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• Tencent applies AI and games to protect, reconstruct, and promote one of the world's oldest porcelain traditions at newly inscribed UNESCO site
• Digital initiatives create a new model for technology-driven heritage preservation globally using a multimodal AI dataset, AI-assisted artifact restoration, and interactive virtual experiences

SHENZHEN, China, July 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent (00700.HK) today announced the launch of Digital Jingdezhen: Porcelain Craft Adventure, an AI-powered cultural heritage game that enables users to explore Jingdezhen's porcelain-making traditions and experience traditional craft techniques through interactive play. The launch coincides with the inscription of the Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List.

Digital Jingdezhen is part of a broader cultural innovation initiative that applies Tencent's AI and game technologies. Guided by Tencent's vision of "Tech for Good", the initiative leverages digital preservation to keep Jingdezhen's thousand-year-old porcelain culture alive and relevant today, creating a living heritage with sustainable value and broad public engagement, and building a model that could be carried to heritage sites around the world.

Digital Preservation: Restoring and Unlocking Heritage with AI

Jingdezhen has a thousand years of living heritage; centuries of tradition are still active in its kilns today. To preserve this legacy, a cornerstone of the project was the Jingdezhen Porcelain Cultural Heritage Multimodal AI Dataset.

Over decades, historical records, heritage information, and craft specifications have accumulated into a massive volume of data. Tencent applied Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and knowledge graph technologies to transform these dispersed materials into structured digital resources that can be analyzed, extracted, verified, and traced back to their original sources.

The dataset contains more than 30,000 documentary records, over 5,000 ceramic gene specimens, and data on nearly 1,000 representative ceramic artifacts in collections worldwide. It provides a digital foundation for cultural research, exhibition development, public interpretation and AI-powered heritage applications.

Building on this foundation, Tencent has developed a range of industry- and public-facing applications, including the Jingdezhen Ancient Ceramics Gene Database, the World Ceramics Interactive Map, and the Digital Jingdezhen AI Companion, providing researchers, heritage professionals, and the public with innovative AI-powered tools to explore and understand porcelain heritage.

Digital Activation: Bringing Jingdezhen's Porcelain Heritage to Life Through AI and Games

To bring the public closer to Jingdezhen and its porcelain-making traditions, Digital Jingdezhen: Porcelain Craft Adventure utilizes AI-assisted Procedural Content Generation (PCG) to create the first large-scale digital recreation of the city's five major porcelain heritage sites and historical production scenes. By rapidly mapping out town layouts and automatically generating architectural structures, decorative elements, and pedestrians, the technology brings Jingdezhen's historic townscape back to life in the digital world.

The game also features high-quality AI digital humans built on large language models and the Jingdezhen Porcelain Cultural Heritage Multimodal AI Dataset. Through AI voice-driven facial expressions and Tencent Games' proprietary animation technology, it creates warm, human-centered interactive experiences that make historical knowledge tangible and relatable. At the same time, AI-powered 3D generation allows users to quickly transform an uploaded image into a 3D porcelain form, lowering the barrier to participation and enabling anyone to turn creative inspiration into tangible ceramic forms in the digital space.

Continuing Heritage: Mobilizing the Community

Ensuring the longevity of Jingdezhen's legacy requires active public participation. Tencent developed the Digital Heritage Guardian (Jingdezhen), a volunteer program built within the Weixin ecosystem. The program enables the public to support the upkeep and stewardship of physical heritage sites, creating a practical channel for community involvement in heritage protection.

"Our work in Jingdezhen is a testament to how 'AI for Good' can breathe new life into ancient traditions," said Zhan Shu, Head of Digital Culture Lab, Tencent. "Working alongside dedicated heritage experts, we have contributed our capabilities in AI and digital technologies to unlock decades of dormant archives for this incredible new UNESCO site. We are proud to help bridge the gap between the thousand-year porcelain heritage and the digital era, creating new ways for the global public to connect with Jingdezhen's living history, and a model for heritage sites worldwide."

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About Tencent

Tencent is a global technology and entertainment company focused on creating connections and experiences that matter. Founded in 1998, Tencent is driven by its mission to create "Value for Users" and apply "Tech for Good."

