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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

Mixue Bingcheng runs beverage shops, leveraging mobile ordering and social commerce to serve refreshing drinks and desserts.

Mixue Bingcheng

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

Consumer Economy

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

Retail

Closures in Indonesia and Vietnam mark growing pains, but domestic scale, coffee, and new supply hubs give the group fresh momentum.

Mixue trims abroad, doubles down at home, and brews up Lucky Cup’s rise

Home

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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36Kr English

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

Deep Tech

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

Used in everything from humanoid robots to pool cleaners, RobStride’s modules are becoming the unseen foundation of China’s embodied intelligence wave.

RobStride builds the joints that keep China’s robots moving, and a thriving industry around them

Coffee

A buyer is expected to be chosen by October.

Brewing takeover: Four firms in final race to buy Starbucks China

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

ByteDance | KrASIA

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

India

TikTok

The ultimatum came after TikTok's commitment to invest USD 1 billion locally over the next three years.

Indian supreme court issues ultimatum on TikTok ban

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Luna Lin

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

Douyin

film

film production

Douyin is partnering with 6 major film studios to collaborate on content

ByteDance's Douyin teams up with big name film production companies

ByteDance&#8217;s Douyin teams up with big name film production companies

Douin

E-commerce

The idea is to keep Douyin's users within the app.

Douyin folds in e-commerce with mini-programs

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Song Jingli

The Indian government has asked Google and Apple to remove TikTok from their app stores

Indian Supreme Court agrees to legal proceeding against TikTok

music

spotify

It's not immediately clear if it's related to the company's ongoing negotiation with major music labels over royalties.

ByteDance reportedly has more than 100 people working on a Spotify-like music streaming app

This should come as good news for ByteDance after setbacks in the US and India.

TikTok adds 188 million new users in Q1 2019 despite challenges

The deals between major music labels and ByteDance are expiring soon.

TikTok launches music talent discovery program in Japan and South Korea

The company has also raised its valuation from USD 75 billion to USD 90 billion.

ByteDance issues pre-IPO options to employees in bid to improve cash flow

Lark, a workplace collaboration platform by ByteDance, integrates messaging, video conferencing, document sharing, and productivity tools.

Lark

The app factory also eyes the B2B sector.