Topic

AI

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.

ChinaBiz Briefing | Bytedance Hits 100T Tokens, WeRide Expands Robotaxis, Alibaba Launches Xuantie C950

the big picture: China’s technology and mobility sectors are accelerating as AI, autonomous mobility, and EVs scale. Bytedance and JD Cloud expand token usage and AI applications, WeRide signals commercial momentum in robotaxis, Xiaomi navigates EV growth amid smartphone and IoT pressures, and Alibaba pushes RISC-V into server-

China’s Tech Giants Ignite ‘Comic Drama’ War as AI Reshapes Content Economics

China’s internet triumvirate—ByteDance, Tencent Holdings, and Baidu—have opened a new front in the battle for user attention, launching standalone applications for "Comic Dramas" (Manju) in a coordinated blitz that signals the next evolution of the short-video economy. Following the explosive saturation of live-action

ByteDance’s Volcano Engine Tops 100 Trillion Daily Tokens, Turning China’s MaaS Fight Into a Scale Game

ByteDance’s Volcano Engine has pushed its Doubao large-model platform beyond 100 trillion tokens in average daily calls since the 2026 Lunar New Year, a scale milestone that tightens the link between AI adoption and cloud revenue—and raises the stakes in China’s intensifying Model-as-a-Service

Alibaba’s Wukong AI Agent Review: From Conversation to Execution, A New Era in Enterprise Intelligence

On March 17, Alibaba officially launched the world’s first AI-native enterprise-level Agent platform, Wukong, marking the debut of CEO Wu Yongming’s ATH Business Group. Following the launch of “Qianwen,” Wukong aims to serve Alibaba’s 20 million DingTalk enterprise clients and nearly 800 million DingTalk users,

JD.com’s Cloud open-sources JoyAI model as “OpenClaw” rollout drives token usage up 455%

JD.com is pushing its artificial-intelligence stack from in-house productivity tool to sellable infrastructure, open-sourcing a 48B-parameter JoyAI model and packaging deployment products that the company says lifted JD Cloud token calls 455% in a week—an early signal that China’s enterprise AI spending is

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

Subscribe to ChinaBiz Insider