Tencent's communication and social services connect more than one billion people around the world, helping them to keep in touch with friends and family, access transportation, pay for daily necessities, and even be entertained. Tencent also develops and publishes some of the world's most popular video games and other high-quality digital content, delivering rich and immersive interactive entertainment experiences. Tencent also offers a range of services such as cloud computing and other enterprise services to support our clients' digital transformation and business growth. Headquartered in Shenzhen, Tencent has been listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong since June 2004.

• 騰訊運用AI與遊戲技術，全力助推「景德鎮手工瓷業遺存」保育與活化，向全球講述千年窯火故事
• 這創新數碼項目通過創建多模態AI數據庫，探索AI輔助文物修復，並打造文化體驗互動小遊戲，為全球文化遺產的數碼化保護與傳承提供新範式

深圳2026年7月25日 /美通社/ -- 在景德鎮手工瓷業遺存入選聯合國教科文組織（UNESCO）《世界遺產名錄》之際，騰訊今日正式推出文化體驗小遊戲《數字景德鎮•瓷都小匠》，以趣味互動為載體，將景德鎮的遺產價值形象化、手工技藝可體驗化，藉此推動更廣泛的公眾參與。

這是「數字景德鎮」大型文化創新計劃的重要一環。該計劃以騰訊的AI與遊戲技術為核心底座，秉承「科技向善」理念，以系統化數碼保護為根基，實現千年瓷業文化與時並進的活化與傳承。項目旨在全面構建一個價值可持續、全民可參與的活態遺存，為全球文化遺產保育探索一條可複製的數碼化路徑。

數碼保育：用AI梳理千年瓷脈

景德鎮的製瓷工藝歷經千年沉澱，至今仍在窯火中代代相傳。為守護這份珍貴的文化傳承，騰訊搭建了「景德鎮瓷業文化遺存」多模態AI數據庫，作為整個項目的核心技術基石。

經年累月積澱的歷史檔案、遺產資料與工藝規範，形成了海量的底層數據。騰訊運用光學字符識別（OCR）、自然語言處理（NLP）以及知識圖譜等技術，將這些分散的資料轉化成了便於檢索、分析、查驗及溯源的數碼資料庫。

目前，該數據庫已涵蓋3萬多份文獻資料，5,000多份陶瓷基因標本和近千件國內外代表性瓷器資料，為文化研究、數碼展陳、公眾導覽和AI文化遺產的創新應用，奠定了堅實的數據基礎。

依託這一數碼化成果，騰訊面向公眾與文化產業推出了一系列智能應用，包括「古陶瓷基因庫智能體」、「世界瓷器互動地圖」以及「景德鎮AI伴遊」，為研究人員、文化遺產保護專家以及社會大眾，提供探索千年瓷業的智能創新工具。

數碼活化：遊戲AI讓世界遺產「可看見、可體驗、可創造」

為吸引大眾深入了解景德鎮與其製瓷傳統，《數字景德鎮•瓷都小匠》基於申遺文本與前沿學術研究成果，運用AI結合程序化生成（PCG）技術，首次大規模重現景德鎮瓷業遺存五大遺址片區和生產場景，快速搭建歷史鎮區空間佈局，自動生成動態建築、細緻裝飾與往來行人，令昔日歷史鎮區的繁華風貌在數碼世界中完美重現。

為創造具備人文溫度的互動體驗，項目打造了高品質AI數字人（Digital Human），以大語言模型、瓷業文化遺存多模態AI數據庫為底座，通過AI語音驅動面部表情與騰訊遊戲自研動畫技術，讓枯燥的歷史知識「開口說話」；同時，項目結合了AI 3D生成技術，用戶只需上傳一張圖片，即可快速生成虛擬瓷坯，大幅降低創作門檻至人人可用，讓大眾的創意靈感可瞬間變化為數碼空間中真實可感的精美瓷器。

數碼傳承：凝聚公眾參與力量

景德鎮文化遺產的傳承與保育，離不開公眾的積極參與。為此，騰訊在微信生態內推出了景德鎮「數字守藝人」小程序，讓公眾親身支持實體文化遺址的日常巡檢與保護工作，為社區共同參與文化遺產保護，建立一條切實可行的創新渠道。

