Links Citywide Mid-Autumn Festivities, Drawing Visitors and Driving the Tourism Economy

   

HONG KONG, Sept. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) launched its first-ever International Lantern Spectacular today (17 September) at Victoria Park.

Featuring more than 3,000 distinctive lanterns from 20 countries and regions, alongside a collection of National Intangible Cultural Heritage Nanjing Qinhuai lantern installations and traditional Hong Kong lanterns, the event has attracted large numbers of locals and visitors to enjoy the displays and capture memorable photos.

Together with the Leisure and Cultural Services Department's Mid-Autumn Lantern Carnival 2026, Victoria Park has been transformed into a dazzling sea of lights, kicking off Hong Kong's Mid-Autumn Festival season. The celebrations invite locals and visitors alike to go beyond the lantern displays and discover festive delicacies, shopping experiences and authentic local traditions while sharing in the joy of the occasion.

HKTB Chairman Dr Peter Lam said, "HKTB has scaled up the Mid-Autumn celebrations this year and created a brand-new large-scale international festive experience that can be found only in Hong Kong. Through the International Lantern Spectacular, which blends global cultures with traditional Mid-Autumn elements, we are linking up a diverse range of citywide festivities, including next week's Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance, along with a variety of tourism and spending offers from industry partners. By bringing together local culture, festive experiences and tourism-related consumption, we aim to transform the unique charm of Hong Kong's traditions into a compelling tourism draw, leverage tourism to drive the economy and further showcase Hong Kong's position as Asia's Events Capital."

Victoria Park Transforms into a Global Sea of Lanterns as Robots Add an Innovative Twist to Traditional Festivities

 

The International Lantern Spectacular is themed around "Reunion", blending tradition with innovation, and local heritage with international cultures to deliver a unique festive experience found only in Hong Kong. In addition to the lantern displays, two robots add a creative technological dimension to the Mid-Autumn celebrations.

Developed by ChangingTek Robotics Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., robot "Hanyue" demonstrates the art of lacquer fan-making - an intangible cultural heritage - by performing steps such as floating lacquer, dipping, swirling and lifting the fan. Meanwhile, "Galbot ET1", developed by Galbot, presents dance performances that bring together technology and tradition, offering a refreshing new way to experience the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The World Lantern Boulevard, located along the walking trail near the Model Boat Pool, features more than 3,000 distinctive lanterns from 20 countries and regions across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and South America. As locals and visitors stroll through the dazzling displays, they embark on an immersive global cultural journey through lanterns from around the world.

Display panels along the Boulevard showcase the historical origins and unique cultural characteristics of various lanterns, offering visitors insights into diverse folk customs and festive traditions via the art of lantern-making. By bringing together lanterns from around the world in one location, the Boulevard reflects Hong Kong's role as an international city, where people from across the globe come together to celebrate the spirit of reunion during the festive season.

The National Intangible Cultural Heritage Nanjing Qinhuai lantern-making team created four giant lantern installations exclusively for Hong Kong. Among them is Shadowlight, an eight-metre-tall signature lantern inspired by Hong Kong's iconic banyan tree. The pioneering walk-through Qinhuai lantern installation allows locals and visitors to wander through layers of interwoven light and shadow beneath its illuminated canopy.

Located at the South Pavilion Plaza, the enchanting lantern corridor Lotus Fish features 12 large, illuminated lotus leaf installations, complemented by vibrant carp displays. Stretching along the pathway, the installation invites locals and visitors to set off a captivating Mid-Autumn lantern journey through the park.

At the Water Fountain Plaza, Dragon Gate features a pair of leaping carp forming a circular motif, complemented by intricately hand-painted auspicious cloud and water patterns that take on a translucent, radiant glow after dark. At the Model Boat Pool, the seven-metre-tall Moonlit Lotus creates a captivating scene as its luminous full moon is reflected alongside illuminated lotus lanterns on the water, evoking the enchanting beauty of a moonlit lotus pond.

The distinctly local Hong Kong Lantern Galleria, located in Victoria Park's Hill Knoll Pavilion, showcases more than 1,000 traditional handcrafted local lanterns in nearly 20 classic designs, such as goldfish, rabbit, star fruit and lotus flower. Recreating lively scenes of traditional street-side lantern-viewing celebrations, the display highlights Hong Kong's unique Mid-Autumn traditions and evokes the charm and nostalgia of the festive season.

Lantern Gazing and Mooncake Savouring for a Heartwarming Mid-Autumn Festival

HKTB has partnered with Po Leung Kuk to set up a specialty mooncake booth at the South Pavilion Plaza in Victoria Park from now until 20 September, selling a wide range of specialty mooncakes, including Suzhou-style mooncakes from Shanghai, Yunnan ham mooncakes, and Chiuchow-style mooncakes filled with taro paste, black bean paste or mung bean paste. All proceeds will be donated to Po Leung Kuk for charitable purposes, adding a heartwarming touch and festive flavour to the lantern-viewing journey.

Citywide Festivities and Special Offers Encourage Visitors to Extend Their Stay and Discover Hong Kong

Alongside the International Lantern Spectacular, the city will host a range of major Mid-Autumn activities, including the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance from 24 to 26 September. To help locals and visitors plan their festive itineraries, HKTB has curated a citywide roundup of Mid-Autumn highlights and offers presented by shopping malls and merchants across Hong Kong.

These include lantern-viewing and photo-taking hotspots, culinary experiences, special promotions on mooncakes and festive souvenirs, shopping rewards and seasonal markets. By encouraging visitors to go beyond Victoria Park and explore various neighbourhoods, the initiative showcases Hong Kong's festive charm, where Eastern and Western cultures converge and tradition meets modernity, while stimulating visitor spending and benefiting the wider tourism economy.

Details of the International Lantern Spectacular

Location: Victoria Park

Date: 17 to 27 September

Lighting Hours: 6:30pm - 11:00pm (extended to 12am on 25 September)

Robot Performance Details

Intangible Cultural Heritage Lacquer Fan-Making by Robot "Hanyue"

Location: Soccer Pitch No. 1, Victoria Park

Date: 17 to 27 September

Demonstration Times: 6:30pm - 10:30pm

(On Mid-Autumn Festival Day, 25 September, the above demonstration will only be available from 6:00pm to 7:00pm to facilitate crowd management)

Dance Performance by Robot "Galbot ET1"

Location: Soccer Pitch No. 1, Victoria Park

Date: 17 to 21 September

Performance Times: 7:00pm - 10:00pm (one session every 45 minutes; each session lasts 5 minutes. Performance times may be adjusted subject to weather conditions and on-site circumstances.)

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Details of World Lantern Boulevard

Location: Walking Trail near the Model Boat Pool

*Brazil: Festa Junina Lanterns

Inspired by Brazil's Festas Juninas, or June Festivals, this lantern reflects the joyful spirit of celebrations held across the country, especially in the Northeast. The festivals honour Saints Anthony, John and Peter, while celebrating rural traditions and community life.

Music, lively dancing, regional food, bonfires and fireworks bring colour and energy to streets and gathering places. With its bright patchwork-inspired design, this lantern echoes the festive decorations of the season and reflects the communal joy, cultural pride and welcoming spirit of Brazil's June Festivals.

China: Mid-Autumn Lanterns

In Chinese culture, lanterns are an essential part of Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations. Held on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, the festival brings families and friends together to admire the full moon, share mooncakes and celebrate reunion and harmony.

Lanterns illuminate homes and public spaces, adding colour, warmth and festive cheer to the evening. Children carry lanterns through the streets, while families and friends enjoy solving lantern riddles, often written on slips of paper attached to the lanterns. This lantern celebrates the joy of gathering, the beauty of the autumn moon and the enduring charm of Chinese Mid-Autumn traditions.

*France: La Marche des Lampions

Inspired by the French lantern tradition known as La Marche des Lampions, or Retraite aux flambeaux, this display celebrates a festive custom most famously associated with Bastille Day, France's National Day on 14 July. Families and children walk through town streets carrying brightly coloured accordion-style paper lanterns on wooden sticks, creating a joyful sea of light.

Usually cylindrical or spherical and lit by a small candle or LED, the paper lanterns accompany processions often led by a local marching band or firefighters. The walk commonly leads to a town square or the site of Bastille Day fireworks, bringing communities together on a French summer evening.

*Germany: St Martin's Lanterns

St Martin's lanterns are an important part of St Martin's Day celebrations across Germany, held each year on 11 November. The tradition commemorates St Martin of Tours, a Roman soldier who later became a bishop and is remembered for his kindness and compassion. According to legend, he shared his cloak with a beggar in need on a cold winter's day.

Children traditionally make colourful lanterns at school or nursery using coloured paper and simple craft materials. On St Martin's evening, they carry their lanterns through towns and villages in singing processions, spreading light through the autumn darkness. In many regions, children also go from door to door to receive sweets, celebrating sharing and community.

India: Handcrafted Festival Lanterns

Handcrafted by skilled artisans, these lanterns bring the warmth and vibrancy of Indian culture to the World Lantern Boulevard. Made using waterproof materials, each lantern features intricate motifs inspired by India's heritage, mythology and festivals.

Their warm glow symbolises unity, hope and the shared spirit of celebration between India and Hong Kong. Displayed together, the lanterns create a captivating fusion of light and colour, inviting visitors to experience the beauty of Indian craftsmanship and the timeless message of togetherness during the festive season.        

        

Indonesia: Damar Kurung Lanterns

Damar Kurung is a traditional lantern from Gresik in East Java and is recognised as part of Indonesia's Intangible Cultural Heritage. Made with a rectangular wooden frame and distinctive triangular corners at the top, it is covered with brightly painted panels that tell stories through images.

Often described as a storytelling lantern, its four sides come together to form a visual narrative of religious observances, coastal life, markets and everyday community experiences. During Ramadan, Damar Kurung lanterns light up Gresik during festive celebrations, bringing people together to celebrate local creativity, cultural identity and living heritage.

*Laos: Traditional Lao Lanterns

Traditional Lao lanterns are cherished cultural treasures, created for major religious and national festivities such as Boun Ork Phansa, the Festival of Lights, and the Boat Racing Festival. They illuminate temple courtyards and bring colour to community processions, while also appearing in homes, hotels, restaurants and visitor attractions.

