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2025.08.01

11:17

Meituan's stock price surged by over 3% during trading, with the food delivery platform issuing a statement advocating against unhealthy competition.

Meituan's stock price surged, rising by over 3% at one point, Alibaba's rose by over 2%, and JD.com's rose by 1.5%. On the news front, Meituan and Ele.me issued statements regarding subsidies for food delivery platforms, advocating against unhealthy competition.

2025.07.31

05:15

JD.com reportedly offered €4.60 per share in cash to acquire Ceconomy

JD.com reportedly offered to acquire CECONOMY for €4.60 per share in cash.

05:09

Market news: JD.com (JD.O) proposed to acquire German electronics retailer Ceconomy at 4.60 euros per share in cash.

2025.07.30

12:56

JD.com leads investment in robotics company RoboScience and is expected to unveil its full strategy at the Robotics Conference.

On July 30th, RoboScience announced the completion of nearly 200 million yuan in angel funding, led by JD.com, with participation from China Merchants Venture Capital and SenseTime Guoxiang Capital. Existing shareholder Zero One Ventures also invested, with Mushi Capital serving as exclusive financial advisor for this round. RoboScience, incorporated at the end of December 2024 and officially operating since March of this year, had already secured tens of millions of yuan in seed funding prior to this round. Its integrated hardware and software intelligent modules and complete robotic systems are widely used in various sectors, including industry, logistics, consumer retail, and home automation. JD.com has recently been investing heavily in embodied intelligence, having invested in companies such as Zhiyuan Robotics, Qianxun Intelligence, Zhuji Power, and Zhongqing Robotics since May. At the upcoming 2025 World Robotics Conference (WRC), JD.com will also showcase its latest developments, business plans, and ecosystem development in the embodied intelligence field.

2025.07.29

21:35

Douyin integrates instant retail business, and Douyin Supermarket is merged into 12-hour delivery

Douyin Supermarket will be merged into Douyin Hourly Delivery to improve the efficiency of instant retail business. In the first week after the Spring Festival in 2023, Douyin Supermarket was launched within Douyin e-commerce. This is an online e-commerce self-operated business similar to JD Supermarket. The person in charge reports to Mu Qing, who was then the vice president of e-commerce. Before the official launch, Douyin Supermarket went through about a year of preparation. In mid-2022, it was piloted in cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hangzhou. This year, Douyin e-commerce is in a period of rapid development and has clearly defined the strategic goal of focusing on shelf e-commerce. According to reports, Douyin Supermarket is expected to penetrate young high-income groups in first- and second-tier cities and increase the frequency of users using Douyin e-commerce.

20:34

Xingmin Zhitong: 52 million shares will be auctioned off

Xingmin Zhitong announced that 52 million shares held by shareholder Sichuan Shengbang Chuangheng Enterprise Management Co., Ltd. will be publicly auctioned by the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court of Hubei Province on the JD.com judicial auction platform from August 28 to August 29, 2025. The shares to be auctioned represent 8.38% of the company's total share capital. This auction involves the shares involved in the litigation. If the auction is successful, Sichuan Shengbang will no longer hold a stake of more than 5% in the company, nor will it be the company's largest shareholder.

09:03

The Central Meteorological Observatory continues to issue an orange rainstorm warning, with heavy to torrential rain expected in 15 provinces and autonomous regions.

The Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue an orange warning for heavy rain at 6 a.m. today (July 29): It is expected that from 8 a.m. on July 29 to 8 a.m. on July 30, parts of northeastern Inner Mongolia, central and western Heilongjiang, central and western Jilin, most of Liaoning, northeastern and southern Beijing, central and northern Tianjin, northern and southeastern Hebei, northern Shandong, central and southern Jiangsu, Shanghai, eastern Zhejiang, southeastern Fujian, Guangdong, eastern Guangxi, and Taiwan Island will have heavy to torrential rain. Among them, parts of northern Liaoning, central Heilongjiang, Shanghai, northeastern Zhejiang, and southern Taiwan Island will have heavy rain, and local areas will have extremely heavy rain (250-300 mm).

2025.07.28

19:37

Wenfeng Shares: 124 million shares held by Xu Xiang's mother Zheng Suzhen will be sold by judicial means

Wenfeng shares announced that Zheng Suzhen, a shareholder holding more than 5% of the company's shares, held 124 million shares of the company's unrestricted tradable shares, accounting for 6.70% of the company's total share capital, which will be judicially sold on the JD.com online judicial auction platform. This judicial sale will not have a significant adverse impact on the company's operations and management, nor will it affect the company's controlling shareholder and actual controller. There is uncertainty about the results of the sale, and the company will closely monitor the progress and fulfill its information disclosure obligations. According to relevant regulations, the transferee shall not reduce its holdings within 6 months after the transfer.

