A week of public opinion points
The three departments recently issued a notice on the management standards for road Testing and Demonstration application of intelligent connected vehicles (trial). It is proposed that road test subjects, demonstration application subjects and drivers should abide by China’s road traffic safety laws and regulations, and carry out work strictly according to the time, section, region and project specified in road test or demonstration application safety self-declaration. Braking performance tests shall not be carried out on roads during road tests or demonstration applications. The Code of Management shall come into force on September 1, 2021.
On July 28, the Ministry of Science and Technology issued a public notice to solicit opinions on the draft guidelines on strengthening ethical governance in science and technology. The draft proposed to strengthen the daily management of science and technology ethics. Institutions engaged in scientific and technological activities such as life science, medicine and artificial intelligence, whose research contents involve sensitive fields of science and technology ethics, shall set up a science and technology ethics (review) committee.
On July 30, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology information and Communication Administration held the Internet industry special rectification action enterprise publicity and implementation deployment meeting. The meeting required in-depth self-examination against the list, detailed self-examination measures from four aspects of disrupting market order, infringement of user rights and interests, threat to data security, violation of qualifications and resource management regulations, and comprehensive inspection of 22 scenarios of 8 types of problems.
In terms of industry, China’s first trial of integrating a low-orbit broadband satellite with a 5G private network was completed in Beijing and Jinan on July 25. On July 28, ISC 2021 two major trust security summit was held, at the meeting, the national Industrial Information Security Development and Research Center, 360, Loongson, Tongxin and other industry enterprises, industry experts and the Economic development zone Of the Country’s trust security jointly established the “trust security joint laboratory”. On July 28, the Information and Communications Administration of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) notified 14 apps that had not strictly implemented the rectification requirements, including QQ Reading and Meiyu.
Company, on August 1, China Xinchuang Hefei production base officially started construction, the same day, Digital China and BYD electronics signed a strategic cooperation agreement. On July 29, Qingyun technology released the end-to-end cloud native strategy, and jointly launched the “Star” xinchuang ecological alliance with many ecological partners. July 29, China Telecom ipo registration application was approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. On July 27, Rock network science officially released the next generation of intelligent firewall A series. Recently, the fourth paradigm of AI unicorn started listing in Hong Kong.
At the local level, Recently, Henan plans to set up investment guidance funds for emerging industries, with a total scale of 150 billion yuan. On July 27, Beijing launched the country’s first autonomous driving test and management policy on expressways and urban expressways. On July 29, Pudong released the open Innovation Center plan for large enterprises, with the first batch of 20 enterprises including Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft.
2. Analysis of public opinion communication
From 0 on July 26 to 23 on August 1, the total number of public opinions of the whole network on the letter creation was 19,072. In terms of the communication trend, the public opinion reached the peak on July 26, with the daily volume of 7,378, and then gradually decreased.
In terms of media types, from July 26 to August 1, the public opinions related to Xinchuang were mainly concentrated on the news APP platform, accounting for 45.98%; News websites and wechat platforms accounted for 24.96% and 11.25%, respectively. Forum and microblog account for 4.58% and 4.53% respectively; Newspapers, videos, headlines, Sohu, q&A and other platforms accounted for 13.28%.