Especially iconic in Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage city, these lanterns bring together age-old tradition and contemporary charm. They symbolise wisdom, prosperity and the enduring victory of light over darkness, reflecting the grace and spiritual depth of Lao heritage.        

Middle East: Arabesque Metal Lanterns

Inspired by decorative metal lanterns found across the Middle East, these lanterns celebrate a shared visual language of patterned light and detailed craftsmanship. Their pierced surfaces and geometric patterns cast intricate shapes of light and shadow, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere.

The designs draw on long-established traditions of ornament and metalwork, where geometric, vegetal and calligraphic motifs appear across a wide range of decorative arts. This display invites visitors to experience the artistry of Middle Eastern decorative traditions through the interplay of light, pattern and craft.

*Morocco: Lanterns Inspired by Moroccan Craftsmanship

Inspired by Moroccan decorative traditions, these lanterns draw on the forms of leather lamps and the intricate cutwork of pierced metal lanterns. Their geometric ornament and hand-finished details bring colour, texture and warmth to the display, echoing the artistry found in Moroccan homes, markets and cultural settings.

This display celebrates the creativity of Moroccan craftspeople and the atmospheric beauty created when light shines through decorative patterns. It offers a glimpse into the enduring appeal of Moroccan craftsmanship, where detailed ornament transforms everyday spaces with warmth and character.

*Nepal: Lokta Paper Inspired Lanterns

These lanterns are inspired by Nepali lampshades traditionally made from Lokta paper, a handmade paper associated with Nepal's craft traditions. While retaining the form and decorative character of the original lampshades, the designs feature motifs that reflect Nepal's cultural and spiritual heritage, including the Buddha Eyes, Buddhist imagery, elephants, tigers, Lord Ganesh and other traditional decorative patterns.

Together, the lanterns celebrate Nepal's living craft traditions and the visual richness of its Buddhist and Hindu cultures.

Philippines: Parol Lanterns

From September to December, the gentle glow of the parol lights up homes, streets and shops across the Philippines. Traditionally handcrafted with slender bamboo frames, translucent or brightly coloured crepe paper and tassels, these star-shaped lanterns guide the faithful to church for the nine dawn masses held before Christmas.

In San Fernando, Pampanga, known as the Philippines' "Christmas Capital", giant parols transform the evening sky into a shimmering tapestry of light. Rooted in Spanish colonial history and continually renewed through Filipino creativity, the parol stands as a luminous symbol of faith and hope triumphing over darkness.

Poland: Łowicz Folk Paper-Cut Lanterns

Inspired by Wycinanki Łowickie, the traditional paper-cut folk art of the Łowicz region in central Poland, this lantern celebrates the country's vibrant handcrafted heritage. Polish paper cuts are known for their symmetrical compositions, richly layered colours and decorative floral, animal and geometric motifs. Traditionally created by hand from coloured paper, they have long been used to brighten homes and mark festive occasions. This lantern reinterprets these distinctive Polish patterns in a lantern form, bringing the warmth, creativity and joyful spirit of Polish folk art to Hong Kong.

*Portugal: Lanterns of the Popular Saints

Across Portugal, June comes alive with the Festas dos Santos Populares, or Popular Saints' Festivals. Colourful lanterns, known as Bal?es, light up streets and homes as communities gather for open-air fairs, dancing and grilled sardines, with mangericos (potted basil) adding a distinctive festive touch.

The lantern tradition brings together ancient pagan rituals associated with the summer solstice and early Chinese military signalling techniques. Originating with hot-air balloons and now celebrated through colourful lanterns, it represents light and illumination, the power of the sun, purification, and prayers for good harvests and fertility. The main celebrations take place on 13, 24 and 29 June, honouring Saint Anthony, Saint John and Saint Peter respectively.

Republic of Korea: Jinju Silk Lanterns

Every October, the historic city of Jinju comes alive for the Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival, an autumn celebration centred on traditional silk lanterns. Thousands of vibrant lanterns float on the Namgang River and illuminate the ancient ramparts of Jinjuseong Fortress, creating a radiant outdoor gallery that connects the city's landscape with its history. The lanterns stand as symbols of resilience and also carry the community's wishes for family well-being and lasting peace, celebrating the heritage, artistry and enduring spirit of Jinju.

Sri Lanka: Vesak Ata-pattama Lanterns

Vesak lanterns hold deep spiritual and cultural meaning in Sri Lanka's Buddhist traditions. Observed on the full moon day of May, Vesak commemorates the birth, enlightenment and Parinirvana of Gautama Buddha. Illuminated lanterns represent the light of the Buddha's teachings, or Dhamma, dispelling ignorance and symbolising wisdom, inner enlightenment and liberation from suffering. The traditional Ata-pattama, or octagonal lantern, is associated with important Buddhist teachings. Creating and offering lanterns are acts of merit-making that cultivate patience, generosity and community cohesion.

*Sweden: Scandinavian Christmas Star Lanterns

Scandinavian Christmas star lanterns are a familiar sight in Sweden during the weeks leading up to Christmas. Displayed in the windows of homes, schools, offices and shops, they bring a gentle glow to the holiday season. Traditionally, the star symbolises the Star of Bethlehem, which Christian tradition says appeared at the birth of Jesus. Today, it also represents warmth, hope and light during the darkest time of the year. Shining from windows across communities, these lanterns create a welcoming atmosphere and offer comfort throughout the winter season.

Thailand: Lanna Lanterns

In northern Thailand, colourful Lanna lanterns are an essential part of Yi Peng. Yi Peng is a traditional Lanna festival and the northern Thai equivalent of Loy Krathong. People handcraft lanterns and hang them in temples and public spaces as an offering of light to honour the Buddha. Their glow carries wishes for prosperity, peace and a brighter future.

During the festival, communities come together to create, display and parade intricately decorated lanterns, filling streets with festive colour and light. These lanterns celebrate the cultural traditions, craftsmanship and community spirit of northern Thailand.        

Turkiye: Mosaic Glass Lanterns

T?rkiye's mosaic glass lanterns bring colour, pattern and warm light to historic marketplaces. In Istanbul's Spice Bazaar, colourful mosaic lanterns are suspended from ceilings and stall frontages, adding a distinctive glow to the lively atmosphere of the market.

The lanterns reflect T?rkiye's rich glassmaking and decorative arts traditions. Glasswork has long been part of Anatolia's craft heritage, while Istanbul became an important centre for glassmaking during the Ottoman period. Through vibrant colours and intricate patterns, these lanterns celebrate the enduring beauty, craftsmanship and creativity of Turkish decorative arts.

United Arab Emirates: Ramadan Lanterns

Ramadan lanterns, known in Arabic as fanoos, symbolise guidance, unity and the welcoming spirit of the holy month. Rooted in a centuries-old tradition of illuminating streets to mark the arrival of Ramadan, they adorn homes, shopping malls and public spaces, creating a warm setting for family gatherings and Iftar, the evening meal that breaks the daily fast. Today, Emirati homes blend heritage-inspired forms with sleek, minimalist metal designs. Large lantern installations also brighten streets, bridges and roundabouts, while cultural venues, including Dubai Public Libraries, have hosted lantern-decorating workshops for residents and visitors, celebrating the country's living cultural heritage.

Vietnam: Hoi An Lanterns

Hoi An lantern first appeared in the late sixteenth century. With a craft tradition spanning more than 400 years, they have become one of Vietnam's most recognisable cultural symbols. Traditionally handcrafted with bamboo frames treated in salt water to prevent termites and covered with silk fabric, the lanterns give off a soft and elegant glow. Although closely associated with Hoi An Ancient Town, they are also displayed across Vietnam during traditional festivals and cultural celebrations. Especially prominent during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lunar New Year and the monthly full-moon Hoi An Lantern Festival, they carry wishes for good fortune, happiness, prosperity, reunion and peace. More than decorative objects, they celebrate Vietnam's heritage, craftsmanship, harmony and friendship.

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Singapore, Sept. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dong Mingzhu, Chairperson of GREE Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai, was today presented an inaugural "Cool Leaders" award in the Individual Leader category by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Cool Coalition.

The award was presented at the Global Cooling Pledge Assembly 2026 in Singapore, which aims to accelerate the implementation of Global Cooling Pledge commitments, addressing the risks of extreme heat and the demand for sustainable cooling.

Recognizing Climate Leadership: Dong Mingzhu Receives "Cool Leaders" Honor

The Global Cooling Pledge Assembly 2026, organized by the UNEP Cool Coalition, brings together signatory countries, cities, industry leaders, financial institutions and technical partners to assess the progress of the Global Cooling Pledge, introduced during COP28, and accelerate the deployment of sustainable cooling solutions. The "Cool Leaders" award, an initiative of the UNEP Cool Coalition, recognizes outstanding leadership, highlighting those who are making a real-world impact as rising temperatures place increasing pressure on communities, infrastructure and energy systems worldwide.

The award honors Dong Mingzhu as one of three inaugural "Cool Leaders", underscoring her leadership in her field. As the chairperson of GREE, she is a pioneer in sustainable air-conditioning solutions, advancing climate-friendly cooling and accelerating the development and deployment of sustainable cooling technologies.

"I'm honored to receive this recognition on a personal level and as the chairperson of GREE. I see it not only as an honor, but also a responsibility" said Ms. Dong. "As extreme heat becomes a growing challenge, sustainable cooling is more important than ever. For many years, GREE has focused on using technological innovation to improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and make cooling more sustainable. Through innovations such as our Zero Carbon Source technology, we hope to continue contributing practical, sustainable solutions that help meet global cooling demand."

GREE's Commitment to Cooling the World Through Zero Carbon Source Technology

GREE, a global leader in home appliances with products available in over 190 countries and regions, has maintained a long-term commitment to sustainability, since Ms. Dong set out the company's "For the Clearer Sky and Greener Earth" vision in 2013. Since then, the company has focused on developing technologies that improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and support greener development.

Central to this effort is GREE's award-winning Zero Carbon Source technology. The technology was developed following a visit by Ms. Dong to the Middle East, where she noted the abundance of solar resources in the region and proposed GREE develop a solution that combines air conditioning with renewable energy. The resulting technology, which was awarded the 2021 Global Cooling Prize, is a smart energy system that transforms air conditioning from a high-energy-consuming appliance into a smart energy ecosystem that integrates efficient power generation, intelligent energy use and safe energy storage.