騰訊SSV數字文化實驗室負責人舒展表示：「我們在景德鎮的文化遺產保護工作，生動詮釋了『AI向善』如何賦予古老傳統全新活力。通過與文保專家緊密合作，我們善用AI和數碼技術，讓沉寂多年的珍貴歷史檔案得以重新被看見、獲利用。我們很榮幸能夠為千年瓷業遺存與數碼時代搭起橋樑，為全球公眾提供了解景德鎮活態文化遺產的全新途徑，也為世界各地的文化遺產保育提供具參考價值的創新模式。」

Middle East tensions remained elevated, while sharp post-results downswings in Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL.US) and Tesla, Inc. (TSLA.US) weighed on the three major US stock indices, which fell about 1-2%.

Dampened by external market weakness, the HSI opened down 278 pts this morning (24th) and remained subdued throughout the session. The index once dived nearly 400 pts to an intraday trough of 24,812 before closing at 24,963, down 247 pts or 0.98%. Total market turnover for the day shrank to HKD209.877 billion. The HSCEI closed at 8,271, down 81 pts or 0.98%. The HSTECH closed at 4,629, down 68 pts or 1.47%.

Hong Kong-listed tech shares echoed the weakness in overseas technology stocks. TENCENT (00700.HK) closed down 2.38%; BABA-W (09988.HK) slumped 4.26%; BIDU-SW (09888.HK) and KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK) each slid more than 2%.

Solar and glass sectors saw more notable declines. XINYI GLASS (00868.HK) closed down 5.14%, making it the worst-performing blue chip; XINYI SOLAR (00968.HK) tumbled 4.09%. Rising expectations for US interest rate hikes also dragged down resource and metal stocks broadly. CMOC (03993.HK) fell off 4.49%; CHALCO (02600.HK) and ZIJIN MINING (02899.HK) shed more than 3%; CHINAHONGQIAO (01378.HK) slipped 2.67%. Gold jewelry stocks came under pressure, with LAOPU GOLD (06181.HK) cratering 4.29%; CHOW TAI FOOK (01929.HK) closed down 2.32% for the day after Daiwa downgraded the stock to Outperform.

Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese property developers were also suppressed by interest rate hike concerns. CHINA RES LAND (01109.HK), LONGFOR GROUP (00960.HK) and HANG LUNG PPT (00101.HK) each lost more than 3%; CHINA OVERSEAS (00688.HK) lost 2.06%; SHK PPT (00016.HK) also faded 1.87%.

BOC HONG KONG (02388.HK) set a record high, rising against the broader market by 5.98% to close at HKD51.25, after JPMorgan upgraded the stock to Overweight and raised its TP to HKD53.3; BANK OF E ASIA (00023.HK) also shot up 6.03%. However, international banks were softer, with HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK) dipping 0.06% and STANCHART (02888.HK) falling 1.15%.
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Featuring humanoid robots with 41 degrees of freedom, pipe‑inspection robots with ±1mm positioning accuracy, and 51 industrial‑grade AI agents

SHANGHAI, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Operations in high-end equipment manufacturing often involve confined spaces, complex objects, and fine manipulation tasks that demand sustained and stable precision. At the recent 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance (WAIC 2026), Shanghai Electric (SEHK: 02727, SSE: 601727) showcased its comprehensive portfolio of embodied intelligence solutions tailored to a range of industrial scenarios.

Themed "AI for All: Smart Squad, Shining Without Limits," Shanghai Electric highlighted its capabilities across embodied AI robots, robot core components, and AI-native smart factory solutions, demonstrating end-to-end capabilities spanning complete robot systems, critical parts, industrial software, and smart factory architecture.

"The true value of embodied intelligence lies in understanding real industrial tasks: combining the strength, precision, and stability of machines with human experience and judgment to drive a genuine paradigm of 'machine-assisted, human-machine collaboration,'" said Wang Chunlei, deputy general manager of the Robotics Business Unit at Shanghai Electric Automation Group.

