China's cell phone shipments down 10% year-over-year to 25.7 million units in June
China shipped 25.66 million cell phones in June, down 10.4 percent year-over-year and up 11.7 percent from May, according to data released Tuesday by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), a government think tank. Overall cell phone shipments in China were 174 million units in the first half of the year, up…
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China shipped 25.66 million cell phones in June, down 10.4 percent year-over-year and up 11.7 percent from May, according to data released Tuesday by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), a government think tank. Overall cell phone shipments in China were 174 million units in the first half of the year, up…
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China's cell phone shipments down 10% year-over-year to 25.7 million units in June - CnTechPost
China shipped 25.66 million cell phones in June, down 10.4 percent year-over-year and up 11.7 percent from May.
Meituan raises nearly $400 million from Tencent through share offering
Chinese life service app Meituan has raised nearly $400 million from Tencent in a stock offering to further fuel its business expansion. Meituan has issued 11.353 million shares to Tencent, equivalent to 0.2 percent of its enlarged issued share capital, the company said in an announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Tencent's…
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Chinese life service app Meituan has raised nearly $400 million from Tencent in a stock offering to further fuel its business expansion. Meituan has issued 11.353 million shares to Tencent, equivalent to 0.2 percent of its enlarged issued share capital, the company said in an announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Tencent's…
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Meituan raises nearly $400 million from Tencent through share offering - CnTechPost
Chinese life service app Meituan has raised nearly $400 million from Tencent in a stock offering to further fuel its business expansion.
China issues three-year action plan for new data center development
China has outlined new goals to accelerate the digital transformation of society. The country plans to spend three years to basically form a new data center development pattern with a reasonable layout, advanced technology, green and low-carbon to match the growth of the digital economy, according to a notice issued by the Ministry of Industry…
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China has outlined new goals to accelerate the digital transformation of society. The country plans to spend three years to basically form a new data center development pattern with a reasonable layout, advanced technology, green and low-carbon to match the growth of the digital economy, according to a notice issued by the Ministry of Industry…
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China issues three-year action plan for new data center development - CnTechPost
China strives to raise the average utilization rate of national data centers to over 55 percent by the end of 2021, with total computing power exceeding 120 EFLOPS, and to reduce the PUE of new large and above data centers to below 1.35.
Xiaomi smart factory Phase II construction began, expected to produce 10 million phones per year
Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi Smart Factory Phase II officially started construction today in Beijing's Changping District, its latest effort to automate production since its "Black Light Factory" debut last August. Covering an area of 58,300 square meters, the factory will include the second generation of cell phone intelligent production line with SMT placement, board testing,…
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Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi Smart Factory Phase II officially started construction today in Beijing's Changping District, its latest effort to automate production since its "Black Light Factory" debut last August. Covering an area of 58,300 square meters, the factory will include the second generation of cell phone intelligent production line with SMT placement, board testing,…
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Xiaomi smart factory Phase II construction began, expected to produce 10 million phones per year - CnTechPost
Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi Smart Factory Phase II officially started construction today in Beijing's Changping District, its latest effort to automate production since its "Black Light Factory" debut last August.
Huawei P50 Pro will reportedly be powered by Kirin 9000 at launch, and will switch to Qualcomm chips in few months
Restrictions on access to chips have made the launch of Huawei's P50 series of smartphones difficult. Now, the company seems to have found a compromise. To solve the chip supply problem, the standard version of the P50 will be powered by Qualcomm chips, and the higher-spec version will initially be powered by Huawei's own Kirin…
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Restrictions on access to chips have made the launch of Huawei's P50 series of smartphones difficult. Now, the company seems to have found a compromise. To solve the chip supply problem, the standard version of the P50 will be powered by Qualcomm chips, and the higher-spec version will initially be powered by Huawei's own Kirin…
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Huawei P50 Pro will reportedly be powered by Kirin 9000 at launch, and will switch to Qualcomm chips in few months - CnTechPost
Restrictions on access to chips have made the launch of Huawei's P50 series of smartphones difficult. Now, the company seems to have found a compromise.