Today, Zero Carbon Source technology has become one of GREE's flagship sustainable cooling solutions and has been deployed through more than 12,000 projects.

GREE also continues to advance its own sustainable manufacturing and operations. In 2025, GREE achieved a 30.66% year-on-year reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, operated 22 green factories, and recycled 8.55 million waste electrical and electronic products, underscoring its commitment to reducing environmental impact across its operations.

Looking ahead, GREE will continue to advance sustainable innovation and expand the application of technologies that support energy efficiency and lower-carbon development. Dong Mingzhu's recognition as a "Cool Leader" highlights both GREE's achievements in sustainable cooling and the company's commitment to continue driving innovation that addresses growing global cooling demand in a more sustainable way.

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UTS places 10th globally in nursing and 18th in artificial intelligence, with 16 subjects ranked in the world's top 100 in the 2026 ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.

Sydney, Australia, Sept. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has ranked among the world's top 20 universities for nursing and artificial intelligence in the 2026 ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.

UTS placed 10th globally for nursing and 18th globally for artificial intelligence, and ranked in the world's top 100 across 16 subject areas. It was also ranked 1st in Australia for artificial intelligence, instrument science and technology, and robotic science and engineering.

Other strong results included electrical and electronic engineering at 27th globally, telecommunications engineering at 41st, water resources at 43rd, and computer science and engineering at 50th. 

The ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects assesses approximately 2,000 universities worldwide across 57 subject areas, using measures including research quality and impact, academic output, faculty performance and international collaboration. 

UTS Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Kylie Readman said the results reflected UTS's continuing strength in research and teaching and its growing international reputation for research with real-world impact.

The full 2026 ShanghaiRanking results for UTS are available at uts.edu.au.

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is one of the world's top 100 universities, ranked 87th globally in the QS World University Rankings 2027. Located in the heart of Sydney's innovation precinct, UTS is known for industry-connected education, research impact and practical learning. Learn more at uts.edu.au.

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WUHU, China, Sept. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LEPAS is set to launch its first LEPAS Global Elegant Lifestyle Week this October. Since its debut as a new independent brand in 2025, LEPAS has begun its global rollout of products and brand presence, entering the global spotlight.

In 2026, as LEPAS launched its brand and delivered vehicles worldwide, it welcomed its first customers, bringing "Drive Your Elegance" into their everyday lives.

From its first encounters with global media to its first customers, LEPAS is building deeper connections worldwide. As the brand moves from being seen globally to being experienced by customers, LEPAS is creating ongoing opportunities for dialogue and co-creation, listening and responding to diverse market needs.

This October, LEPAS will launch its first LEPAS Global Elegant Lifestyle Week under the theme "Together in Elegance." Users worldwide will participate in brand co-creation and technology experiences, exchange ideas and explore the many meanings of "elegance."

For LEPAS, the first customers are taking the brand-customer relationship beyond a single purchase and toward an ongoing experience - from one-way communication to active participation. Aesthetic preferences, driving and riding experiences, and vehicle feedback across cultures provide insights into local adaptation and inform LEPAS's continued refinement of its product portfolio and service quality. By listening and responding, LEPAS is deepening its understanding of user needs and tailoring its products, services and experiences across markets.

Throughout this process, LEPAS remains committed to "elegance" and shaping it with customers. LEPAS engages customers through product experiences, in-person events and co-creation, sharing diverse cultural expressions and perspectives on life while enriching "elegance" through dialogue. Through art, sports and community initiatives, LEPAS also integrates into local life and works with customers across different fields to explore more possibilities for elegant living, with co-creation supporting its continued exploration of global markets.

Building on this foundation, LEPAS will bring together users from different markets at the 2026 Chery International User Summit, giving them an opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences and contribute to the continued development of LEPAS's products, services and brand. Global communication and user co-creation extend beyond a single event, helping LEPAS maintain connections with users and explore global markets.

In October 2026, the first LEPAS Global Elegant Lifestyle Week will officially begin. The event will showcase LEPAS's global progress and bring together users, partners and industry guests to explore diverse expressions of "elegance" and contribute to the brand's future. It will mark a new starting point for LEPAS - from global rollout toward sustained user connections and a new phase of co-creation. Users will move beyond experiencing LEPAS products to become participants and storytellers in the brand's journey, joining LEPAS as Global Elegant Lifestyle Partners to co-create elegant living.

Building on its progress worldwide, LEPAS looks ahead to a new chapter with its global community. More stories of LEPAS and users shaping elegant lifestyles together are yet to come.

About LEPAS

LEPAS is Chery Auto's Premium NEV brand, dedicated to creating elegant mobility experiences for users worldwide. Committed to becoming the Preferred Brand for Elegant Mobility Life, LEPAS brings together Leopard Aesthetics, Elegant Technology, and Exquisite Space - transforming elegance into a driving experience you can see, feel, and trust. Supported by a growing global dealer network of more than 500 sales and service outlets, LEPAS is expanding its international footprint through localized operations, delivering products and experiences tailored to users across global markets.

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WUHU, China, Sept. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LEPAS, Chery Auto's Premium NEV brand, will host its inaugural LEPAS Global Elegant Lifestyle Week this October during the 2026 Chery International User Summit.

Bringing together global users, partners and cross-industry guests, the event will explore new possibilities for mobility and everyday life in the new energy era - extending elegance beyond the car to the way people connect with mobility and lifestyle.

Ahead of the event, LEPAS has stepped into cultural and lifestyle settings worldwide this summer - from historic cinemas in Europe and equestrian events in Southeast Asia to fashion gatherings in South Africa and art spaces in London. Through these engagements, LEPAS is exploring how "elegant mobility" can connect with diverse cultures and lifestyles.

Across these settings, LEPAS moves beyond its role as a means of transport to become part of local aesthetic and cultural experiences: at a Malaysian equestrian event, sharing the field with young riders; at the Transilvania International Film Festival, celebrating originality with the creative community; at the Venice International Film Festival, joining filmmakers from around the world; and at London Design Festival, exploring the meaning of elegance with designers. Each offers a distinct expression of an elegant lifestyle shaped by its cultural context.

This reflects LEPAS's exploration of elegance as a value that can be perceived and experienced. Through three core pillars - Leopard Aesthetics, Elegant Technology and Exquisite Space - LEPAS maintains a consistent expression across cultures: design encourages self-expression, technology supports a composed experience, and space accommodates everyday life. Bringing these values into real-life settings makes LEPAS's approach to elegance tangible for global customers.

In the Name of Elegance, Across Global Markets

For LEPAS, globalization means maintaining consistent brand values while understanding local cultures, responding to users' needs, and building trust through sustained engagement.

In South Africa, LEPAS began connecting with communities before its products entered the market. Through sporting events, fashion shows, cultural gatherings and community initiatives, the brand has made its idea of elegance more tangible while building a local presence and connection.

From cultural engagement to market development, LEPAS builds awareness of elegance through lifestyle experiences, enters markets through brand and product launches, and supports elegant mobility through services. Together, these efforts make elegant living relevant across markets.

From individual events to citywide engagement, and from the car to everyday life, LEPAS is gradually expanding from an automotive brand into a lifestyle brand. Beyond how people move, it explores how mobility can become part of everyday life, with technology working in the background and elegance taking center stage.

This October, LEPAS Global Elegant Lifestyle Week will bring these explorations together, further connecting global users, partners and cross-industry guests through mobility and lifestyle.

About LEPAS

LEPAS is Chery Auto's Premium NEV brand, dedicated to creating elegant mobility experiences for users worldwide. Committed to becoming the Preferred Brand for Elegant Mobility Life, LEPAS brings together Leopard Aesthetics, Elegant Technology, and Exquisite Space - transforming elegance into a driving experience you can see, feel, and trust. Supported by a growing global dealer network of more than 500 sales and service outlets, LEPAS is expanding its international footprint through localized operations, delivering products and experiences tailored to users across global markets.

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HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 18 September 2026 - De Beers Group presents the Desert Rose collection in partnership with Chow Tai Fook-the strategic partner of its Desert diamonds campaign in China - at Jewellery & Gem WORLD Hong Kong (JGW), marking the latest milestone in the two companies' well-established collaboration.

Drawing inspiration from desert rose formations and the resilience of succulent plants thriving in arid landscapes, the collection translates the beauty and vitality of desert life into contemporary jewellery design. Comprising 20 pieces, the Desert Rose collection is now available at selected Chow Tai Fook stores across 25 cities in China.

Al Cook, CEO of De Beers Group, commented: "Chow Tai Fook has been a key partner since becoming a De Beers Group Sightholder in 1973. With this new Desert Rose collection, we are delighted to continue working closely together to grow consumer desire in China. Chow Tai Fook and De Beers are both passionate about consumer trust. We are committed to protect and promote the enduring value of natural diamonds."

Annie Wong, Chief Operating Officer of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group, added: "The Desert Rose collection celebrates the resilience and individuality of today's women, with designs inspired by the beauty and vitality of desert life. Through our joint effortswith De Beers Group, we are confident in bringing the distinctive character of Desert diamonds to more consumers and inspiring a deeper appreciation of their lasting value."

Over the past few years, De Beers Group and Chow Tai Fook have worked closely on natural diamond campaigns, staff training, and in-store activations across China. Looking ahead, the two parties will build on their established ties with a new initiative focused on strengthening consumer confidence in the long-term value of natural diamonds. This initiative also aligns with the Chinese government's advocacy for consumption upgrading, reinforcing the positive role of natural diamonds in the country's broader economic and lifestyle evolution.

Beyond the Desert Rose collection, De Beers Group's immersive JGW exhibition space showcases Desert diamond loose stones and jewellery against bamboo-weave showcases created by artist Xu Mingyu. Recognised as a Chinese intangible cultural heritage, the bamboo installation draws inspiration from desert dunes and diamond facets, embodying the Building Forever commitment by bridging traditional craftsmanship with natural diamonds. The space also features Tracr, diamond verification technologies, and rhino conservation initiatives.

