Krypton Evening News | Before the overseas 618 shopping festival, Labubu became the No. 1 search term on Alibaba's AliExpress; Wang Ziru announced a second startup in the AI field; Xiaomi SU7 has delivered over 250,000 units.
Large Companies:
Before the Overseas 618, Labubu Became the No. 1 Search Term on Alibaba's AliExpress
36Kr learned that foreign consumers searched for Labubu so intensively on AliExpress, Alibaba's cross - border e - commerce platform, that it became the top - searched hot word. It is revealed that during this year's Overseas 618, Pop Mart will continue to launch blockbuster new products such as Labubu on AliExpress. Since Pop Mart officially entered AliExpress, its sales have soared all the way, firmly ranking first in the trendy toys category and driving the overall GMV of the trendy toys category on AliExpress to increase by 300% year - on - year in the first half of the year.
36Kr learned that recently, the GAC Aion Tyrannosaurus autonomous vehicles equipped with Pony.ai's 7th - generation autonomous driving system have officially obtained the road test license for intelligent connected vehicles and started public road tests in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. This means that after completing the verification in the laboratory and closed - site tests, Pony.ai's 7th - generation autonomous vehicles have officially entered the real traffic environment for testing, pressing the accelerator button for the mass - production and commercialization process.
Wang Ziru Announces a Second Entrepreneurship in the AI Field
36Kr learned that Wang Ziru posted a video on Bilibili, responding to the reasons for leaving ZEALER and Gree, and announced a second entrepreneurship in the AI field. He said, "In 2020, when the opportunity at Gree emerged, it was unexpected and perfectly matched all the elements of the industrial Internet. It was an important opportunity I couldn't miss. Finally, I had the chance to put on those sneakers and play in that top - level game. However, this path was very difficult and brought me too many constraints." "Just when I wanted to integrate the latest AI technology into all my ideas, I knew it was time to go back and make up for my knowledge. I walked out of the arena with a little regret, and there were still many inspirations that I didn't have time to realize. To survive, I must become a craftsman again, using my storytelling skills to tell a brand - new story, and sharing all my inspirations and knowledge in the Internet, AI, physical industries, and consumer electronics with those who care about them as much as I do. Only then do I have a chance to reach the brand - new arena in the future."
More Than 250,000 Units of Xiaomi SU7 Have Been Delivered
36Kr learned that Lei Jun posted on Weibo that more than 250,000 units of Xiaomi SU7 have been delivered.
Baidu Smart Cloud Releases Qianfan Huijin Financial Large - Scale Model
36Kr learned that on June 6th, at the 2025 Smart Economy Forum, Baidu Smart Cloud released the Qianfan Huijin Financial Large - Scale Model. Aiming at the professional needs in the financial industry applications, this model is deeply trained based on a large amount of financial corpora, constructs a special financial synthetic data pipeline, optimizes the algorithm strategy, and provides two types of models: knowledge - enhanced large - scale models and inference - enhanced large - scale models. Each type of model offers two versions, 8B and 70B, supporting a maximum context input of 32K and covering most scenarios in the financial industry.
Petronas to Lay Off Nearly 10% of Staff and Freeze Recruitment
Taufik, the President and CEO of Petronas, announced on June 5th local time that the company will launch a restructuring plan, including laying off nearly 10% of its employees and freezing recruitment until next year to ensure long - term competitiveness. The company's website shows that Petronas has nearly 50,000 employees. Taufik also denied that the company will withdraw from its business in Canada.
BYD Responds to "Anti - involution" for the First Time
At the 2025 China Chongqing Auto Forum, Li Yunfei, the General Manager of BYD Group's Brand and Public Relations Department, said that the company will use technological innovation to "fight against involution." He put forward four initiatives: first, be responsible to consumers and reject exaggerated publicity; second, focus on mass production and reject over - marketing; third, compete in technology and products, resist negative tactics and oppose pulling down competitors; fourth, combat rumor - spreading, etc.
Meituan's First Drone Operation Route in Hong Kong Launches
36Kr learned that according to Meituan Drone's official Weibo account, on June 6th, under the framework of Hong Kong's low - altitude economy regulatory sandbox, Meituan's first regular drone route was officially put into operation. The new route is set in a "cross - sea + park" scenario. The drones will take off from the Hong Kong Science Park and land at the Ma On Shan Waterfront Promenade. Currently, merchants such as McDonald's and Pizza Hut in Hong Kong have accessed the service.
Dovey Announces the Urgent Introduction of a New Automated Production Line
36Kr learned that on June 6th, Dovey announced that it had urgently introduced a new automated production line and expanded and upgraded its existing production base to significantly improve its delivery capacity. It is understood that since Dovey was launched on May 18th, its sales exceeded 54.58 million yuan within 14 days, ranking third in the monthly sales list of sanitary napkins on Douyin.
New Products:
The Domestic Version of AI Video Software PixVerse - "Paiwo AI" - is Released
36Kr learned that PixVerse, the AI video generation platform with the largest number of global users, has officially launched its domestic version product - "Paiwo AI", which is simultaneously launched on the web and mobile applications, and the latest V4.5 model is open for users to use. It is understood that since its overseas launch, PixVerse has attracted more than 60 million global users in total, with the monthly active users (MAU) exceeding 16 million, firmly ranking in the first echelon of the AI video generation field.
Xueersi Online School Releases a New AI Programming Product
36Kr learned that on June 5th, Xueersi Online School released a new AI programming product. Tian Mi, the CTO of Xueersi, said at the press conference that in the wave of AI reshaping programming, our self - developed "Aladdin" AI programming platform enables non - programmers to program in natural language, realizing various functions such as product prototype design, small tool development, teaching game generation, and data analysis visualization. "It is reported that Xueersi's self - developed green AIGC platform and the coze application development platform used in cooperation with Volcengine allow children to develop apps through drag - and - drop operations and natural language instructions. Data shows that a programming work that originally took 2 months to complete only takes 1 month with the new tool.
XPeng and Huawei Jointly Release a Head - up Display Intelligent Solution
On June 5th, XPeng Motors jointly released an in - vehicle AR - HUD - the "Chasing Light Panoramic" head - up display solution with Huawei. This solution integrates AI intelligent driving and has excellent visual effects. The upcoming first new model of XPeng this year, the G7, will become the brand's first mass - produced model equipped with AR - HUD.
Today's Views:
Wang Xingxing: Robot Fighting Will Become a Popular Sports Event in the Future
At the Beijing Zhiyuan Conference, Wang Xingxing, the founder of Unitree Robotics, said that robot fighting will become a popular sports event around the world in the future. At the conference site, Unitree's robot G1 demonstrated fighting actions. "Participating in the fighting competition is to show the current development of robot technology to everyone, thereby driving the development of the entire industry. In the future, we also hope to conduct more commercial expansion and attempts."
Other Noteworthy News:
The Freight Volume of Xinjiang Railways This Year Exceeds 100 Million Tons
According to the Urumqi Bureau of China Railway, as of June 5th, the freight volume of Xinjiang Railways this year reached 101 million tons, a year - on - year increase of 2.0%, exceeding the 100 - million - ton mark 3 days earlier than last year. Among them, the outbound coal volume from Xinjiang reached 39.4012 million tons, a year - on - year increase of 6.8%, adding new impetus to ensuring national energy security and serving the high - quality development of the regional economy.
Yan Dong, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, introduced at a press conference of the State Council Information Office that the trade volume between China and South Asian countries in 2024 was close to $200 billion, doubling in ten years with an average annual growth rate of about 6.3%.