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Shanghai Robotics Summit Showcases Breakthroughs in Humanoid Automation and Industry Investment

Dec. 11, 2025 | Technology & Innovation

The 2025 Global Developers Pioneers Summit and International Embodied Intelligence Skills Competition will gather industry leaders in Shanghai from December 12 to 14 to showcase and evaluate cutting-edge robotics in simulated real-world scenarios.

**The summit features six major tracks and 17 distinct events centered on embodied intelligence, with challenges spanning industrial production and life skills.**
Industrial tasks include moving goods and tightening screws, while life skill scenarios require robots to arrange flowers, fold clothes, and make coffee. These activities unfold in homes, hospitals, and disaster-relief environments, with judges assessing both technical performance and humanistic care.

**Aoyi Technology will supply 30 high-performance dexterous robot hands—critical for humanoid robots operating in complex urban and industrial settings.**
Aoyi’s technical team will provide on-site support as the hands undergo intensive testing, feeding operational lessons directly into future product iterations.

**Humanoid Robot (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. will enter its full-size general-purpose humanoid robot, Qinglong, in the home service track.**
Built on open-source hardware and software platforms, Qinglong will tackle tasks such as folding clothes and tidying tableware to reveal challenges in model generalization and robustness across varied domestic environments.

Shanghai Zhuoyide Robot Co., Ltd. will challenge its precision motion-control systems in the flower-arranging event, using performance data from the competition to advance research and development in high-precision robotic manipulation.

**In the industrial sector, Shanghai Kepler Robot Co., Ltd. will deploy its “blue-collar humanoid robot” team to demonstrate autonomous, flexible logistics handling.**
Key capabilities include dynamic environment adaptation, heavy-load management, dual-arm coordination, and extended operation hours supported by proprietary components and algorithms. Kepler views the competition as a stress test for its technology’s commercial viability.

**Qinglang Intelligent will present its XMAN-R1 service robot, backed by extensive deployment experience.**
In 2024, Qinglang holds a 22.7% share of the global commercial service-robot market, with over 100,000 units operating in more than 600 cities. The firm will use the competition to validate its robots’ reliability and practicality in complex, realistic scenarios.

**Rongtai Electric Material announced a USD 77 million investment to build a factory in Thailand producing insulation components for new energy vehicles and robotic parts by end of 2026.**
The facility will manufacture 14,000 tons of mica paper, 4,500 tons of mica products, and seven million sets of robotic components annually. After the announcement, Rongtai’s shares rose over 7% in early trading before closing up 1.1%, outperforming the Shanghai Composite Index. Rongtai already supplies mica insulation to Tesla, Volkswagen, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz, and in June acquired a 51% stake in Shanghai-based Dizi Precision Machinery—specialists in planetary roller screw products used in humanoid robots—positioning itself to enter the precision transmission component market for robotics.

China’s Chip Export Surge Drives Foreign Trade Rebound amid US Tariffs

Dec. 11, 2025 | Technology & Innovation

China’s chip industry is fueling export growth as broader foreign trade rebounds amid tensions with the United States.

**In November 2025, China recorded a 5.9 percent year-on-year increase in exports to USD 330.3 billion, reversing October’s 1.1 percent decline.**
Strong shipments of integrated circuits and automobiles, alongside a lower comparative base from the previous year, drove this export rebound. Imports rose 1.9 percent to USD 218.7 billion, bringing total foreign trade to USD 549 billion, a 4.3 percent year-on-year gain.

**Integrated circuits led sectoral growth with a 34 percent jump in export value, while car exports surged 53 percent compared with November 2024.**
Analysts attribute these gains to China’s ongoing manufacturing transformation and a global upswing in investment linked to artificial intelligence technologies.

**Exports to the United States plunged 28.6 percent to USD 33.8 billion, widening from October’s 25.2 percent drop, as US tariffs averaging 31 percent continued to curb shipments.**
By contrast, China expanded exports to other major markets: the European Union bought 14.8 percent more, Japan 4.3 percent more, and South Korea 1.9 percent more.

**Exports to ASEAN countries rose 8.2 percent to USD 58.1 billion, though growth slowed from October’s 11 percent increase.**
Observers link this deceleration to reduced re-exports following US tariff hikes on certain ASEAN member exports.

