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In-depth analysis of China’s AI industry, covering artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, robotics, AI chips, and large language models. This section tracks policy shifts, commercialization progress, and competitive dynamics shaping China’s rapidly evolving AI ecosystem.

Alibaba’s Damo Academy Unveils XuanTie C950, Pushing RISC-V Into Server-Class AI Computing

Alibaba Group Holding’s Damo Academy launched its flagship XuanTie C950 CPU in Shanghai on March 24, setting a new RISC-V performance mark and signaling that the open instruction-set architecture is moving from edge devices into server-class AI workloads—an inflection that could reshape China’s chip

ChinaBiz Briefing | Huawei and Xpeng Drive EV Aggression, Tencent and Qwen Expand AI Horizons

the big picture: China’s tech and mobility sectors are accelerating across EVs, AI, and consumer electronics. Huawei and Xpeng are pushing aggressive pricing and autonomous initiatives, while Tencent and Qwen expand AI into practical applications. Semiconductor imports normalize, and Huawei’s full smartphone lineup returns, highlighting competition across cost,

Tencent’s AI Re-Rating Pathway: Patience is a Virtue as the Next Phase of Competition Begins

Bank of America (BofA) has reiterated its "Buy" rating on Tencent Holdings setting a price objective of HK$780.00 following a post-4Q25 non-deal roadshow (NDR) with US investors. The March 23, 2026 report, authored by analysts Alex Liu and Joanna Du, underscores a shifting paradigm

Qwen Launches AI Ride-Hailing, Pushing AI From Digital to Physical World Execution

Qwen has rolled out an “AI ride-hailing” feature that can book cars from a single natural-language request, a move that shifts China’s generative AI race from content creation to real-world execution—where failure is measured in missed pickups, wasted money and user complaints rather than wrong

ChinaBiz Briefing | BYD and Geely Lead Global Sales, Tencent Pushes AI Agents, Huawei Expands AI Chips

The Big Picture: China’s tech and industrial ecosystem is scaling globally across autos, AI infrastructure and next-generation hardware. Automakers are gaining share worldwide, while Tencent and Huawei push deeper into AI’s application and compute layers. At the same time, competition is intensifying across drones, aviation and EV

China’s AI Large Models Lead Global Token Usage: Industry Shifts and Implications

China’s AI large models have claimed the top spot in global weekly token usage, a pivotal shift that signals the industry’s move from technical parameter competition to large-scale commercial application, and marks China’s transition from an AI technology follower to a market leader in the global

Tencent’s WeChat Pushes Into AI Agents With ClawBot Plug-in, Turning Chat Into a Control Layer for OpenClaw

WeChat, Tencent Holdings’s flagship social app, is moving unusually fast to make itself the default “remote control” for AI agents, as it rolled out an official plug-in called ClawBot that lets users operate the open-source OpenClaw agent directly inside chats. The March 22 launch marks a notable

ChinaBiz Briefing: Alibaba’s AI Surge, Hardware Wars, and EV Margins

The Big Picture: Today’s news underscores a critical pivot in China’s tech sector: the transition from "land grab" to "value extraction." Whether it’s Alibaba closing the gap with OpenAI, Huawei and Vivo pushing hardware boundaries, or Chery using exports to subsidize domestic price

Alibaba Pivots Future to AI Cloud as Core E-Commerce Engine Sputters in Q3

Alibaba is increasingly relying on its booming artificial intelligence and cloud computing divisions to offset a rapid deceleration in its legacy e-commerce operations, signaling a structural pivot in its primary growth engine. The Hangzhou-based tech giant reported a meager 1.7% year-over-year total revenue growth for

Cloud Giants Push Through AI-Driven Price Hikes as Token Demand Strains Compute and Networks

Global cloud providers are resetting pricing power in 2026 as AI inference demand collides with higher supply-chain and infrastructure costs, accelerating a broad-based shift from “scale-first” growth to margin protection. Alibaba Cloud and Baidu AI Cloud on March 18 became the latest major vendors to raise prices

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