Third, policy dynamics
1. Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee: Strengthen scientific and technological innovation and the resilience of industrial and supply chains
The Political Bureau of the COMMUNIST Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on July 30 to analyze the current economic situation and plan economic work for the second half of the year. The meeting called for tapping the potential of the domestic market, supporting the accelerated development of new energy vehicles, speeding up the integration of county and rural e-commerce system and express delivery logistics distribution system, speeding up the construction of major projects in the 14th Five-Year Plan, and guiding enterprises to increase investment in technological transformation. We will strengthen scientific and technological innovation and the resilience of industrial and supply chains. We will strengthen basic research and promote applied research. We will launch campaigns to strengthen the supply chain, move faster to solve the problem of bottlenecks, and develop specialized, specialized, and new small and medium-sized enterprises. (Xinhua News Agency)
2. Introduction of road test specifications for intelligent vehicles: brake performance tests shall not be carried out
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Transport (MOT) recently issued a notice on the Management Standards for Road Tests and Demonstration Applications of Intelligent Connected Vehicles (Trial) (hereinafter referred to as the Management Standards). The Code of Management shall come into force on September 1, 2021. According to the “Management Standards”, road test refers to the test activities of intelligent connected vehicles’ autonomous driving function in highways (including expressways), urban roads, regional areas and other designated sections of roads used for the passage of social vehicles. According to the introduction, the road test, demonstration application subject, drivers should abide by China’s road traffic safety laws and regulations, strictly according to the road test or demonstration application safety self-declaration of the time, section, region and project to carry out the work, and carry the relevant materials for future reference. Braking performance tests shall not be carried out on roads during road tests or demonstration applications. (Website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology)
3. Ministry of Science and Technology: AI enterprises may need to set up a science and technology ethics review committee
The Ministry of Science and Technology issued a notice on July 28 to solicit opinions on the draft guidelines on strengthening ethical governance in science and technology. The draft is proposed to consolidate the responsibility of the innovation subject of science and technology ethics management. Institutions of higher learning, scientific research institutions, medical institutions, enterprises and other units should fulfill the main responsibility of science and technology ethics management, establish a normal working mechanism, strengthen the daily management of science and technology ethics, and take the initiative to evaluate and timely resolve the ethical risks in their science and technology activities. A science and technology ethics (review) committee shall be established in accordance with the actual situation of the unit and necessary conditions shall be provided for its independent work. Institutions engaged in scientific and technological activities such as life science, medicine and artificial intelligence, whose research contents involve sensitive fields of science and technology ethics, shall set up a science and technology ethics (review) committee. (Ministry of Science and Technology website)
4. The Information and Communication Administration of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held the Promotion, implementation and deployment meeting for enterprises of the Special Rectification action of the Internet industry
On July 30, the Information and Communication Administration of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a meeting to publicize and implement the special rectification action of the Internet industry in Beijing. The meeting required, to control the list of in-depth self-examination, from the disruption of market order, infringement of user rights and interests, threats to data security, violation of qualifications and resource management regulations and other four aspects of detailed self-examination measures, 8 types of problems 22 scenarios comprehensive inspection. Beijing communications administration bureau, China academy of information and communication, the Internet society of China is responsible for the comrades, alibaba, tencent, beating bytes, spelling, baidu, sina weibo a lot, well quickly, jingdong, huawei, drops, Meituan, OPPO, VIVO, millet, bi li bi li, head of the major Internet platform for enterprise to attend the meeting. (Securities Times)
5, the Supreme Law issued a judicial interpretation to standardize face recognition applications, shall not be forced to obtain unnecessary personal information
