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On February 14th, OpenAI announced that it has discontinued support for five older ChatGPT models, including GPT-4oGPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, OpenAI o4-mini, and GPT-5 (Instant and Thinking versions), effective February 13th. Access to the GPT-5 model will be retained in the ChatGPT Enterprise workspace until February 19th, 2026. Furthermore, GPT-5 Pro will remain available to all paid users until February 19th, 2026. These models will continue to be available through the OpenAI API in the future.

February 14th - According to CNBC, U.S. Energy Secretary Wright stated that Venezuelan oil revenues will no longer be deposited into an account in Qatar. Wright said, "The account previously established in Qatar was always controlled by the U.S. government. Funds were first deposited into that account and then transferred back to Venezuela. Now, we have an account with the U.S. Treasury Department. This money will no longer flow to Qatar." Wright also stated that Venezuelan oil sales revenue has now exceeded $1 billion. He said the U.S. has reached a short-term agreement with the country to sell another $5 billion worth of Venezuelan crude oil over the next few months. He added that so far, this oil has been shipped to U.S. refineries and Europe.

February 14th - Beijing recently released the first batch of urban renewal project list for 2026, which includes 1,321 projects, of which 745 are newly implemented projects and 576 are projects carried over from 2025. The planned investment for the first batch of projects in 2026 is 104.95 billion yuan.

February 14th - It was learned from the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology and the conference organizers that the 2026 Global Developers Summit (GDPS 2026) will be held from March 27th to 29th at the Shanghai Xuhui West Bund International Convention and Exhibition Center. The core theme of this year's conference is "Industry poses the questions, technology provides the answers," with a core vision aimed at breaking down bottlenecks in industry-academia collaboration and improving the efficiency of applying research results to meet industry needs.

February 14th - According to data from Maoyan Professional Edition, the cumulative box office of the movie "Zootopia 2" has exceeded 4.545 billion yuan, entering the top 7 of the all-time Chinese box office chart.

February 14th - With the Spring Festival holiday approaching, the demand for returning home to visit relatives and traveling is increasing daily. The 9-day holiday has led many to choose self-driving travel, causing a surge in the pre-holiday car rental market. With the continuous improvement of civil aviation and railway transportation networks, the "comprehensive transportation + on-site car rental" model, with its efficiency and flexibility, is widely favored by families traveling and returning home. Data shows that this year's Spring Festival car rental market is characterized by early start, long rental periods, and high growth, with both rental orders and user scale achieving year-on-year growth. In terms of vehicle selection, many consumers prefer intelligent and green new energy vehicles. Data shows that during this year's Spring Festival travel rush, the number of new energy vehicle rental bookings increased sixfold year-on-year.

February 14th - On February 13th, Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited announced the results of its quarterly review of the Hang Seng Indexes series, with Dio & Co. (06090.HK), the parent company of the maternal and infant brand BeBeBus, being included in the Hang Seng Composite Index. This constituent stock adjustment will be implemented after the market closes on March 6th and will officially take effect on March 9th. At that time, the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges will simultaneously adjust the scope of investable stocks through the Stock Connect program, and Dio & Co. will be included in the Stock Connect program.

Natco Pharma: Approved by the Indian drug regulatory agency to manufacture and sell smegglutide products.

February 14th - According to data from the official website of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, on February 13th, 85 new homes were registered online in Beijing, with a total area of 10,855.75 square meters, including 43 residential units with a total area of 5,395.44 square meters; 220 existing homes were registered online, with a total area of 19,413.37 square meters, including 195 residential units with a total area of 18,062.41 square meters.

The China Earthquake Networks Center officially reported that a magnitude 3.1 earthquake occurred at 12:06 on February 14 in Yecheng County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang (36.63 degrees north latitude, 77.10 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 96 kilometers.

February 14th - Today marks the 13th day of the Spring Festival travel rush, with passenger traffic remaining high across the country. The national railway system is expected to transport 15.35 million passengers today. Highway traffic continues to increase, with heavy traffic anticipated in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, and the Chengdu-Chongqing area. In the civil aviation sector, 2.45 million passengers are expected to be transported today.

On February 14th, Faraday Future announced that its Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled for February 13th, 2026 (Pacific Time), has completed the review and approval of relevant resolutions. At this meeting, shareholders approved a proposal to increase the number of authorized shares. This proposal only involves an increase in the authorized share reserve and will not immediately increase the actual number of shares issued. Simultaneously, the company launched its first series of embodied intelligent robots and opened non-refundable, non-binding pre-orders, with the first deliveries expected by the end of this month. Regarding its robotics business, the company is advancing key tasks such as mass production preparation, customized development, testing and verification, and AI data training, continuously driving the dual-engine growth curve of its two core product categories—EAI vehicles and robots.

