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Page 4 of 19 · 187 events

Macro1

Macro29 Jul, 14:30positive

China Q2 2026 Real GDP Growth 4.3%, Nominal GDP 5.9%, GDP Deflator Turns Positive at 1.5%

China's Q2 2026 macroeconomic data showed real GDP growth of 4.3% year-on-year, down from the first quarter. Nominal GDP growth accelerated to 5.9%, the highest quarterly rate in five years, while the GDP deflator turned positive at about 1.5% for the first time since Q2 2023. Export growth strengthened on resilient external demand and recovering shipments to the US, but fixed asset investment turned negative, consumption remained weak, and the property sector continued to contract.

Effective: +45
Intensity: 78
Confidence: 80%
Horizon: Medium term

Industries4

Industries3 Aug, 18:10positive

Semiconductor H1 2026 Investments RMB 162.7 Billion, AI Overtakes by Nearly RMB 20 Billion

In the first half of 2026, semiconductor private-market funding reached RMB 162.7 billion across 912 deals, but AI surpassed it with RMB 181.2 billion across 885 deals, marking the first time since 2020 that semiconductor was not the largest sector. Chip design led with 358 deals, while Shanghai Xinsheng received RMB 11.448 billion for 300mm wafer capacity, representing 7% of the total. Corporate investors dominated, with SMIC Capital and others active, and Shanghai led regional funding.

Effective: +47
Intensity: 70
Confidence: 90%
Horizon: Medium term

Industries27 Jul, 11:41positive

Huawei, Sugon Launch 1024-Card Supernodes; Chinese Internet Giants to Scale Deployment by H2 2026

Chinese major internet firms plan to scale up deployment of supernode solutions starting in the second half of 2026. Huawei and Sugon have already unveiled 1024-card systems. Supernodes integrate multiple GPUs into a single logical supercomputer, boosting efficiency and reducing costs. Sugon's 100,000-card cluster at the National Supercomputing Internet Zhengzhou node achieves 90% utilization. The technology delivers 30% to 50% performance gains in PD-separated inference versus traditional setups.

Effective: +47
Intensity: 85
Confidence: 82%
Horizon: Medium term

Industries3 Aug, 18:54positive

ChinaJoy 2026 Closes in Shanghai; H1 Game Revenue Hits RMB 188.45 Billion

ChinaJoy 2026 closed in Shanghai on August 3, covering over 140,000 square meters and hosting 900-plus exhibitors from 39 countries and regions. The event highlighted AI in gaming, with 86% of game companies adopting AI. China's game market revenue reached RMB 188.45 billion in the first half of 2026, up 12.17% year on year, while overseas revenue from self-developed games hit USD 12.372 billion, up 30.22%.

Effective: +45
Intensity: 70
Confidence: 80%
Horizon: Short term

Industries31 Jul, 15:41positive

US tech giants ramp up AI infrastructure spending in July, annual capex plans near $800 billion

In July, major US tech companies rolled out full-year capital expenditure plans totaling close to $800 billion, directing funds toward AI servers, data centers, proprietary chips and memory capacity. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index initially dropped 11% in one week, with nearly 70% of semiconductor names down over 20% from their highs, before a late-month earnings-driven rebound lifted the index 8.19% in a single session. Alphabet raised its annual capex to $195–205 billion, Microsoft kept its $190 billion plan and Meta lifted its range to $130–145 billion. Intel raised its full-year spending to $20 billion and Tesla reaffirmed more than $25 billion in capex. Memory chip makers and other semiconductor firms secured large cloud orders, driving sharp rallies; SanDisk surged nearly 26% in one day.

Effective: +44
Intensity: 70
Confidence: 75%
Horizon: Short term

Companies5

Companies3 Aug, 11:08positive

Alibaba Opens Public Beta of Enterprise AI Office Product Qwen Office, Releases Qwen3.8 Model

Alibaba launched public beta of its enterprise AI office product Qwen Office on August 3, integrating QoderWork, MuleRun and Wukong. The product, coordinated by new DingTalk CEO Chen Yusen, is the industry's first to support desktop, cloud and enterprise collaboration agents. The company also released the Qwen3.8 foundation model with 2.4 trillion parameters, featuring major gains in programming and professional office capabilities. Qwen Office has initially integrated with DingTalk and plans standalone app and international version.

Effective: +47
Intensity: 70
Confidence: 85%
Horizon: Medium term

Companies3 Aug, 10:30positive

US AI Capital Concentrates on OpenAI and Anthropic in 2026; Microsoft's $13 billion Stake Worth $230 billion

In 2026, US AI equity investment centers on OpenAI and Anthropic, the two independent LLM companies behind ChatGPT and Claude. Microsoft invested roughly $13 billion in OpenAI for about 26.79% equity, now valued at approximately $230 billion based on OpenAI's latest $852 billion valuation, yielding a paper gain of about 17 times.

Effective: +47
Intensity: 80
Confidence: 85%
Horizon: Medium term

Companies30 Jul, 11:06positive

Moonshot AI Restructures to Joint-Stock Company, Yang Zhilin Takes Helm, Raises $3.5 Billion

Moonshot AI completed a business registration change on July 29, transforming into a joint-stock limited company, with founder Yang Zhilin appointed as chairman and manager. The same day, the company closed a $3.5 billion Series F financing round, lifting its post-money valuation to $35 billion. Founded in April 2023 with registered capital of RMB 1.523585 million, Moonshot AI is a leading Chinese general large model developer.

Effective: +46
Intensity: 75
Confidence: 80%
Horizon: Medium term

Companies27 Jul, 19:09positive

Nvidia Launches 102.4T Spectrum-6 Switch Designed for Vera Rubin Platform

Nvidia has introduced the Spectrum-6 Ethernet switch, offering 102.4 terabits per second of bandwidth for gigawatt-scale AI factories. Designed for the Vera Rubin platform, the switch forms the core of the new Spectrum-X Ethernet platform. Early adopters include CoreWeave, Microsoft, Nebius, SpaceX AI and Tesla. Compared with traditional Ethernet, Spectrum-X delivers 1.6 times the AI network performance, maintains up to 95% efficiency at over 100,000 GPUs, and reduces the number of switches required by 40%. Silicon photonics boosts energy efficiency fivefold and mean time between failures tenfold.

Effective: +46
Intensity: 75
Confidence: 85%
Horizon: Medium term

Companies27 Jul, 18:27positive

OpenAI Adds ChatGPT Voice to Desktop Work and Codex, Codex Weekly Active Users Top 10 Million

On July 23, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT voice functionality to the desktop versions of Work and Codex, rolling out globally on macOS and Windows to Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, and Enterprise tiers. The feature, based on the GPT-Live voice model launched July 8, supports simultaneous listening and speaking with interrupt capability. In Work and Codex, voice can start tasks, query status, coordinate multiple agents, and access project context. Codex combined with ChatGPT Work now has over 10 million weekly active users. Voice input speed is about 240 words per minute, compared to typing at 70-80 words per minute.

Effective: +46
Intensity: 80
Confidence: 90%
Horizon: Short term