The Supreme People’s Court issued a judicial interpretation to regulate facial recognition. The Supreme Law of the People’s Republic of China has formulated a judicial interpretation on the basis of thorough research to provide judicial protection for human face information. The explanation clearly stipulates that the use of face recognition technology for face verification, identification or analysis in hotels, shopping malls, banks, railway stations, airports, sports venues, entertainment venues and other business sites or public places in violation of laws and administrative regulations shall be deemed as an infringement of the personal rights and interests of natural persons. (CCTV News)
6. Ministry of Transport: Strengthen anti-monopoly supervision and anti-unfair competition
On July 30, the second plenary meeting of 2021 was held at the inter-ministerial Joint Conference on coordination and Supervision of New Forms of Transport business. Meeting requirements, optimizing the regulatory framework, to accelerate advance things afterwards whole chain regulation, in particular to strengthen the regulation of antitrust and unfair competition, network about freight cars and platform of laws and regulations and monopoly, eliminate and restrict competition, disturb the market order, infringes upon the lawful rights and interests of the driver and other illegal behavior, maintaining fair and orderly market competition order. We will urge ride-hailing platform companies with prominent illegal operation problems to clarify their schedules and work plans, and speed up the removal of non-compliant vehicles and personnel. (Securities Times)
4. Local dynamics
1. Autonomous driving is approved for the country’s first high-speed test
On July 27, Beijing launched the country’s first expressway and urban expressway automated driving test management policy, first open Beijing section (fifth ring Road – sixth ring road) two-way 10-kilometer section, road test verification. According to the report. The 10 kilometers are the “first section” for self-driving cars to drive into expressways in Beijing, and six 143-kilometer expressways and urban express sections will be gradually opened in the future. (Beijing Daily)
2. Henan plans to set up investment guidance funds for emerging industries, with a total scale of 150 billion yuan
Recently, the General Office of henan Provincial People’s Government issued the implementation plan and Assessment Measures for venture Capital Investment Guide Funds for Emerging Industries (trial). Among them, the new industry investment guide fund is mainly invested in henan province new display and intelligent terminal, biological medicine, energy conservation and environmental protection, new energy and connected vehicles, a new generation of artificial intelligence, network security and other emerging industries and advantages of the characteristics of the industrial chain in the growth period, the maturity of innovative enterprises, the total scale of the fund 150 billion yuan; The venture capital guide fund is mainly invested in henan province’s new display and intelligent terminal, biological medicine, energy conservation and environmental protection and other emerging industries and advantages of the characteristics of the industrial chain in the seed stage, the initial stage, early and middle stage innovative enterprises or innovation, angel projects, the total scale of the fund 15 billion yuan. (Financial Association)
3. Pudong released the Open Innovation Center plan for Large Enterprises, with the first batch of 20 enterprises including Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft
One of the six projects, the Opening and Innovation Center for Large Enterprises in Pudong New Area, was officially unveiled at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum on Wednesday afternoon. The first batch of 20 open innovation centers for Large Enterprises in Pudong, including Johnson & Johnson Shanghai Innovation Incubator (JLABS), Microsoft Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things Laboratory, Big Aircraft Innovation Valley, Roche Accelerator China, Baidu Flying Artificial Intelligence Industry Empowerment Center, were unveiled at the press conference, and almost all of them focused on the innovation of key core industries in Pudong. (Shanghai News)
5. Industry dynamics
1. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology reported that the rectification of the popup information of 14 apps was not in place
The Information and Communications Administration of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued a notice on July 28, saying that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) had concentrated on cracking down on violations such as harassment of users by pop-ups, which were widely reported by users. Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in the problem of “looking back”, still found that some enterprises “have no order, ban more than”, the problems of rectification is not complete, the rectification of the problem back to the original, take technical measures to counter the situation of different regions of differentiation rectification. Fourteen apps, including QQ Reading and Meiyu, were found not to have strictly implemented rectification requirements. (those)
