Krypton Evening News | Huiyuan Group claims to have regained control of the Huiyuan brand; Lei Jun: Plans to invest an additional 200 billion yuan in the next five years; Goldman Sachs: The US will face a power crisis in 2030
Large companies:
Lei Jun: Plans to Invest Another 200 Billion Yuan in the Next Five Years
36Kr learned that Lei Jun posted a message saying, "In 2020, we clarified our strategy of building the company on technology and proposed to invest 100 billion yuan in R & D over five years. We've been sticking to it for five or six years, and the results are gradually showing. Of course, we still need to continue to increase R & D investment to make better products. Therefore, we plan to invest another 200 billion yuan in the next five years."
Huiyuan Group Claims to Re-take Over the Huiyuan Brand
The conflict between Wensheng Asset, the restructuring party of the well - known domestic juice brand Huiyuan, and Huiyuan Group has further intensified. On January 8th, Huiyuan Group issued a statement saying that it would re-take over the Huiyuan brand. In response, Wensheng - affiliated executives of Beijing Huiyuan announced on their WeChat Moments that they had cooperated with a new contract manufacturer to produce "Huiyuan" products independently. Today, when reporters contacted Wensheng Asset, the staff said that the headquarters would not make a response to this matter for the time being, and if there is a response in the future, it will be issued by Beijing Huiyuan. Notably, the key point of the dispute between the two sides lies in the control of the trademarks. According to the restructuring plan, Beijing Huiyuan owns all the "Huiyuan" trademarks, and currently Beijing Huiyuan is under the control of Wensheng Asset. (Yicai Global)
Douyin E-commerce: Save Over 32 Billion Yuan in Cumulative Costs for Merchants by 2025
36Kr learned that on January 8th, Douyin E-commerce released an upgraded plan for the "Nine Merchant Support Policies" in 2026. It is understood that the new round of policy upgrades mainly addresses several issues that merchants generally focus on in actual operations, including comprehensive cost pressure, traffic acquisition and conversion efficiency, transaction uncertainty, and operational efficiency. Through rule optimization and technological capability building, the relevant measures cover the main stages of merchants from customer acquisition, transaction completion to fulfillment and settlement. Data shows that since the launch of the "Nine Merchant Support Policies" in 2025, Douyin E-commerce has saved merchants over 32 billion yuan in cumulative costs.
Jingli Permanent Magnet: Net profit in 2025 is expected to increase by 127% - 161% year-on-year
36Kr learned that Jingli Permanent Magnet released its performance forecast, expecting its net profit attributable to the parent company to reach 660 million - 760 million yuan in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 127% - 161%. The company's products are widely used in new energy vehicles and auto parts, energy-saving inverter air conditioners, wind power generation, robots and industrial servo motors, 3C, low-altitude aircraft, energy-saving elevators and other fields, and the company has established long-term and stable cooperative relationships with leading enterprises at home and abroad in each field. In 2025, the company's motor rotors and magnetic material products for embodied robots and products in the low-altitude aircraft field have been delivered in small batches.
Musk Says the Ultimate Goal Is to Produce 10,000 Starship Vehicles Annually
Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, recently announced one of the most ambitious manufacturing targets in the history of the space industry: producing 10,000 Starship vehicles per year. On Sunday local time, the official account of the US news website SMX on X posted that SpaceX will produce Starship vehicles in the same way as airplanes. The company spent $250 million to build a GigaBay factory at Starbase, aiming to accelerate the production of Starship. This factory, covering an area of 700,000 square feet, is designed to produce up to 1,000 rockets per year. (Sina Finance)
Luyan Pharmaceutical: Current business operations are normal, and there are no major matters that should be disclosed but have not been disclosed.
36Kr learned that Luyan Pharmaceutical announced that the cumulative deviation of the closing price increase of the company's stock trading price over two consecutive trading days has exceeded 20%, which falls into the category of abnormal fluctuations in stock trading. After verification, there are no corrections or supplements needed for the information previously disclosed by the company. Recently, the company's business operations have been normal, and there have been no significant changes in the internal and external business environment. The company, its controlling shareholder, and the actual controller have no major matters that should be disclosed but have not been disclosed regarding the company, nor are there any major matters in the planning stage. During the period of abnormal stock price fluctuations, the controlling shareholder and the actual controller did not buy or sell the company's stocks.
