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On May 16, Chinese renowned writer Yu Hua topped the 2021 long novel list of "Harvest" bimonthly magazine. During the award ceremony where Chinese literature Nobel laureate Mo Yan presented the award to Yu Hua, Mo Yan said that he had been struggling to write his speech for several days and sought help from ChatGPT.
On May 17, Xiaomi announced that it will collaborate with Disney to launch multiple special technology products for the 100th anniversary of Disney. They also announced that the Xiaomi Civi 3 smartphone and other limited edition products will be officially launched soon.
Volkswagen was reported to have held talks with Huawei, hoping to use Huawei software in its car in China. In response to this, a Volkswagen China spokesperson told that there is no official news.
On May 17th, in response to recent online rumors such as "DJI refuses to pay fines" and "DJI exits the US market", DJI staff made a clear denial and pointed out that DJI has not conveyed any related information in any official company statement or external communication.
On May 17th, Zhang Jingjing, the Chief Financial Officer of Miniso, a Chinese retailer of household consumer goods, stated in an interview that the US market will be a key focus for future expansion.
On May 17th, at 10:49 am, China successfully launched the 56th BeiDou Navigation Satellite (GEO-4) using a Long March-3B carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
Huawei will have a big move in the second half of the year. Its self-developed chips may start to emerge and chips named Ascend, Kunpeng, Tiangang and Balong will all return.
A new round of price wars in the cloud service market is underway. Following Alibaba Cloud's announcement of a comprehensive price reduction for its core products, Tencent Cloud also announced on May 16 that it will reduce prices for multiple core cloud products.
On May 16, leading online brokers Futu Holdings and UP Fintech Holding Limited, known as “Tiger Brokers” in Asia, successively announced that their apps will be removed from app stores on the Chinese mainland.
Terence Tao, an award winning Australia-born Chinese mathematician, announced that he and physicist Laura Greene will co-chair a working group studying the impacts of generative artificial intelligence technology
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort announced its financial performance for the 2022 fiscal year on May 15th. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, the resort reported a net loss of HKD 2.1 billion (about USD 270 million), which narrowed by 12% compared to the previous year and marked two consecutive years of narrowing losses.
On May 16th, NIO officially announced that the ideal choice for families - the intelligent electric all-around SUV, NIO's new ES6 will be launched on May 24th and test drives will begin. Deliveries will start on May 25th.
On May 16th, Xiaoice announced the launch of the "GPT Clone Program". The first batch will recruit 300 people and create their own digital life based on the 3-5 minute videos and personal social network data they provide.
On the occasion of Mother's Day, members from Alibaba Foundation and Amity Foundation, a public fundraising charity, visited Guizhou province to meet with families who have benefited from "Sprouts on Earth" program.
AI image generators Midjourney released a notice on Tencent's WeChat platform titled 'Beta Application of Midjourney's Chinese Version', inviting Chinese creators to join the beta testing of Midjourney's official Chinese version
On May 13, Alibaba's research institute DAMO Academy was reported to be undergoing a major organizational restructuring. The autonomous driving laboratory, which has long been unable to generate profits, will be merged into Cainiao, the logistics arm of Alibaba.