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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

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

Xiaohongshu

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

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

Consumer Economy

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

Deep Tech

Xiaohongshu is elevating AI across its organization while trying to protect the community that made it valuable.

Four years after ChatGPT, Xiaohongshu’s AI restraint gives way to urgency

Home

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

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

An artist’s concept that shows how NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer enters lunar orbit.

How do we operate off Earth? Explore satellites, launch services, and research ventures pioneering new space economies.

Space Tech

Asia's supply chain is gearing up as Google, Nvidia, and space tech startups shoot for the stars.

The AI space race: US and China bet big on orbital data centers

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

Known for its gold-and-ruby aesthetic, the brand is entering some of the country’s most selective luxury retail spaces.

Jinlux emerges as a dark horse in China’s high-end jewelry market

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

E-commerce

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On-demand Services

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

Independent bookstores are livestreaming on platforms like Taobao to reach readers, but many hope this will be temporary.

Can livestreaming help China’s bookstores survive the pandemic?

Companies in the zones will enjoy support policies including exemption of value-added and excise taxes on retail exports.

China to set up 46 new integrated pilot zones for cross-border e-commerce to revive foreign trade

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South China Morning Post

Middle East

Saudi Arabia

The online retailer sells FMCG products to mini-supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, and cafes.

Saudi’s Sary raises USD 6.6 million for its B2B marketplace

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MENAbytes

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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.

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

What revolutionizes mealtimes? Investigate alternative proteins, supply chain tracking, and delivery services fueling the future of food.

Food Tech

China's developments in farm management tech, online grocery delivery, B2B procurement, and unmanned stores show a broader trend of modernization in the food economy.

While investment in China's agrifood sector contracted in 2019, focus on digitization prevails

While investment in China&#8217;s agrifood sector contracted in 2019, focus on digitization prevails

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AJ Cortese

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

Logistics

As the government enforces large-scale social restrictions to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, online grocers are struggling to handle overwhelming order numbers.

Traffic boost induced by COVID-19 spark delivery problems for agritech startups and online grocers

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Ursula Florene

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

Bilibili

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

Pinduoduo

Buyers like the experience of seeing the products in live-streamed video, but they also worry about false marketing and scams.

Shopping in livestreaming apps is booming in China thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic

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

Kuaishou

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

Short Video

Merchant account owners can sell goods via livestreaming, open online stores, and contact with customers directly on Kuaishou.

CHINA BRIEF | Kuaishou reports 500,000 new active merchants accounts as result of commercial push

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@kr-asia.com

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Wency Chen

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

JD.com

JD.com, Alibaba, and Pinduoduo plan to sell millions of tons of Hubei products to revitalize the coronavirus-ravaged region.

Chinese e-commerce platforms push grown-in-Hubei goods to kick-start local economy

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Song Jingli

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

Livestreamer uses Taobao to sell rocket launch service for USD 5.6 million.