Automaker BYD’s Zhengzhou branch in Central China’s Henan Province plans to recruit 20,000 employees in the first quarter of this year, attracting a surge of applicants following the Spring Festival holiday.

TikTok returned to Apple and Google app stores for downloading in the United States on Thursday. This follows assurances in a letter from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi that a ban would not immediately be enforced, according to media reports.

Shenzhen, a key player in the development of both artificial intelligence (AI) and higher education, has taken a significant step forward when The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen) unveiled its latest addition, the School of Artificial Intelligence (SAI), on Feb. 13. Designed to foster talent and advance research in the rapidly evolving AI sector, this new entity marks the eighth school within the CUHK-Shenzhen consortium.

Shenzhen- based Tencent confirmed yesterday that WeChat, China’s leading social media platform, is conducting small-scale tests to integrate the DeepSeek-R1 large model, joining other Chinese tech giants in adopting DeepSeek for enhanced AI capabilities.

Tech giant Baidu will make its large language model (LLM) Ernie Bot free to use starting April 1 amid intense market competition and declining development costs.

As DeepSeek, the latest artificial intelligence (AI) phenomenon, thunders into public consciousness, social media platforms are flooded with tutorials of using the software to assist in tasks from designing wedding invitations to teaching math and telling fortunes.

E-commerce giant JD.com is enticing restaurants to join its new food delivery service by offering a year free of commission fees, throwing down the gauntlet to Meituan and Ele.me, the dominant players in this highly competitive market.

Several Chinese banks have sold out their gold products after surging prices of the safe-haven asset fueled investors’ enthusiasm.