Shanghai Electric's robotics portfolio covers five key industrial scenarios: connector insertion, electrical operations, flexible sorting, intelligent assembly, and pipe processing. Highlights include:

• "SUYUAN" bipedal humanoid robot: With 41 degrees of freedom for enhanced mobility, it is equipped with a multimodal visual sensing system on the head and torso, along with a dual-battery hot-swap system. It is well-suited for inspection, material handling, and assembly tasks.
• "TUOYUAN" industrial wheeled humanoid robot: Powered by an embodied intelligence foundation model and force-position hybrid control, it is capable of multi-spec connector insertion, material sorting, and loading/unloading of automotive sheet metal parts.
• "Mermaid" bionic wheeled humanoid robot: Capable of autonomously identifying buttons, knobs, and air switches, it generates real-time operation paths.
• Autonomous pipe inner-wall chamfering robot: Designed for confined spaces, it can position and process thousands of hole edges with accuracy within 1 millimeter while transmitting data in real time.

Shanghai Electric also showcased its portfolio of core components ranging from power-output to end effectors. Among them, the planetary roller screw offers more than three times the load capacity of traditional ball screws, while the DexHand dexterous hand is designed to meet diverse gripping and manipulation requirements.

Shanghai Electric launched 51 AI models and agents under its "StarCloud Intelligent Manufacturing" series across three domains: R&D and design, production and manufacturing, and operations and maintenance—covering critical equipment processes such as process optimization and wind power facility maintenance.

These industrial agents are embedded in robotic decision-making systems and the operational logic of AI-native smart factories, transforming industrial expertise into digitized, reusable capabilities. They support production-line scheduling, quality inspection, and predictive maintenance, driving the evolution of manufacturing systems from experience-driven to data-driven operations.

Shanghai Electric also released the "AI-Native Smart Factory Technology White Paper," proposing an active evolution architecture that enables real‑time, closed‑loop optimization of production data, giving the factory self‑perception, self‑decision, and self‑execution capabilities. Built on First Principles, the AI‑native smart factory vertically integrates process flows, industrial software, agents, and smart equipment to dismantle traditional hierarchies while horizontally bridging data silos. The architecture features three core layers: the AI factory brain as the "control center," industrial agents and embodied robots as the "execution network," and the physical twin as the "digital mirror."

Leveraging its deep industrial expertise and comprehensive solution capabilities, Shanghai Electric will continue to drive the implementation of AI in industrial settings, tackle technical challenges facing embodied intelligence in complex scenarios, accelerate the large‑scale deployment of AI‑native smart factories, and deliver replicable solutions across diverse manufacturing environments.

CHANGSHA, China, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd.'s ("Zoomlion" or "the Company") service teams across multiple product lines, including engineering cranes and construction hoisting machinery, have continued to support customers in multiple international markets this summer. Equipment delivery, emergency repairs, compliance work, and exhibition support under high-temperature conditions in Europe, along with tower crane safety training in Saudi Arabia, reflect how Zoomlion is translating its "MORE THAN YOU CARE" service commitment into practice through day-to-day customer support and full-lifecycle equipment services.

Zoomlion continues to strengthen its localized service network and spare parts support across Europe. During the summer heat, it also provided frontline teams with heat-protection supplies and logistical support. In the Netherlands, the service team supported the delivery of a ZCT100 crane under challenging high-temperature conditions and carried out detailed inspections and adjustments to help ensure the machine entered service in optimal operating condition. Also in the Netherlands, the team completed RDW-related compliance adjustments and maintenance for a ZAT1600 all-terrain crane helping the customer meet local operating requirements while protecting equipment reliability and asset value.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, a large ZAT1200 crane working at a chemical plant experienced a boom fault that interrupted operations. Zoomlion's service engineer traveled to the site, identified the fault, and completed repairs and commissioning work, allowing the machine to return to service quickly and helping to reduce downtime for the customer. In Turkey, the team responded to an outrigger extension and retraction fault on a customer's ZRT1100, completing on-site repairs and adjustments to restore the machine's operating performance.

Zoomlion's service support also extended to exhibition operations. In Spain, service engineers supported equipment setup, commissioning, and on-site readiness at an industry exhibition in Zaragoza, helping ensure the Company's crane products were presented in stable operating condition.

