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Wingtech Technology, the Chinese owner of chipmaker Nexperia, is expected to post a loss of between 9 billion yuan (US$1.3 billion) and 13.5 billion yuan in 2025, owing to the Dutch government's takeover of the semiconductor firm, the Shanghai-listed company said in a statement on Friday. Wingtech said that its authority over the chipmaker continues to be “temporarily restricted” since the October 7 ruling of the Dutch Enterprise Chamber, a special division of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal,......

Enterprises across China's semiconductor industry recorded hefty profit growth last year, according to their unaudited financial results, driven by the country's artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout and Beijing's push for tech self-reliance. Graphics processing unit (GPU) designer Cambricon Technologies on Friday reported a net profit of 2.2 billion yuan (US$316 million) in 2025, its first profitable year, on the back of “the continuous rise in computing power demand within the AI......

China's factory activity faltered in January as weak domestic demand dragged down production at the start of the new ‍year, an official survey showed on Saturday. The official purchasing managers' index (PMI) dropped to 49.3 in January, from 50.1 in December, below the 50-mark separating growth from contraction. It missed a forecast of 50 in a Reuters poll of analysts. Sub-indexes of new orders and new export orders also saw declines, respectively, down to 49.2 from 50.8 ⁠in December and 47.8......

In the world's biggest wholesale electronics marketplace in the bustling Huaqiangbei district of the southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen, memory is the new gold. On a Tuesday in January, a merchant surnamed Ye held up a list of prices that looked more appropriate for luxury goods than humble computer parts. A pair of 32-gigabyte, 6000-megahertz Double Data Rate 5 (DDR5) memory sticks was priced at 6,878 yuan (US$990) – having shot up nearly fivefold since September. “In my over 10 years in......

Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has open-sourced its first artificial intelligence models for robotics, as it steps up efforts to build machine intelligence capable of handling complex real-world tasks. The move signals a deeper push by the Hangzhou-based Ant into embodied intelligence – AI systems designed to perceive, reason and act in physical environments rather than purely digital settings. The company is the fintech affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, owner of the South China Morning......

ByteDance and Alibaba Group Holding are poised to ratchet up their artificial intelligence infrastructure initiatives, as the global AI arms race continues to intensify. The two companies' latest moves lend weight to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's recent remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that the world was witnessing the biggest infrastructure buildout in history and that trillions of dollars of infrastructure still had to be built. Beijing-based ByteDance, operator of TikTok......

Alibaba Group Holding has delivered more than 100,000 units of its most advanced artificial intelligence chip, the Zhenwu 810E, whose performance is said to be comparable to Nvidia's H20, according to people familiar with the matter – a milestone that highlights the company's growing role in China's race to build domestic alternatives to US processors. The shipments, handled by Alibaba's semiconductor arm T-Head, have already surpassed those of domestic rival Cambricon Technologies, the sources......

Hong Kong developer Hang Lung Properties is pinning its medium-term outlook on a recovery in mainland Chinese consumption, even as it warned that both the city's and China's property markets remain under strain. The commercial landlord, residential developer and hotel owner said it expected a “tough slog” for the broader sector despite signs of improvement in operating conditions, particularly in the second half of the year. Net profit attributable to shareholders fell 16 per cent to HK$1.8......

China has emerged as the brightest spot in Apple's quarterly earnings, as the US tech giant achieved record iPhone revenue in the world's largest smartphone market. Revenue in Apple's Greater China region, which comprises mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, surged 38 per cent from a year earlier in the first quarter of fiscal 2026, which ended December 27, the Cupertino-based company said on Friday. That growth, more than double the company's overall 16 per cent quarterly revenue increase,......

HSBC, Hong Kong's biggest bank with a customer base of 6.2 million, saw a system breakdown on Friday afternoon. The bank's mobile banking app could not be accessed, instead showing a message stating the system was under maintenance and would be available at a later time. A staff member at the bank's Mong Kok branch said HSBC's computer network across the city had failed, but did not know the reason for the stoppage. An official with the bank also confirmed there had been a breakdown, but the......

