Krypton Evening News | Muji: Revenue in the second quarter of fiscal year 2026 was 19.61 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.8%; Pony.ai released PonyWorld World Model 2.0
Large companies:
Changan Automobile: Net profit of 4.075 billion yuan in 2025
36Kr learned that Changan Automobile announced that in 2025, it will achieve an operating income of 164 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.67%; the net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company is 4.075 billion yuan, compared with 7.321 billion yuan in the same period of the previous year, a year-on-year decrease of 44.34%; the basic earnings per share is 0.41 yuan. Based on the total share capital of 9.913 billion shares, a cash dividend of 1.15 yuan (including tax) will be distributed to all shareholders for every 10 shares, without bonus shares and without capital reserve conversion into shares.
Spring Airlines: Net profit of 2.317 billion yuan in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 1.96%
36Kr learned that Spring Airlines announced that in 2025, it achieved an operating income of 21.46 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.30%; the net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company was 2.317 billion yuan, compared with 2.273 billion yuan in the same period of the previous year, a year-on-year increase of 1.96%; the basic earnings per share was 2.38 yuan.
Nearly 300 robots from Magic Atom to debut at the opening ceremony of the Jiangsu Super League
On April 11th, the opening ceremony of the 2026 Jiangsu Provincial Urban Football League (the "Jiangsu Super League") will be held in Changzhou. Magic Atom, a local embodied intelligence technology company in Jiangsu, will deploy 290 robots for a cluster performance to verify its large - scale collaborative control capabilities in complex outdoor scenarios. This is the first time that the "Jiangsu Super League" has introduced an ultra - large - scale robot collaborative performance lineup. Following the Spring Festival Gala, Magic Atom has once again verified the rapid replication ability of its multi - robot collaborative performance under conditions of different venues, scales, and categories, indicating that its event performance solutions have a standardized delivery foundation.
Core person in charge of OpenAI's "Stargate Project" leaves, and data center strategy faces another major adjustment
According to multiple sources familiar with the matter, three senior executives who participated in the launch of OpenAI's first "Stargate" data center project have left or are likely to leave the ChatGPT - developing company in the near future. One of the sources said that Peter Hirschler, an OpenAI executive who played a key role in the launch of the "Stargate" project, has left. Two other people said that Shamez Hermani, who is in charge of computing power strategy and business development, and Anuj Saharan, another person in charge of OpenAI's computing power department, have announced their departure to their colleagues. (Sina Finance)
MUJI: Revenue in the second quarter of fiscal year 2026 reached 19.61 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.8%
36Kr learned that Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd., the parent company of Muji (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Ltd., released its financial report for the second quarter of fiscal year 2026 (from September 1, 2025, to February 28, 2026). The financial report shows that the revenue in this quarter was 19.61 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.8%; the operating profit was 2.015 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.8%. As of the end of February 2026, the total number of global stores reached 1,460. In mainland China, the number of stores increased by 15 in the first half of the period, reaching 437.
WeChat updated 9 features in March. WeChat and WeCom support connecting to one's own lobsters
36Kr learned that on April 10th, according to the WeChat Open Class, WeChat updated 9 features in March: WeChat official accounts can initiate "topics"; the number of short videos for live - streaming e - commerce on Video Accounts has increased, and it supports attaching "product collections"; the incentive program for high - quality authors of Video Account mini - games has been launched; WeChat and WeCom support connecting to one's own lobsters; photos/files can be transferred across devices face - to - face; compressed packages can be directly "previewed".
Investment and financing:
"OSChina" Completes Hundreds of Millions of Yuan in Series C+ Round Financing
36Kr learned that on April 10th, "OSChina", an open - source and AI infrastructure service provider, announced the completion of hundreds of millions of yuan in Series C+ round financing. The lead investor is Shanghai Guotou Leading Fund, and co - investors include China Internet Investment Fund, Legend Capital, Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group, Suzhou Venture Capital Group, and Baker Capital. As of now, the cumulative financing scale of OSChina has approached 2 billion yuan. The funds from this round of financing will be mainly invested in key core technologies for information technology application innovation, AI infrastructure construction, industrial digital transformation, and breakthroughs in self - controllable technologies.
“KuaiKuai Game” Completes Series A Financing of 60 Million RMB
36Kr learned that Xiamen KuaiKuai Game announced the completion of a Series A financing of 60 million RMB. This round was led by cross - border private equity institution Jingshuo Capital, with Orange Order Technology and KuaiKuai Network participating in the investment. The funds from this round will be mainly used to launch the “High - quality Product Leap Plan”. Through the reconstruction of the underlying architecture and the aggregation of talents, the company will be promoted to move from single high - quality product R & D and operation to a refined system.
New Products:
"Honor of Kings: World" Officially Launches on PC Platform
36Kr learned that on April 10th, the new game "Honor of Kings: World" under the Honor of Kings IP was officially launched on the PC platform. This game is developed by Tencent Games' TiMi Studio Group and represents an important step in the expansion of the Honor of Kings IP's "content universe".
Pony.ai Releases PonyWorld World Model 2.0
36Kr learned that on April 10th, Pony.ai officially released its latest technological achievement in the field of physical AI - PonyWorld World Model 2.0. Compared with version 1.0, the most fundamental change in version 2.0 is that the world model has the ability of self - diagnosis and targeted evolution.
