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Coverage of China’s smartphone industry, including handset makers, supply chains, operating systems, and competitive dynamics. This section examines product strategy, pricing competition, and how Chinese brands position themselves in global markets.

ChinaBiz Briefing | Nio's Software Moat, Moonshot's K2.6, Huawei's Pura 90

China's technology sector delivered a dense cluster of moves on April 21, signaling simultaneous escalation across EVs, edge AI, large language models, capital markets, and consumer hardware. The common thread: Chinese companies are no longer competing on specs alone — they are racing to build proprietary software architectures, ecosystem

ChinaBiz Briefing: DeepSeek's Funding Reversal, HarmonyOS Standoff, ByteDance's AI Bet

China's tech landscape is undergoing a structural realignment as three distinct narratives converge: a formerly capital-averse AI startup now seeking funding, a national OS champion facing ecosystem isolation, and a social media giant sacrificing profitability for AI expansion. Together, they highlight an industry grappling with technical lock-

Huawei's HarmonyOS Hits 18% Share, But Rivals Stay Away

Huawei's aggressive push for HarmonyOS adoption faces resistance from domestic rivals as ecosystem control and overseas market access trump national OS ambitions. Huawei's HarmonyOS has captured 18% of China's smartphone market by April 2026, establishing itself as the nation's second-largest mobile

ChinaBiz Briefing | CATL Mining Push, Huawei Regains Crown, Alibaba AI App Layer, MiniMax Agents

China’s tech and industrial ecosystem is moving deeper into a phase defined by resource control, AI commercialization and platform competition. CATL is expanding upstream to secure raw materials, while Alibaba and MiniMax are pushing into the AI application and agent layers. At the same time, smartphone competition is reshuffling,

Huawei Regains China Smartphone Crown as Apple Surges on Stable Pricing; Xiaomi Drops Out of Top Tier

Huawei Technologies reclaimed the No. 1 spot in China’s smartphone market in the first quarter of 2026 even as overall shipments slipped, underscoring how supply resilience and pricing power are reshaping demand in a component-cost upcycle that is squeezing value-focused brands such as Xiaomi. IDC’s latest

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

Huawei Readies Pura 90 Launch as “Wide Foldable” Leak Signals Push Beyond Standard Smartphones

Huawei Technologies is preparing to broaden its premium handset playbook, with leaks pointing to a first “landscape wide foldable” model set to debut alongside the Pura 90 lineup—an attempt to turn foldables from a niche status symbol into a software-friendly, tablet-like daily device. The company has scheduled

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

Xiaomi 18 Signals Shift to 2nm Silicon, Targets Battery Dominance in Premium Segment

Xiaomi Corporation is poised to escalate the premium smartphone arms race in 2026, with supply chain indicators pointing to the integration of next-generation 2-nanometer processors and unprecedented battery capacities for its upcoming Xiaomi 18 flagship. The transition to 2nm silicon marks a critical inflection point for the global

OPPO Overhauls Camera Supply Chain for Find X9 Ultra to Counter Artificial Imaging Trends

Chinese smartphone manufacturer OPPO is completely restructuring the optical hardware in its upcoming flagship Find X9 Ultra, replacing all seven lenses in an aggressive bid to capture the high-end mobile market through unified software-hardware imaging. The strategic overhaul marks a structural shift away from the mobile industry'