Together, these initiatives reaffirm the significance of natural diamonds in contemporary life and culture-and stand as a powerful testament to the deep-rooted ties between De Beers Group and Chow Tai Fook. United by a shared vision, the two companies continue to champion the heritage, artistry, and timeless value of natural diamonds, carrying forward a message that resonates across generations: A Diamond Is Forever.

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About De Beers Group

Established in 1888, De Beers Group is the world's leading diamond company with expertise in the exploration, mining, marketing and retailing of diamonds. Together with its joint venture partners, De Beers Group employs more than 20,000 people across the diamond pipeline and is the world's largest diamond producer by value, with diamond mining operations in Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa.

Innovation sits at the heart of De Beers Group's strategy as it develops a portfolio of offers that span the diamond value chain, including its jewellery houses, De Beers London and Forevermark, and other pioneering solutions such as diamond sourcing and traceability initiatives Tracr and GemFair.

De Beers Group also provides leading services and technology to the diamond industry in the form of education and laboratory services and a wide range of diamond sorting, detection and classification technology services. De Beers Group is committed to 'Building Forever,' a holistic and integrated approach to sustainability that underpins our efforts to create meaningful impact for the people and places where our diamonds are discovered.

Building Forever focuses on three key areas where, through collaborations and partnerships around the globe, we have an enhanced ability to drive positive impact; Livelihoods, Climate and Nature. De Beers Group is a member of the Anglo American plc group. For further information, visit www.debeersgroup.com.

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HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 18 September 2026 - Hong Kong's standing as a global financial centre is turning the city into a magnet for internationally minded business students.

For Aashni Rungta, a second-year Integrated BBA student from India, that pull became a decision to study at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where finance and data analytics sit at the core of her degree. Her story shows how a rigorous curriculum and a diverse campus can turn an unfamiliar city into a second home.

Hong Kong: A Gateway to Global Business

Aashni Rungta's journey to The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) began with a clear vision: to study in the East's most dynamic educational hubs. As a second-year Integrated BBA student from India, Aashni was drawn to Hong Kong's unique position as a global financial centre. "I was always sure I wanted to study in the East-places like Hong Kong or Singapore," she reflects. For Aashni, CUHK stood out not just for its academic reputation, but for its holistic approach to student development and its vibrant international community.

Balancing Academic Rigour with Personal Growth

Choosing CUHK meant embracing both comfort and challenge. Aashni found that the university's environment pushed her beyond her comfort zone while providing the necessary support to thrive. Specialising in Finance and Data Analytics, she has quickly adapted to the rigorous curriculum. "CUHK has pushed me academically, but more than that, it has helped me grow as a person," she notes. The transition from a close-knit family in India to independent life in Hong Kong was made easier by the supportive campus atmosphere, where every corner now carries a special memory of her first year.

Leading the International Student Community

Aashni's impact extends far beyond the classroom. Recently elected as the President of the International Student Association (ISA), she has taken on a significant leadership role to give back to the community that welcomed her. "Being elected as the ISA President has been one of the most meaningful experiences," Aashni shares. Through this role, she aims to foster a sense of belonging for international students, organizing events like BBQs and late-night campus walks that define the unique CUHK experience.

Building a Future in Finance and Analytics

Looking ahead, Aashni is eager to explore internship opportunities in Hong Kong's thriving business and finance world. Her first year has already instilled a newfound sense of independence and confidence. "CUHK has made Hong Kong feel a little more like home," she says. With a focus on finance and data analytics, she is well-positioned to contribute to the city's tech-driven economy, carrying with her the friendships and challenges that have shaped her transformative first year.

Programme Details: CUHK's Integrated BBA Programme

The Integrated BBA (IBBA) programme at CUHK is designed to equip students with a broad-based business education while allowing for deep specialisation. Key highlights include:

Flexible Curriculum: Students can choose from nine concentrations, including Finance, Data Analytics, and Marketing.

Global Recognition: Consistently ranked among the top business schools in Asia and the world.

Practical Training: Strong emphasis on internships, mentorship, and practical training with industry leaders.

Diverse Community: A vibrant international student body fostering global perspectives and networks.

For more information about CUHK's Integrated BBA programme, visit: https://www.bschool.cuhk.edu.hk/programs/ibba/

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GUANGZHOU, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 18 September 2026 - The 2026 China International Metro Transit Exhibition (MetroTrans 2026) will be held from November 9 to 11, 2026, at Area D of the Canton Fair Complex (China Import and Export Fair Complex) in Guangzhou, China.

Centered on the theme of "Urban Rail Transit in the New Era: Enhancing Quality and Efficiency," MetroTrans 2026 is dedicated to creating an annual industry gala that combines professional depth, industrial breadth, global perspective, and human-centric warmth.

Founded in 2015 and officially approved by China's Ministry of Commerce, MetroTrans has established itself as a premier international exhibition and exchange platform in the urban rail transit sector, having cumulatively attracted over 1,500 leading global enterprises and more than 200,000 professional visits.

Spanning a planned exhibition area of 50,000 square meters, MetroTrans 2026 is poised to convene more than 500 high-caliber exhibitors and over 40,000 professional attendees from upwards of 50 countries and regions worldwide. The exhibition will feature six specialized zones covering operations and maintenance alongside existing line upgrades and renewal; outdoor rolling stock, vehicle systems, and equipment supply chains; signaling, communications, and intelligent digital solutions; infrastructure; diversified business operations; and talent education coupled with science outreach and study tours. Additionally, the event will highlight two flagship areas: a cutting-edge showcase dedicated to "Rail + Artificial Intelligence" and exclusive "International Pavilions" spotlighting global innovation.

Leveraging a wide spectrum of industry resources, this year's edition will host a dynamic lineup of concurrent events:

Seminars, technical exchanges, and product matchmaking sessions. Centering on topics such as sustainable industry development and international cooperation, these sessions will bring together leading experts, scholars, and industry pioneers to explore viable pathways for the transformation and upgrading of the urban rail transit sector.

Alongside the main exhibition, the 2026 Guangzhou Rail Transit Week will kick off with the unveiling of Guangzhou's latest industry support policies and strategic development blueprints. The program will feature a high-profile global investment promotion conference and collective contract-signing ceremony, alongside a vibrant array of supporting initiatives such as specialized job fairs, science outreach programs, educational study tours, a cultural and creative bazaar, and the "Greater Bay Area on Rail" cultural and industrial study tour.

Leveraging the platform advantages of the exhibition, MetroTrans 2026 promotes multi-party, win-win cooperation. Participants can aggregate the strengths of domestic and international rail transit owners, connect global resources, showcase cutting-edge technologies, seize strategic opportunities in the Greater Bay Area, attract outstanding talent, and elevate brand influence.

We sincerely invite global rail transit colleagues to meet in Guangzhou to discuss industry development and explore cooperation opportunities together.

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IDC MarketScape menyebutkan sejumlah keunggulan Quantexa: fondasi data yang siap mendukung pengambilan keputusan, keterlacakan dan keterjelasan, serta asisten dan alur kerja yang berbasis agen

LONDON dan NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quantexa, perusahaan perangkat lunak global di bidang data, analitik, dan kecerdasan buatan (AI) yang memelopori Kecerdasan Keputusan, hari ini mengumumkan bahwa perusahaan tersebut telah dinobatkan sebagai Pemimpin dalam IDC MarketScape: Penilaian Vendor Platform Kecerdasan Keputusan Global 2026.

Pengakuan ini menandai kedua kalinya Quantexa diakui sebagai Pemimpin dalam kategori ini. IDC MarketScape mengevaluasi vendor teknologi penyedia platform kecerdasan keputusan, yang menilai kapabilitas saat ini serta kekuatan strategi tiap vendor untuk pasar selama tiga hingga lima tahun ke depan.

Platform Kecerdasan Keputusan Quantexa dibangun berlandaskan teknologi resolusi entitas dinamis dan graf pengetahuan yang mengintegrasikan data terstruktur dan tidak terstruktur yang terfragmentasi. Data tersebut lalu disatukan dalam Real-World Context, istilah yang digunakan Quantexa untuk menggambarkan satu tampilan kontekstual mengenai pelanggan, rekanan, pemasok, dan entitas lainnya. Bagi pelanggan, pendekatan ini menghadirkan satu lapisan konteks terpadu yang dapat dimanfaatkan di berbagai lini bisnis, mulai dari KYC dan deteksi penipuan hingga kecerdasan pelanggan, tanpa perlu membangun ulang tampilan data yang terpisah-pisah untuk setiap kasus penggunaan.

Lapisan konteks tersebut mendasari lapisan pengambilan keputusan yang lebih luas yang menggabungkan mesin aturan, pembelajaran mesin, analisis graf, alur kerja, dan AI berbasis agen. Sistem ini dirancang untuk mengotomatisasi keputusan rutin sekaligus meningkatkan kemampuan pengambil keputusan manusia melalui rekomendasi yang kaya konteks dan dapat dijelaskan.

Strategi AI perusahaan memadukan model bahasa besar dengan lapisan konteks ini. Hal ini mencerminkan pandangan Quantexa bahwa konteks dan resolusi entitas merupakan prasyarat bagi penerapan AI tepercaya di lingkungan yang teregulasi. Solusi berbasis agen AI dari Quantexa dirancang agar dapat beroperasi di berbagai platform. Melalui gateway berbasis MCP, klien dapat memanfaatkan data kontekstual di berbagai aplikasi maupun agen AI yang digunakan di seluruh lingkungan perusahaan. Quantexa juga menyediakan co-pilot yang terintegrasi langsung ke dalam alur kerja pengambilan keputusan serta agen AI khusus fungsi tertentu, seperti KYC.

Keunggulan Utama Menurut IDC MarketScape:

Fondasi data yang siap mendukung pengambilan keputusan: Quantexa menghubungkan data internal dan eksternal, baik terstruktur maupun tidak terstruktur, ke dalam satu tampilan berbasis graf. Tampilan ini disebut Quantexa sebagai "Real-World Context", yang mendukung eksplorasi analitis serta pengambilan keputusan oleh manusia/AI di berbagai kasus penggunaan.

