Why Are More and More Multinational Environmental Enterprises Taking Root in China?
BEIJING, June 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Finding Answers in China from China.org.cn:
Today global environmental protection efforts are facing strong headwinds. Is China still firmly committed to green development? How does a Japanese executive who is working in China evaluate the Chinese government's determination to protect the environment? How about the environmental awareness of the Chinese public in his view? And how does he assess the potential for the future development of China's environmental protection market?
In this episode, Ueno Tomokazu, host from CICG Asia-Pacific, takes a trip to the city of Suzhou and has a talk with Takeo Keizo, managing director of Sumitomo Electric Trading. Starting with the story of protecting a single drop of water, they discuss the changes and progress in China's environmental protection over the past 20 years.
Why Are More and More Multinational Environmental Enterprises Taking Root in China?https://youtu.be/_Qc5Tme_XYA
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Star
34 minutes ago
- The Star
Qualcomm strengthens AI portfolio with US$2.4bil Alphawave deal
FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with a displayed Qualcomm logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm on Monday agreed to acquire British semiconductor company Alphawave for about $2.4 billion as part of efforts to strengthen its artificial intelligence technology. Alphawave shareholders will receive 183 pence per share, a nearly 96% premium to the price immediately before Qualcomm disclosed its interest in the company. The shares jumped 22% in early London trade to just below the offer price. U.S.-based firms have been snapping up British assets, taking advantage of a market that is plagued by comparatively weaker valuations and stunted growth. Alphawave, which designs and licenses semiconductor technology for data centers, networking and storage, had garnered takeover interest from Qualcomm and SoftBank-owned chip tech provider Arm in early April for its 'serdes' technology. The technology underpins the speed at which data is processed by chips - crucial for AI development - and serves as the foundation for Broadcom's and Marvell Technology's multibillion-dollar bespoke chip businesses. Arm walked away after initial discussions with Alphawave, Reuters exclusively reported in April citing sources. Qualcomm also tabled two alternative all-share offers to Alphawave's shareholders, after receiving multiple extensions from the UK's takeover panel to table a firm offer. The British company said it considers the terms of the cash offer to be fair and reasonable and intends to unanimously recommend it to its shareholders. Alphawave also completed the disposal of its stake in WiseWave, its joint venture with Chinese investment firm Wise Road Capital, to existing state shareholders on Monday. - Reuters
New Straits Times
an hour ago
- New Straits Times
Rednote joins wave of Chinese firms releasing open-source AI models
BEIJING: China's Rednote, one of the country's most popular social media platforms, has released an open-source large language model, joining a wave of Chinese tech firms making their artificial intelligence models freely available. The approach contrasts with many US tech giants like OpenAI and Google, which have kept their most advanced models proprietary, though some American firms including Meta have also released open-source models. Open sourcing allows Chinese companies to demonstrate their technological capabilities, build developer communities and spread influence globally at a time when the US has sought to stymie China's tech progress with export restrictions on advanced semiconductors. Rednote's model, called is available for download on developer platform Hugging Face. A company technical paper describing it was uploaded on Friday. In coding tasks, the model performs comparably to Alibaba's Qwen 2.5 series, though it trails more advanced models such as DeepSeek-V3, the technical paper said. RedNote, also known by its Chinese name Xiaohongshu, is an Instagram-like platform where users share photos, videos, text posts and live streams. The platform gained international attention earlier this year when some US users flocked to the app amid concerns over a potential TikTok ban. The company has invested in large language model development since 2023, not long after OpenAI's release of ChatGPT in late 2022. It has accelerated its AI efforts in recent months, launching Diandian, an AI-powered search application that helps users find content on Xiaohongshu's main platform. Other companies that are pursuing an open-source approach include Alibaba which launched Qwen 3, an upgraded version of its model in April. Earlier this year, startup DeepSeek released its low-cost R1 model as open-source software, shaking up the global AI industry due to its competitive performance despite being developed at a fraction of the cost of Western rivals.
Malaysian Reserve
2 hours ago
- Malaysian Reserve
Why Are More and More Multinational Environmental Enterprises Taking Root in China?
BEIJING, June 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Finding Answers in China from Today global environmental protection efforts are facing strong headwinds. Is China still firmly committed to green development? How does a Japanese executive who is working in China evaluate the Chinese government's determination to protect the environment? How about the environmental awareness of the Chinese public in his view? And how does he assess the potential for the future development of China's environmental protection market? In this episode, Ueno Tomokazu, host from CICG Asia-Pacific, takes a trip to the city of Suzhou and has a talk with Takeo Keizo, managing director of Sumitomo Electric Trading. Starting with the story of protecting a single drop of water, they discuss the changes and progress in China's environmental protection over the past 20 years. Why Are More and More Multinational Environmental Enterprises Taking Root in China?
