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In-depth analysis of China’s electric vehicle industry, including EV makers, batteries, pricing competition, and policy support. This section tracks profitability challenges, technology shifts, and structural changes shaping the world’s largest EV market.

Leapmotor Tops 100,000 Again as China’s EV Upstarts Enter a Q4 Reset

China's new-energy vehicle upstarts released August delivery figures on Monday, with Leapmotor extending its dominance by surpassing 100,000 units for the second consecutive month, while Xpeng, Li Auto and NIO remained clustered in a tighter band of 35,000 to 40,000 deliveries. Leapmotor reported 103,

ChinaBiz Briefing | BYD's Overseas Pivot, CXMT's DRAM Leap, Meituan's Profit Return

China's technology and industrial complex delivered a dense slate of results and milestones on August 31, 2026 — and a single theme runs through nearly all of them: domestic substitution reaching commercial maturity. From memory chips to delivery robots to satellite constellations, Chinese companies are no longer simply catching

BYD’s Overseas Sales Hit 43% as Global Expansion Becomes Its Profit Engine

Surging international sales now account for 43% of Q2 volume and carry margins nearly four times higher than domestic vehicles, making global expansion the single most critical variable in BYD's 2026 earnings trajectory. BYD reported Q2 2026 net profit attributable to shareholders of approximately RMB 8.24 billion

ChinaBiz Briefing | Baidu's AI Pivot, SHEIN's Hong Kong Debut, SMIC Record Margins

China's technology and capital markets converged on a single theme on August 28: the infrastructure of artificial intelligence is being repriced, refinanced, and rebuilt at a pace that legacy valuation frameworks cannot adequately capture. From Baidu's structural listing conversion to SHEIN's supply-chain-as-

XPeng’s New VLA Pushes Its Physical AI Ambitions Beyond Cars

XPeng has fundamentally restructured its autonomous driving AI by incorporating temporal reasoning into its core model architecture — a technical leap that narrows the gap between mass-market driver-assistance systems and full Level 4 autonomy, and signals the company's broader pivot from electric vehicle maker to physical AI

Li Auto’s Product Reset Is Improving. The Hard Part Comes in Q4

What Is Happening at Li Auto Right Now? Li Auto, one of China's most closely watched electric and range-extended vehicle makers, is navigating a classic product-cycle squeeze: it is simultaneously retiring its existing lineup, launching replacements, and trying to prove that its newer pure-electric vehicles

ChinaBiz Briefing | Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash, Zhipu’s Chip Bet, Li Auto’s Margin Crunch

China's AI sector is entering a new phase — one defined less by benchmark races and more by the harder questions of unit economics, infrastructure capital, and pricing power. Wednesday's news flow delivers a rare convergence: a DeepSeek financial disclosure that reframes the company as a capital

Li Auto’s Q2 Margin Halves as In-House Tech Bet Deepens

Li Auto delivered a rare combination on Tuesday: a top-line beat and a bottom-line implosion, as China's premium EV maker reported Q2 2026 gross margins that were nearly halved year-on-year and issued forward guidance that fell as much as 22% short of Wall Street&

ChinaBiz Briefing | Enflame IPO, Unitree Crash, Great Wall's Pivot, Sugon's AI Bet

China's technology and capital markets delivered five interlocking signals on August 26 that collectively define the current moment: domestic AI chip infrastructure is reaching public markets at scale, humanoid robotics is confronting a valuation reckoning, and China's internet giants are liquidating non-core assets to fund

Leapmotor vs. Xpeng: Two Roads to Profitability in China's EV Industry

Both companies posted roughly ¥35 billion in first-half revenue. One turned a profit. The other spent twice as much on R&D. Here's why that gap tells a larger story about how China's EV shakeout is unfolding. What Is This About? China's