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Fortune China’s 2025 China 500 list reveals State Grid as the revenue leader at $548.4 billion, followed by PetroChina and Sinopec. ICBC is the most profitable. The top ten most profitable include TSMC, Tencent, Alibaba, and Ping An. Tencent’s net profit surged over 65% in 2024. These ten companies accounted for 41% of the total profits of all listed companies.

Investor Duan Yongping maintains that long-term investments in strong companies like Kweichow Moutai and Tencent are superior to bank deposits. While acknowledging China Shenhua Energy as potentially better than a bank, he emphasizes Tencent’s higher potential. Duan warns that outperforming bank returns is significant, as most lose money in the stock market. He cites Moutai’s brand strength and Tencent’s ecosystem as drivers of sustained value, contrasting them with the vulnerability of bank interest rates to macroeconomic changes and inflation, while also acknowledging inherent market risks.

Doxxing, involving weaponized personal data for harassment, is escalating in China as a severe digital threat. Tech giant Tencent, targeting this on its platform QQ (597 million users), purged over 100,000 abusive posts, terminated 10,000+ harassment groups, and employs advanced algorithms/AI detection. This crackdown aligns with China’s intensified cyber governance and foreshadows stricter privacy law enforcement. Tencent’s approach, utilizing tech like neural networks and judicial reporting, may set a precedent for combating industrialized “doxxing economies” and balancing innovation with safety in web ecosystems.

Tencent’s 2024 Sustainable Social Value Report showcases its commitment to “AI for good.” Through internal development and open-source contributions, Tencent leverages its large models, like Hunyuan, across sectors like education, healthcare, rural revitalization, and cultural preservation. The report highlights AI applications from predicting altitude sickness to aiding medical diagnoses and deciphering ancient inscriptions, demonstrating Tencent’s strategy to integrate AI for societal benefit and foster a collaborative ecosystem for sustainable development.

Tencent has received regulatory approval for “Tencent Brain Training,” its digital therapeutics software for mild cognitive impairment, marking its sixth medical device registration. This gamified software, prescribed by physicians, employs interactive tasks to enhance cognitive function, targeting the large population in China experiencing this condition. This non-pharmacological intervention aims to improve patient quality of life and potentially reshape treatment approaches for cognitive decline.

A QQ user, “Ai Jiemo,” has become the first to reach the maximum level 256 on Tencent’s instant messaging platform, prompting celebrations and exclusive rewards. This milestone highlights QQ’s enduring popularity. The achievement sparked social media engagement, while users of Huawei’s HarmonyOS noted potential disadvantages in accessing the latest platform features.