HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. ("Ping An", the "Company" or the "Group"; HKEX: 2318; SSE: 601318) ranked No. 48 on the 2026 Fortune Global 500 list, released on July 28. The list ranks the world's largest corporations by revenue for the 2025 fiscal year. With operating revenue of USD 158.65 billion, the Company ranked 10th among global financial enterprises and has been included on the Fortune Global 500 list for 17 consecutive years.

This year's list included 122 Chinese companies, maintaining China's position as the country with the second-largest number of companies represented. In 2025, these companies generated total revenue of approximately USD 10.4 trillion, with average revenue of approximately USD 85.6 billion. Their average profit increased from USD 4.2 billion to USD 4.5 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of approximately 7% and demonstrating the resilience and vitality of China's economy.

In recent years, Ping An has continued to deepen its technology-driven "integrated finance + health and senior care" dual-pronged strategy while accelerating its comprehensive digital transformation. Through differentiated services, Ping An is strengthening its core competitiveness and creating long-term, sustainable value for customers, employees, shareholders, and society.

In 2025, Ping An achieved broad-based improvement in its overall business performance. Operating profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company reached RMB134.415 billion, up 10.3% year-on-year, while equity attributable to shareholders of the parent company exceeding RMB1 trillion for the first time, increasing 7.7% from the beginning of the year.

Advancing "integrated finance + health and senior care" to drive business growth: Ping An continued to develop its integrated financial services ecosystem featuring "one customer, multiple accounts, multiple products, and one-stop services." As of the end of 2025, Ping An had 251 million retail customers, and the retention rate among customers holding three or more product categories reached 99%. Its health and senior care strategy has established a distinct competitive advantage, effectively driving additional insurance purchases and increasing the average premium per policy.

Deepening "AI in All" to empower core financial businesses and improve quality and efficiency: Ping An continued to advance the deep integration of artificial intelligence, big data, and other technologies with its core financial businesses, to build leading technological capabilities. In 2025, the service volume of Ping An's AI service representatives exceeded 1.7 billion times, accounting for 80% of Ping An's total customer service volume, while AI agents assisted in generating sales of RMB133.2 billion.

Upgrading services and enhancing customer experience: Ping An launched Express Service and developed the first AI assistant in China's financial industry that enables customers to complete tasks with a single sentence. The service now has approximately 90 million monthly active users. In addition, the Company upgraded its Global Emergency Assistance services, which now cover 233 countries and regions worldwide.

Rewarding shareholders through continued value creation: Ping An's full-year cash dividend for 2025 was RMB 2.70 per share, up 5.9% year on year and marking the 14th consecutive year of growth. Total cash dividends amounted to RMB 48.891 billion, representing a cash dividend payout ratio of 36.4% based on operating profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company.

Looking ahead, Ping An will remain committed to meeting customer needs and deepening its technology-enabled "integrated finance + health and senior care" dual-pronged strategy. Guided by its business policy of "high-value growth, service innovation, technology enablement, and regulatory compliance," Ping An will further strengthen its integrated finance advantages and actively fulfill its corporate social responsibilities to achieve long-term, high-quality, and sustainable development.

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About Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (HKEX:2318 / 82318; SSE:601318) is one of the largest financial services companies in the world. It strives to become a world-leading provider of integrated finance, health and senior care services. Under the technology-enabled "integrated finance + health and senior care" dual-pronged strategy, the Group provides professional "financial advisory, family doctor, and senior care concierge" services to its over 250 million retail customers. Ping An advances intelligent digital transformation and employs technologies to improve financial businesses' quality and efficiency and enhance risk management. The Group is listed on the stock exchanges in Hong Kong and Shanghai. As of the end of December 2025, Ping An had more than RMB13 trillion in total assets. The Group ranked 26th in the Forbes Global 2000 list in 2026, 48th in the Fortune Global 500 list in 2026, and ranked AAA in MSCI ESG Ratings in 2025.