Keterlacakan dan keterjelasan: Platform ini mengedepankan transparansi dalam proses pencocokan dan penghubungan data. Hal ini menjadi pertimbangan penting bagi organisasi yang harus mempertanggungjawabkan atau mengaudit keputusan otomatis maupun keputusan yang didukung teknologi kepada badan pengatur atau publik.

Asisten dan alur kerja berbasis agen: Quantexa mengotomatisasi sekaligus meningkatkan kualitas alur kerja analis melalui co-pilot terintegrasi dan agen khusus tugas yang berlandaskan data kontekstual. Contohnya mencakup asisten yang berorientasi pada kualitas data dan KYC untuk membantu analis mengidentifikasi akar penyebab masalah kualitas entitas, serta agen untuk penanganan kejahatan finansial yang mempercepat proses investigasi yang sebelumnya memerlukan banyak pekerjaan manual.

Pelanggan Quantexa terutama berasal dari sektor perbankan, asuransi, dan publik, dengan kehadiran yang semakin meluas di sektor layanan kesehatan serta berbagai sektor korporasi lainnya. Perusahaan menyoroti investigasi kejahatan finansial, KYC, penipuan klaim, penilaian risiko, deteksi penipuan pajak, dan kecerdasan pelanggan sebagai kasus penggunaan yang paling sesuai. Kasus-kasus tersebut memanfaatkan teknologi resolusi entitas dan graf pengetahuan dalam mendukung pengambilan keputusan di lingkungan yang teregulasi atau berisiko tinggi.

"Platform kecerdasan keputusan berfokus pada siklus tertutup yang mencakup otomatisasi, pemantauan, dan penyempurnaan keputusan secara berkelanjutan. Kini, AI generatif dan AI berbasis agen semakin mempercepat cara kerja siklus tersebut," ujar Megha Kumar, wakil presiden riset di organisasi Worldwide AI, Automation, Data and Analytics IDC.

"Pengakuan Quantexa sebagai Pemimpin mencerminkan fondasi data dan pendekatan terhadap keterjelasan yang mendukung pengambilan keputusan, baik yang ditinjau oleh manusia maupun yang dilakukan oleh agen AI. Hal ini menjadi penting bagi organisasi yang beroperasi di lingkungan yang teregulasi dan berisiko tinggi."

"Kami meyakini bahwa dinobatkannya Quantexa sebagai Pemimpin dalam IDC MarketScape mengonfirmasi ketepatan pendekatan yang kami terapkan sejak Quantexa didirikan: bahwa keputusan yang tepercaya bergantung pada Real-World Context, bukan hanya pada volume data," ujar Dan Higgins, Chief Product Officer Quantexa.

"Ketika AI mengambil peran yang lebih besar dalam pengambilan keputusan, organisasi membutuhkan lapisan konteks yang dapat menghubungkan dan memperkaya data mereka. Dengan demikian, rekomendasi yang ditindaklanjuti bersifat akurat, dapat dijelaskan, dan didasarkan pada gambaran bisnis yang menyeluruh. Bagi saya, pengakuan ini mencerminkan upaya kami dalam membangun fondasi tersebut, sekaligus arah pengembangannya melalui AI berbasis agen."

Tentang IDC MarketScape

Model penilaian vendor IDC MarketScape dirancang untuk memberikan gambaran mengenai kemampuan bersaing pemasok TIK (teknologi informasi dan komunikasi) di pasar tertentu. Metodologi penelitian ini menerapkan sistem pemberian skor yang ketat berdasarkan kriteria kualitatif dan kuantitatif.

Hasilnya berupa satu ilustrasi grafis yang menunjukkan posisi tiap vendor dalam pasar tertentu. IDC MarketScape menyediakan kerangka kerja yang jelas untuk membandingkan vendor IT dan telekomunikasi berdasarkan produk dan layanan, kapabilitas dan strategi, serta berbagai faktor yang menentukan keberhasilan mereka di pasar saat ini maupun di masa mendatang. Kerangka kerja ini juga membantu pembeli teknologi menilai kriteria yang relevan bagi organisasi mereka serta mengevaluasi vendor berdasarkan kriteria tersebut.

Tentang Quantexa

Quantexa adalah perusahaan perangkat lunak global di bidang data, analitik, dan AI yang memelopori Kecerdasan Keputusan untuk membantu organisasi mengambil keputusan dengan penuh percaya diri berdasarkan data kontekstual.

Platform Kecerdasan Buatan kami memanfaatkan teknologi AI terbaru untuk mengubah data yang terkurung menjadi wawasan yang terhubung dan kontekstual.

Dengan cara ini, organisasi dapat bertransformasi dari berbasis data menjadi berfokus pada pengambilan keputusan. Para pelanggan kami menggunakan teknologi Quantexa untuk melindungi, mengoptimalkan, dan mengembangkan bisnis mereka dengan menyelesaikan berbagai tantangan kompleks di seluruh organisasi melalui manajemen data modern, kecerdasan pelanggan, KYC, pencegahan kejahatan keuangan dan ekonomi, pengelolaan risiko, penipuan, dan keamanan.

Perusahaan ini telah dinobatkan oleh seluruh firma analis industri terkemuka sebagai pemimpin dalam kategori Kecerdasan Keputusan sekaligus pemimpin dalam inovasi. Didirikan pada 2016, Quantexa memiliki lebih dari 850 karyawan serta puluhan ribu pengguna global yang menangani miliaran titik data di seluruh dunia. Untuk informasi selengkapnya, kunjungi www.quantexa.com atau ikuti kami di LinkedIn.

WUHAN, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 17 September 2026 - On September 13, the inauguration ceremony of the Optics Valley International Communication Alliance was held. Representatives of 13 founding member companies - including FiberHome, China Construction Third Engineering Bureau, HGTECH, YHKT Entertainment, Huakang Clean and Shenglong Electric - and of more than 100 other Optics Valley enterprises attended the event.

The ceremony was held under the theme "Chasing the Light, Connecting the World." In recent years, Optics Valley's innovations have been reaching the world at an accelerating pace. The overseas social media matrix of "Optics Valley of China" has continued to attract attention, and "made in Optics Valley" products such as the Optics Valley Photon sky rail and driverless minibuses have been repeatedly applauded by spokespersons of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, becoming a "calling card for China" in the eyes of overseas netizens.

To help companies move from "product export" to "brand export," Optics Valley has worked with the News & Information Service Center of Xinhua News Agency and other partners to establish the Optics Valley International Communication Alliance, opening international communication resources to Optics Valley companies and providing them with one-stop services such as overseas public opinion response and multilingual content production, so as to serve as a "navigator" for companies going global. As the national news agency of China, Xinhua News Agency has 184 overseas branches and has established cooperative links with more than 2,000 media outlets around the world.

Speaking as a representative of the founding members, Li Lei, vice president of FiberHome, said that FiberHome's business now covers more than 100 countries and regions, with wholly owned subsidiaries in 36 countries and three overseas optical cable plants in Ecuador, Thailand and Hungary; at its Philippine subsidiary, locally hired employees account for more than 95 percent of the workforce.

"We will stay committed to high-quality global expansion and to deepening localized operations, and, with the platform of the Optics Valley International Communication Alliance, we will not only export China's advanced communication technologies and solutions, but also serve as a bridge for industrial cooperation and people-to-people connectivity between China and the rest of the world," he said.

Huakang Clean, also a founding member, is a leading enterprise in China's cleanroom industry. It has made going global a core strategy for the 15th Five-Year Plan period, completed its market layout in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, South America and Africa, and exported mature cleanroom technology solutions. It looks forward to deepening cross-border collaboration and strengthening brand building through the alliance platform.

At the ceremony, a think tank report was released - "Going Global, Competing Worldwide: How 'Optics Valley of China' Polishes Its International Calling Card in Service of Building a Strong Nation in Science and Technology - Practices and Insights," written by Reference News Press. Reference Think Tank. According to the report, leading enterprises represented by the "Seven Stars of Optics Valley" have seen average annual growth in overseas revenue of more than 30 percent.

The report sums up Optics Valley's global communication path as "one strategic direction and ten keywords": Optics Valley takes serving the building of a strong nation in science and technology as its strategic direction, and adheres to central-local coordination, AI empowerment, going global as a team, and tailored measures for different markets.

The report states that Optics Valley has witnessed and written the confidence and determination of a brand of a strong nation in science and technology going global, and that when the light of "Optics Valley of China" illuminates the global industrial landscape, it conveys the narrative of the times in which China takes part in global competition through technological self-reliance and self-strengthening and shares its opportunities with the world.

The report suggests that, for Optics Valley to keep polishing its international calling card in service of building a strong nation in science and technology, three things need to be fully considered: first, elevating the Optics Valley story from "corporate behavior" to a "national narrative"; second, making full use of AI, a global knowledge-service infrastructure, to carry out global communication; and third, moving from "communication empowering industry" to "communication as an industrial capability."

A training session on overseas communication capacity building was held alongside the inauguration ceremony, with David Wei, founder of Vision Knight Capital, and Cao Yang, deputy director of the International Communication Department of the News & Information Service Center of Xinhua News Agency, invited to give lectures.

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Summary:

At HUAWEI CONNECT 2026, Huawei unveiled the industry's first NPO optical engine with Built-in Light Source, Hi-ONE, offering a total capacity of 7.2 TB/s and enabling Huawei to be the first to mass produce such an optical engine.

Hi-ONE has been applied to the Ascend 960 SuperPoD, built on the "UnifiedBus plus Hi-ONE" architecture. This has reduced the number of 800G optical modules within the SuperPoD by 48,000, significantly lowered system power consumption, and enhanced reliability.

In May 2026, the standard proposal for "12.8 TB/s NPO Module", jointly submitted by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), Huawei, and other companies, was officially initiated by the OIF, receiving support from more than 40 global industry chain vendors.

SHANGHAI, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 17 September 2026 - At HUAWEI CONNECT 2026, Huawei unveiled the industry's first NPO optical engine with Built-in Light Source, Hi-ONE, offering a total capacity of 7.2 TB/s and enabling Huawei to be the first to mass produce such an optical engine.

