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Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

Baidu

Bilibili

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

NetEase, Inc. is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications and commerce. The company was founded in 1997 by Lebunto. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile games, advertising services, email services and e-commerce platforms in China.

NetEase

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Visual Stories

Here's a look at the key trends in China's capital markets.

TECH PANO | A year of ups and downs: China IPO review | KrASIA

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TECH PANO | A year of ups and downs: China IPO review

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Julianna Wu

New energy vehicles share in China: 1.75%

Li Auto

NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

WM Motor

Xpeng

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

China's EV companies have been posting record-breaking sales in the latter half of 2020.

KEY STAT | New energy vehicles account for less than 2% of China’s car fleet in 2020 | KrASIA

KEY STAT | New energy vehicles account for less than 2% of China’s car fleet in 2020

Investment

The healthcare sector was drawing most of the investor interest.

KEY STAT | It's harvest season for Sequoia China and Hillhouse Capital | KrASIA

KEY STAT | It&#8217;s harvest season for Sequoia China and Hillhouse Capital

AI chipmaker Horizon Robotics bags USD 400 million

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

Deep Tech

Semiconductors

The company plans to raise over USD 700 million in its Series C round.

KEY STAT | China's 'Nvidia rival' Horizon Robotics raises fresh money | KrASIA

KEY STAT | China&#8217;s &#8216;Nvidia rival&#8217; Horizon Robotics raises fresh money

Health Tech

Local hospitals have built their own online channels to tap into the digitalization trend.

KEY STAT | Number of online hospitals in China increased sixfold last year | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Number of online hospitals in China increased sixfold last year

Gojek-Tokopedia merger could value the company at USD 18 billion

Gojek is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Gojek

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Tokopedia is an Indonesian technology company, sometimes referred to as a unicorn. It was founded in 2009 by William Tanuwijaya and his Bestfriends from Harvard University, Michael Alexander.

Tokopedia

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

Merger discussions between Gojek and Singapore-based rival Grab have stalled.

KEY STAT | Indonesia's Gojek and Tokopedia could create national e-commerce champion | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Indonesia&#8217;s Gojek and Tokopedia could create national e-commerce champion

Volume of F&B deliveries in Chinna in 2020: USD 1.3 trillion

ELEME Inc. is a platform that offers online food delivery service. It was founded in 2008 by Mark Zhang and Jack Kang in Minhang Campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Ele.me was acquired by the Alibaba Group in April 2018 and continues to operate independently.

ele.me

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

Food Delivery

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

On average, each of the 500 million users placed 34 orders in 2020.

KEY STAT | Takeouts account for over 20% of China's F&B industry | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Takeouts account for over 20% of China&#8217;s F&#038;B industry

Online healthcare portal DXY raises USD 500 million

Tencent has backed DXY's medical professional community platform since 2014.

KEY STAT | DXY bags half a billion dollars to shore up forum for medical community | KrASIA

KEY STAT | DXY bags half a billion dollars to shore up forum for medical community

USD 194 billionn wiped from Alibaba's market cap since Dec. 24

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

Social Impact

Alibaba's stock saw its largest ever single-day dive in New York.

Julianna Wu

TECH PANO | A year of ups and downs: China IPO review

KEY STAT | New energy vehicles account for less than 2% of China’s car fleet in 2020

KEY STAT | It’s harvest season for Sequoia China and Hillhouse Capital

KEY STAT | China’s ‘Nvidia rival’ Horizon Robotics raises fresh money

KEY STAT | Number of online hospitals in China increased sixfold last year

KEY STAT | Indonesia’s Gojek and Tokopedia could create national e-commerce champion

KEY STAT | Takeouts account for over 20% of China’s F&B industry

KEY STAT | DXY bags half a billion dollars to shore up forum for medical community

KEY STAT | Alibaba stock dives as regulators probe monopolistic practices