For more information, please visit the www.group.pingan.com and follow our LinkedIn page - PING AN.

Google announced the launch in Hong Kong of Gemini Spark, an AI agent powered by the Gemini 3.6 Flash model that can operate continuously in the background around the clock. Spark can execute complex and time-consuming tasks based on user instructions, helping users save time.

Google said it will progressively roll out the Gemini Spark experience to Google AI Pro subscribers in Hong Kong over the coming weeks, while Google AI Ultra subscribers in Hong Kong can already access the new feature.
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Meta Platforms, Inc. (META.US) CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the Financial Times that the US government should not gain an advantage in the AI sector by blocking Chinese models, and warned leading US AI laboratories against using their influence to shape government regulation in ways that could stifle domestic competition.

After Moonshot AI released its powerful Kimi K3 model earlier this month, US government officials accused Moonshot AI of using "distillation" techniques to train models with US AI data, and threatened to impose sanctions.

Zuckerberg said banning advanced Chinese AI from use in the US would not be an effective solution. He believed US companies should systematically identify bottlenecks and obstacles in order to compete more effectively with China in the AI race.

Zuckerberg reiterated his support for open-source AI models and warned that AI could face the risk of being concentrated in the hands of a small number of powerful groups. The remarks appeared to target rivals Anthropic and OpenAI, which currently dominate the chatbot market with their proprietary "closed" AI models.
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The 2026 Fortune Global 500 ranking was unveiled, with Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN.US) topping the list of the world's largest companies for the first time, ending Walmart Inc. (WMT.US)'s 12-year reign.

State Grid Corporation of China retained third place and remained the highest-ranked Chinese company. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UNH.US) and Saudi Aramco ranked fourth and fifth respectively.

Google parent Alphabet Inc. (GOOG.US) ranked as the world's eighth-largest company, entering the top 10 for the first time. With net profit of USD132.17 billion, it reclaimed the title of the world's most profitable company from Saudi Aramco, ending the latter's four-year streak. NVIDIA and Apple ranked second and third respectively in the profit ranking, while Saudi Aramco slipped to fifth.

Chinese internet magnates JD-SW (09618.HK), BABA-W (09988.HK), TENCENT (00700.HK), PDD Holdings Inc. (PDD.US) and MEITUAN-W (03690.HK) continued to grow amid an increasingly competitive landscape, with all improving their rankings. JD-SW climbed three places from last year to rank 41st, remaining the highest-ranked mainland Chinese private enterprise.

BABA-W ascended seven places to 56th. TENCENT entered the top 100 for the first time this year, rising 19 places to 97th. PDD climbed 11 places to 255th, while MEITUAN-W advanced 16 places to 311th. Meanwhile, XIAOMI-W (01810.HK) made the list for the eighth consecutive year, ranking 232nd, up 65 places from the previous year.

Companies on this year's Fortune Global 500 generated combined revenue of approximately USD43.1 trillion, up 3.2% YoY and exceeding one-third of global GDP. The minimum revenue threshold for inclusion increased from USD32.2 billion to USD33.2 billion. Combined net profit totaled approximately USD3.4 trillion, soaring 14% YoY to a record high.
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After Apple Inc. (AAPL.US) exceled NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA.US) on Monday (27th) to become the world's most valuable company by market cap, its market value briefly touched USD5 trillion for the first time on Tuesday (28th).

Apple's stock once reached a high of USD342.89 before trimming gains to close at USD340.08, up 0.94%. Apple shares have cumulatively gained 25% YTD.

Last year, the market was concerned that Apple's controlled investment scale, coupled with the delayed launch of the long-awaited upgraded Siri version, which will be released together with new iPhone hardware in autumn 2026, could cause the company to miss the AI boom and lag behind other trillion-dollar market cap peers.

However, market sentiment has recently shifted as investors focus on the substantial debt accumulation and negative cash flow among companies aggressively investing in technology, without a clear path to high returns.

