Zhangxue Motor signed a cooperation agreement with Zhongji Zhonglian Engineering Co., Ltd., which will design the facility. Zhangxue will build a motorcycle R&D and production base in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area with annual capacity of 500,000 motorcycles, combining scaled mass production, smart manufacturing and a premium brand showcase; production processes will be designed to accommodate product iteration over the next decade.

CITIC Securities says rising compute demand is the primary structural growth driver for the PCB sector, forcing AI-use PCBs into high-multilayer, high-density, high-speed, low-loss and higher-reliability platform designs. The move in AI server architectures from CPU to GPU/ASIC clusters raises requirements for board volume, layer count, materials, via structures, trace precision and reliability, accelerating demand for high-multilayer boards and advanced HDI; iteration to M7–M9 low-loss substrates and faster adoption of precision processes such as mSAP is prompting full-process equipment upgrades and creating near-term opportunities for PCB equipment and upstream materials suppliers.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said a magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck off Iwate Prefecture at about 16:35 JST on the 8th. Maximum intensity was 3 on the JMA scale; hypocenter depth 40 km.