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Tencent
Tencent
Headquartered in Shenzhen, Tencent is one of China's and the world's largest internet services companies, with interests in media, entertainment, web and mobile communications, advertising, e-commerce and internet banking.
Chairman / President
Ma Huateng
CEO / Managing Director
Ma Huateng
CFO / Finance Director
John Lo
Industry
Internet
Website
tencent.com
Headquarters address
Tencent Holdings Limited,Tencent Building,30th Floor, Kejizhongyi Avenue,Nanshan, Shenzhen,Guangdong, China
Stock Code
SEHK:700
Year founded
1998
Mario Ho Yau-kwan, the youngest son of the late Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho Hung-sun, became the youngest founder of a Nasdaq-listed company in Asia when his esports company NIP Group went public in 2024. Photo: X/ NasdaqExchange
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Tencent Holdings’ artificial intelligence capabilities have made tangible contributions to its businesses. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks retreat on mixed Tencent results, profit-taking

After an 18 per cent rally on the Hang Seng Index from an April low, investors are worried that the run-up was too fast.

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Tencent posts strong quarterly revenue as video gaming giant bets big on AI

The tech giant reported US$25 billion in revenue for the first quarter, its largest ever for a three-month period, beating estimates.

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China travel

Foreigners flock to China’s Shenzhen as visa-free entries surge 160%

Visa-free policies have helped the southern tech hub become a popular destination for overseas tourists, particularly from elsewhere in Asia.

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Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks jump on strong JD.com results, with Tencent, Alibaba next

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Artificial intelligence

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E-commerce

Alipay launches voice call to highlight financial security via real identity checks

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The Alipay logo is seen on a mobile phone in this illustration picture taken June 28, 2023. Photo: Reuters
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That assessment reflects how Liang, an ‘extremely self-disciplined person’, led DeepSeek to become a true innovator in AI.

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng, in the background, follows an open-source approach in AI development. Photo: Shutterstock
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Chinese customers have been notified by Nvidia that it aims to release the downgraded version of the H20 chip in July, sources say.

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China’s video gaming firms bet on overseas revenue growth amid weak home market

Overseas sales of China-developed video games in 2024 increased 13.4 per cent from a year earlier to US$18.6 billion.

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek’s AI system gets faster with Tencent’s open-source boost

The leading Chinese AI start-up has adopted an open-source technical solution from Tencent, leading to a ‘huge speed boost’.

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DeepSeek says it has used an open-source technical solution from Tencent to improve its AI system. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China tech war

For Nvidia, losing China’s AI market would be ‘tremendous loss’, CEO says

China’s AI market is likely to grow to US$50 billion in the next two to three years, Huang told US broadcaster CNBC.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is working to preserve his company’s business in the world’s second-largest economy. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks rise ahead of US-China trade talks in Switzerland

Hong Kong stocks rise as US-China trade talks seek de-escalation, boosting Hang Seng Index.

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Preliminary data from the country’s two dominant mobile payment apps show two-to-three times the spending from a year ago, much of it from Hong Kong.

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Artificial intelligence

The SMC: what to see at the Shanghai AI incubator visited by Xi Jinping

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Pony.ai partners with Tencent to provide robotaxi services on WeChat

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Semiconductors

Tencent, Alibaba buy Nvidia GPUs from ByteDance stockpile, report says

ByteDance’s rivals are acquiring some of its US$13.7 billion worth of Nvidia’s H20 chips, which are now barred from export to China.

Nvidia’s graphics processing units have become a hot commodity in China as US restrictions on the technology increase. Photo: Nvidia
Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks rise on Federal Reserve rate-cut hopes

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Artificial intelligence

Flurry of Chinese AI updates come amid tightening Nvidia restrictions

Alibaba, Baidu, ByteDance and Tencent have introduced updates to AI agents and visual applications in recent days.

Stocks

Tencent tops Chinese mutual funds’ holdings as Hong Kong stocks gain traction

Some 1,200 mainland Chinese mutual funds held a combined 151 million Tencent shares worth US$9.5 billion at the end of the first quarter.

Tencent was Chinese mutual funds’ top stock holding in the first quarter, according to data from TX Investment Consulting. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

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The US may hold the lead in cutting-edge AI tech but China is racking up economic wins with real-world adoption.

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The owner of a sock shop in Yiwu International Trade City uses AI to generate a product introduction video in English on February 25 in Yiwu, Zhejiang province. Photo: China News Service via Getty Images
China birth rate

How this corner of China is still embracing big families amid national decline

While the rest of China attempts to boost birth rates as the population ages, why has the southern province stayed relatively resilient?

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Video gaming

Tencent-backed Hero Esports leverages AI in bid to become global leader

CEO Danny Tang said the esports tournament organiser is pilot-testing AI models, including DeepSeek, in ‘all aspects of the business’.

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