Large Companies:
Mafengwo: AI itinerary planning function can automatically generate travel guides for users
36Kr learned that from August 15th to 17th, Mafengwo demonstrated the application of AI technology at the Suzhou Grand Canal Cultural and Tourism Expo. Its “AI itinerary planning” function automatically outputs personalized plans including itinerary routes, folk activities, dining recommendations, and budgets through user preference interaction.
36Kr learned that on August 15th, Kuaishou issued an organizational structure adjustment announcement, announcing that Ge Kun, senior vice president of Kuaishou, head of the Keling AI Business Unit, and head of the Community Science Line, will concurrently serve as the head of the Keling AI Technology Department and continue to report to Cheng Yixiao, the founder and CEO of Kuaishou Technology.
Tuniu: Net revenue in the second quarter was 134.9 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.3%
36Kr learned that on August 15th, Tuniu Tourism Network released its unaudited second-quarter earnings report as of June 30, 2025. The report shows that in the second quarter of 2025, Tuniu’s net revenue was 134.9 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.3%. The revenue from packaged travel products increased by 26.3% year-on-year, and the net profit was 14.1 million yuan. In addition, the company’s board of directors approved a new stock repurchase plan, and the company plans to repurchase up to $10 million worth of American depositary shares.
360 officially announced the “All in Agent” strategy
36Kr learned that on August 15th, at the 20th anniversary celebration of 360 Group, founder Zhou Hongyi announced the company’s next-stage strategy: All in Agent. At the same time, Zhou Hongyi announced the company’s technological breakthroughs in the field of agents: Currently, Nano AI has achieved zero errors in continuously executing 100-step tasks for L3-level reasoning agents, consuming 1 million Tokens per execution, and invoking more than 100 tools, with a task success rate of 98.2%; the L4-level multi-agent swarm of Nano AI can even complete 1000-step continuous tasks, consuming 5 million – 30 million Tokens, with a success rate of 95.4%.
Amazon’s latest bet on the grocery business may seize market share and reduce costs
Amazon’s next major bet on the grocery business may consolidate its dominance in the online retail field. The company said on Wednesday that same-day grocery delivery service is now available in 1000 cities, with the goal of covering 2300 cities by the end of 2025. JPMorgan Chase said that this expansion targets a huge growth opportunity, as groceries account for 43% of US retail sales, but currently only 15% are sold online. Amazon’s latest move allows customers to purchase other same-day delivery items such as electronics and household essentials while ordering food. (Sina Finance)
Eli Lilly invests in AI pharmaceutical company Superluminal
On August 14th local time, Eli Lilly announced a $1.3 billion deal with US AI pharmaceutical company Superluminal to accelerate AI drug research and development, especially the development of small-molecule drugs for the treatment of obesity and other cardiometabolic diseases. Superluminal is an AI pharmaceutical startup headquartered in Boston, USA, and the company has received capital investment including from NVIDIA. (Yicai)
Investment and Financing:
36Kr learned that according to the Aiqicha App, recently, the former Zhejiang Hangcha Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. underwent industrial and commercial changes. The company name was changed to Zhejiang Hangcha Guozhi Intelligent Technology Robot Co., Ltd., and new shareholders such as Hangzhou Giant Technology Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Chint New Energy Development Co., Ltd. under Chint Electric were added. The company was established in February 2018, with a registered capital of 91.4652 million yuan. Its business scope includes the research and development of intelligent robots, the research and development of motors and their control systems, software development, and the manufacturing of industrial robots. Its major shareholder is Hangcha Group Co., Ltd., holding 44.28% of the shares.
The Philippine government provides incentives for Samsung’s $1 billion project
According to the Philippine Business Link, as reported by the Philippine Star on August 14th, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said that it plans to finalize the incentive package this quarter, including electricity subsidies for the $1 billion project planned by Samsung Electro-Mechanics Philippines (SEMPHIL). All parties have reached an agreement on the electricity price, and the plan will be submitted to the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) for approval this week. After FIRB’s approval, it will be submitted to the Office of the President (OP). After OP’s approval, it will be transferred to PEZA. It is expected that the approval process will be completed in the third quarter. (Jiemian)
36Kr learned that on August 15th, WeRide announced that Grab, a super app platform in Southeast Asia, will make an equity investment of tens of millions of dollars in it. This investment is part of the strategic cooperation between the two parties, aiming to accelerate the large-scale deployment of L4-level Robotaxis and other autonomous vehicles in Southeast Asia.