The Ascend 960 SuperPoD, built on the "UnifiedBus plus Hi-ONE" architecture, has already adopted the Hi-ONE optical engine powered by NPO. Hi-ONE is the industry's first-ever optical engine to adopt a built-in light source architecture, achieving high-density, high-speed optical interconnect while significantly reducing power consumption and latency for signal transmission. The launch of Hi-ONE marks the beginning of NPO technology's transition from industry consensus to large-scale commercial use, injecting new momentum into the AI computing industry.

NPO technology path: Balancing innovation and ecosystem continuity

NPO technology realizes close interaction between optical and electrical signals but maintains the independence of the optical engine, thus maximizing the continuity of customer usage habits and industry ecosystems. By following this technology path, Huawei has developed the innovative Hi-ONE optical engine, which currently stands as the NPO product with the highest transmission capacity in the industry and the first NPO product to adopt a built-in light source architecture. Rooted in self-developed technologies, Huawei has achieved breakthroughs in key areas such as bandwidth, reliability, power consumption, and latency.

High bandwidth and high reliability: Hi-ONE is the first optical engine to integrate 36 channels of optical transceivers, significantly reducing the number of discrete components and lowering failure rates at the very source. Hi-ONE integrates key technologies, including compound optical chips, silicon photonic chips, and optoelectronic RF chips. Through a balanced design of optical, mechanical, electrical, magnetic, and thermal elements, Hi-ONE supports a transmission capacity of 7.2 TB/s on a single optical engine, and makes built-in light sources a reality in the NPO engine. As a result, overall reliability is improved by 10 times, ensuring the stable operation of long-duration training tasks.

Low power consumption and low latency: With the adoption of a linear direct-drive architecture, Hi-ONE eliminates the need for high-power oDSP chips, cutting power consumption by approximately 66% and latency by about 90%. This both lowers energy costs and boosts communications efficiency.

Standards and ecosystems drive industry consensus

Alongside product innovation, Huawei has also made progress in NPO standards and industry ecosystem development. In May 2026, the standard proposal for "12.8 TB/s NPO Module", jointly submitted by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), Huawei, and other companies, was officially initiated by the OIF, with support from more than 40 industry chain vendors worldwide.

From technological breakthroughs to product application, and from international standards to industry ecosystem development, Huawei is driving NPO from industry consensus to large-scale commercial use. It is achieving this through a combination of strong technological innovation and open collaboration with global industry partners, with the ultimate goal of shaping a new AI computing industry landscape.

FAQs:

Q1: What is NPO?

A: NPO, short for Near-Packaged Optics, is an optical interconnect technology that keeps optical engines close to switching chips, shortening the transmission distance between optical and electrical signals while maintaining the independence of optical engines.

Q2: What is the OIF?

A: The OIF, or Optical Internetworking Forum, plays a key role as a core standards developer and interoperability promoter in the optical communications industry. It has huge influence, particularly in the fields of high-speed optical modules and data center interconnect.

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Dr. Julie Xing, Global Board Chairman and CEO Discusses New Pathways to High-Quality Growth with Global Business Leaders

GUANGZHOU, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 17 September 2026 - Lee Kum Kee Sauce ("Lee Kum Kee"), the century-old sauce brand and the only sauce and condiments brand among this year's Forum partners, actively participated in the 2026 Fortune Global 500 Forum, held on September 16 in Guangzhou, China.

Julie Xing, Ph.D., Global Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lee Kum Kee Sauce, was invited to speak at a panel discussion and to attend the Most Powerful Women (MPW) Breakfast, joining other leading global business leaders to explore the key pathways for enterprises to achieve sustainable growth.

Under the theme "The New Growth Equation", this year's forum brought Dr. Xing and three other industry leaders, including Pingyi Huang, Senior Vice President of Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group Co., Ltd.; Weiming Xiang, Vice President, GE Aerospace and President, GE Aerospace Greater China; and John Qu, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, for a panel discussion titled "The Invisible Moat: Revaluing Soft Power and Sustainability".

Moderated by Wei Yue, Senior Editor at Fortune China, the discussion explored what truly constitutes long-term advantages that can withstand cycles amid rapid technological iteration and intensifying competition. Topics spanned brand trust and consumer mindshare in consumer goods, data insights and organizational transformation in the AI era, and the pathways and stages of globalization for Chinese enterprises.

"In an era where almost everything can be replicated, consumers' mindshare and trust cannot," Dr. Xing said during the discussion. "The real moat is not just the product itself - it is a 360-degree, multi-dimensional moat built on product quality, consumer experience, emotional value and innovative scenarios." She added that AI is bringing disruptive changes from consumer insights to organizational structure, and that future-ready organizations must embrace a flatter structure powered by AI agents, redirecting freed-up resources toward strategic decision-making and long-term value creation.

On the topic of Chinese enterprise globalization, Dr. Xing shared a three-stage pathway from product export to local manufacturing to glocalization, emphasizing that true globalization means deeply understanding local consumers and serving local markets with local insights.

During the Forum, Dr. Xing was invited to share her insights at the MPW Breakfast themed "Decision-Making Power in the Age of Efficiency", where she joined leaders from across industries to discuss opportunities and challenges for businesses in the new era. She highlighted that while AI enhances operational efficiency, human judgment, leadership and long-termism remain more critical competitive advantages.

As a recipient of the 2026 Fortune China's MPW list, Dr. Xing has earned this recognition for three consecutive years. Launched in 2010, the MPW list is regarded as one of the most representative rankings of women business leaders in China.

The Fortune Global 500 Forum this year brought together representatives from over 350 leading global companies, academic institutions, and business leaders worldwide. Discussions focused on topics including artificial intelligence, global supply chain transformation, sustainable development, and opportunities in emerging markets.

Looking ahead, Lee Kum Kee will continue to uphold its commitment to quality and innovation. Alongside driving business growth, the company will further deepen its sustainability practices, nurture talent, and enhance corporate governance, working with all stakeholders to forge new pathways to high-quality growth.

About Lee Kum Kee Sauce

Lee Kum Kee Sauce is the global gateway to Asian culinary culture, dedicated to promoting Chinese culinary culture worldwide. Since 1888, it has brought people together over joyful reunions, shared traditions and memorable meals. Beloved by consumers and chefs alike, Lee Kum Kee Sauce's range of more than 300 sauces and condiments sparks creativity in kitchens everywhere, inspiring professional and home chefs to experiment, create and delight.

Headquartered in Hong Kong, China and serving over 100 countries and regions, Lee Kum Kee Sauce's rich heritage, unwavering commitment to quality, sustainable practices and "Constant Entrepreneurship" combine to enable superior experiences through Asian cuisine for people worldwide. For more information, please visit www.LKK.com.

About Fortune

Fortune is the premier global media company for global business leaders, built on a 96-year-old legacy of trusted, award-winning journalism. Independently owned, Fortune tells the story of business, spanning legacy companies to the world's new generation of innovators. Fortune measures corporate performance through rigorous benchmarks, and holds companies accountable, in regions around the world.

Its iconic rankings include Fortune 500, Fortune Global 500, Most Powerful Women, and World's Most Admired Companies. Fortune builds world-class communities by convening industry thought leaders for exclusive summits and conferences, including the Fortune Global Forum, Fortune Brainstorm Tech, and Fortune Most Powerful Women. For more information, visit fortune.com.

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Source: The Convergence Media Center of Chaoyang District, Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 17 September 2026 - The 2026 Beijing Chaoyang International Light Festival's Consumption Season will run from September 11 to October 11, with a limited-edition light-and-shadow installation officially unveiled on September 24.

Under the permanent theme "Amazing Chaoyang" and the annual theme "Amazing You" this year's event builds on three consecutive successful editions with further upgrades.

With the Liangma River Cultural and Economic Belt and the Olympic Central Area as its "two core areas," the Consumption Season of this year's Light Festival links the Dawangjing Business District, Chaowai UIC Block, Sanlitun Commercial Area, CBD Business District, and Gaobeidian, among other areas, showcasing Chaoyang District's new landscape of nighttime consumption.

The Liangma River Cultural and Economic Belt will create its first "processional" night-tour experience, while Chaoyang Park will be transformed into an immersive theatre, allowing residents and visitors to enjoy a new scene at every step and experience drama around every corner. Chinese and international artists will gather once again, classic installations will be renewed and upgraded, and brand-new light-and-shadow works and multiple outdoor premieres will be unveiled, injecting a constant stream of artistic vitality and boundless anticipation into the city's nightscape.

Alongside the exciting launch of the Light Consumption Season, Chaoyang District will present over 100 cultural, commercial, tourism, sports, and exhibition experiences in quick succession: The 2026 China Open will kick off with passion; the Liangma River International Arts Festival will bloom with aesthetic vitality along the riverbanks; the Olympic Park International Carbohydrate Festival and the Beihu Light and Shadow Life Festival will light up the city's nighttime economy; the Juicy Taco Fest and the Weibo IN Cross-Dimensional Gravity Field anniversary series will create a distinctive trendy play experience; pop-up events featuring Mao Buyi and Zhou Shen will ignite excitement; the Liangma River will host the "Chi Forest: Your Perfect Drink-Mixing Partner" parade; and the south gate of Chaoyang Park will feature exhibitions of Tesla Cybertruck and other vehicle models, as well as the Optimus robot.

During the Light Consumption Season, commercial districts and over 10,000 brand merchants across Chaoyang District will join forces, integrating Golden Week traffic, top-tier event IPs, and trendy consumption scenarios to create a citywide consumption wave and continuously support Beijing's development as an international consumption centre.

This autumn, do not miss Chaoyang's nightscape. As the lights come on, the riverbanks surge with life, and the neighbourhoods come alive together, a more open, more international, more vibrant nightlife awaits you.

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Series B led by Centaurus Capital and Doerr Capital, with ConocoPhillips, Shell Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Gates Frontier participating, enabling Mazama to push beyond 750?F and demonstrate a commercially scalable pathway to deploy superhot rock geothermal

DALLAS, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mazama Energy today announced $135 million in new capital to accelerate superhot rock geothermal commercial development, including an oversubscribed Series B led by Centaurus Capital, founded by John Arnold, and Doerr Capital. ConocoPhillips and Shell Ventures joined the round, with repeat investment from Khosla Ventures and Gates Frontier. Additional investors include SiteGround Capital, H. Barton Asset Management, and the Jeffrey and Marieke Rothschild Foundation.