In fact, while major technology companies including Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL.US), Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN.US), Meta Platforms, Inc. (META.US) and Microsoft Corporation (MSFT.US) are collectively splurging hundreds of billions of US dollars in capex this year to advance AI infrastructure, Apple has maintained relatively low capex and relied on Google's cloud infrastructure and AI technologies.
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業績電話會議將於2026年8月11日星期二
晚上8:00（香港時間）/ 上午8:00（美國東部時間）舉行

香港2026年7月28日 /美通社/ -- 中國領先的在線閱讀和IP培育平台閱文集團（「閱文」或「公司」，股份代號：0772.HK）宣佈將於2026年8月11日星期二公佈2026年上半年業績。

閱文集團管理層將召開電話會議，討論期內公司財務和業務狀況。電話會議的網絡直播可在公司投資者關係網站http://ir.yuewen.com同步收聽。

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智慧消防實現100%在線及「零誤報」

推動香港智慧城市安全治理

香港2026年7月28日 /美通社/ -- 中國移動香港有限公司（下稱「中國移動香港」或「CMHK」）作為香港消防處「物聯網火警偵測系統先導計劃」（Pilot Scheme on IoT Fire Detection System）的獨家物聯網（IoT）服務及系統供應商，成功協助消防處完成首階段實地測試。由CMHK部署的無線智慧消防系統已於港島、九龍及新界首批10幢舊式樓宇投入實地運行，測試期間錄得100%在線運行率及具里程碑意義的「零誤報」紀錄，印證物聯網技術應用於舊式樓宇消防安全的穩定性及可靠性，進一步推動香港智慧城市安全治理發展。

物聯網技術破解舊樓消防安全痛點

傳統消防改善工程可能涉及安裝水缸、水泵、消防喉轆及鋪設線路，工程時間可長達1至2年，費用亦可由數十萬至逾百萬港元不等，對業主構成沉重負擔。部分樓宇更受天台業權、樓宇負重能力或空間所限，難以安裝相關設施。根據先導計劃的實際數據，以6層高樓宇為參考，物聯網火警偵測系統的工程費用約為20萬港元，僅為傳統工程成本的三分之一，安裝時間亦可大幅縮短。

CMHK憑藉流動網絡、物聯網平台及系統整合能力，攜手消防處完成先導物聯網火警偵測系統先導計劃，成功為首批10幢樓宇的現場勘察、系統設計、設備接入、網絡連接及平台部署，並為系統測試及運作提供技術支援，成效超著。

實地測試表現理想 實現100%在線及零誤報

經過為期3個月的實地測試，由CMHK搭建的物聯網中央監控平台及前端感測設備錄得100%系統在線率及零火警誤鳴，部件有效運作率亦超過99.95%。透過煙霧及一氧化碳雙重感測，以及多感測器融合邏輯，系統能有效減少日常煮食、火鍋或香燭煙霧引致的誤報。

此外，在消防處另行進行的實火測試顯示中，當火警發生並有濃煙積聚後，偵測器約於60秒內啟動警報，火警訊號亦能順利傳送。系統同時支援24小時狀態監測，一旦偵測器或網關出現故障、損壞或被人為拆除，平台會即時發出提示，讓維護團隊及時跟進。

基於先導計劃的卓越成果，消防處早前已正式接納「物聯網火警偵測系統配合滅火筒」，作為6層或以下合資格目標樓宇的消防設備替代方案。對全港約3,600幢合資格舊樓而言，相關方案提供安裝時間較短、成本較低、具備實時監測能力，並符合相關消防規定的選擇。

