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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 Qwen Launches Spreadsheet Agent, Pushing GenAI From Chat to Deliverable Excel Files

Alibaba Group Holding’s Tongyi Qwen has rolled out a Spreadsheet Agent that generates and edits native .xlsx files through chat, marking a shift from AI that “answers” to AI that “delivers” finished office assets. The product, announced April 14, 2026, is free across app, web and PC, and is

ChinaBiz Briefing | Honor Launches YOYO Claw, Alibaba Debuts HappyHorse, Geely Unveils AI iHEV

China’s tech ecosystem is accelerating across AI interfaces, robotics deployment and next-generation mobility. Honor and Tencent are pushing AI deeper into devices and enterprise workflows, while Alibaba expands multimodal capabilities. At the same time, robotics is moving into real-world scenarios, and automakers continue to experiment with new

Alibaba touts “HappyHorse” video model after anonymous benchmark win, signaling broader multimodal AI push

Alibaba Group Holding has moved to formalize an unexpected win in generative video, acknowledging it built “HappyHorse 1.0” after the model appeared anonymously on Artificial Analysis’ Video Arena and reached No.1 in both text-to-video and image-to-video within 48 hours—an outcome that reshapes investor

Honor Unveils “YOYO Claw” Agent PCs, Targeting Lower AI Costs With 50% Token Cut and Local-First Security

Honor is pushing AI deeper into the PC by shipping an on-device agent preinstalled out of the box, betting that lower usage costs and system-level security can turn “AI PCs” from niche experiments into everyday productivity machines. At a product technology briefing in Xi’an on April 13,

ChinaBiz Briefing | Huawei Expands Form Factors, DeepSeek V4 Push, Tencent Agent Stack, Robotics Shift

China’s tech landscape is accelerating across AI, robotics and next-generation hardware. Huawei is pushing beyond traditional smartphone form factors, while DeepSeek and Tencent expand AI infrastructure and agent ecosystems. At the same time, robotics players are shifting from demonstration to deployable capability, and EV makers continue incremental upgrades

DeepSeek V4 Targets Late April Launch, Betting on Trillion-Parameter Efficiency

Chinese artificial intelligence developer DeepSeek is scheduled to release its next-generation flagship model, DeepSeek V4, in late April 2026, pivoting the industry's focus toward extreme inference efficiency with a new one-trillion parameter architecture. The timeline, disclosed internally by founder Liang Wenfeng, signals an aggressive product cycle

Tencent Cloud Open-Sources “Cube” Sandbox as AI Agents Push China Enterprises Toward Controlled Scale

Tencent Cloud, the cloud unit of Tencent Holdings, is moving to define the infrastructure layer for enterprise AI agents by open-sourcing its “Cube” sandbox and pitching an “Agent Runtime” that isolates and governs autonomous software workers—an attempt to turn the current wave of low-code agents into something

ChinaBiz Briefing | Zhipu Pricing Shift, Pony.ai Global Push, Xiaomi 2nm Bet, Oppo Supply Chain Reset

China’s tech sector is entering a phase where AI monetization, global expansion and hardware control are becoming central battlegrounds. Zhipu is redefining model economics, while Pony.ai and Digua highlight capital flowing into autonomy and robotics. At the same time, Oppo and Xiaomi are reshaping hardware supply chains and

SenseTime Pivots Smart Home to Break Auto AI Bottleneck

SenseTime Group is aggressively stepping outside the vehicle cockpit, launching a physical desktop robot designed to capture the remaining 22 hours of a consumer's daily data loop and solve the automotive industry's engagement ceiling. The strategic pivot materializes through "Care U", a desktop hardware

Kuaishou Kling 3.0 Disrupts Video AI Economics With All-in-One Architecture

Kuaishou is aggressively restructuring the economics of video generation with the launch of its Kling 3.0 AI model series, signaling a decisive shift from single-point text-to-video tools to comprehensive multi-modal production ecosystems. The release, anchored by Video 3.0 Omni, introduces an All-in-One

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