2. China’s first experiment of integrating a low-orbit broadband satellite with a 5G private network was completed in Beijing and Jinan
On July 25, China’s first test of low-orbit broadband satellite and 5G private network fusion was completed in Beijing and Jinan. The test uses low-orbit broadband satellite to build the backbone network between Beijing and Jinan’S 5G private network, instead of the need to pre-laid ground optical fiber, to achieve the integration of low-orbit satellite and 5G private network. Experts predict that the total size of China’s satellite Internet market will reach 100 billion yuan by 2030. (CCTV News)
3. ISC 2021 two major security summits will be held
On July 28, ISC2021 ISC innovation And Development Summit, ISC2021 ISC Innovation and Security Technology and Application Summit were successfully held by national Industrial Information Security Development Research Center, Independent Innovation and Security Technology Committee of China Electronics Chamber of Commerce and Security Technology Committee, and ISC Hosted by ISC Internet Security Conference. At the meeting, the national Industrial Information Security Development and Research Center, 360, Loongson, Tongxin and other industry enterprises, industry experts and the development zone of the national trust and innovation park jointly set up the “trust and innovation security joint laboratory” was formally established. The laboratory aims to further strengthen the research on the core issues of security, and support the top-level planning and design. Develop the development and application of software development safety standards; Cooperate with enterprises in the industry to carry out loopholes mining, challenge and other activities of xinchuang products; Continue to explore industry best safety practices. In the future, the laboratory will be located in the National Xinchuang Park of Beijing Economic Development Zone. (DoNews)
4. Strategy Analytics: Global tablet shipments grew 5% year-on-year in Q2 this year, and there will be a supply shortage
Mixed offices and more digital classrooms will continue to drive record tablet demand through the middle of this year, with strong results from Apple, Samsung, Lenovo and Amazon, according to a Strategy Analytics research report. In Q2, global tablet shipments rose 5 percent from a year earlier, with most major manufacturers Posting double-digit growth, it said. But manufacturers expect severe supply shortages for the rest of the year. (StrategyAnalytics)
5. Canalys: Smartphone shipments in China drop 17% year-on-year in q2
The Chinese mainland smartphone market shrank 17 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2021, with smartphone shipments reaching 74.9 million units, according to Canalys. Among them, the number of manufacturers that shipped more than 10 million units shrank from 5 to 3. Vivo and Oppo remained in the top two, with 18.2 million and 16 million units shipped respectively. Xiaomi overtook Huawei to take third place, shipping 12.6 million units and increasing its market share to 17 percent in the second quarter from 15 percent in the first. Apple came in fourth with 7.8 million units shipped. Honor (6.9 million) broke into the top five with a strong 40 percent sequential growth in the second quarter as an independent operation. (Canalys official Weibo)
6, IDC: 2021Q1 China cloud market scale over 30 billion, Ali Cloud first, Tencent Huawei ranked second and third
On July 29, IDC released the latest data of China’s public cloud market in the first quarter of 2021, which showed that the market size of IaaS+PaaS in the quarter reached 4.632 billion US dollars (30.1 billion yuan), among which Ali Cloud ranked first with a market share of 40%, Tencent Cloud and Huawei Cloud ranked second and third respectively, with a market share of 11%. (Securities Star)
7, 2022 high-end notebook display panel market share will exceed 20%
With LTPO, LTPO and OLED technologies increasingly in focus, display panels for high-end laptops are also expected to surpass 20% market share, according to the report. The need for telecommuting and online education is already driving up demand for laptops between 2020 and 2021. While shipments of laptop display panels have seen double-digit growth, prices have risen more than 40%. (PinWan)
8. IDC: In the second half of 2020, the market size of domestic video cloud solutions increased by more than 75% year on year
IDC recently released “China’s video Cloud Market tracking (second half of 2020)” report. The report shows that in the second half of 2020, the size of China’s video cloud market was $3.81 billion, up 45.7% year on year, among which the size of the video cloud solution market reached nearly $700 million, up more than 75% year on year. Overall, the top public cloud service providers still dominate the market, with the TOP5 service providers ali cloud, Tencent cloud, baidu cloud, huawei cloud and jinshan cloud jointly occupying 63.4% of the market share. (IDC Consulting official micro)
9. First-ever quantum computer in Japan
