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2025.09.23

14:10

Lei Jun: The annual speech was originally planned to be held together with the Xiaomi YU7 launch conference, but it was temporarily postponed to September

On September 23, Lei Jun, Chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, released a video to warm up his annual speech. In the video, he talked about why this year's speech was a little later than in previous years? Lei Jun explained that the original plan was to hold it together with the launch of Xiaomi YU7 in June this year, but this launch conference had too much content and took a very long time, so it was temporarily postponed to September and released together with the Xiaomi 17 series annual flagship. "When I knew it was postponed, I was quite happy because it would allow me to take advantage of the traffic of Xiaomi 17."

2025.09.15

10:49

Xiaomi Chairman Lei Jun: The Xiaomi 17 series has a cross-generational upgrade and is fully comparable to the iPhone

Xiaomi Chairman and CEO Lei Jun posted on Weibo that the Xiaomi 17 series has upgraded its product strength across generations and is fully comparable to the iPhone.

2025.08.29

13:47

Lei Jun: Xiaomi Surge OS 3 Beta version has been launched for the first batch of models

Xiaomi founder, chairman and CEO Lei Jun posted on Weibo that the first batch of Xiaomi Pengpai OS 3 Beta models have started to be pushed out.

2025.08.01

10:03

Lei Jun, Chairman of Xiaomi Group: In July, Xiaomi Auto deliveries exceeded 30,000 units.

10:03

Lei Jun: Xiaomi Auto deliveries exceeded 30,000 units in July

Lei Jun posted on a social media platform that by July 2025, Xiaomi's car deliveries will exceed 30,000 units.

2025.07.18

15:10

Lei Jun accompanies BYD's Wang Chuanfu during visit to Xiaomi's car factory

Several Chinese netizens recently posted videos on social media claiming to have encountered Xiaomi founder Lei Jun and BYD Chairman and CEO Wang Chuanfu at Xiaomi's car factory.

2025.07.16

15:55

Huang Renxun answers Sina Finance: Xiaomi is a miracle

Nvidia founder Huang Renxun held a media conference in Beijing on July 16. Huang Renxun said in response to questions from Sina Finance that he knew Lei Jun would achieve extraordinary success from the first day he met him. Huang Renxun said that Nvidia has close cooperation with Xiaomi in many aspects. "Xiaomi is a great partner. When I met Xiaomi, Lei Jun was still very young. I was younger at that time, but he was indeed younger. From the first day, I could see that he would achieve extraordinary success in the future." He admitted that Lei Jun has now built a very outstanding company. "This company is a miracle - from amazing smartphones to high-performance cars, and all kinds of products in between, it can produce them." "It's hard to imagine that a company can create so many excellent products. This really highlights Lei Jun's specialness." He also said frankly that China's hardware technology, such as batteries and electricity products, is very strong, but the outside world does not realize that there is another miracle, that is, China's computer science is at a world-class level, and China's software capabilities are also world-class!

2025.07.14

13:55

Huang Renxun and Lei Jun's photo exposed

On July 14, a photo of Nvidia CEO Huang Renxun meeting with Xiaomi founder Lei Jun was exposed. In the photo, the two were smiling and very close. The reporter asked Nvidia to verify the photo, and the other party responded that "it was not a photo we sent, so we don't know." Another insider revealed that the photo was taken by a passerby, and the meeting with Lei Jun was a visit to a client, which was a non-public itinerary, but the insider did not disclose the specific time of the photo.

2025.07.13

17:19

Li Xiang said Lei Jun's suggestion was timely

On July 13, Li Xiang posted a message saying: Lei Jun's "reassurance" yesterday was a timely relief. For the Ideal i8 launch, we have decided to choose a large venue in Beijing. We are still negotiating which venue to choose, and we welcome everyone's recommendations. Li Xiang said: Ideal i8 is an innovative work that redefines pure electric SUVs, which means we have to do a lot of "cognitive pioneering" work to make more people understand why we do this. Therefore, the launch is ready to invite more users, media, partners, etc. to participate, and the lawn downstairs of the company can't accommodate so many people. We will try to hold the next launch on the lawn downstairs of the company.

2025.07.06

16:11

Xiaomi YU7 starts delivery today

Lei Jun said on Weibo that this afternoon, Xiaomi YU7 was officially delivered to the first batch of owners.

2025.07.02

21:57

Lei Jun: There is no plan to launch a Redmi car

This evening, Lei Jun, chairman of Xiaomi, started a return live broadcast, detailing the order and delivery status of Xiaomi YU7 and responding to questions from netizens. In response to netizens' questions about whether Xiaomi will launch a Redmi car, Lei Jun said that we really have no such plans.

21:55

Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi: Starting from 2027, we will consider selling cars outside of China

Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi: We will consider selling cars outside of China starting in 2027.

21:55

Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi: We will consider selling cars outside of China starting in 2027.

21:28

Lei Jun recommends Tesla in live broadcast: at least 350,000 vehicles will be delivered this year after production expansion. Those who are in a hurry can take a look at Model Y

Lei Jun held a return live broadcast and talked about the stories behind 16 products. Lei Jun said that the current number of locked orders is beyond imagination, and there are many people in line. Everyone can be a little more patient. "We will work hard to increase production capacity, but there are too many people in line. At the beginning of this year, we delivered at least 300,000 vehicles. After the expansion, the target was revised to 350,000 vehicles." In addition, for netizens who are in a hurry to use a car, Lei Jun also recommended Xiaopeng, Ideal and Tesla. "If you are in a hurry to use a car, domestic new energy vehicles are actually good. For example, you can pay attention to the Xiaopeng G7 released tomorrow and the Ideal i8 released at the end of the month. You can also seriously consider Model Y."

20:37

Lei Jun: The number of YU7 orders locked for 24 hours will not be announced because it is totally unnecessary

Lei Jun held a return live broadcast to talk about the stories behind 16 products. As to why the 24-hour lock order figures were not announced, Lei Jun responded, "The 18-hour irrevocable lock order reached 240,000 orders. After 24 hours, I said we would not announce it to avoid all kinds of discussions and doubts. It was completely unnecessary."

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