Krypton Evening News | IKEA China: Seven stores will cease operations starting from February 2nd; AutoNavi has registered the trademark for AutoNavi Wangpu.
Large companies:
Zhongke Lanxun: Net profit attributable to the parent company is expected to increase by 366.51% to 376.51% year-on-year in 2025
36Kr learned that Zhongke Lanxun announced that it expects to achieve a net profit attributable to the owners of the parent company of 1.4 billion yuan to 1.43 billion yuan in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 366.51% to 376.51% compared with the same period of the previous year. It is expected to achieve an operating income of 1.83 billion yuan to 1.85 billion yuan in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 0.6% to 1.7% compared with the same period of the previous year.
Chuanjinnuo: Net profit in 2025 is expected to increase by 144.24% - 172.64% year-on-year
36Kr learned that Chuanjinnuo released its performance forecast, expecting the net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company to reach between 430 million yuan and 480 million yuan in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 144.24% - 172.64%.
Datong - Qinhuangdao Railway: The cumulative freight volume of the Datong - Qinhuangdao Line decreased by 0.54% year - on - year in 2025
36Kr learned that Datong - Qinhuangdao Railway announced that in December 2025, the Datong - Qinhuangdao Line, the company's core operating asset, completed a freight volume of 34.43 million tons, a year - on - year decrease of 1.68%. The average daily freight volume was 1.1106 million tons; the average daily number of heavy - haul trains in operation was 71.5, among which the average daily number of 20,000 - ton trains in operation was 50.4. From January to December 2025, the cumulative freight volume reached 390 million tons, a year - on - year decrease of 0.54%.
New Berkshire CEO Abel's First - Year Pay to Increase by 19%
Berkshire Hathaway disclosed in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that the new Chief Executive Officer, Greg Abel, will receive an annual cash compensation of $25 million. This figure far exceeds the $100,000 annual salary that his predecessor, Warren Buffett, received for decades in the same position. The regulatory filing shows that the new compensation of $25 million represents a 19% increase compared to Abel's $21 million annual salary in 2024. His total compensation for the year will be even higher if other forms of pay are included. (Sina Finance)
Douyin Releases 2025 Pan-entertainment Live-streaming Report: There Were 128 Million Performing Arts Live-streams on the Platform, a Year-on-Year Increase of 26.39%
36Kr has learned that recently, Douyin released the "2025 Douyin Pan-entertainment Live-streaming Report". The report shows that in 2025, there were 128 million performing arts live-streams on the Douyin platform, a year-on-year increase of 26.39%, with an average of over 350,000 live-streams per day. As of December 2025, 499 state-owned art troupes and 6,183 troupe actors had settled on Douyin, with a cumulative number of live-streams exceeding 819,000. In 2025, the number of users who made tips on Douyin increased by 5.41% year-on-year, while the average tip amount per person decreased by 7.96%.
Juxing Agriculture and Animal Husbandry: Pig sales volume increased by 118.23% year-on-year in December 2025
36Kr learned that Juxing Agriculture and Animal Husbandry announced that in December 2025, the company's pig sales volume reached 666,400 heads, a year-on-year increase of 118.23%. From January to December 2025, Juxing Agriculture and Animal Husbandry cumulatively sold 4.5809 million pigs, achieving sales revenue of 7.363 billion yuan.
Xinjie Energy has supplied solid-state lithium metal batteries to the EHang 216 series of eVTOLs, and Shenzhen Haimuxing is the general equipment contractor
On January 7th, reporters learned that Xinjie Energy has supplied solid-state lithium metal batteries to the EHang 216 series of eVTOLs, which have completed the first unmanned manned aircraft cross-strait flight in the country. The energy density of the Falcon solid-state lithium metal battery has exceeded 480 Wh/kg, which is 1.5 to 2 times higher than that of current mainstream aviation batteries. Reporters learned from the industrial chain that Shenzhen Haimuxing is the general equipment contractor for the production of this solid-state battery. (Jiemian)
IKEA China: Seven Stores to Cease Operations Starting February 2nd
36Kr has learned that IKEA China has issued a statement regarding the adjustment of its store layout, announcing that it will cease operations at seven offline touchpoints, including IKEA Shanghai Baoshan Store and IKEA Guangzhou Panyu Store, starting February 2, 2026. The company said that it will shift from scale expansion to precise in - depth development, explore Beijing and Shenzhen as key markets, and open more than ten small - sized stores in the next two years. This includes the IKEA Dongguan Store, which will open in February 2026, and the Beijing Tongzhou Store, which will open in April 2026. We will also continue to strengthen our online presence and invest in existing stores.
AutoNavi has registered the trademark for AutoNavi Merchant Store
36Kr learned that according to the AiQicha App, AutoNavi Software Co., Ltd. has applied for multiple trademarks for "AutoNavi Merchant Store". The international classifications involve catering and accommodation, scientific instruments, website services, etc. Currently, some of the above trademarks have been successfully registered.