The University of Tokyo and IBM announced on July 27 that a commercial quantum computer has been put into use, which is the first of its kind in Japan. The industry-university council, which is joined by 12 large companies including Toyota, will be the main user and will conduct research for materials development and finance. As a new generation of high-speed computer, the quantum computer will affect the future competitiveness of the industry, and Japanese companies will try to make use of it as soon as possible. (Financial Association)
10. Us spends $220 million on AI and builds 11 more national AI research centers
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced a $220 million investment in 11 National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes it leads. After an initial round of funding for seven AI research centers in 2020, this time it will cover 40 U.S. states. The new research centers will cover the following areas: human-computer interaction and collaboration, ARTIFICIAL intelligence optimization progress, artificial intelligence and advanced Network infrastructure, ARTIFICIAL intelligence in computer and network systems, artificial intelligence in dynamic systems, and ARTIFICIAL intelligence innovation in agriculture and food systems. (Phoenix Technology)
Vi. Company dynamics
1. Shenzhou Xinchuang Hefei Production base has started, with an annual capacity of 900,000 units
On the morning of August 1st, Shenzhou Xinchuang Hefei Production base officially started construction. The first phase of Shenzhou Xinchuang Hefei production base project covers an area of nearly 100 mu, plans to build domestic advanced server and PC production lines, mainly produces digital China’s own brand “Shenzhou Kuntai” series products, annual output can reach 900,000 units. On the same day, Digital China and BYD Electronics signed a strategic cooperation agreement, the two sides will cooperate in the supply chain capacity building and production base construction, driving the regional credit and innovation industrial chain collaborative upgrading. (China Youth Daily)
2. Qingyun Technology releases cloud native product strategy
At the CIC 2021 Cloud Computing Summit held on July 29, Qingyun Technology released the end-to-end cloud native strategy, and launched new cloud native products such as KubeSphere container ecological family, cloud native block storage QingStor NeonIO, cloud native distributed file system HydroFS, low code Full image cloud platform, etc. In addition, Qingyun Technology and China Information and Communication Institute reached a strategic cooperation, will jointly promote the development of industrial Internet and block chain driven by the new generation of cloud-based information technology. At the meeting, “Xingxing” Xinchuang Ecological Alliance was formally established, which was jointly initiated by qingyun Technology, Beijing Kunpeng, Zhongke Shuguang, Feiteng, Kirin Software, Tongxin Software, Anheng Information, NDA General, Pingkai Star, HashData, Bolland, Dongfang, Dingjia and many other ecological partners. (Huanqiu, Economic Observation website)
3. ONES was elected vice Chairman of Shenzhen Xinchuang Alliance
Recently, ONES was elected as the vice Chairman of Shenzhen Information Technology Application And Innovation Alliance (hereinafter referred to as “Shenzhen Xinchuang Alliance”). Under the guidance of Shenzhen Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Shenzhen Xincreang Alliance is a non-profit consortium jointly responded and voluntarily participated by relevant enterprises and institutions engaged in key technology research, product development, application and service of software and hardware in the information field in Shenzhen. (ONES)
4. New York Technology has reached strategic cooperation intention with Pricewaterhou-based Software and Huakun Zhenyu
Recently, New York Technology announced to reach strategic cooperation intention with China Electronics’ PriceWaterhousecoat and Huawei Huakun Zhenyu, and signed the “New York Artificial Intelligence All-in-one Machine Three-party Strategic Cooperation Agreement”. Newtech said that it hopes to realize the commercial application of ARTIFICIAL intelligence technology in more industries and a wider range by promoting the landing of RPA products such as “NewTech AI All-in-one Machine”. (Moving Point Technology)
5. The fourth normal form of AI unicorn started listing in Hong Kong, and five state-owned banks participated in the investment
The fourth Normal Form, an industrial intelligence platform and technology service provider, has started the listing process in Hong Kong. It was valued at $2 billion in its C+ round in April 2020, followed by a $700 million Series D round in January this year. According to The Survey, the fourth Paradigm has completed 11 rounds of financing so far, and the investment institutions behind it have not only collected the five state-owned banks, but also giants in various fields such as Sequoia China and the National Manufacturing Transformation and Upgrading Fund. (Securities Times)
6. Zhanrui and China Unicom completed the world’s first 5G R16 protocol service verification