On February 14th, the People's Bank of China, the State Financial Regulatory Commission, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs jointly issued the "Opinions on Coordinating the Establishment of a Regular Financial Support Mechanism to Help Prevent Poverty and Promote Rural Revitalization." The Opinions emphasize strengthening financial resource investment in key areas, improving financial services for grain and oil production, and supporting the improvement of comprehensive agricultural production capacity and quality. It also calls for developing supply chain financial service scenarios such as accounts receivable financing to ensure the financial needs of the entire agricultural industry chain and expand the financial supply for county-level industries that benefit farmers. Furthermore, it emphasizes increasing medium- and long-term investment in rural infrastructure construction and supporting the integrated development of agriculture, culture, and tourism. The Opinions also stress strengthening financial service capacity building and improving the financial organization system. Finally, it calls for deepening the implementation of the demonstration project of financial technology empowering rural revitalization, promoting the popularization and application of emerging payment methods such as mobile payment, and continuing the evaluation of "credit users, credit villages, credit townships" and new agricultural business entities to solidify basic rural financial services.

On February 14th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and two other departments issued a notice entitled "Guiding Opinions on Upgrading and Improving the Quality of the Brewing Industry (2026-2030)," which mentions supporting the comparative analysis of domestic and international standards and formulating product grading, classification, and testing standards in line with international standards. It encourages enterprises to conduct overseas investment and acquisitions of raw material bases, wineries, packaging centers, and distribution channels in a reasonable and compliant manner, strengthen international exchanges and cooperation, and optimize the global production capacity layout. It also encourages enterprises to participate in international exhibitions and promotional activities to promote more products into international duty-free shops and international chain restaurants. Furthermore, it supports the "integration and collaborative export" of Chinese liquors such as baijiu and huangjiu with Chinese cuisine. Simultaneously, it encourages liquor distribution enterprises to deeply connect with production enterprises and share resources, transforming from traditional wholesale and retail agencies to brand agencies and chain operations. Finally, it supports enterprises to strengthen production and sales connections with large e-commerce platforms, deepen the omnichannel layout of production, distribution, sales, and services, and support the standardized development of new business models such as community e-commerce, live-streaming e-commerce, cross-border e-commerce, and instant retail. Local governments and businesses are encouraged to integrate alcohol consumption elements into nighttime economy districts, specialty restaurant clusters, and large commercial complexes. Support will be given to the development of new consumption platforms such as various pubs, creative markets, and themed streets to create immersive consumption experiences. Businesses will be encouraged to enrich residents' daily lives through smart displays, themed pop-ups, cultural salons, and cultural and sports activities in urban business districts and residential communities.

On February 14th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and two other departments issued a notice entitled "Guiding Opinions on Upgrading and Improving the Quality of the Brewing Industry (2026-2030)," which mentions supporting brewing enterprises in deepening the application of artificial intelligence to improve the intelligent level of the entire production and operation process, including raw material procurement, R&D and production, energy consumption management, inspection and testing, and circulation traceability. It also calls for carrying out innovative research and development of intelligent manufacturing system solutions and pilot applications of standards, supporting the development of industry-level large-scale models and intelligent agents, and cultivating a number of intelligent factories and professional service providers. Furthermore, it supports production areas in strengthening the construction of information infrastructure such as the brewing industry brain and intelligent sensor networks to improve public service capabilities.

February 14th - On February 12th, He Yang, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the National Energy Administration, led a team to Beijing for on-site research and supervision of power supply security work for the 2026 Spring Festival and the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (NPC & CPPCC). The research team visited key power supply sites to understand the power supply security work of relevant units. During the research, He Yang emphasized that all relevant units must take a "no room for error" approach and ensure that all power supply security work for the Spring Festival and the NPC & CPPCC is carried out thoroughly and meticulously. During the Spring Festival, priority should be given to ensuring people's livelihoods; during the NPC & CPPCC, close attention should be paid to key event venues to ensure a safe and reliable power supply. Emergency duty should be strengthened, and strict precautions should be taken against natural disasters and timely handling of emergencies to ensure a stable and orderly national power safety production situation. Officials from the National Energy Administration's Electricity Safety Supervision Department and Electricity Department, the North China Energy Regulatory Bureau, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Management, and the State Grid Corporation of China participated in the research.