Aug 3 — Rumors circulated that Zhiyuan Robotics’ chief scientist Luo Jianlan had recently left. The company responded that Luo has not left and has undergone an internal role adjustment. On the same day Zhiyuan posted a full partners list on its website showing team members from Huawei, Google, Tencent, DJI and Cambricon with experience across AI R&D, product engineering, global commercialization and government‑enterprise relations.

RatingDog China manufacturing PMI fell to 50.9 in July, down 0.8 percentage points from June, marking the eighth consecutive month of expansion and tying the longest expansion cycle in five years. Expansion continued but slowed: new orders rose and cost pressures eased, while new export orders returned to expansion. Purchasing activity declined and firms’ input inventories continued to accumulate—risks to monitor for downstream demand and production activity.

法国7月制造业PMI终值 49.8，预期50，前值50。