution of conflicts and disputes. (21st Century Business Herald)
Beijing's GDP is Expected to Reach 5 Trillion Yuan at the End of the 14th Five - Year Plan
2025 is the final year of the 14th Five - Year Plan. The first session of the series of themed press conferences on the high - quality completion of the 14th Five - Year Plan for the capital, which was held this morning, focused on the achievements in economic and social development. Yang Xiuling, the director of the Beijing Development and Reform Commission, introduced that in the past five years, Beijing's economic strength has achieved a significant leap. At the end of the 14th Five - Year Plan, Beijing's GDP is expected to reach 5 trillion yuan. (Beijing Daily)