Samsung Electronics Forecasts: Company Profits to Nearly Triple Due to Soaring Memory Chip Prices
Driven by the surging demand related to artificial intelligence, which has led to a significant increase in memory chip prices, South Korea's Samsung Electronics expects its profits in the last three months of last year to triple, hitting a record high. According to the earnings guidance released by the company on Thursday, the world's largest memory chip manufacturer anticipates an operating profit of 20 trillion won in the fourth quarter, with consolidated sales of approximately 93 trillion won. (Sina Finance)
He Xiaopeng: China and the United States will usher in the real era of autonomous driving in 2026
On January 8th, He Xiaopeng of XPeng Motors said that XPeng's second-generation VLA can simultaneously achieve L4 autonomous driving capabilities and the driverless function of Robotaxi. In 2026, China and the United States will usher in the real era of autonomous driving. He Xiaopeng believes that XPeng's second-generation VLA is different from the Robotaxi solutions on the market. Through a large amount of learning, it can truly understand the physical world like humans, and it is a better solution for achieving full-scenario L4 autonomous driving. It is reported that the Robotaxi equipped with XPeng's second-generation VLA software has passed the field test of a third-party testing agency and is about to start public road testing. (Securities Times)
CHAGEE Responds to Rumors of Hong Kong Listing: No Plan for Now
In response to the rumors of a second listing in Hong Kong, CHAGEE stated that it has no plan for now. (The Paper)
Taobao Flash Sale's non-food orders have stabilized at 10 million per day on average
It is reported that the number of non-food orders of Taobao Flash Sale has stabilized at 10 million per day on average. This is another key progress in Taobao Flash Sale's business. (Jiemian)
Wang Teng, a former senior executive of Xiaomi: Founded a new company after leaving Xiaomi
36Kr learned that Wang Teng, the former general manager of Xiaomi's China market department, posted that he started preparing for entrepreneurship after leaving Xiaomi. Recently, his new company has been established, named "Today is a Good Day to Rest". The goal is to develop products related to sleep health. Wang Teng said that he has currently assembled a startup team, and the core members mainly come from leading technology companies such as Xiaomi and Huawei.
Lei Jun: There is no plan for the Xiaomi SU3 model
36Kr learned that Lei Jun, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Xiaomi, revealed during a live broadcast that there is indeed no plan for the Xiaomi SU3 model. "There are many various plans and speculations about our new models online. Some are true, and some are false, but most of them are false. So don't believe them."
Investment and financing:
Turing Quantum Completes Strategic Financing Worth Hundreds of Millions of Yuan
36Kr learned that Turing Quantum announced the completion of strategic financing worth hundreds of millions of yuan. This round of financing was jointly invested by state-level capital and market-oriented institutions such as CDH Baifu, CAS Capital, Haitong Kaiyuan, and Jiangen Capital. Existing shareholders also continued to increase their investment. The financing funds will be further used for the R & D and industrialization of photonic quantum computing, and will continuously contribute to the construction of the photonic quantum computing ecosystem. It is understood that Turing Quantum has successively completed two rounds of strategic financing worth hundreds of millions of yuan within half a year.
New Products:
Gaode's Street-Sweeping List Launched 100 Days Ago: It Has Attracted a Total of 860,000 Merchants to Join
36Kr learned that on January 7th, Gaode's data showed that since the launch of the Street-Sweeping List 100 days ago, it has attracted a total of 860,000 new merchants to join. The order volume of merchants has increased by more than 330% month-on-month, and the turnover of merchants has increased by more than 270% month-on-month. Currently, the user scale of Gaode's Street-Sweeping List has exceeded 660 million. According to the latest data from QuestMobile, driven by the Street-Sweeping List, Gaode App has added 46 million monthly active users in a single month, and the number of monthly active users has increased to 996 million.
Today's Viewpoint:
Goldman Sachs: The United States Will Face an Electricity Crisis in 2030
Goldman Sachs Group believes that against the backdrop of the rapid growth in electricity demand from data centers, by 2030, almost all power grids in the United States will face the problem of insufficient reserve capacity. (Caixin Press)
Other Noteworthy News:
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology takes the lead in warning against irrational competition in the lithium - battery industry, with more than a dozen leading enterprises such as CATL and BYD participating
The official WeChat account of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a post stating that on January 7, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the National Energy Administration jointly held a symposium on the power and energy - storage battery industry to study and deploy work to further standardize the competition order in the power and energy - storage battery industry. According to information obtained from informed sources, 16 enterprises were convened for this meeting, including 13 power - battery and energy - storage battery enterprises: CATL, BYD, CALB, Gotion High - tech, EVE Energy, Sunwoda, Honeycomb Energy, Ruipu Lanjun, Phylion Battery, Hichen Energy, Zenl Energy, Zhejiang Jinyao Tongxing Energy Technology, and Chueneng New Energy. There were also 3 system integrators: CRRC Zhuzhou Institute, HBase Technology, and Trina Storage. In addition, industry media reported that the China Automotive Power Battery Industry Innovation Alliance and the China Industrial Association of Power Sources participated in the entire symposium and advocated industry self - discipline. (Jiemian)