The China Chain Store & Franchise Association (CCFA) said in a 1H 2026 brief that 71.7% of surveyed chain catering firms reported YoY sales growth or flat performance, with 13.0% posting >10% sales growth. On profitability, 58.7% saw net profit growth or stability and 10.9% achieved >20% net profit growth. Store footprint: 60.0% recorded net outlet additions in 1H; combined with firms keeping counts flat, roughly two-thirds maintained stable or expanding store networks.

SoftBank Group pledged OpenAI shares as collateral for a $10 billion loan agreement signed in August 2026.

NVIDIA is urgently courting Chinese partners to develop 6G AI-RAN base stations that combine telecom connectivity with on‑site AI compute, accelerating its push into the telecom operator market. The company is seeking Chinese base‑station manufacturers to build 6G units that meet overseas market requirements. Shenzhen Jiaxian Communications is one confirmed partner; sources say NVIDIA engaged the firm in 2025 and the collaboration — now in technical R&D and leveraging the NVIDIA CUDA ecosystem — has run for more than six months. The parties are discussing a possible commercial joint entity for overseas expansion as NVIDIA plans to start edge compute network deployments over the next two years.