Today's Views:
Multiple favorable factors overlap, and China's automobile exports have shown strong growth in the first quarter
According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in March this year, the activity of China's automobile market increased, and the production and sales of automobiles rebounded significantly month - on - month. In addition, exports continued the strong growth trend in the first quarter. The latest data shows that in March this year, China's automobile production and sales reached 2.917 million and 2.899 million vehicles respectively, with a month - on - month increase of 74.4% and 60.6% respectively. Experts said that in March, the rapid month - on - month growth of automobile production and sales not only conforms to the seasonal historical rules but also has a direct relationship with the full implementation of local subsidy details, the launch of spring auto show promotions, and the successive launch of new models by automobile enterprises. In addition, automobile exports in March also showed an unexpected growth. In March, 875,000 vehicles were exported, with a month - on - month increase of 30.2% and a year - on - year increase of 72.7%. (CCTV News)
Other news worthy of attention:
Five departments including the Cyberspace Administration of China: Support independent innovation in technologies such as algorithms, frameworks, and chips, and promote the R & D of anthropomorphic interactive service technologies and the construction of relevant standards
36Kr learned from the Q&A session regarding the Interim Measures for the Administration of Anthropomorphic Interactive Services in Artificial Intelligence. The Measures propose to encourage the innovative development of anthropomorphic interactive services, support independent innovation in technologies such as algorithms, frameworks, and chips, promote the R & D of anthropomorphic interactive service technologies and the construction of relevant standards, and explore research on the application of electronic signature authorization; encourage providers of anthropomorphic interactive services to expand the application in fields such as cultural dissemination, childcare for young children, companionship for the elderly, and support for special groups in an orderly manner; clarify the strengthening of the publicity and popularization of safety knowledge, laws and regulations of anthropomorphic interactive services, guide the public to use them scientifically, civilly, safely, and in accordance with the law, and promote the improvement of artificial intelligence literacy. At the same time, it is clear to promote the construction of the artificial intelligence sandbox safety service platform, encourage providers of anthropomorphic interactive services to connect to the sandbox platform for technological innovation and safety testing, and promote the safe and orderly development of anthropomorphic interactive services.
Central Bank: Rejected the Proposal to Include Third - Party Payment Institutions in the Scope of the "Guidelines for Electronic Payment (No. 1)"
36Kr learned that the "Announcement of the People's Bank of China (Amendment of 4 Regulatory Documents including the 'Guidelines for Electronic Payment (No. 1)')" solicited public opinions from August 29, 2025, to September 30, 2025. During the opinion - solicitation period, a total of 14 valid opinions were received. After full research and demonstration, most of the opinions have been adopted. Among them, there was a proposal to include third - party payment institutions in the scope of the "Guidelines for Electronic Payment (No. 1)" or to clarify that they should follow the guidelines. Adoption status: Not adopted. The "Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Non - bank Payment Institutions" stipulates the payment business rules and supervision and management of non - bank payment institutions. Non - bank payment institutions providing electronic payment services can refer to these regulations. In the future, relevant institutional regulations will be issued at an appropriate time based on the implementation of the "Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Non - bank Payment Institutions" and the actual market situation.
MIIT: In 2025, the GDP of national high - tech zones will reach 20.4 trillion yuan
Statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology show that in 2025, the GDP of national high - tech zones will reach 20.4 trillion yuan, accounting for 14.5% of the country's GDP. The fixed - asset investment (excluding rural households) in national high - tech zones will be 6 trillion yuan, accounting for more than 12% of the national total. (CCTV News)
National Standards for Brain-Computer Interfaces and Others Released
It is learned from the State Administration for Market Regulation that the administration (National Standardization Administration) has approved and released a batch of important national standards covering emerging fields, work safety and other aspects. In emerging fields, 18 national standards, including those for intelligent connected vehicles, semiconductor devices, brain-computer interfaces, and Beidou chips, have been released to support high-quality development in cutting-edge technology fields. Eight national standards for lithium-ion batteries, mobile power supplies, and industrial power systems have been released to strengthen power safety guarantees. Nineteen national standards for electromagnetic, nanotechnology, communication, electroacoustic equipment, and materials have been released to support the safe and orderly development of relevant industries. Fourteen national standards for intelligent ships and marine methanol fuel engines have been released, covering core aspects such as ship design and construction, power systems, and safety protection, to promote the safe, intelligent, and green development of China's shipbuilding industry. Ten national standards for new materials such as silicon carbide single crystals, polyacrylonitrile-based oxidized fibers, and carbon fiber-reinforced composites have been released, clearly specifying the technical requirements and testing methods for new material products to promote the application of new materials and the development of related industries. (Xinhua News Agency)
China Automotive Power Battery Industry Innovation Alliance: In March, the combined output of power and energy storage batteries in China reached 177.7 GWh, a year-on-year increase of 50.2%.
36Kr learned that according to the China Automotive Power Battery Industry Innovation Alliance, in March, the combined output of power and energy storage batteries in China was 177.7 GWh, a month-on-month increase of 25.5% and a year-on-year increase of 50.2%. From January to March, the cumulative output of power and energy storage batteries in China was 487.4 GWh, a cumulative year-on-year increase of 49.3%.