Core Insights - Artificial Intelligence (AI) is evolving from a cutting-edge concept to a core driver of internal innovation for Chinese tech giants like Tencent. The latest "2025 Tencent R&D Big Data Report" indicates that AI has been deeply integrated into Tencent's extensive R&D system, accelerating software development processes and significantly enhancing overall efficiency and product delivery speed, thus becoming a key engine for maintaining long-term competitiveness [1][5]. R&D Efficiency and Automation - Over 90% of Tencent engineers are using AI programming assistants, with 50% of new code generated with AI assistance. This transformation has led to a more than 20% increase in overall R&D efficiency, and the level of R&D automation has improved by 67% year-on-year, saving 5.3 million manual operations each month [1][11][18]. - The average coding time for developers has been reduced by 40%, allowing them to focus more on creative and complex tasks. AI plays a crucial role in code quality control, with a 94% participation rate in code reviews, identifying and fixing 28% of code defects before human intervention [2][16][21]. Delivery Speed and Platform Support - The WeDev platform has significantly supported the scaling of AI implementation, resulting in a 67% year-on-year increase in R&D automation. Tencent's daily completion of requirements reached 16,000, a 25% increase year-on-year, with an average completion time reduced by 12 hours [3][13][15]. - The AnyDev cloud development platform has drastically cut environment preparation time from one day to just one minute, enhancing delivery speed. Over 5.4 million code defects and security vulnerabilities were fixed throughout the year, with an average bug resolution time reduced by 8 hours [3][22]. Business Line Efficiency Gains - AI-driven efficiency improvements have been validated across Tencent's major business lines, translating into tangible business results. 81% of R&D teams have achieved full-process efficiency improvements through the WeDev platform [4]. - Specific examples include a 50% reduction in compilation time for the WeChat backend team, a 31% decrease in demand delivery cycles for WeChat Pay, and a 95% automation rate in art production for the gaming sector [4][27][33]. Investment and Open Source Strategy - Tencent's R&D achievements are backed by substantial investment, with R&D expenditure reaching CNY 20.25 billion in Q2, totaling CNY 379.5 billion since 2018. The company embraces an open-source strategy, with its "Hunyuan" model achieving top rankings in international evaluations [5][40][41]. - The company has over 520,000 stars on GitHub for its open-source projects, ranking among the top ten globally, and has contributed numerous widely-used open-source tools [5][42].