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On October 14, 2026, the 5th Dubai Business Forum will be held in Shenzhen, with the full lineup of overseas guests announced. This forum will gather a number of key guests from Dubai government agencies, leading enterprises and investment sectors. They have long been engaged in Dubai's economic development, industrial planning, investment promotion and innovation ecosystem construction, and will share insights around Dubai's economic strategy, key industry trends and future cooperation directions. As of now, 58 Dubai-based enterprises and institutions have confirmed their attendance, covering key sectors including artificial intelligence, digital technology, advanced manufacturing, cross-border investment, consumer retail, logistics and supply chain.

If you hope to gain in-depth insights into Dubai's industrial opportunities on site, or conduct business exchanges with senior executives of Dubai enterprises, investment institutions and government representatives, it is recommended that you submit your attendance application as early as possible. Limited seats available, please scan the QR code below or click "here" to submit your registration application. When talking about the Japanese market, apart from Tokyo, a growing number of tech enterprises are turning their attention to local Japanese cities with distinctive industrial clusters.

For example, Yokohama has formed a relatively complete industrial ecosystem in the new energy vehicle and mobility sector; Osaka boasts first-class urban infrastructure and is committed to strengthening cutting-edge technologies and innovative industries; Fukuoka has attracted the attention of international startups thanks to its favorable innovation and entrepreneurship environment and advantages in Asian talents. On August 27, 36Kr Global joins hands with JETRO to invite representatives from Yokohama, Osaka, Fukuoka and Chinese enterprise representatives to share development opportunities and local operation experience in different regions of Japan.

If you hope to gain in-depth understanding of the industrial characteristics of various regions in Japan and find the most suitable local operation path for your own development , you are welcome to scan the QR code below or click "here" to sign up for this event! 5, surpassing a host of popular local American brands including Lululemon, Grok and Shake Shack, and becoming the e-commerce platform with the fastest growing "brand appeal" among Gen Z consumers across the United States. (iiMedia E-Commerce) On July 25, Chery Group announced that its global cumulative sales volume has reached 20 million units, and the Fengyun A9 launched on the same day was delivered to users as the 20 millionth vehicle.

7%, refreshing the monthly export record for four consecutive months. (Yicai Global) On July 27, XPENG Group officially announced its long-term strategy for Australia, planning to introduce XPENG's high-level intelligent assisted driving in the local market by 2027, launch five new intelligent vehicles in the second half of 2026, and rapidly expand its sales, delivery and service network. According to news on July 29, He Xiaopeng, Chairman and CEO of XPENG Group, announced that XPENG has expanded globally for 6 years, starting from Norway, and now its cumulative overseas sales have exceeded 100,000 units, covering 65 countries and regions.

(Phoenix Tech) On July 28, Baidu's Apollo Go officially launched public road tests in London in partnership with global mobility platform Uber and Freenow under Lyft respectively. Up to now, Apollo Go has been deployed in 27 cities around the world including Beijing, Shenzhen, Hainan, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, completing more than 22 million cumulative mobility services. 98% year-on-year. 7 percentage points year-on-year. Its professional service stations cover multiple countries in Eastern Europe, Africa and South Asia, while it has also launched the Ningjia Service overseas experience centers in Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan.

5 ranks first on both the weekly and monthly global large model call volume charts, becoming the only model in the world with weekly call volume exceeding 10T in that week. 46T, representing a growth of about 616% in two months. (36Kr) According to news on July 30, SF International officially launched the 3PL fulfillment service for TikTok Shop covering 12 European countries. Relying on its self-operated air trunk lines and local customs clearance and delivery networks in Europe, it has launched the China direct delivery model covering 12 European countries including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Portugal and Greece.

The overall end-to-end lead time for the 12 European countries is 4 to 15 natural days, and delivery in core countries can be as fast as 4 days. (Ebrun) On July 27, the inauguration ceremony of XCMG Indonesia New Energy Manufacturing Base was held at Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park (IWIP). With the first batch of new energy equipment officially rolling off the production line and delivered to strategic partner Tsingshan Indonesia Weda Bay Park, XCMG's first overseas new energy plant was officially put into operation. The new energy equipment that was first rolled off the production line and delivered is the XC968-EV pure electric loader, equipped with an integrated dual-motor drive system, which reduces the usage cost by about 78% and maintenance cost by about 60% compared with fuel equipment of the same tonnage, and cuts about 150 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per unit per year.

, signed a memorandum of understanding with Intel Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Intel"). The two sides will discuss and evaluate potential cooperation related to key processes such as glass substrate perforation forming, high-precision laser processing, metallized through-hole deposition and multilayer interconnection wiring. Intel will provide illustrative architecture information, design for manufacturability (DFM) guidelines, benchmark testing methods and verification methods. 5 billion Series F financing, with its valuation rising to $35 billion.

The National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund is one of the lead investors in this round. At present, Moonshot AI has begun to plan for Pre-IPO round financing, aiming to complete fundraising at a pre-money valuation of $50 billion. 8 trillion, which topped the Frontend Code Arena programming leaderboard with a score of 1679, becoming the open-source large model with the largest parameter scale in the world so far. (Securities Times) According to news on July 27, physical AI company Zhengqi Future completed 3 rounds of angel series financing totaling hundreds of millions of yuan in 8 months, with core investors including DKH VGC, Linear Capital, SAIC Motor Hengxu Capital, Bright Data Capital, ZhenXin Investment, and CTF Investments.

The company is positioned as "technology + product" dual-driven, focusing on Door-to-Door mobile tasks, and its core brand QUORRA is dedicated to building short-distance mobility robots. At present, the brand's first product has been mass-produced and has received commercial orders in more than 10 countries and regions around the world, and it plans to launch DTC business overseas within the year. According to news on July 31, in the first half of 2026, high-performance automotive-grade and industrial chip computing platform CoreChips Technology completed financing of over $200 million, with many new shareholders including industrial capital and local state-owned assets joining in, and existing shareholders continuing to follow on investment.

Investors cover fields such as automotive semiconductors, smart transportation, industrial intelligence and AI chips. The raised funds will promote CoreChips Technology to accelerate the global large-scale delivery of automotive chips, and build an end-side intelligent computing platform at the same time. At present, CoreChips Technology has released the 5nm AI cabin-driving fusion chip "Dragon Eagle II", taking the lead in laying out the end-side central computing platform sector. 4% year-on-year to 3573 million square inches, compared with 3327 million square inches in the same period of 2025.

1% quarter-on-quarter compared with the 3275 million square inches recorded in the first quarter of 2026. (iiMedia E-Commerce) On July 31, the World Trade Organization released the latest data, showing that the growth of global goods trade in the first quarter of 2026 exceeded expectations. Trade in AI-related electronic components increased significantly. 2% year-on-year. 6% year-on-year respectively, mainly driven by economies including China, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand. 7% year-on-year.