China's civil airliners will all be equipped with BeiDou devices by 2024
China's civil aircraft, of which there are roughly 3,800, will all be equipped with BeiDou equipment by 2024, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said Wednesday. An A321 airliner equipped with BeiDou equipment developed by CASC's Aerospace Stellar Navigation Division landed at Beijing Capital International Airport recently. The measured data showed that the data…
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China's civil aircraft, of which there are roughly 3,800, will all be equipped with BeiDou equipment by 2024, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said Wednesday. An A321 airliner equipped with BeiDou equipment developed by CASC's Aerospace Stellar Navigation Division landed at Beijing Capital International Airport recently. The measured data showed that the data…
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China's civil airliners will all be equipped with BeiDou devices by 2024 - CnTechPost
China's civil aircraft, of which there are roughly 3,800, will all be equipped with BeiDou equipment by 2024, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said Wednesday.
TikTok becomes first app not owned by Facebook to reach 3 billion downloads
TikTok and its Chinese version Douyin reached 65 million downloads in June, bringing its cumulative downloads to 3 billion, making it the first non-Facebook app to reach this milestone, according to a report by mobile app data analytics firm Sensor Tower. Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data shows that TikTok was the world's most downloaded and…
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TikTok and its Chinese version Douyin reached 65 million downloads in June, bringing its cumulative downloads to 3 billion, making it the first non-Facebook app to reach this milestone, according to a report by mobile app data analytics firm Sensor Tower. Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data shows that TikTok was the world's most downloaded and…
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TikTok becomes first app not owned by Facebook to reach 3 billion downloads - CnTechPost
TikTok and its Chinese version Douyin reached 65 million downloads in June, bringing its cumulative downloads to 3 billion, making it the first non-Facebook app to reach this milestone, according to a report by mobile app data analytics firm Sensor Tower.
China's express business volume exceeds 50 billion pieces in H1, close to full year 2018
The rapid growth of online shopping in China means continued growth in the volume of the express delivery business. China's express delivery business volume surpassed 50 billion pieces in the first half of the year, close to the full-year level of 2018, data released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics showed Thursday. China's online…
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The rapid growth of online shopping in China means continued growth in the volume of the express delivery business. China's express delivery business volume surpassed 50 billion pieces in the first half of the year, close to the full-year level of 2018, data released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics showed Thursday. China's online…
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China's express business volume exceeds 50 billion pieces in H1, close to full year 2018 - CnTechPost
China's online retail sales of physical goods reached RMB 5.03 trillion yuan ($778 billion) in the first half of the year, up 18.7 percent year-over-year.
One of China's most influential cryptocurrency media reportedly to stop operations
Chinese cryptocurrency media outlet Bishijie.com has announced it is ceasing operations of its app and website as of July 15, according to local media outlet Jiemian.com. The report didn't give further details, but a screenshot of a WeChat chat shows that Bishijie.com abruptly informed its employees and shareholders of the news on Thursday, citing a…
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Chinese cryptocurrency media outlet Bishijie.com has announced it is ceasing operations of its app and website as of July 15, according to local media outlet Jiemian.com. The report didn't give further details, but a screenshot of a WeChat chat shows that Bishijie.com abruptly informed its employees and shareholders of the news on Thursday, citing a…
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One of China's most influential cryptocurrency media reportedly to stop operations - CnTechPost
Chinese cryptocurrency media outlet Bishijie.com has announced it is ceasing operations of its app and website as of July 15, according to local media outlet Jiemian.com.
ByteDance reportedly enters takeaway space to take on Meituan
Douyin, the Chinese version of Byte Dance's TikTok, has recently set up a takeaway business team and has been testing it recently, tech media Tech Planet reported Wednesday. The business is called "Xindong Waimai" (literally means heartbeat takeaway) and will likely invite food and beverage vendors from within Douyin, the report said, citing people familiar…
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Douyin, the Chinese version of Byte Dance's TikTok, has recently set up a takeaway business team and has been testing it recently, tech media Tech Planet reported Wednesday. The business is called "Xindong Waimai" (literally means heartbeat takeaway) and will likely invite food and beverage vendors from within Douyin, the report said, citing people familiar…
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ByteDance reportedly enters takeaway space to take on Meituan - CnTechPost
Douyin, the Chinese version of Byte Dance's TikTok, has recently set up a takeaway business team and has been testing it recently, tech media Tech Planet reported Wednesday.
