The company launched its first alpha generative AI product called Scopus AI in August.

该公司于8月推出了首款阿尔法生成人工智能产品Scopus AI。

Disney shares with its partners the market insights the company has observed about Generation Z — those born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s — and Gen Alpha — born after the 2010s.

迪士尼与其合作伙伴分享了该公司观察到的关于Z世代（出生于20世纪90年代中期至2010年代初）和阿尔法一代（出生于2010年代后）的市场见解。

Tencent Holdings Ltd was fined a total of 6 million yuan ($896,245) over 12 acquisitions on companies, including retailing firm Okaybuy (China) Holding Inc and DeepBlue Alpha Inc. Alibaba's subsidiaries were fined 2.5 million yuan for not reporting five deals, including the acquisition of logistics firm Best Logistics.

腾讯控股有限公司因收购包括零售公司Okaybuy（China）Holding Inc和DeepBlue Alpha Inc.在内的12家公司而被罚款600万元（896245美元）。阿里巴巴的子公司因未报告包括收购物流公司Best logistics在内的5宗交易而被罚款250万元。

Led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2, the fresh fundraising attracted renowned investors including Family Foundation of chairman of Guangdong Alpha Animation and Culture Cai Dongqing, New Oriental Education and Technology, Doll Capital Management and Sinovation Ventures, and Enlight Growth Partners.

For the first time in Asia, Shell will apply its advanced technology for linear alpha olefins, it said.

By making parts of the MegEngine framework available for free in this "alpha" launch, Megvii hopes that external developers both in and outside China can help make the platform better.

In April, another smartphone manufacturer, Nubia Technology Co Ltd, unveiled its first wearable watch-like smartphone called Alpha, which features a four-inch flexible screen manufactured by Visionox.

Guangzhou Alpha Omega Medical Technology, an Israeli medical device company specializing in neurosurgery and neuroscience, recently received 50 million yuan ($7.27 million) in investment from Guangzhou Sino-Israel Bio Industry Investment Fund.

The investment is Alpha Omega's first external funding.

The choice to partner with Guangzhou is based on its excellent education system, universities and talent, financial and government support, and the infrastructure in the Guangzhou International Bio Island, where the innovation center is located, said Samer Abboud, CEO of Guangzhou Alpha Omega Medical Technology.

Information revealed by Tianyancha, a business inquiry service provider, showed Douyu has received a total of 7 billion yuan from investors such as Tencent, Sequoia Capital, Nanshan Capital, and Alpha chairman, Cai Dongqing, in six rounds of financing.

“With these two new access channels, we expect the appetite to seek yield, liquidity and alpha in China’s $12 trillion bond market to grow further,” said Schapiro.

Hangzhou Alpha Technology (OKCHEM), an e-commerce platform specializing on chemical product trade, set up a booth at Morocco's annual International Agriculture Exhibition, held in the northern city of Meknes, to promote the "fertilizer group-buying" to local farmers.

Entertainment One also plans to expand Peppa Pig's presence in China later this year through a new toy line in a deal with Alpha Group, one of China's leading toy manufacturers.

Such collaboration will enable both parties to make the most of resources for a mutually beneficial partnership," said Kenny Cao, senior vice-president at Alpha Group.

Entertainment One also plans to expand Peppa Pig’s Chinese market later this year through a new toy line as part of a deal with Alpha Group, one of China’s leading toy manufacturers.

Kenny Cao, senior vice-president at Alpha Group said: “more and more families in China have fallen in love with Peppa Pig.

NetDragon has also acquired Cherrypicks Alpha, an augmented reality or AR service provider, and established a joint venture called ARHT Media to bolster its competiveness in applications of VR and AR in education and entertainment.

Currently, the team has an alpha hardware prototype and an app design, with the initial tests results coming back from students and linguists proving to be promising.

Animation and toy maker Alpha Group increases pace of expansion abroadAlpha Group Co Ltd, a major toy, animation and entertainment content company, is expanding cooperation with foreign companies, which will further increase its global footprint, according to a senior company executive.

Alpha has established more than 20 overseas subsidiaries in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and South Korea.