New Products:
36Kr learned that on August 15th, the Hunyuan team launched Hunyuan 3D World Model 1.0 – Lite. Through key technology optimization, the video memory usage was reduced by 35%, and the video memory requirement was reduced from 26GB to below 17GB, making it compatible with consumer-grade graphics cards and significantly lowering the hardware threshold while maintaining performance. It is understood that this is the industry’s first open-source and traditional CG pipeline-compatible roamable 3D world generation model.
36Kr learned that on August 15th, Sugon released China’s first industry-standardized super-intelligent integrated computing power platform: Nebula800. Currently, Sugon’s Nebula 800 and related super-intelligent integration technologies have been implemented in more than 30 industries, and have helped enterprises and universities carry out cutting-edge AI4S application innovations in fields such as intelligent manufacturing, life sciences, oil exploration, and new materials.
Tsinghua team makes important breakthrough in the field of quantum computing
36Kr learned that according to the official WeChat account of Tsinghua University, recently, the research group of Chen Jianxin from the Quantum Software Research Center of the Department of Computer Science at Tsinghua University collaborated with the team of Yan Fei from the Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences and made important progress in the field of quantum computer architecture. The research team achieved the world’s first instruction set architecture AshN that supports direct programming of arbitrary two-qubit quantum gates. The relevant research results were published in “Nature Physics” under the title “Efficient implementation of arbitrary two-qubit gates based on a unified control scheme”.
Today’s Views:
Jieyue Xingchen disbands its video generation team, and all employees will join JD? JD responds
Today, there were online reports that “Jieyue Xingchen disbands its video generation team, and all employees will join JD”. Regarding the above rumors, JD said that as the R & D department of JD Group focusing on frontier technology exploration, the JD Group Exploration Research Institute is proceeding with the recruitment of various excellent AI talents as planned, including industry technology experts and TGT (Tech Genius Team). Thank you for your attention. (Sina Technology)
Other Noteworthy News:
36Kr learned that the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) released an accounting supervision report on the 2024 annual financial reports of listed companies. As of April 30, 2025, a total of 5,413 listed companies in the A-share market disclosed their 2024 annual financial reports, including 3,185 on the main board, 1377 on the Growth Enterprise Market, 586 on the Science and Technology Innovation Board, and 265 on the Beijing Stock Exchange. Among the listed companies that disclosed their annual financial reports on schedule, 192 were issued non-standard audit opinions, including 56 with unqualified opinions with emphasis-of-matter paragraphs, 35 with unqualified opinions with going-concern paragraphs, 8 with unqualified opinions with both emphasis-of-matter and going-concern paragraphs, 72 with qualified opinions, and 21 with disclaimers of opinion.
The revised GDP value of Macau in the second quarter of this year is 100.39 billion Macau patacas
To enable all sectors of society to more timely understand the latest data on the local GDP, the Statistics and Census Service of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) announced the preliminary value of the local GDP in the second quarter of 2025 on July 31st. Now, the revised detailed results are announced. According to the data from the Statistics and Census Service, benefiting from a series of measures to attract tourists, the number of tourists visiting Macau in the second quarter of this year increased significantly. Coupled with the stable overall private consumption, the economy of the Macau SAR returned to positive growth. The revised value of the local GDP in the second quarter of 2025 was 100.39 billion Macau patacas, a real year-on-year increase of 5.1%, and the overall economic scale returned to 88.8% of the same period in 2019. (Greater Bay Area Voice)
36Kr learned that the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce answered reporters’ questions regarding China’s lawsuit against Canada at the WTO over import restrictions on steel and other products: On August 15th, China sued Canada at the WTO over import restrictions on steel and other products. Canada ignored WTO rules, introduced steel tariff quota measures, and imposed discriminatory tariffs on products containing so – called “Chinese steel components”, which is a typical act of unilateralism and trade protectionism, damaging China’s legitimate rights and interests and disrupting the stability of the global steel and other industrial and supply chains. China is strongly dissatisfied with this and firmly opposes it. We urge Canada to take immediate action to correct its wrong practices, safeguard the rules – based multilateral trading system, and promote the continuous improvement of China – Canada economic and trade relations.