Phate Zhang

When Xiaomi was founded, its founder Lei Jun saw a business opportunity in the chat software market and released MiTalk for Android in December 2010. WeChat was born only a month later, on January 21, 2011.

Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, today launched Douyin Pay, a payment service that gives users the option to pay with it in addition to Alipay and WeChat Pay within the short video app.

China-made Unity Operating System (UOS) now supports all CPU platforms, and a large number of software adaptations have made its desktop ecosystem capable of replacing Windows 7, according to Union Tech, the developer of the OS.

Luckin Coffee announced on January 18 that it is reopening its retail partner recruitment program with immediate effect, releasing franchise applications.

In January 2019, ByteDance acquired the rights to use some of Smartisan's patents, saying it would explore businesses related to the education sector.

The United States dominated investment in the gaming industry last year, accounting for 36 percent of the total deal value, followed by China at 27 percent, according to a new report.

iSpace, a privately owned Chinese launch vehicle company, recently completed performance tests, vibration tests and high and low temperature tests of its SQX-2 landing gear buffer, saying the results show the product is ready for delivery.

Xiaomi said the company is currently operating normally.

China's central government procurement agreement is one of the highest level and most extensive procurement projects in China's current government procurement field.

Xiaomi has a number of stakeholders in the US. It is a large customer of Qualcomm, accounting for 66% of the chipmaker's shipments in China.