Investment and financing:
Zhidajieda neueHCT Completes Nearly $200 Million in Financing
36Kr learned that Zhidajieda neueHCT announced the completion of nearly $200 million in financing. This round of financing was jointly invested by industrial capitals and market-oriented funds such as Yunfeng Capital, Fortune Capital (Fortune Capital and Guochen Venture Capital), Hundun Investment, Bihong Investment, and Ningbo Tongshang Fund (Yongning Gaoxin Fund). Strategic shareholders, Omnivore Group (formerly the automotive sub-group of Continental Group) and Horizon continued to increase their investments. The company has built a product matrix of "HCT Astra Urban Intelligent Assisted Driving + HCT Luna High-performance ADAS Solution". It has secured fixed-point cooperation for over 10 vehicle models in 2025 and is about to conduct product implementation verification in multiple countries and regions.
New Products:
ZhiYuan Releases Open-Source Simulation Platform Genie Sim 3.0
ZhiYuan Robotics officially launched its first large language model-driven open-source simulation platform, Genie Sim 3.0, on the first day of the CES International Consumer Electronics Show. Built on NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Genie Sim 3.0 integrates 3D reconstruction and visual generation to create a high-fidelity digital twin environment. It pioneered the large language model-driven scene generalization technology, enabling the generation of tens of thousands of scenarios in just a few minutes. It also open-sourced a simulation dataset of over ten thousand hours that includes real robot operation scenarios and established a multi-dimensional intelligent evaluation system covering over 100,000 scenarios to provide a comprehensive portrait of model capabilities. (Jiemian)
Today's Views:
Zhang Yuzhuo, Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council: Central state-owned enterprises should vigorously develop strategic emerging industries and future industries to open up a "second growth curve"
From January 5th to 6th, Zhang Yuzhuo, Secretary and Director of the Party Committee of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, went to Sichuan to conduct in-depth research at the scientific research and production frontlines of relevant central state-owned enterprises. Zhang Yuzhuo emphasized that this year is the first year of the 15th Five-Year Plan. Central state-owned enterprises should seize opportunities, innovate boldly, and actively inject strong impetus into the stable and positive economic development. They should effectively focus on improving quality and efficiency, deepen lean management, accumulate development potential through effective investment, plan and implement a number of major projects and landmark projects in advance, and continuously enhance the ability to create value; accelerate industrial upgrading, promote the consolidation and improvement of traditional industries and the cultivation and expansion of new driving forces in a coordinated manner, promote the intelligent, green, and integrated transformation of traditional industries, vigorously develop strategic emerging industries and future industries, and open up a "second growth curve"; continuously strengthen scientific and technological innovation, aim at key links in key fields, increase R & D investment, optimize the innovation ecosystem, and cultivate and expand application scenarios; focus on deepening reform and tackling tough problems, further improve the corporate governance structure, explore a management and operation system that is more in line with the characteristics of the industry and enterprises, and better stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of various talents at all levels of enterprises. (Securities Times)
Other news worthy of attention:
Eight Departments: Promote the Collaborative Development of Software and Hardware for Intelligent Chips, Support Breakthroughs in Key Core Technologies such as High - end Training Chips, Edge - side Inference Chips, and Artificial Intelligence Servers
36Kr learned that eight departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have issued the "Implementation Opinions on the Special Action of 'Artificial Intelligence + Manufacturing'". It is mentioned that efforts should be made to promote the collaborative development of software and hardware for intelligent chips, and support breakthroughs in key core technologies such as high - end training chips, edge - side inference chips, artificial intelligence servers, high - speed interconnection, and intelligent computing cloud operating systems. Orderly promote the layout of high - level intelligent computing facilities, accelerate the construction of a computing power interconnection platform and a national integrated computing power network monitoring and scheduling platform, carry out pilot projects for intelligent computing cloud services, promote the deployment of large - model all - in - one machines, edge computing servers, and industrial cloud computing power, and enhance the supply capacity of intelligent computing resources.
Passenger Car Association: In December 2025, the retail sales of the national passenger car market reached 2.296 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 13%
36Kr learned that according to the data from the Passenger Car Market Information Joint Committee of the China Automobile Dealers Association, preliminary statistics show that from December 1st to 31st, 2025, the retail sales of the national passenger car market reached 2.296 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 13% compared with the same period last year and a 3% increase compared with the previous month. The cumulative retail sales since the beginning of this year reached 23.779 million units, a year-on-year increase of 4%. From December 1st to 31st, the wholesale volume of national passenger car manufacturers reached 2.759 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 10% compared with the same period last year and an 8% decrease compared with the previous month. The cumulative wholesale volume since the beginning of this year reached 29.524 million units, a year-on-year increase of 9% compared with the same period last year.