Runjian signs a US$200 million deal to sell China AI tokens overseas
An unnamed foreign client will pay per token to run AI models in Runjian’s Nanning data center for a year, with a minimum spend of about RMB1.338 billion.
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The October 19, 2026 brief
Hygon and Sugon lead China tech buyback proposals worth up to RMB2.4 billion
Five chip and computing companies filed plans on October 18 after a week in which the ChiNext index fell 8.9% and the Shenzhen Component lost 6.64%.
China’s AI Plus campaign shifts to scaling as nearly half of uses stall
Li Qiang’s cabinet put pilot validation and computing-power and electricity coordination on its AI agenda after MIIT listed 1,000-plus factory AI scenarios.
CXMT’s profit forecast leads an AI-driven wave of upbeat A-share earnings
Of 159 A-share companies with third-quarter forecasts out by October 18, 132 expect better results and 37 credit AI demand, by one newspaper’s count.
Tencent’s WeChat Channels bans seller that cloned actor Wu Yue with AI
The skincare account 花姐美肤日记 used a synthetic face and voice of the actor, plus a fake Deng Yaping, and its videos already carried an AI label.
Weibo tilts its feed toward real creators and tests an AI editor agent
Weibo’s monthly active users have slipped from 598 million at the end of 2023 to 561 million in June 2026, according to the company’s quarterly results.
China’s draft AI export curbs bring adjustment costs for developers expanding abroad
MOFCOM says API, app and SaaS access would not count as a large-model export, while local overseas deployment of a restricted model falls under export control.
Lingyi iTech’s robot revenue stays folded into a broader segment after Hong Kong IPO
The Apple supplier netted HK$8.15 billion to fund AI hardware and humanoid robots; its assembly segment, which includes robots, made RMB2.22 billion in H1.
Apple supplier Luxshare leans on AI data-center hardware as profit trails sales
Luxshare’s first-half revenue rose 40% to RMB174.5 billion while net profit grew 18%; its data-center unit’s sales rose nearly 50% to RMB16.6 billion.
China’s AI ad makers churn out fake endorsements for a few hundred yuan
A planner told a Beijing Daily outlet that one operator can make dozens of ad videos in an evening, while a 60-second shoot costs at least RMB10,000.