# Tencent
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Baidu Throws Its Hat Into the New Year AI Bonanza with a RMB 500m Red‑Envelope Push
Baidu is offering users a share of RMB 500 million in cash rewards via its Wenxin assistant from Jan 26 to Mar 12, with individual prizes up to RMB 10,000, and has been named chief AI partner for the 2026 Beijing Spring Festival Gala. The promotion is a marketing gambit to boost engagement and legitimacy amid intense competition among Chinese tech firms for AI users, but it carries economic and regulatory risks.
Tencent Revives QQ Show — A Nostalgia-Fueled Play for the Avatar Economy
Tencent announced the return of QQ Show, its legacy avatar and virtual-goods feature, on January 24. The move leverages nostalgia and the growing avatar economy, but success will depend on design updates, monetization choices and navigating China’s regulatory landscape.
Chinese AI-Compute Upstart Suiyuan Clears STAR Market IPO Hurdle, Seeks Rmb6bn to Build Homegrown GPU Stack
Shanghai Suiyuan Technology’s STAR Market IPO has been accepted as it seeks Rmb6 billion to scale AI accelerator cards, clusters and integrated solutions. Backed by Tencent and state-affiliated investors, the company sits at the intersection of China’s push for domestic AI compute capacity and growing demand for alternatives to Western GPUs.
From Chips to Fields: China’s Week in Markets, AI Supply Chains and Tech Control
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang confirmed that Nvidia has overtaken Apple as TSMC’s largest customer, signalling a permanent shift of chip demand toward AI infrastructure. Domestically, China reported record grain output and continued construction of high‑standard farmland while expanding duty‑free shopping and tightening controls around software that accesses WeChat data. The mix of industrial reorientation, food-security measures and stricter digital governance will shape supply chains, markets and developer ecosystems.