Krypton Evening News | Xiaomi Personnel Adjustment: Wang Xiaoyan, President of Xiaomi China, will no longer concurrently serve as General Manager of Sales Operation Department 1, and Chen Munan will take over; Panasonic plans to further expand its artificial intelligence business

Large companies:

Enlight Media: Has established a game company with partners, and plans to launch the first 3A game in about three years

36Kr learned that Enlight Media stated on the interactive platform that the company has established a game company with partners, and the first 3A game is in the production process, with a plan to launch it in about three years.

Chery Group: Sold 257,000 vehicles in June, a year-on-year increase of 9.8%

36Kr learned that according to Chery Group, in June, Chery Group sold 256,612 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 9.8%. Among them, 191,062 vehicles were exported, a year-on-year increase of 79.7%, and the monthly export exceeded 190,000 vehicles for the first time. In June, the group sold 113,583 new energy vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 58.7%.

Maniformer Reaches a Cooperation with Zhaopin Group

36Kr learned that recently, Maniformer and Zhaopin Group announced that they have reached a cooperation. The two parties will integrate the full - link technical capabilities of physical AI data with the all - domain talent supply, flexible employment, and industrial scenario operation resources. They will jointly build a standardized data collection talent system and a scenario co - construction ecosystem for the embodied intelligence industry, and connect the complete closed - loop of "real - scenario human resource supply - standardized data collection - model training and implementation", so as to promote the large - scale industrial implementation of the Embodied Intelligence Data Year in 2026.

Orient Tower: It is expected that the net profit for the first half of 2026 will increase by 81.87% - 106.19% year-on-year

36Kr learned that Orient Tower announced that it expects the net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company for the first half of 2026 to be between 897 million yuan and 1.017 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 81.87% - 106.19%. The change in performance is mainly due to the stable production of the company's dual - main business production bases, stable production and sales volume, and the year-on-year increase in the average market sales prices of products such as potassium chloride and sodium bromide, which has enhanced the company's profitability.

Jingli Permanent Magnet: It is estimated that the net profit for the first half of 2026 will increase by 31.17% - 50.84% year-on-year

36Kr learned that Jingli Permanent Magnet announced that it is estimated that the net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company for the first half of 2026 will be between 400 million yuan and 460 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 31.17% - 50.84%. The change in performance is mainly due to the company's efforts to consolidate its advantages in the new energy and energy-saving and environmental protection fields and actively explore emerging markets. The operating income is expected to increase by about 30% year-on-year, among which the revenue in the field of robots and industrial servo motors has increased by about 90% year-on-year.

Xiaomi's Personnel Adjustment: Wang Xiaoyan, President of the China Region, No Longer Serves as General Manager of Sales and Operations Department I, and Chen Munan Takes Over

Xiaomi's China region has recently witnessed a personnel adjustment involving multiple departments such as the Automobile Sales, Delivery and Service Department, Sales and Operations Department I, E-commerce Department, and New Retail Department. Among them, Fan Jialin has been appointed as the acting general manager of the Sales and Operations Department under the Automobile Sales, Delivery and Service Department, reporting to Xia Zhiguo, the general manager of the Automobile Sales, Delivery and Service Department. Chen Munan has been appointed as the general manager of Sales and Operations Department I, reporting to Wang Xiaoyan, the senior vice president of the group and president of the China region. Zhang Jian, the general manager of the New Retail Department, has been appointed to concurrently serve as the general manager of Xiaomi Home. Chen Kai, the former general manager of Xiaomi Home, will serve as the general manager of the E-commerce Department, reporting to Wang Xiaoyan, the senior vice president of the group and president of the China region. (Sina Technology)

Tianlala Adds 33 New Overseas Stores

36Kr learned that in June this year, Tianlala added 33 new overseas stores. Among them, 30 stores were opened in Indonesia alone, 2 new stores were added in Cambodia, and it entered Saudi Arabia for the first time, with its first store located in Riyadh. As of early July, Tianlala has signed contracts for more than 500 overseas stores in total, with over 300 stores in operation.

Panasonic Plans to Further Expand AI Business, Investing Approximately 500 Billion Yen in the Next Two Fiscal Years

Reports say that as a former global leader in consumer electronics, Panasonic has gradually reduced its reliance on the home appliance business in recent years and become an important battery supplier for Tesla. Panasonic plans to cooperate with major industry players to achieve sales of approximately 1.4 trillion yen in AI infrastructure-related businesses in the next three years. Recently, it announced that it will invest about 500 billion yen in this business in the next two fiscal years. The company will also increase the scale of layoffs from the previously announced 10,000 to 12,000, expecting to save 145 billion yen by the fiscal year 2024. (Sina Finance)

SAIC Motor: The total vehicle sales volume in June reached 394,800 units, a year-on-year increase of 8.07%

36Kr learned that SAIC Motor announced on July 1st that the total vehicle sales volume in June 2026 was 394,800 units, a year-on-year increase of 8.07%. From January to June 2026, the company's cumulative sales volume was 2.0454 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 0.35%.

Investment and Financing:

"MobAI" Completes Angel Round Financing of Several Million Yuan

36Kr learned that the AI startup "MobAI" has completed an angel round financing of several million yuan, exclusively invested by Chizi Technology, a listed company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Currently, the AI interactive narrative application Lunaverse Stories developed by MobAI has entered the invitation-only testing phase.

"QiuZhi Technology" Completes Over $100 Million in First-round Financing

36Kr learned that recently, "QiuZhi Technology" announced the completion of over $100 million in its first-round financing, setting a new record for the largest single angel-round financing in the consumer-grade embodied robot track. Multiple institutions, including Legend Capital, Information Industry Investment, Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group, Yunbai Capital, Puhua Capital, Lingang Science and Technology Innovation Investment, Amber Capital, and Gengxin Capital, jointly participated in the investment.

New Products:

Google Launches New AI Creation Tools to Accelerate Multimodal Content Generation

Google announced a series of upgrades to AI creation tools for developers at the recent I/O Developer Conference. The aim is to lower the threshold for multimedia content generation and improve efficiency through the latest Gemini model family. In the field of video and multimodal creation, Google launched the new Gemini Omni model. This model can understand and process text, image, audio, and video inputs and generate coherent video content. Its most prominent feature is supporting conversational editing. Users only need to describe modification requirements in natural language, such as replacing characters, adjusting lighting, or changing scenes, and the model can automatically complete the editing. (Sina Finance)

Today's Views:

US Treasury Secretary Bethcent: He wouldn't be surprised if the June employment data is "very strong"

On June 30, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bethcent said he wouldn't be surprised if Thursday's employment data is "very strong". "More importantly, I don't think we'll see the kind of large - scale revisions that occurred in the past two years," Bethcent said. (Jiemian)

Other news worthy of attention:

Solar Reactor Converts Waste Plastics into Fuel Outdoors

In a recent study, scientists from the University of Cambridge in the UK demonstrated how to use solar energy to convert plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel in a real outdoor environment. The relevant paper was published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Chemical Engineering. The team had previously proven that the solar reactor they developed could convert plastic waste into clean hydrogen and high - value industrial chemicals, but the technology had been limited to laboratory scale. Now, they have demonstrated this technology in a real outdoor environment for the first time, laying a solid foundation for its commercialization. (Science and Technology Daily)