Alpha's animations, movies and other entertainment products have been broadcast and sold in more than 100 nations and regions in five continents.

"Cooperation with foreign counterparts plays an important role in exploring international markets as local partners and special personnel that better understand local markets will help Alpha easily integrate with foreign markets," said Seven Wang, executive assistant to Alpha's president.

Alpha has plans to establish two new offshore companies in Spain and Australia in two years, while more representative offices will also be set up in Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam.

Alpha is also eyeing the New Zealand market, having started efforts to expand into Canada, East Europe and South America this year.

"Alpha has plans to build a new factory to produce toys in Indonesia next year.

"As China's biggest branded toy manufacturer, Alpha sold more than 100 million items at home and abroad in 2016, netting more than 1.93 billion yuan ($291 million) from sales, up by more than 20 percent year-on-year.

Alpha has multiple marketing channels through cooperation with retail giants such as Amazon, Walmart and Target.

"Alpha is now seeking to recruit a large number of specialists for overseas development," said Wang.

The LA center has played a big part in helping Alpha expand its world market in recent months.

Last year, Alpha earned 1.01 billion yuan ($155.4 million) from overseas sales, up by 138 percent year-on-year.

In addition to the business of intellectual property, or IP licensing, Alpha earned profit mainly from sales of comics, animation products and toys in North America, Europe and Southeast Asia last year, Wang said.

She also said the Belt and Road Initiative would offer even more business opportunities for Alpha and other culture-related companies.

Visitors take photographs of Chinese cartoon characters, Xiyangyang (Happy Sheep) and Huitailang (Gray Wolf), created by Alpha Group at a toy exhibition in Shanghai.

"Alpha's IP (intellectual property) licensing business has enjoyed sustainable growth and the company hopes to develop it further," said Seven Wang, executive assistant to the president and public relations director of Alpha Group Co Ltd. Wang declined to speculate on Alpha's earnings from image rights this year, but she made it clear that IP licensing was now a massive business.

Alpha has also moved into the hospitality sector after building a theme-based hotel with Home Inn in Shanghai earlier this year.

"The growing number of IP licensing companies have helped Alpha increase its sales and presence at home and abroad," Wang said.

Alpha's animations are broadcast in more than 100 countries and regions around the world.

Spurred on by this success story, Alpha plans to release a new IP animation, Katuri, about an heroic hen.

As one of China's biggest toy manufacturers, Alpha sold more than 100 million products globally last year.

Alpha has now established multi-marketing channels with leading retail companies such as Amazon.

com Inc, Walmart and Target Corp. "To this end, Alpha has planned to construct a new toy factory in Indonesia next year," Wang said.

Local toy maker Guangdong Alpha Animation & Culture took the biggest share－4.4 percent－in 2015 while Mattel only took the fourth-biggest share of 2 percent.

A girl looks at Alpha toys at an exhibition in Beijing.

Alpha, based in Shantou in Guangdong province, took in 1.01 billion yuan ($147 million) in international revenue last year, soaring 138.21 percent year-on-year.

The surge in overseas business resulted from Alpha's efforts to successfully place its Chinese cartoon characters onto TV screens worldwide and tap their IP value through such activities as selling related toys, said Wang Jing, a vice-president of the Shenzhen-listed company.

"Alpha's going-global efforts started in 2009, when its flagship cartoon series Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf was broadcast in 13 Asian countries and regions.

Alpha said it and its authorized dealers had sold merchandise worth more than $1 billion at home and abroad.

Alpha, for example, worked with partners in more than 20 economies related to the initiative in terms of animation broadcasting, toys sales and IP licensing.

Asia Pacific Links Ltd, Hangzhou Fuyang Koto Machinery Co Ltd, Guilin Alpha Rubber & Plastics Technology Co Ltd and the Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics and Technology appeared on the list, according to the statement.

A dedicated China allocation can allow investors to tap into names that are yet to become well known, helping to uncover more alpha sources.

We believe they provide a large selection of alpha sources for investors to choose from when constructing their portfolios.

The outcome of genome sequencing showed the virus in that case has the same origin as the Alpha variant, a COVID-19 strain first detected in the United Kingdom.