雙重感測配合4G及LoRa連接 火警訊號迅速傳送

CMHK的物聯網火警偵測系統透過在樓宇每個單位及公用地方安裝無線複合火警偵測器，以同時監測煙霧及一氧化碳濃度，當相關數值達到火警警戒水平，偵測器會透過LoRa無線技術，將火警訊號傳送至設於走廊、配備雙SIM卡及後備電源的4G LoRa火警警報網關。網關接收訊號後，系統會啟動樓宇內的警報裝置，讓不同樓層的網關互相聯動並鳴響火警鐘，提醒居民及早疏散。網關亦設有手動火警鐘掣，除了由系統自動偵測火警，居民也可在發現火災時以人手啟動警報。

此外，憑藉700MHz低頻4G網絡覆蓋範圍廣、室內穿透能力較強及訊號穩定的優勢，系統在舊式樓宇的複雜環境下仍能保持可靠連接。火警警報及設備運作資料可穩定傳送至物聯網監控平台及消防處中央監控平台，再透過火警警報電腦傳送系統送達消防通訊中心，讓消防處迅速掌握事故及調派救援人員。消防員抵達現場後，亦可透過相關應用程式查看警報位置、尋找可能的火警源頭及重置系統，提升現場應變效率。

科技助力由「消」及「防」

傳統樓宇消防管理主要着重火警發生後的應變及滅火工作，物聯網技術則可持續掌握消防設備的運作狀態，及早發現故障或異常情況，推動消防安全管理由事後應對逐步走向主動預防。相關設備及警報數據亦可配合大數據及人工智能技術，為設備維護、防火巡查及消防資源規劃提供參考，進一步提升消防管理的精準度及效率。

展望未來，CMHK將繼續配合消防處推展物聯網火警偵測系統，發揮流動網絡及物聯網技術優勢，協助更多舊式樓宇提升消防安全水平，為居民建構更安全、可靠及具韌性的居住環境，持續推動香港智慧城市安全治理發展。

關於中國移動香港有限公司

中國移動香港有限公司（簡稱「中國移動香港」）隸屬中國移動有限公司（簡稱「中國移動」），《財富》雜誌「全球500強」企業，香港聯交所股份代號：941；於1997年1月正式提供服務，成為全港首個PCS流動網絡商。

作為全球最多客戶流動網絡品牌*，公司為客戶提供創新及多元化的5G通訊服務，包括話音、數據、IDD及國際漫遊等，並一直致力發展5G與人工智慧、物聯網、雲端計算、大數據等新技術結合，幫助各行各業實現5G的應用，推動大灣區智慧城市群建設與發展。

*中國移動香港有限公司為中國移動有限公司全資附屬公司。截至2025年12月31日，中國移動有限公司在全球擁有最多流動網絡客戶。

Apple Inc. (AAPL.US) Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus, who is set to become CEO, said the company will maintain the growth momentum of its entertainment business when he takes over Apple in September.

He said Apple currently has tremendous momentum on Apple TV, with many outstanding series, characters and stories, and therefore Apple will continue to maintain this momentum.
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NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA.US) inked a lease worth as much as USD50 billion for a data center campus in Texas owned by Hut 8 Corp. (HUT.US), the Financial Times, citing sources, reported.

Hut 8 said last week that its 1-gigawatt Beacon Point campus had been successfully leased, although it did not disclose the tenant's identity at the time. The campus will install computing equipment to support large-scale AI training and operations. The 15-year base lease is valued at USD19.6 billion.

An NVIDIA spokesperson neither confirmed nor denied the report, saying only that the company is working with ecosystem partners to accelerate the deployment of high-performance AI infrastructure through its DSX AI factory architecture.
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Memory chip prices may be closer to peaking, Jefferies opined in a research report. Although the market forecast memory chip prices to ascend 25-30% QoQ in 3Q26, its latest industry checks indicated that the increment may only range between 15% and 20%.

The report noted that most of the price increases were motivated by cloud service providers, while consumer electronics manufacturers have shown signs of fatigue toward further price hikes. Therefore, visibility for further QoQ price increases next year is relatively low, and memory chip prices may peak earlier than market expectations.
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