"Aiyuejia", an enterprise in the field of family education, completed round a financing of 28 million yuan

Chinese Restaurant Brands Going Global: What Keeps Customers Coming Back After the Opening?

How long can the queues outside a brand’s first overseas store last? And how many customers drawn in by the novelty will become regulars? For Chinese restaurant brands expanding internationally, opening a store is only the beginning of the challenge of building a local business and retaining customers.

DeepSeek and Moonshot Invited to Address UN Security Council on AI Risks

Chinese AI developers DeepSeek and Moonshot have been invited to make statements at a United Nations Security Council briefing on artificial intelligence and international security scheduled for September 23, Reuters reported. Their invitations would bring Chinese model developers into a session expected to include OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and senior representatives of Anthropic.

Taobao Takes Double 11 to 20 Overseas Markets, Adding Free Shipping and More Than 1.2 Million Merchants

Taobao plans to run this year’s Double 11 shopping festival across 20 overseas markets, with free-shipping offers in 13 countries and regions and more than 1.2 million Taobao and Tmall merchants participating, the company said on September 21. The campaign extends the platform’s international push beyond small parcels, with furniture and home-improvement goods among the medium and large items it aims to ship directly overseas.

Gaolan Port Ships First Containerized BYD Dolphin Export to Brazil

Zhuhai’s Gaolan Port shipped its first batch of containerized new energy vehicles to Brazil on September 22, opening a two-voyage project planned to move 2,807 BYD Dolphin electric cars to the port of Vitória. The first sailing carried 1,408 vehicles. The project’s total cargo value is about CNY 290 million, according to local reports.

Baidu Says Overseas AI Office Platform Kooko Surpasses 10 Million Users Within First Year

Baidu（百度）said on September 21 that its overseas AI office platform Kooko had surpassed 10 million users within a year of launch, reaching nearly 200 countries and regions. Announced at the company’s AI Day, the milestone accompanied a rebranding of the product previously known as Oreate AI and a broader push by Baidu’s Wenku and Netdisk businesses into international productivity software.