Recently, Unigretro and China Unicom successfully completed the world’s first end-to-end service verification of eMBB+uRLLC+IIoT (Enhanced mobile Broadband + Ultra-high Reliability ultra-low Latency Communication + Industrial Internet of Things) based on 3GPP R16 standard, laying the foundation for the commercial use of 5G R16. (Watcher)
7. Amazon was fined a record $888 million by the European Union for breaching data privacy
Amazon has been fined 746 million euros ($888 million) by the European Union’s main regulator for breaking the bloc’s strict data protection rules, the bloc’s largest-ever fine for data privacy violations. The July 16 decision by Luxembourg’s Data Protection Agency was disclosed by Amazon in a regulatory filing on Friday. The decision said Amazon’s “treatment of personal data does not comply with the EU’s general data protection regulations. “Amazon says in its complaint that the fine is without merit and will vigorously defend itself in this matter. The company will appeal against the decision. (Finance)
8. TSMC responded to the shutdown of plant 18: gas pollution did not cause significant impact on the production line, and production was normal
According to the report, there is news that TSMC south 18 plant 5nm production. TSMC said there was no incident, but some gas supplies from manufacturers were suspected to be contaminated, and other gas supplies were dispatched in time. There was no significant impact on the production line, and production was normal. The 5nm manufacturing process of TSMC entered its second year of mass production this year and will enter the peak production period of apple, its main customer, next month. According to the market, apple has ordered hundreds of millions of A15 processors for the iPhone13 to prepare for the rush of new devices. The delivery period of TSMC will be from August to early next year. (Financial Association)
Apple’s new car: the LG joint venture is likely to produce it
LG’s joint venture with Canadian auto supplier Magna International recently announced that it will develop powertrains and key components for electric vehicles. A few months ago, the Korea Times reported that Apple was planning to partner with the joint venture, which would be responsible for the production of apple cars. Although the joint venture doesn’t have much capacity, apple seems to be fine with that, the report said. Some analysts say this shows that Apple is not planning mass production in the early stages, and the role of the first apple car is more to test the market. (interface)
Google invests $200 million in Musk’s brain-computer Interface company
Neuralink, Musk’s brain-computer interface company, said On Thursday that Dubai venture Capital firm Vy Capital led a $200 million round of funding for the company, with Google Ventures participating. According to the report, “brain-computer interfaces” are direct pathways created between the brain and external devices. With brain-computer interface technology, by implanting computer chips into the human brain, researchers hope to one day help cure neurological diseases including Alzheimer’s and spinal cord injuries. (China Business Network)
11. Autonavi: Open platform SDK ADAPTS to Hongmeng OS, supporting mobile phones, tablets and other devices
Autonavi has announced that it will open up the HarmonyOS migration and retooling of the map SDK to HarmonyOS, making it available to all HarmonyOS developers for free. Developers can learn more about autonavi open platform website and obtain version download, development documents, faQs and other development support. The first features include the Mapping and search SDK, which will support Devices such as Phones and Pads that run HarmonyOS. Krypton (36)
Robin Li founded biocomputing platform Battus Bioscience and obtained A series A financing of hundreds of millions of DOLLARS
On July 30, biocomputing platform Batusco announced the completion of A series A financing of us $100 million, led by GGV Capital, followed by Baidu, Junlian Capital, Lanchi Venture Capital, True Knowledge Capital, Xianghe Capital, and the company’s founder Robin Li continued to make additional investment. This round of financing will mainly be used for technology research and development and talent introduction. Robin Li led the founding and served as chairman of Battus Biosciences, a company positioned as an innovative drug development platform driven by bio-computing engines, in November 2020. (Arterial network)
13. Russia fines Google 3 million rubles for violating personal data laws
Moscow’s Tagans-based district court on Thursday fined Google 3 million rubles ($410,017) for violating personal data laws. This is the first time Google has been fined for violating Russia’s personal data laws. Google confirmed the fine but did not respond further. (Sina Technology)
14. China Telecom’s application for ipo registration was approved by the CSRC
News in the evening of July 29, the CSRC announcement showed that China Telecom ipo registration application was approved by the CSRC. China Telecom and its underwriters will consult with the exchange to finalize the offering schedule and publish the offering document, the statement said. (Sina Technology)
15. Nanda Optoelectronics co., LTD. : The national science and technology major special projects undertaken by the company passed the acceptance inspection