China suspended trading of five commodity funds on Friday to curb investment mania in gold, silver and oil and reduce underlying risks amid geopolitical tensions. The only public fund investing in silver futures in mainland China, UBS SDIC Silver Futures Fund, a listed open-ended fund (LOF), will be suspended for the whole day on Friday, the second such halt since January 22. The trading halt also spread to oil LOFs, four of which were halted for an hour up to 10.30am on Friday. Before the......

Tesla's falling car deliveries and declining profitability on the mainland have not stopped its Chinese electric-car rivals from imitating the US firm's transition into an artificial intelligence entity. Xpeng, Li Auto and Nio, dubbed as Tesla challengers over the past decade, have taken similar steps to diversify into emerging technologies and position themselves for the future of transport. These Chinese firms are now building next-generation vehicles, flying cars, robots and chips to create......

The UK and mainland China are considering a new cross-border asset-management link and upgrades to their existing stock connect scheme, as both sides seek closer capital-market cooperation, according to Ashley Alder, chairman of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). “We are looking at enhancing market connectivity between China and the UK, particularly by building on the stock connect with Shanghai and Shenzhen,” Alder said. “In addition, we are exploring other areas of cooperation, such......

Hong Kong stocks retreated on Friday, ending a seven-day rally, as investors locked in profits on the final trading day of January after a sharp month-long surge. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.7 per cent to 27,785.98 at the open, pulling back from a multi-year high. The benchmark has climbed nearly 8.4 per cent this month, its strongest monthly performance since February 2025. The Hang Seng Tech Index dropped 0.9 per cent. On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index declined 0.9 per cent and the Shanghai......

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Hong Kong's construction sector is at a watershed moment, industry leaders say, as AI and robotics begin to deliver measurable gains in productivity and site safety, a view shared at the Construction Industry Council's Master Talk on harnessing AI for the sector. The Master Talk, held on January 22, brought together public clients, developers, contractors, consultants and tech firms to examine how AI and robotics are......

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] A month into 2026, banks are publishing market outlooks that impose structure on an uncertain year. Standard Chartered's report favours equities, continues to back AI, looks to emerging market bonds for income and retains gold as a defensive allocation. The preference for equities, particularly in the US and Asia excluding Japan, are backed by expectations of AI-led earnings growth. According to the bank's 2026 Global......

New World Development (NWD), the embattled Hong Kong property developer, said late on Thursday that its parent, Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE), has been approached by potential investors after reports that CTFE may sell part of its stake to Blackstone. Bloomberg reported early that Blackstone – the world's biggest asset manager – was in discussion to become the single largest shareholder of NWD, citing people familiar with the matter. Under the proposed arrangement, the US alternative asset......

Morgan Stanley expects China's humanoid robot sales to grow 133 per cent to 28,000 units this year, while noting that falling production costs will gradually make owning robots more accessible. The US investment bank revised its forecast from the 14,000 units previously on the back of the rapid growth of the industry in the world's second largest economy. The cost of materials to produce robots in China, home to most of the industry's supply chain, was set to drop 16 per cent this year, the bank......

British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said on Thursday it plans to invest US$15 billion in China through 2030, signalling renewed momentum in UK-China commercial ties. The investment – the biggest deal announced so far during UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's trip to Beijing aimed at strengthening trade ties – will support expanded medicines manufacturing as well as research and development (R&D), the company said in a statement. “Unlocking opportunities for British businesses across......

China's artificial intelligence hyperscalers have quickly added cloud support for Moltbot, formerly known as Clawdbot, an open-source AI agent that has exploded in popularity globally. Billed as the “AI that actually does things”, Moltbot's ability to autonomously execute tasks without the user directing each action has caused waves in the global developer community, briefly lifting shares of US web infrastructure giant Cloudflare in pre-market trading on Tuesday before they later......