Mazama holds the record for the hottest engineered geothermal system (EGS) ever built. In 2025 at Newberry, Oregon, Mazama created an engineered geothermal system at 629?F (331?C), proving reservoir creation, connectivity and heat recovery.

Mazama is now pushing toward even hotter targets. Its second well, Project Athena, reached that same 10,350-foot depth in 15 days this month, about 80% faster than the 2025 well, and is drilling a mile further down toward 750?F (400?C).

Reaching 750?F (400?C) delivers up to 10 times the power of a conventional 390?F (200?C) well, owing to the much higher energy density of supercritical water and improved reservoir productivity. This allows Mazama to deliver projects using 75% less water and drilling 80% fewer wells than conventional geothermal developments. Mazama's technology has the potential to significantly improve the viability and permitting prospects of geothermal projects across a wide range of regions, reducing both surface infrastructure requirements and overall project footprint.

Unlocking superhot rock geothermal requires solving three interconnected challenges: reaching extreme temperatures without compromising the equipment, creating a productive reservoir where none exists naturally, and efficiently extracting heat to generate and sustain power. Mazama has spent the last several years developing these capabilities into a single integrated system, paving the way toward delivering carbon-free, baseload power competitive with fossil fuels.

"The breakthrough in superhot geothermal is turning extreme heat into a repeatable, economic power system," said Sriram Vasantharajan, CEO of Mazama Energy. "At Newberry, we have demonstrated the critical pieces together: extreme-temperature drilling, reservoir creation and heat harvesting, at temperatures no other engineered geothermal system has achieved. We are now driving that integrated system toward greater speed, efficiency and scale. That is the foundation for commercial superhot power."  

What This Capital Funds Next

Utilities and grid planners are trying to add power they can count on around the clock faster than new transmission and new generation can be permitted and built. Mazama's bet is to go down, not out: pull more energy from underground instead of adding more infrastructure above ground.

This financing funds Project Ceres, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, which will advance horizontal well development in superhot rock toward a 15 MWe of capacity per well and demonstrate power generation in 2027.

Athena and Ceres are the near-term proof points for a much larger ambition: Mazama is targeting independent certification of more than 10 GWe of resource potential at Newberry alone, while evaluating additional sites in the United States and internationally as it builds toward multi- gigawatt-scale developments. Mazama's goal is to make superhot rock geothermal a scalable source of firm power to address rising electricity demand, affordability and energy security around the world.

About Mazama Energy

Mazama Energy is a geothermal developer that has differentiated technology to deliver and scale superhot rock geothermal. In 2025 Mazama achieved the highest temperature in an engineered geothermal system, 629 ?F (331?C), at Newberry, Oregon, unlocking the potential to generate significantly more energy from fewer wells, use less land, water and capital, and thereby, lower the cost of power.

By integrating advanced drilling technologies, reservoir development, diagnostics, and heat-harvesting technologies, Mazama is building a robust platform to make superhot rock geothermal a scalable source of carbon free, reliable and affordable power worldwide. For more information, visit mazamaenergy.com   

Quotes from Strategic Investors:

"The world needs vastly more electricity, and we need to produce it cleanly and affordably. Superhot geothermal has the potential to be a major new source of 24/7 clean power, delivering dramatically more energy with less land, water, and infrastructure. Mazama is making that promise real and moving this technology decisively toward commercial scale." said John Doerr, chairman of Doerr Capital and Kleiner Perkins

"Superhot geothermal offers the promise of firm, carbon-free power with a relatively small footprint, but realizing that promise requires significant technical innovation," said John Arnold, President of Centaurus Capital. "Mazama has made impressive progress, and I am excited to support its next phase of development."

"Power is the constraint on everything we're trying to build this decade," said Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures. "We backed Mazama early because geothermal can be the planet's largest source of clean, 24/7 power, and we've watched them build the world's hottest engineered geothermal system. Scaling toward 400?C means ten times the heat from a fifth of the wells and a fraction of the water, the kind of breakthrough that makes geothermal a pillar of the energy transition."

From ConocoPhillips: "We are pleased to support Mazama as it advances a differentiated pathway to commercial scale ultra-high-temperature geothermal based on demonstrated field performance." 

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A multi-layered AI defense platform that correlates threats across every network domain while protecting subscribers in real time.

RICHARDSON, Texas, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mavenir, the software company building cloud-native, AI-by-design mobile networks, today announced NetAIShield, its next-generation AI-native fraud protection framework designed to secure telecom networks and subscribers against an increasingly sophisticated fraud landscape.

Modern telecom fraud has evolved beyond isolated attacks. Cybercriminals now orchestrate coordinated campaigns across voice, messaging, data, and OTT channels, impersonating telecom operators, government agencies, and financial institutions while leveraging deepfake audio, synthetic identities, SIM swap, SIM box, and AI-powered social engineering techniques. Traditional fraud solutions, built to detect threats within individual network domains, provide only a fragmented view, allowing increasingly complex attacks to evade detection.

NetAIShield responds to this challenge with a multi-layered AI defense architecture built to correlate network telemetry, subscriber behavior, signaling events, messaging intelligence, and threat indicators into a unified, real-time view of fraud. Designed to work alongside Mavenir's existing security portfolio or as an overlay for third-party fraud detection solutions, NetAIShield helps enable operators to detect, prioritize, and neutralize sophisticated attacks including the ones utilizing SIM farms and Application Farms with minimal disruption to existing infrastructure.

A key innovation of NetAIShield is AI-Protected Communications, which extends fraud protection beyond the network to individual subscribers. While network-layer security protects the population by identifying and blocking fraudulent traffic before calls are connected, the most damaging scams increasingly occur during live conversations. AI-Protected Communications helps fill this gap with a personal AI assistant that can intelligently screen unknown callers, monitor conversations for indicators of social engineering, deepfake voice impersonation, financial fraud, and other suspicious behavior, and intervene in real time when risks are detected.

Operating transparently on existing devices without requiring new hardware, the capability works on a consent basis and supports regulatory compliance by informing callers that they are interacting with an AI screening assistant. Trusted contacts can bypass screening, while unknown callers are authenticated before reaching the subscriber. For ongoing protection, the AI assistant can remain on the call, providing real-time risk assessment, warning subscribers through whisper warnings, or helping terminate or redirect fraudulent conversations when necessary. The platform continuously learns from emerging attack patterns, enabling protection that evolves as fraud tactics change.

Built on Mavenir's proven security portfolio, which is already deployed across more than 70 Tier-1 operator networks protecting over one billion subscribers worldwide, NetAIShield represents the next evolution of AI-native telecom security, combining network-wide intelligence with personalized, real-time subscriber protection to defend against the rapidly growing threat of AI-powered fraud. NetAIShield in combination with SpamShield, CallShield, and LinkShield enables mobile operators to create safe mobile experience for safe messaging, safe calling and safe browsing.

Ilia Abramov, VP & General Manager, Security Business Unit, Mavenir: "Fraud has become agentic, multi-modal, and deeply personal. With NetAIShield and its AI Call Screening agent, Mavenir delivers an intelligence layer that sees threat signals and protects subscribers in real time."

Join Mavenir at FutureNet Asia 2026, 22-23 September in Singapore to see how NetAIShield moves operators from reactive defense to AI-powered protection. Book a meeting here

About Mavenir

Mavenir is enabling intelligent, automated, programmable networks through the development of telco-first, cloud-native, AI-by-design software solutions for mobile operators. The company's deep telco domain expertise has been proven through deployments with 300+ operators globally in over 120 countries, which together serve more than 50% of the world's subscribers. Mavenir combines its deep telco experience with the cloud and IT expertise and data science skillsets essential to solving real customer challenges. Its proven software solutions are AI by design, delivering the AI-native future and operators' evolution to TechCos.

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LONDON, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sompo International Holdings Ltd. today announced that Nicolas (Nic) Berg is appointed CEO of Sompo's UK Insurance business, effective October 1, 2026, subject to regulatory approval. Mr Berg joins Sompo from SCOR Group where he was most recently CEO of SCOR US and Head of P&C North America.

Mr Berg succeeds Sarah Stanford who has led the UK Insurance business through its initial integration period following Sompo's acquisition of Aspen. Ms Stanford is stepping down as CEO, UK Insurance on September 30.

Mr Berg will be based in London and will report to Alessa Quane, CEO of International Markets.

A highly experienced CEO, Mr. Berg spent much of his 25-year career at AIG in a succession of global and regional executive roles focused on the UK and European markets. Based in London, he served as Head of Liability and Financial Lines for the UK, Lloyd's and EMEA, sat on the AIG Europe Ltd (UK) Executive Committee and chaired its Insurance Risk Committee. Mr. Berg has also led claims at scale, including as AIG Chief Claims Officer for North America.

Ms Quane said: "As an established insurance executive with deep industry knowledge and significant UK and global market experience, Nic brings a dynamic and forward-looking approach to leadership. He will play a critical role in advancing our strategy, accelerating our momentum and positioning Sompo as a leading commercial insurer in the UK market. I thank Sarah for her contributions and commitment and wish her all the best for the future."

About Sompo 

We are Sompo, a global provider of commercial and consumer property, casualty, and specialty insurance and reinsurance. Building on the 138 years of innovation of our parent company, Sompo Holdings, Inc., Sompo employs approximately 10,000 people around the world who use their in-depth knowledge and expertise to help simplify and resolve your complex challenges. Because when you choose Sompo, you choose The Ease of Expertise. 

"Sompo" refers to the brand under which Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based holding company, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, operates its global property and casualty (re)insurance businesses.

Sompo International Holdings Ltd. is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Sompo Holdings, Inc., one of the leading property and casualty groups in the world with excellent financial strength as evidenced by ratings of A+ (Superior) from A.M. Best (XV size category) and A+ (Strong) from Standard & Poor's. Shares of Sompo Holdings, Inc. are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. 

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*Patient experience data (PED) are direct insights that patients provide on their symptoms, quality of life, treatment preferences and unmet needs.

*PED Essentials is an online learning hub, co-created with patients and subject matter experts to provide foundational PED knowledge.