Blind boxes are not exactly an addiction, but represent a harmless, or manageable rush of adrenaline for some, especially Generation Z, a consumer group defined in popular online reference material as "a demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha", born in the period from mid-to late-1990s to early 2010s.

Tastien, a burger maker based in Fuzhou, Fujian province, has teamed up with Balala the Fairies, a Chinese fantasy series created by Guangdong Alpha Group Co Ltd, to unveil pink- and fairy-themed restaurants and burgers in May to attract more younger female consumers.

Kingson Cai, general manager of Alpha Group's Global Product Center, echoes Li's misgivings, saying: "Secondhand toy exchanges could develop into a profitable business, but a mainstream market is unlikely to be formed as parents are largely concerned about the cleanliness and safety of used toys.

As a key step in increased focus on global development, Alpha Group Co Ltd, a major animation, toy and entertainment players from Guangdong province in southern China, has launched an international design and marketing hub in US Los Angeles two years ago, Glenn Yu, design director for boys brands with Alpha Group US, LLC, told Xinhua.

With strengths in voice recognition tech, Hefei, Anhui province-based iFlytek launched Alpha Egg, its latest educational robot, in September 2018.

Alpha Egg helps parents by accompanying their children.

Alpha Conde, president of Guinea, said that while Africa is rich in natural resources, making full use of them for sustainable development is a major problem facing many countries, including Guinea.

With an aim to spur technological revolution and investment in China, the 2023 Alpha Venture Academy Tech Venture Summer Camp is preparing to open its gates.

With technology innovation and investment becoming increasingly vital for socioeconomic development, the Alpha Venture Academy, or AVA, holds the Tech Venture Summer Camp annually to intrigue more cutting-edge technology innovation thinking and investment concepts through providing a platform for teenagers aged 16 to 21, and help them gain in-depth understanding of technology innovation and investment.

Dai said the primary goal for 2023 is to scale up sales of Arcfox, with new editions of its Alpha S and T as well as the Kaola.

In July, it started to deliver the Alpha S HI, which was co-developed with Chinese technology giant Huawei.

In May, BAIC Bluepark's premium electric marque Arcfox launched the Alpha S HI sedan, the world's first model with Huawei's Harmony operating system and autonomous driving solutions.

BAIC's premium electric arm, Arcfox, made the national debut of the Petit Prince edition of its Alpha S sedan.

The Acrfox Alpha S HI sedan, the world's first to feature Huawei's operating system and autonomous driving solutions, are expected to further drive up the brand's sales as its deliveries started in July.

China's Arcfox launched the Alpha S HI sedan earlier this month, which is the world's first model with Huawei's Harmony operating system and smart driving solutions.

BAIC Bluepark's premium electric marque Arcfox launched on Saturday the Alpha S HI sedan, the world's first model with Huawei's Harmony operating system and autonomous driving solutions.

Yu said the Alpha S HI sedan will be available in Huawei's sales network as well besides Arcfox's own showrooms.

The system will also be used on the BAIC ArcFox Alpha S, also coming out at the end of this year.

Last year, Nubia unveiled its first wearable watch-like smartphone Alpha, which features a four-inch flexible screen manufactured by Visionox.

Analysts from Eastspring Investments, a global asset manager under insurer Prudential plc, wrote in a report in late December that China's emphasis on economic development, especially measured by GDP per capita, as well as its continued pace of innovation, will be translated into "alpha opportunities" in equities that are aligned with China's strategic goals or its structural growth trends, including high-end manufacturing, new energy, healthcare and semiconductors.

"This reinforces our strategic view that China equity is an asset class that is too big, too growthy and too vibrant to ignore, and will bring profound allocation benefits, thematic appeal and alpha opportunities to global equity investors," the report said.

The product serves as an important hedging product for quantitative trading and provides room for various quantitative strategies such as alpha strategies and index arbitrage.

Addressing the Delivering Alpha conference presented by CNBC and Institutional Investor, Dimon called bitcoin "a fraud. "

The Chinese government published 10 versions of guidelines as the dominant variants moved from Alpha to Beta to Delta and now the less virulent Omicron.