The national headquarters for flood control sent a working group to Shaanxi to assist in flood control and disaster relief

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.

Anyverse Dynamics’ K15 Robots Arrive in France for AESC Battery-Plant Deployment

Anyverse Dynamics（无界动力）has delivered an initial batch of K15 robots to France for planned deployment at AESC’s（远景动力）battery gigafactory, advancing the Beijing startup’s overseas industrial expansion. According to a September 10 report by Science and Technology Daily, the robots arrived in early September, with on-site deployment expected to begin for tasks including loading, unloading and handling material totes.

BYD Unveils ETT 44 for Europe, Targets 2027 Deliveries and Future Local Production

BYD（比亚迪）unveiled the ETT 44, its first heavy-duty electric tractor for the European market, at IAA Transportation 2026 in Hannover on September 14, with deliveries scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2027. The launch extends the Chinese manufacturer’s European commercial-vehicle range into long-haul trucking, alongside a broader commitment to eventually produce locally everything it sells in Europe.

TCL Smart Home Begins Trial Production at Thailand Refrigerator Plant with 1.4 Million Units of Annual Capacity

TCL Smart Home（TCL智家，002668.SZ）said on September 14 that the second phase of its Thailand production base has been completed and entered trial production. Designed to manufacture 1.4 million refrigerators annually, the project adds an overseas production option for a business that generates more than four-fifths of its revenue outside China.

Haitian Acquires Hong Kong’s Amoy Food to Add an Established Overseas Platform

Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food（海天味业）has completed the acquisition of all equity interests in Amoy Food Limited（淘大）, the Hong Kong food brand founded in 1908. The deal gives China’s leading condiment producer an established international brand and sales network, rather than requiring it to build overseas distribution market by market.