Ntu Optoelectronics announced on the evening of July 29 that the company, as the lead unit, undertook the “advanced photoresist product development and industrialization” project of the national science and technology major project (02 Project) “Extremely large-scale integrated circuit manufacturing equipment and complete process”. Today, I received the project comprehensive performance evaluation conclusion issued by the Management office of Maximal Scale integrated circuit manufacturing equipment and complete set of process practice, and the project passed the acceptance of the expert group. The successful completion of this project is expected to have a positive impact on the future development of the company’s photoresist business. (NTU Optoelectronics)
16. Tencent released the new intelligent medical data Center
On July 29, Tencent released a new intelligent medical data center. According to the official introduction, the newly released Tencent Smart medical data Center covers the whole process of medical data services from data integration, data governance to data application, and further opens the platform, introduces ecology, to help medical institutions and management departments at all levels achieve comprehensive, professional and automated management of medical data. (Blue Whale Finance)
Robin Li: AI has entered a rapid application period, to advance the layout and long-term sustained investment
“We believe that in the next decade, there will be eight key technologies in the field of AI that will produce ‘quantitative change to qualitative change’, which will profoundly change our society,” Said Robin Li, founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, at the 2021 Smart Economy Summit on July 29. These technologies are autonomous driving, digital city operations, machine translation, personal intelligent assistants, bio-computing, AI chips, deep learning frameworks and knowledge management.” In Li’s view, the above eight technologies are the key to the future of the AI era, to advance the layout, and long-term, sustained investment. (Thepaper.cn)
18. Relevant parties in Hefei responded that “Mi Car may settle in Hefei” : no contact
Sources say the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Anhui Province is in contact with Xiaomi Car, interested in introducing xiaomi car to Hefei. An official at the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission in Anhui province denied that it was “in contact with Xiaomi”, saying it was “not aware of such a case and I don’t know where the information came from”. Hefei investment promotion bureau insider said, “I have no contact with Xiaomi.” He revealed that hefei city in the introduction of new forces in the car, “there is an opportunity to talk, the key depends on conditions.” (finance)
19, Tencent electronic signature launched “small IOU” function
Tencent electronic signature online “small iOU” function. According to the official, users can issue a legally effective IOU through a wechat mini program called “Tencent E-signature”. In addition to the “small IOU” function, Tencent electronic signature also includes “small receipt”, “small contract – personal rental contract” and other functions. Since its launch three months ago, Tencent electronic signing has served hundreds of thousands of end users and hundreds of enterprises. Krypton (36)
Lei Jun announced the recruitment of xiaomi Auto’s autonomous driving department on weibo
On July 28, Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi, posted a job advertisement on his personal weibo: The first batch of 500 technicians will be recruited for the autonomous driving department of Xiaomi Auto to develop L4 autonomous driving capability and support offices in many places across the country. (Observation after car market)
21. Country Garden Services reached strategic cooperation with Ali Cloud
Country Garden service and Ali Cloud jointly announced the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement, Ali Cloud this time for country Garden service provider enterprises exclusive nail, the first phase of 100,000 online. In addition, the two sides will carry out in-depth cooperation in smart property management, digital community and other aspects, and Dingding will also provide services for country Garden users. Krypton (36)
Huawei: Suqing was relieved from the post of director of intelligent driving Product Department
In view of Huawei removed Sujing intelligent driving product department minister rumors, the night of July 27, Huawei responded that: “My company smart car solution BU su wellknown in external activities about automated driving technology and safety, for tesla, improper comments, Sue wellknown has its deep personal inappropriate comments for review, but given its comments caused bad influence, my company decided to revoke Sue wellknown smart car solution BU minister intelligent driving products division. Su Qing will be trained and assigned to the strategic reserve.” Huawei respects the efforts and contributions of every participant in the industry in the field of autonomous driving, and hopes to jointly promote the development of autonomous driving technology with the industry. (Securities Times)
