On the evening of Aug 10 the Qianwen app rolled out paid plans for its Office Assistant aimed at professional users. Three tiers are offered: Flagship (128 yuan/month or 1,499 yuan/year, auto-renew) with a 20x usage quota; Elite (49 yuan/month or 568 yuan/year) with a 5x quota; Advanced (19 yuan/month or 200 yuan/year) with a 2x quota. Qianwen says core features remain free and routine use will not be affected.

Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and six other departments issued a plan to build a national service‑trade innovation demonstration zone. The plan aims to attract AI R&D centers, open‑source platforms and joint labs. It calls for expanding cross‑border invocation of computing power and base large models and explicitly supports export of model products, including intelligent agents and multimodal generation systems. The plan encourages embodied‑intelligence and smart‑terminal firms to roll out full‑lifecycle service models and promotes AI adoption in healthcare, education and professional services. It also backs hosting the World Artificial Intelligence Conference and global developer events, accelerating a World AI Cooperation Organization headquarters, designating Pudong as an AI innovation application pilot zone, and supporting Xuhui district’s “Mosu Space” large‑model innovation community. The plan includes exploring a global AI governance framework.

Fed's Hammack said the labor market still shows no signs of problems.