*The launch is timely as the Europeans Medicines Agency (EMA) progresses work on its landmark reflection paper on PED, highlighting growing regulatory recognition of patient experience as an important source of evidence.

Ingelheim, Germany - Boehringer Ingelheim today announced the launch of PED Essentials, a comprehensive e-learning hub designed to help patient organizations generate high-quality patient experience data (PED), share these insights with healthcare stakeholders and analyze existing PED as an evidence base for advocacy.

The learning hub comes at a pivotal moment for healthcare. There is growing recognition that lived experience is a critical form of evidence, and medicines, policies and healthcare services should be informed by patient insights and preferences. This shift is creating a greater need for patient organizations to capture and communicate patient insights in a robust and well-documented way. PED Essentials is designed to help them meet this need. It is freely available at www.pedessentials.com.

"Helping patients generate PED could catalyze a new chapter in healthcare innovation. Patients and caregivers bring lived experiences and perspectives that even the most experienced clinicians and scientists cannot fully capture," said Lykke Hinsch Gylvin, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Global Medicine at Boehringer Ingelheim. "It's an essential component of our integrated-evidence strategy and helps us develop medicines that drive better health outcomes."

Advancing evidence-based patient advocacy

The launch of PED Essentials builds on the Real Voices, Better Choices whitepaper, developed with patient experts to support health system leaders and advocates in formalizing patient participation in healthcare decision-making.

"My hope is that PED Essentials will support patient organizations in turning insights about patient needs and experiences into evidence that informs healthcare decision-making and strengthens advocacy," said Vanessa Pott Sem?do, Head of Global Patient Engagement at Boehringer Ingelheim. "More broadly, PED Essentials reflects the future of Patient Engagement. When healthcare decisions are informed by robust evidence about patient needs and experiences, we can move beyond assumptions and develop better solutions for patients, healthcare systems and innovators alike. That is what we call 'patient-powered progress.'"

The timing is significant. Regulators, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) agencies and payers globally are advancing frameworks that increasingly recognize patient experience as an important source of evidence:

In September 2025, the EMA published a landmark reflection paper on PED, with final guidance expected soon.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to advance Patient-Focused Drug Development and is further strengthening guidance on the use of patient experience and preference information in regulatory decision-making.

Agencies such as the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Canada's Drug Agency (CDA-AMC) increasingly incorporate patient evidence into HTA and reimbursement assessments.

Together, these developments signal a decisive shift: patient perspectives are no longer optional - they are becoming an increasingly important component of regulatory, value assessment, and reimbursement decision-making. For patient organizations, this creates new opportunities to generate and use robust patient experience data to support their priorities and advocacy goals.

A co-created resource

At Boehringer Ingelheim's 2023 Global Patient Partnership Summit (GPPS), patient delegates identified a lack of confidence in generating, analyzing, and submitting high-quality PED. They also highlighted that existing learning materials were fragmented and difficult to access. To address this, Boehringer Ingelheim partnered with patient experts to curate existing PED learning resources into the PED Resource Finder, creating a centralized overview.

Building on this foundation, Boehringer Ingelheim collaborated with Patvocates, a patient-led consultancy, to develop PED Essentials ? an interactive, multimedia e-learning platform designed to close gaps in existing learning materials. The platform was co-created with the patient community through surveys, a patient-led steering committee, and an editorial board of community experts to ensure relevance, accessibility, and quality.

Further information

Patient organizations and patient advocates are invited to join the PED Essentials launch webinar on September 17. Register here. 

Session 1:

08:00-09:30 Ingelheim | 10:00-11:30 Dubai | 15:00-16:30 Tokyo | 16:00-17:30 Sydney

https://eu02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Ufagv_eYTq66chOQjLT1Hw#/registration

Session 2:

07:30-09:00 Pacific | 10:30-12:00 Eastern | 15:30-17:00 London | 16:30-18:00 Ingelheim

https://eu02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/TqxVNTqnQF-T9vAUPNFW2g#/registration

Boehringer Ingelheim

Boehringer Ingelheim is a biopharmaceutical company active in both human and animal health. As one of the industry's top investors in research and development, the company focuses on developing innovative therapies that can improve and extend lives in areas of high unmet medical need. Independent since its foundation in 1885, Boehringer takes a long-term perspective, embedding sustainability along the entire value chain. Our approximately 54,300 employees serve over 130 markets to build a healthier and more sustainable tomorrow. Learn more at www.boehringer-ingelheim.com.

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Company outlines a $213 billion market opportunity as power becomes the foundational technology layer from infrastructure to physical applications

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- onsemi (NASDAQ: ON) today outlined its long-term growth strategy to lead one of the largest and most consequential technology shifts of the next decade by solving the growing power constraints limiting the advancement of AI, electrification and automation.

As these markets converge around common technology requirements, onsemi is leveraging its differentiated portfolio across power and sensing to address a $213 billion market opportunity and solve the needs of some of the most important technology trends shaping the global economy.

"Every transformational technology eventually encounters a physical constraint. As AI, electrification and automation continue to scale, power density is emerging as one of the defining engineering challenges of this decade," said Hassane El-Khoury, President and CEO of onsemi. "The companies that lead in the next era of innovation will be those that can deliver more energy while consuming less space. As that challenge becomes more urgent, power has become a foundational technology layer that will help shape the pace of innovation, economic growth and global competitiveness. We have spent years building deep expertise and a broad portfolio across power and sensing to help customers solve this challenge and enable the next generation of intelligent machines."

Unlocking a $213 Billion Opportunity

onsemi sees a $213 billion total addressable market by 2030 spanning automotive, industrial, AI data center and emerging applications. Although these markets are often viewed separately, they increasingly rely on the same underlying capabilities: efficient power conversion, perception of the physical world, precision actuation and control, and connectivity.

This convergence allows onsemi to deploy common technology platforms across multiple end markets. A high-voltage technology developed for automotive electrification, for example, can also support industrial energy systems and AI data centers. Advances in sensing and connectivity can extend across vehicles, factories, robotics, medical systems and other autonomous applications.

The company expects this platform-based model to increase the revenue potential of its core technologies by moving from individual components to higher-value solutions and system architectures that address a larger share of each customer's design requirements. Through this approach, onsemi can generate greater leverage from its R&D investments, reduce dependence on any single end market or technology cycle, and grow faster than the markets it serves.

"Throughout history, foundational technologies have created outsized value because they enable everything built above them," El-Khoury said. "Power has become the common denominator across these end markets. For onsemi, that creates opportunities to innovate beyond any market trend, with multiple paths to expand content, gain share and capture more value."

Solving the Next Challenge: Power Density

Capturing this opportunity requires addressing a growing constraint facing AI infrastructure and other intelligent systems - power density - or the ability to deliver greater performance and capability using less energy and less physical space.

Increasing power density requires electrical, thermal, mechanical and physical performance to be optimized simultaneously. Increasing power typically generates more heat, while reducing system size can make that heat more difficult to remove. Improving efficiency may require new materials, device architectures and integration methods. Historically, these trade-offs forced system designers to make compromises among power, size, cost and thermal performance.

As these challenges become more complex, value increasingly shifts to companies that can optimize across the entire system. onsemi has expanded beyond traditional power semiconductors to build capabilities spanning technologies, products, solutions and systems. onsemi highlighted three technology platforms that will shape the next generation of intelligent systems and drive long-term growth across its key end markets:

High-Voltage Technologies: The Device Layer

onsemi's high-voltage portfolio spans silicon, silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN), giving customers a range of options to optimize performance, efficiency, power density and cost. The portfolio includes vertical gallium nitride (vGaN), a differentiated technology, exclusive to onsemi, designed for next-generation high-voltage applications that can increase efficiency, improve switching performance and reduce system size where conventional power technologies are reaching their limits.

Treo: The Intelligence Layer

Modern systems must do more than convert power. They must monitor operating conditions, communicate across the system, respond to changing loads and protect critical functions in real-time. The Treo platform's high precision analog, high density digital and high voltage capabilities, enable systems to become more precise, adaptive and autonomous. This allows onsemi to add these capabilities around the power device, increasing the functionality and value within a customer's system.

Embedded Power Platform (EPP): The Integration Layer

EPP reimagines the package from passive housing into an active contributor to system performance. By using the silicon wafer itself as the package, EPP enables the seamless integration and interconnection of silicon, SiC and GaN technologies within a highly integrated wafer-level architecture. Multiple devices, including FETs, drivers and controllers, can be embedded together in a single package and co-optimized for electrical, thermal and mechanical performance. This enables complete power-system co-design, allowing electrical, thermal and mechanical characteristics to be evaluated and optimized together from day one. The result is higher power density, improved system performance, reduced development complexity and faster time-to-market.

As customers increasingly seek complete solutions rather than individual components, onsemi solves a larger portion of the customer's challenge by reducing design complexity and accelerating development across automotive, industrial, AI data center and emerging applications. With this focus on the entire system-level solution, onsemi creates a competitive advantage that is difficult to replicate through individual components alone.

Beyond the Data Center: AI's Next Frontier is the Physical World

While today's AI investments are largely focused on building the infrastructure needed to train and run increasingly sophisticated models, the next phase of growth will occur at the edge, where intelligence moves beyond the data center into machines that interact directly with the physical world.

These physical AI systems must sense, decide, act and adapt safely in real-world environments, in real-time. Whether deployed in a robot, vehicle, factory, medical system or autonomous platform, each system requires four capabilities to operate together:

Power to provide the energy foundation that enables intelligent systems to operate

Sense to perceive and understand the physical environment

Control to execute decisions through precise real-world actions

Connected Compute to process, share and continuously adapt information at the edge

As this transition happens, many of these same technologies onsemi developed for automotive and industrial applications can be applied to this emerging market. onsemi's ability to combine these capabilities through system-level co-design and optimize performance across the full stack, positions it to deliver differentiated solutions and capture a larger share of the value created by physical AI.

"The most attractive opportunities of the next decade are emerging as markets converge around the same technologies," El-Khoury said. "The ability to efficiently deliver power, sense the environment and enable intelligent decision-making will define the next generation of intelligent machines. Our differentiated technology platforms enable us to solve power density across the device, intelligence and integration layers in a way no other semiconductor company can, positioning us to expand our content and grow as AI moves from infrastructure into the physical world."

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