Beyond Europe, Zoomlion's construction hoisting machinery service team recently carried out a "MORE THAN YOU CARE" service campaign at the Seven project in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The team provided specialized tower crane safety training for 23 on-site personnel, including operators, signalers, safety managers, and installation staff. Through a combination of theoretical instruction and on-site guidance, the training helped strengthen safety awareness, standardize operating practices, and support safer project execution.

Zoomlion will continue strengthening its global service network, spare parts capabilities, and local teams to deliver reliable full-lifecycle support and greater value to customers worldwide.

The "Magnificent 7" suffered their biggest single-day slump in stock prices overnight (23rd) since tariff threats in April 2025, losing USD797 billion in market cap, as major Wall Street firms grew concern over massive spending by major technology companies in the AI sector.

Meanwhile, the reignited Iran conflict also cast a shadow over the global macroeconomic outlook. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGS.US), which tracks the "Magnificent 7", plunged 4.6% overnight (23rd).

Earnings released by Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL.US) and Tesla, Inc. (TSLA.US) after the close on Wednesday (22nd) sparked panic among traders and raised doubts over whether the AI-driven trade that propelled equities higher over the past three years can sustain.

Alphabet raised its capex forecast for this year to as much as USD205 billion, whereas Tesla CEO Elon Musk also said this year would be a year of massive capex.

Tesla, Inc. (TSLA.US) cascaded 14.5%, marking its worst single-day performance since March 2025, while Alphabet nosedived 7.1%, its largest decline since May 2025. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT.US) dropped 2.2%, Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN.US) slumped 4.6%, and Meta Platforms, Inc. (META.US) also slid 3.4%. All three companies are scheduled to release earnings next week.
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As oil prices advance, investors are increasingly preparing for a Federal Reserve rate hike.

According to CME's FedWatch tool, federal funds rate futures indicate that the probability of the Fed raising rates at its September policy meeting is about 82%, up from less than 53% a week ago.

The market still generally expects the Fed to keep interest rates unchanged at 3.50-3.75% at next week's meeting. Even so, expectations for rate hikes have reinforced, with federal funds rate futures trading implying a nearly 38% probability of a 0.25-ppt rate hike, compared with less than 12% a week earlier.

Global crude benchmark Brent oil futures climbed above USD100 per barrel on Thursday for the first time since late May, as a new round of retaliatory attacks between the US and Iran escalated. AAA data showed that average US gasoline prices rose to USD4 per gallon this week, the highest level in more than a month.
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SHANGHAI, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: ZTO and SEHK: 2057) ("ZTO" or the "Company"), a leading and fast-growing express delivery company in China, today announced that it will release its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 and its unaudited interim financial results for the half year ended June 30, 2026, after the U.S. market closes on August 18, 2026.

ZTO's management team will host an earnings conference call at 8:30 P.M. U.S. Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, which is 8:30 A.M. Beijing Time on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.

Dial-in details for the earnings conference call are as follows:

A replay of the conference call may be accessible through August 24, 2026 by dialing the following numbers:

A live and archived webcast of the conference call will also be available at the Company's investor relations website at http://zto.investorroom.com.

About ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.

ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: ZTO and SEHK: 2057) ("ZTO" or the "Company") is a leading and fast-growing express delivery company in China. ZTO provides express delivery service as well as other value-added logistics services through its extensive and reliable nationwide network coverage in China.

ZTO operates a highly scalable network partner model, which the Company believes is best suited to support the significant growth of e-commerce in China. The Company leverages its network partners to provide pickup and last-mile delivery services, while controlling the mission-critical line-haul transportation and sorting network within the express delivery service value chain.

For more information, please visit http://zto.investorroom.com.

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Chinese server customers are signing long-term procurement commitments for CPUs with US chip giants Intel Corporation (INTC.US) and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD.US), Reuters, citing sources, reported.

The long-term agreements under discussion reportedly usually lock in procurement volumes rather than prices, report said. Most agreements are supply commitments of around one year, although Intel and AMD are also discussing two-year or longer commitments with some customers.
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