TREE NEWS update: On Sept 7, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released its 15th Five-Year Plan for the information and communications industry, proposing a full-lifecycle real-name registration and security management system. The plan includes building a data-driven, precise risk-control and closed-loop technical prevention system, promoting tiered handling of fraud-related apps, and establishing an industry anti-fraud laboratory. It also aims to strengthen AI-driven anti-fraud technical systems and explore AI anti-fraud assistants, with coordinated governance across telecom, finance, and cyberspace departments.
TREE NEWS update: China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for the information and communication industry, setting 13 key targets for 2030, including cumulative infrastructure investment of 3.8 trillion yuan, industry revenue of 4.1 trillion yuan, and smart computing power reaching 9800 EFLOPS. The plan also aims for 50 5G base stations per 10,000 people and 95% 5G user penetration.
TREE NEWS update: China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for the information and communication industry, which includes enhancing computing infrastructure. The plan calls for accelerating the construction of a national integrated computing network, deploying AI computing clusters of 10,000 to 100,000+ cards, and exploring forward-looking research and ecosystem cultivation for space-based computing. It also emphasizes adapting domestic AI chips and improving computing resource utilization.
TREE NEWS update: China’s Supreme People’s Court on Sept 7 issued judicial guidelines for AI-related disputes, covering AI face-swapping, voice imitation, AI hallucinations, and data discrimination. The 24-article document sets rules for civil liability and litigation procedures to foster healthy AI development.
TREE NEWS update: On September 7, HarmonyOS 7 was officially released. The system evolves its underlying architecture, upgrading across five dimensions: spatial aesthetics, intelligence, performance, security, and connectivity. The voice assistant Xiaoyi is also upgraded to a system-level intelligent agent.
TREE NEWS reports: Longban Media surged to its sixth straight limit-up on Sept 7, closing at 17.11 yuan per share, up 10.03%, with a market cap of about 7.6 billion yuan. The stock has gained over 77% in six sessions, driven by an AI video business that recognized only 80 yuan in revenue in June. The company attributed the low figure to late launch of the content ‘Across 1988’.
TREE NEWS update: On September 7, Alibaba’s Qianwen platform launched its first batch of financial AI agents, covering securities investment, funds, futures, and insurance. Users can now access specialized AI services from various financial institutions for market analysis, investment research, and fund selection. This marks Qianwen’s expansion into financial services following logistics and local life sectors.
TREE NEWS update: Alibaba’s AI agent product Qianwen Office has launched the industry’s first multi-user workbench, allowing users to generate and publish web pages supporting up to 100 concurrent collaborators by simply describing their needs. The feature targets scenarios such as event organization, school-home coordination, and enterprise collaboration, addressing high SaaS procurement costs and lengthy custom development. Users can access it from the homepage’s function entry.
TREE NEWS update: ZTE announced via its official Weibo that the Nubia NaviX Ultra, touted as the world’s first AI agent smartphone, will launch on September 16. The device is positioned as a flagship with advanced AI capabilities, marking a significant step in mobile AI integration.
TREE NEWS reports: Global AI model calls hit 115 trillion tokens last week (Aug 31-Sep 6), up 1.77% week-over-week, with Chinese models leading for a 19th consecutive week. Tencent’s Hunyuan Hy4 preview topped the chart at 14.7 trillion tokens, a 379% surge, while Xiaomi’s MiMo-V2.5 and Gemini 3.7 Flash dropped out of the top ten.
TREE NEWS update: Harmony announced it will fully sunset its Layer 1 blockchain and proposed migrating its token to Ethereum to support a new ‘remix economy’ with AI video creators. The project will help validators transition to the new initiative. Details on the migration mechanics and timeline were not disclosed.
TREE NEWS reports: Early testers spent OpenAI’s launch weekend pushing Astra, its GPT-6 model, through 3D cities, playable games, Bach chorales, and research papers, reporting it is “shockingly good at almost everything.” The model’s versatility across diverse tasks highlights its advanced capabilities, though no official performance metrics were released.
TREE NEWS update: Harmony has proposed shutting down its mainnet, live since 2019, and migrating its native token ONE to Ethereum, citing threats from state-backed attackers and AI agents. The plan includes a snapshot of wallets, staking, validator rewards, smart contracts, and CEX balances, with airdrops to the same addresses on Ethereum. Total supply and issuance rate stay unchanged, with new issuance earmarked for an AI video remixing business.
TREE NEWS update: Microsoft has introduced an AI-based WinUI development and migration solution aimed at reducing reliance on web-wrapper apps like WebView2 and Electron on Windows 11. Using tools such as VS Code, Windows App Development CLI, WinUI templates, and GitHub Copilot, developers can generate and publish a WinUI 3 native app from an empty folder in about 30 minutes. The solution also provides AI-assisted migration guidance for WPF and UWP apps, including mapping tables for controls, threading, window management, DPI, and data binding.
TREE NEWS reports: This week, Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, and Google launched multiple large models and upgrades, causing ‘model fatigue’ in the market. Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1, Meta unveiled Muse Spark 1.3, Google rolled out Gemini 3.8 Flash, and OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra focused on cybersecurity. Meanwhile, Nvidia announced a $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face.
TREE NEWS update: Li Meng, former vice minister of science and technology, said at the 2026 Xiamen conference that China’s future industries will emerge mainly in six areas: AI, green low-carbon, healthy living, high-end manufacturing, computing connectivity, and secure development. The former official noted that AI and green transformation will drive economic and social progress, with the latter three areas providing support. The remarks were made on September 6 at an event in Xiamen.
TREE NEWS update: Artificial intelligence firm Humain is raising $2.5 billion for a fund dedicated to investing in data centers. The fund will finance 250 MW of data center capacity developed with Al Moammar Information Systems, potentially expanding to 1 GW. Humain is backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
TREE NEWS update: Shanghai’s state-owned assets regulator said its supervised enterprises are advancing an “AI+” action plan to drive digital transformation, focusing on four shifts: expanding AI coverage to all regulated firms, balancing computing supply with networking and real-world tech adaptation, moving from Q&A assistance to intelligent execution with agents and digital labor in areas like investment research and supply chains, and fostering ecosystem collaboration across computing, data, models, scenarios, and talent.
TREE NEWS update: South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb has launched an AI service called ‘Bithumb AI’ that analyzes market trends and provides personalized information to users. The service includes four features: AI coin signals, AI coin analysis, AI market data, and AI recommendations. It currently covers the top 200 cryptocurrencies by market cap in the Korean won market.
TREE NEWS update: China’s drug regulator has conditionally approved Aipuswei (hydrochloride istevir), a COVID-19 treatment for adults with mild-to-moderate infection, developed by Westlake University, Westlake Laboratory, and Westlake Pharmaceuticals. It is China’s first original drug developed with AI assistance, from discovery to clinical trial completion in just three and a half years.