Shandishi network science officially released the next generation of intelligent firewall A series
Recently, Shishi network science in the “continuous change · extremely intelligent guardian” intelligent next-generation firewall new product release, officially launched A new generation of intelligent firewall – A series. Compared with traditional NGFWS, the new SERIES A intelligent next generation firewall (iNGFW) makes breakthroughs in hardware and service layers, including SSL hardware decryption engine and intelligent 4I protection. Krypton (36)
24. Samsung will produce Qualcomm’s “X-65” 5G modem chip, or use the 4nm process
Samsung Electronics is expected to begin production of Qualcomm’s first 5G modem chip (X-65) with a 10GB data rate from the second half of 2021. The latter is theoretically 100 times faster than LTE and will be used in smartphones and communications devices that will be launched in the second half of 2021. It is estimated that the production outsourcing will exceed 1 trillion won. Samsung Electronics is likely to use the 4nm process to produce Qualcomm X-65 chips. (Financial Association)
25. Mediatech officially released Kun 1300T, which was built by 6nm process of TSMC
Mediatk officially launched the New Kun series mobile computing platform, Kun 1300T, which is built by 6nm process of TSMC and has an eight-core CPU architecture with four Arm Cortex-A78 cores. (Financial Association)
Zhou Hongyi announced the strategic goal of 360: to build a national distributed security brain
Recently, Zhou Hongyi, chairman of 360, said at the ISC conference that in the future, state-backed cyber armies, APT organizations and organized cyber crimes will become the biggest threat to network security. The targets, methods and damage of cyber attacks will break conventional rules, and the threat is constantly upgraded to high-end. 360 hopes that based on the new-generation security capability framework, it can connect the security brain system of various regions and industries, form mutual query of threat intelligence and data, and build a national-level distributed security brain. Krypton (36)
OPPO and Vivo will soon launch their own chips, and all the first-line mobile phone brands will enter the core manufacturing
Following Xiaomi’s launch of the Paper.cn C1ISP (image signal processor) chip, OPPO and Vivo, China’s other top handset makers, will soon release their own ISP chips, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. According to an OPPO insider, OPPO has been working on its own chip project, with a team of about a thousand people, and the first product will be an ISP chip similar to the Xiaomi Thepaper C1, which will be released in the Find X4 series phones early next year. (Tencent Deep Web)
Kuaishou established an e-sports company with a registered capital of 10 million yuan
On July 23, Suzhou Kuaishou E-sports Information Technology Co., Ltd. was established with a registered capital of 10 million yuan. Its legal representative is Zhao Liqi. Internet information service; Production and operation of radio and television programs; Toys, animation and entertainment supplies sales. The equity penetration chart shows that the company is indirectly wholly-owned by Kuaishou affiliate Beijing Huayi Huilong Network Technology Co., LTD. (Visualize)
Intel announced it will contract manufacturing for Qualcomm: Try to catch up with TSMC and Samsung by 2025
Intel Corp on Monday said its plants will start producing Qualcomm Inc chips and unveiled a roadmap for expanding its new contract manufacturing business to catch up with rivals TSMC and Samsung Electronics By 2025. Intel said it would use a future 20A process to make Qualcomm chips, but did not disclose which Qualcomm products it would make or when the first chips would be released. Intel also said it expects to regain its lead in chip manufacturing by 2025 and announced five process development stages to be launched over the next four years, including 10 nanometers, 7 nanometers, 4 nanometers, 3 nanometers and 20A. (Finance and Economics Network)
It is reported that TSMC has raised the target of 28nm expansion of Nanjing plant
According to the report, TSMC is confident of market demand for 28nm process, plans to expand the nanjing plant 28nm expansion plan to 100,000 units per month, up 1.5 times from 40,000 units per month, the most significant expansion in the mature process in nearly seven years. (interface)
31. Edge computing operating system research and development company “China Science and Technology” won tens of millions of yuan A round of financing
Edge computing operating system research and development company, China Science & Technology (Beijing) Technology Co., LTD., recently completed tens of millions of yuan of A round of financing, led by China Merchants Venture Capital, Huaying Capital, Tengfei Capital, Xijun Capital, China Science and Technology Turing investment, among which Xijun Capital, China Science and Technology Turing as the first round of investors, this round of additional investment. The funds will be used for core technology research and development, industry solutions development and market expansion. Krypton (36)