Top Chinese universities set up IC schools
The Integrated Circuit schools at China's top universities Peking University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology were established on Thursday and Wednesday, respectively, the third and fourth Chinese universities to set up the schools within six months. Peking University said the establishment of the IC school can promote the development of China's IC disciplines,…
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The Integrated Circuit schools at China's top universities Peking University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology were established on Thursday and Wednesday, respectively, the third and fourth Chinese universities to set up the schools within six months. Peking University said the establishment of the IC school can promote the development of China's IC disciplines,…
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Top Chinese universities set up IC schools - CnTechPost
The Integrated Circuit schools at China's top universities Peking University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology were established on Thursday and Wednesday, respectively, the third and fourth Chinese universities to set up the schools within…
Tencent hiring for its entry into chip design
After Baidu and Alibaba, Chinese tech giant Tencent is also starting to enter the chip design field. Tencent is hiring chip architects, chip verification engineers, chip design engineers, and other positions. In the chip architect position released on July 9, the responsibilities are responsible for AI chip and general processor requirements analysis, responsible for processor…
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After Baidu and Alibaba, Chinese tech giant Tencent is also starting to enter the chip design field. Tencent is hiring chip architects, chip verification engineers, chip design engineers, and other positions. In the chip architect position released on July 9, the responsibilities are responsible for AI chip and general processor requirements analysis, responsible for processor…
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Tencent hiring for its entry into chip design - CnTechPost
After Baidu and Alibaba, Chinese tech giant Tencent is also starting to enter the chip design field.
Xiaomi ranks second in global smartphone market for first time
For an already saturated global smartphone market, Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi's share is still growing. In the second quarter, Xiaomi reached a global market share of 17 percent, ahead of Apple's 14 percent, to rank second for the first time, according to a report released by market research firm Canalys Research on July 15. Samsung…
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For an already saturated global smartphone market, Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi's share is still growing. In the second quarter, Xiaomi reached a global market share of 17 percent, ahead of Apple's 14 percent, to rank second for the first time, according to a report released by market research firm Canalys Research on July 15. Samsung…
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Xiaomi ranks second in global smartphone market for first time - CnTechPost
For an already saturated global smartphone market, Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi's share is still growing.
Huawei releases HMS Core 6.0
Chinese technology giant Huawei announced the global launch of HMS Core 6.0 on July 15, bringing a number of open capabilities to application developers and upgrading existing features and services. HMS Core 6.0 opens up Huawei's technologies in several areas, including media applications, graphics rendering, and network acceleration. In the media area, it adds a…
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Chinese technology giant Huawei announced the global launch of HMS Core 6.0 on July 15, bringing a number of open capabilities to application developers and upgrading existing features and services. HMS Core 6.0 opens up Huawei's technologies in several areas, including media applications, graphics rendering, and network acceleration. In the media area, it adds a…
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Huawei releases HMS Core 6.0 - CnTechPost
HMS Core 6.0 opens up Huawei's technologies in several areas, including media applications, graphics rendering, and network acceleration.
Honor to hold global launch event for Magic 3 series on August 12
The Magic series, the high-end flagship line of Chinese smartphone maker Honor, is about to get a new member. Honor will hold a global launch event for the Magic 3 series of phones on Aug. 12, the company announced on Twitter on Thursday. It didn't provide any more information, but according to a digital blogger,…
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The Magic series, the high-end flagship line of Chinese smartphone maker Honor, is about to get a new member. Honor will hold a global launch event for the Magic 3 series of phones on Aug. 12, the company announced on Twitter on Thursday. It didn't provide any more information, but according to a digital blogger,…
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Honor to hold global launch event for Magic 3 series on August 12 - CnTechPost
It didn't provide any more information, but according to a digital blogger, the phone, codenamed Elizabeth, features an engineering unit with a 6.76-inch OLED display and a resolution of 2,772*1,344.
Chinese regulators launch onsite cybersecurity review of Didi
Chinese regulators have launched an onsite review of local ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing after announcing a decision to conduct a cybersecurity review of the company earlier this month. Seven Chinese authorities were already onsite at Didi's company on July 16 to conduct the cybersecurity review, the Cyberspace Administration said in a statement posted on its…
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Chinese regulators have launched an onsite review of local ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing after announcing a decision to conduct a cybersecurity review of the company earlier this month. Seven Chinese authorities were already onsite at Didi's company on July 16 to conduct the cybersecurity review, the Cyberspace Administration said in a statement posted on its…
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Chinese regulators launch onsite cybersecurity review of Didi - CnTechPost
Chinese regulators have launched an onsite review of local ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing after announcing a decision to conduct a cybersecurity review of the company earlier this month.
