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ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

China

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

How do virtual worlds expand reality? Discover AR/VR tools, content creation, and platforms layering digital information onto everyday life.

Augmented and Virtual Reality

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

The hardware executive succeeds founder Henry Zhou as Pico shifts focus toward mixed reality and spatial computing.

ByteDance names Li Xiaokai to lead Pico’s next phase

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, is a platform that connects users to curated content for fashion, beauty, travel, and more.

Xiaohongshu

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

It may lack the gaming roots of Bilibili and HeyBox, but Xiaohongshu’s community dynamics can help smaller titles turn authenticity into attention.

Why Xiaohongshu has become harder for game marketers to ignore

Photo shows a visitor playing a demo of Bringer at Bilibili World 2026.

Bilibili, an online entertainment platform, features anime, gaming videos, live streams, and interactive communities appealing to younger audiences.

Bilibili

Its strategy now spans indie publishing, platform-grown IP, and a broader slate of steadily advancing projects.

BW2026 shows Bilibili expanding its gaming push across multiple fronts

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

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Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

Baidu

Taobao, Alibaba’s consumer-to-consumer marketplace, connects Chinese shoppers with diverse products, from fashion and electronics to everyday essentials.

Taobao

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

Fintech

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) and four other government bodies have specified that all micro loan firms in the country cannot extend consumer loans to university students, according to an announcement on Wednesday.

China bans microlenders from granting consumer loans to university students

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Song Jingli

80% of JD.com's user increase comes from lower-tier cities

Pinduoduo revolutionizes e-commerce with social group buying, connecting budget-conscious shoppers to discounts on a broad range of products.

Pinduoduo

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

E-commerce giant JD.com (NASDAQ: JD, HKEX: 9618) said in its Q4 report on Thursday that it reached 472 million active buying users in 2020, 30% or 110 million more than in the previous year. More than 80% of the new customers came from China's numerous lower-tier cities.

KEY STAT | JD.com boosts users in China's smaller cities

KEY STAT | JD.com boosts users in China&#8217;s smaller cities

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Julianna Wu

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

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JD Logistics

supply chain

JD.com (NASDAQ: JD), one of China’s largest retailers, built its brand by cultivating an in-house logistics network that gives its services a sheen of timeliness and reliability. This made it stand out among China’s myriad of retailers, including Alibaba’s popular Taobao.com. Now, JD Logistics operates as a subsidiary that has taken on a life of its own—if all goes according to plan, it will be the fourth company in the JD network to have shares listed on a stock exchange, after JD.com itself, Dada Nexus, and JD Health.

JD Logistics looks to deliver the goods

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Lin Lingyi

UN shows world's largest internet market still has ample room to grow.

China just 55th on e-commerce index due to low internet access

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

JD.com is taking its third subsidiary public.JD.com Inc plans to list its shipping business in Hong Kong, raising potentially billions of dollars to capitalize on China’s post-Covid e-commerce boom.

JD.com plans to list shipping unit to ride e-commerce boom

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@0722vps.aieehr01.top

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Wency Chen

Tmall, Alibaba’s B2C platform, hosts premium brands and official stores, offering authenticated products to Chinese consumers seeking quality goods.

Tmall

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

How can businesses drive positive change? Study policies, ESG strategies, and community initiatives fostering global social advancement.

Social Impact

Visual Stories

China will implement a national ban on plastic packaging in the logistic industry by 2025. China has the most advanced e-commerce and logistics network in the world. Speedy shipping covers nearly the entire country, making online shopping a reasonable option no matter where you are.

TECH PANO | 30-minute delivery, 300 years of plastic: The waste of e-commerce

Chinese consumers spent USD 78 billion shopping for CNY

Online sales of prepared meals are up 380% year-on-year. With many Chinese citizens not returning to their hometowns this Chinese New Year, e-commerce sites have become even hotter shopping destinations to purchase gifts and essential items for the New Year's Eve dinner.

KEY STAT | Chinese turn to e-commerce for CNY holiday shopping

China's new digital yuan trial to distribute at least USD 14 million

Multiple cities have already conducted or are on the way to test digital yuan locally.

KEY STAT | China accelerates digital currency trials before national holiday

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

Kuaishou, best known for its short video platform, drives user-generated content, influencer marketing, and community engagement through shareable clips.

Kuaishou

Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

Videos

Although group-buying has been around in China way before the COVID-19 pandemic, the sector enjoyed renewed popularity thanks to social distancing measures.

Video | China’s tech companies are greengrocers now

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