3 6 Ke·2025-08-04 01:13Group 1: Company Developments - JD Group has made a voluntary public acquisition offer to Ceconomy AG, the parent company of MediaMarkt and Saturn, at a cash price of €4.60 per share, aiming to establish a strategic investment partnership [4] - BYD reported that its overseas sales of passenger cars and pickups reached 470,086 units in the first half of 2025, contributing to a total sales figure of 2,145,954 vehicles [4] - WeRide has partnered with Uber to expand its Robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi, expecting to double its order volume and cover nearly half of the core areas of Abu Dhabi [5] Group 2: Industry Trends - China's trade with Central and Eastern European countries reached a record high of 522.88 billion yuan in the first half of 2025, marking a year-on-year increase of 6.8% [8] - The export growth to Africa was 23% in the first half of 2025, making it one of the hottest markets for China's foreign trade [8] - The solid-state battery sector is experiencing higher capital interest than industrial readiness, with commercial production expected to begin in small scale by 2027 [8] Group 3: Investment and Financing - Zhiyuan Robotics has received strategic investment from LG Electronics and Mirae Asset, marking LG's first foray into the field of embodied intelligence [10] - CATL's subsidiary, Times Intelligent, has initiated its first round of financing with a target of 2 billion yuan and a pre-investment valuation of approximately 9 billion yuan [10] - Anthropic is negotiating a new funding round that could raise between $3 billion to $5 billion, potentially increasing its valuation to $170 billion [10]