**In the first eleven months of 2025, China’s total foreign trade grew 2.9 percent to USD 5.7 trillion.**
Over the same period, exports climbed 5.4 percent to USD 3.4 trillion, while imports edged down 0.6 percent to USD 2.3 trillion.

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境内企业境外发行可转债：监管框架与核心流程概览

JunHe LLP | English | AcademicThink | Dec. 12, 2025 | Regulation

境内企业境外发行可转债因其“债性保底+股性增值”的特点，成为2025年以来跨境融资的热门工具。此类可转债兼具债权和股权属性，助力企业以较低利率获得中长期融资，并通过转股优化资本结构，支持海外业务及研发。境外发行的可转债多为低息类型，配合灵活转股和赎回条款，满足全球投资者需求。

境内企业境外发行可转债须遵循多部门的监管体系，主要包括发改委的中长期外债审核登记、证监会的境外发行证券备案、外汇管理局的外债登记及变更手续、行业监管和国资管理等。发改委依据《56号令》监管境内企业及其控制的境外分支机构的外债借贷，要求发行前完成外债审核登记，且规定了企业判断标准和申报材料的详细要求。证监会依据《管理试行办法》进行境外发行证券备案，要求发行后3个工作日内完成备案，并提交备案报告、承诺书、法律意见书及募集说明书等文件。外汇管理局则负责外债的登记和转股后的变更登记，确保资金及股权变动的合规。

境外发行可转债的内部决策通常由股东会先授权，董事会细化具体发行方案，确保程序合规透明，并作为申报材料的重要内容。与境外发行相比，境内发行可转债需符合更严格的条件，包括法律法规限制、财务指标和信披要求，但相对简化登记流程，无需办理发改委和外汇局的外债注册手续。

总体来看，境外发行可转债为中国企业连接全球资本提供重要融资渠道，企业需精确掌握相关监管框架，规范决策及备案流程，合理制定时间安排，以便在政策允许范围内发挥可转债融资工具的优势，推动跨境融资稳健发展。

HK's Lai Sun Development sells stake in HK office tower to JD.com for $450m

Deal Street Asia | English | News | Dec. 12, 2025 | UndeterminedMergers & Acquisitions

Hong Kong developer Lai Sun Development has agreed to sell its 50% stake in an office tower in the city’s central financial district to JD.com for HK$3.5 billion ($450 million). The sale involves 12 floors and parking spaces in the tower, with the other half owned by CCB Properties (Hong Kong). The transaction is set to close in January and marks one of the largest office asset deals in Hong Kong this year.

Lai Sun will receive net proceeds of HK$2.4 billion, which will improve its cash flow and help address mounting financial difficulties, including refinancing bank loans and selling assets. The sale price reflects a 6.7% discount from a July valuation due to current macroeconomic challenges and market sentiment. Lai Sun anticipates a non-cash loss of HK$261 million from the disposal but expects its financial position to improve significantly, shifting from net current liabilities to net current assets after completing the sale and refinancing a syndicated loan in September.

The developer has faced substantial financial stress, reporting a HK$2.9 billion net loss for the year ending in July and current liabilities exceeding current assets by HK$4.5 billion. It also has HK$524 million in bond repayments due next year, the largest among Hong Kong’s indebted issuers. JD.com plans to use the acquired office space for its own operations and expressed optimism about its growth prospects in Hong Kong, intending to continue investing in retail, logistics, and technology R&D within the city.

This transaction follows a similar recent deal where Alibaba and its affiliate Ant Group purchased the top floors of another Hong Kong office tower for $925 million, highlighting increased interest from e-commerce companies in the city's commercial real estate market.

China’s Anticorruption Dragnet Snares Another Senior Customs Official

Caixin | English | News | Dec. 12, 2025 | Political Scandal or Corruption

A Chinese court sentenced Sun Yuning, former deputy head of the General Administration of Customs, to 13 years in prison for bribery. In addition to the prison term, Sun was fined 4 million yuan ($551,700).

The court found that Sun had illegally accepted property and funds totaling over 50.72 million yuan. This case is part of a broader anticorruption campaign targeting senior officials within China's trade and border control sectors.

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