Tencent says chips it is working on not general-purpose ones
The Chinese social networking and gaming giant's recent hiring of chip talents has sparked speculation that it will begin designing a general-purpose chip. But that doesn't appear to be the case. Tencent is hiring chip architects, chip verification engineers, chip design engineers and several other positions, according to recently posted job ads. The company said…
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The Chinese social networking and gaming giant's recent hiring of chip talents has sparked speculation that it will begin designing a general-purpose chip. But that doesn't appear to be the case. Tencent is hiring chip architects, chip verification engineers, chip design engineers and several other positions, according to recently posted job ads. The company said…
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Tencent says chips it is working on not general-purpose ones - CnTechPost
Tencent said Friday that it has some attempts at chip development in specific areas, such as AI acceleration and video codecs, based on some business needs, but not general-purpose chips.
China's first 12-inch wafer regeneration facility achieves mass production
Previously, Chinese companies wishing to have high-end wafers regenerated needed to send them to Japan and other locations. Now, the capability is available locally in China. Hefei Ultron Semiconductor Co is one of the first company in China to have the ability to regenerate 12-inch wafers and key equipment parts, and its 12-inch wafer regeneration…
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Previously, Chinese companies wishing to have high-end wafers regenerated needed to send them to Japan and other locations. Now, the capability is available locally in China. Hefei Ultron Semiconductor Co is one of the first company in China to have the ability to regenerate 12-inch wafers and key equipment parts, and its 12-inch wafer regeneration…
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China's first 12-inch wafer regeneration facility achieves mass production - CnTechPost
Previously, Chinese companies wishing to have high-end wafers regenerated needed to send them to Japan and other locations. Now, the capability is available locally in China.
China's smaller ride-hailing platforms kick into 'wartime mode' as Didi's business goes into overhaul
Several years ago in the early days of the ride-hailing business in China, a large number of companies offered attractive subsidies to users in a bid to capture the market. Those subsidies faded away in recent years as that market stabilized. Now, they're back. On July 4, major app stores removed the app for Didi…
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Several years ago in the early days of the ride-hailing business in China, a large number of companies offered attractive subsidies to users in a bid to capture the market. Those subsidies faded away in recent years as that market stabilized. Now, they're back. On July 4, major app stores removed the app for Didi…
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China's smaller ride-hailing platforms kick into 'wartime mode' as Didi's business goes into overhaul - CnTechPost
Several years ago in the early days of the ride-hailing business in China, a large number of companies offered attractive subsidies to users in a bid to capture the market. Those subsidies faded away in recent years as that market stabilized. Now, they're…
Huawei's first flexible OLED driver chip enters trial production, report says
Huawei's chip division HiSilicon's first flexible OLED driver chip has entered trial production and is expected to be delivered by the end of this year, ijiwei.com reported Sunday, adding that Huawei's products are also expected to use it. The chip uses a 40nm process and is scheduled for mass production in the first half of…
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Huawei's chip division HiSilicon's first flexible OLED driver chip has entered trial production and is expected to be delivered by the end of this year, ijiwei.com reported Sunday, adding that Huawei's products are also expected to use it. The chip uses a 40nm process and is scheduled for mass production in the first half of…
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Huawei's first flexible OLED driver chip enters trial production, report says - CnTechPost
Huawei's chip division HiSilicon's first flexible OLED driver chip has entered trial production and is expected to be delivered by the end of this year, ijiwei.com reported.
Alibaba launches its largest ever campus recruitment
Alibaba launched a campus recruitment campaign for the class of 2022 college graduates on July 19, opening 113 positions, including 45 for fresh graduates for the first time. Alibaba said this is the largest campus recruitment in its history, and graduates can visit the company's website to submit their resumes. Non-technical positions account for more…
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Alibaba launched a campus recruitment campaign for the class of 2022 college graduates on July 19, opening 113 positions, including 45 for fresh graduates for the first time. Alibaba said this is the largest campus recruitment in its history, and graduates can visit the company's website to submit their resumes. Non-technical positions account for more…
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Alibaba launches its largest ever campus recruitment - CnTechPost
Alibaba launched a campus recruitment campaign for the class of 2022 college graduates on July 19, opening 113 positions, including 45 for fresh graduates for the first time.