2025.07.27

22:17

JD.com's Dr. He Xiaodong: In the future, every household will have a robot, just like having a car

On July 27 at WAIC, JD.com's Dr. He Xiaodong said in an interview with Jiemian News and other media: "Now every family has a car, and in the future maybe every family will have a humanoid robot; the number of robot dogs may be multiplied by three, and other forms may be even more, and there may even be big robots leading small robots; the future space is almost unlimited." To help robot companies communicate smoothly with consumers, JD.com launched the possessed intelligence brand JoyInside at WAIC, and announced cooperation with dozens of mainstream robot brands, including Fuzozo, which is regarded by the outside world as the "AI version of labubu", educational robots Huohuotu and Xindalu, and industrial robots Zhongqing and Yunshenchu.

15:17

JD.com's big model is officially upgraded to JoyAI

At the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), JD Group brought a newly upgraded AI technology brand: JoyAI, as well as JD's technological progress in the direction of large models and a panoramic view of JoyAI applications. It also launched a new embodied intelligence brand JoyInside.

2025.07.26

18:05

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the China Meteorological Administration jointly issued a yellow warning for geological disasters

From 20:00 on July 26, 2025 to 20:00 on July 27, the risk of geological disasters is high in eastern and southwestern Beijing, northern and central Hebei, northern Shanxi, central Inner Mongolia, northeastern and southern Sichuan, southern and western Yunnan, northeastern and northwestern Shaanxi, eastern Gansu, and southern Ningxia.

10:21

JD Cloud officially open-sources JoyAgent

JD Cloud officially open-sourced JoyAgent on July 26, which is the industry's first 100% open-source enterprise-level intelligent agent, achieving product-level open source, including front-end, back-end, framework, engine and core sub-agents. Currently, the number of intelligent agents within JD has exceeded 20,000, including retail, logistics, finance, industry, health and other fields, covering scenarios such as intelligent customer service, logistics and transportation, and R&D efficiency, helping employees improve work efficiency.

2025.07.25

15:43

JD.com releases "10 billion yuan, 1,000 products new growth plan"

On July 25, according to JD Blackboard, JD announced the official launch of the "10 billion and 1,000 new brands new growth plan", which will introduce 1,000 new overseas brands through cross-border models in the next three years and help them achieve a cumulative sales growth of 10 billion yuan. According to the relevant person in charge of JD Global Shopping, the "10 billion and 1,000 new brands new growth plan" will be supported by three major projects: "Century Brands", "National Pavilions" and "Global Goods Call".

12:22

The World Internet Conference held an exchange meeting on artificial intelligence development and governance

The World Internet Conference Artificial Intelligence Development and Governance Exchange Meeting was held in Quanzhou, Fujian on the afternoon of July 23. Wang Jingtao, deputy director of the Cyberspace Administration of China, attended the meeting and introduced the development and governance of artificial intelligence in China. Ren Xianliang, secretary-general of the World Internet Conference, delivered a welcome speech. The meeting pointed out that China attaches great importance to the development and security of artificial intelligence. At present, China's artificial intelligence development is showing a good trend of positive and orderly development. First, it insists on policy supply and initially builds a security governance system for artificial intelligence with Chinese characteristics; second, it insists on innovative development and actively plays the role of artificial intelligence in new quality productivity; third, it insists on security assurance and helps enterprises improve their security protection capabilities throughout the life cycle; fourth, it insists on cooperation and openness and works together to build a community of shared future in cyberspace. The next step will be to continue to improve the governance mechanism, coordinate development and security, and further promote the healthy and orderly development of artificial intelligence in a beneficial, safe and fair direction. The event was hosted by the World Internet Conference, and representatives from more than 50 member companies including Qualcomm, IBM, Nokia Bell, Huawei, Ping An Group, Baidu, Tencent, JD.com, Macau Telecom, Qisheng Technology, and VIVO attended the meeting.

12:03

Hong Kong Stock Midday Review: Hang Seng Index fell 1.11%, Hang Seng Technology Index fell 1.69%

As of midday close, the Hang Seng Index fell 1.11% and the Hang Seng Technology Index fell 1.69%. On the market, online education stocks, film and television stocks, lithium batteries, and rare earth permanent magnets led the decline, while pharmaceutical outsourcing concepts, logistics, chips, semiconductors, and domestic real estate stocks led the gains. In terms of individual stocks, Kuaishou, Bilibili, and Huanxi Media fell more than 4%, New Oriental fell more than 2%, and BYD shares fell more than 2%; Shuntai Holdings rose more than 10%, Kanglong Chemical rose more than 8%, WuXi Biologics rose more than 4%, Nongfu Spring rose more than 3%, and JD Logistics rose more than 2%.

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