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August 26 news: According to information from the National Intellectual Property Administration, Zhejiang Tianceng Autocontrol Co., Ltd. has applied for a patent titled “A Four-Direction Extension Device for a Seat Leg Rest.” The granted publication announcement number is CN224675947U, and the grant announcement date is August 25, 2026. The application number is CN202522807428.3. The application publication date is August 25, 2026, and the application date is December 30, 2025. The inventors are Song Weiyuan, Dai Yeyu, Dong Yipeng, and Pang Chenlu. The patent agency is Taizhou Yulei Patent Agency (General Partnership), and the patent agent is Cui Yu Hai. The classification number is B60N2/90.

U.S.-listed Yum Brands, Inc. (YUM) disclosed an insider stock transaction. The filing shows that the company insider Skeans (Tracy L) (Officer) sold shares of the company on 2026-08-24, with a transaction amount of approximately $552,052.00.
Transaction data shows:
? Trader: Skeans (Tracy L) (Officer)
? Trade direction: Sell
? Number of shares executed: 3,494 shares
? Average execution price: $158 per share
? Transaction amount: approximately $552,052
? Latest shares held: 6,197 shares
Generally speaking, stock trading by executives and directors of listed companies is viewed by the market as one of the important reference indicators for observing management’s stance. However, insider trading may involve multiple factors such as compensation arrangements, tax planning, and asset allocation; a single transaction cannot directly represent the company’s future operating trajectory. A comprehensive judgment is still needed by combining fundamentals and subsequent announcements.

Starting August 28, 2026, KFC will launch an innovative burger for a limited time at stores nationwide. Inspired by the Oreo chocolate cookie flavor, it incorporates the brand’s signature sweet and crunchy mouthfeel into the burger bun base. Inside, it features the classic fried chicken cutlet, achieving a cross-industry fusion of dessert flavors and American fast food.
The core feature of this burger lies in its specially made bun base—while preserving the structural functionality of a classic burger, it deeply recreates the rich chocolate aroma and crisp texture of Oreo cookies. This creates a striking taste contrast with the tender juicy fried chicken cutlet on the outside crispy, setting it apart significantly from ordinary burger products on the market.

By Food Safety Era??
As the national health-oriented consumption philosophy has become widely popular, more and more people have stepped out of the traditional eating framework of heavy oil and heavy salt. With features such as controllable calories and balanced nutrition, energy bowls precisely match contemporary consumers’ needs for healthy and convenient eating, quickly becoming a hot item in the segment. Both large and small brands have rolled out related product lines, further driving sustained enthusiasm across the entire light-meal segment.
Full-scale rollout: energy bowls have become the new standard for dining
With the penetration of health-conscious eating concepts, the light-meal segment has enjoyed growth dividends. It has gradually expanded from early niche salad shops that mainly catered to fat-loss needs into a major segment covering players across all categories of dining, fitting a wider range of consumption scenarios. The market size continues to expand, attracting large amounts of capital and industry practitioners to enter.

How to issue a catering invoice using the Pizza Hut app. The detailed steps are as follows to help you complete the invoicing process easily.
1. Open the Pizza Hut app, then tap “My” at the bottom to enter your personal profile page.
2. Please tap the “Invoice Assistant” feature below.
3. Tap “Catering Service” at the top.
4. Tap “Go to Invoice” at the bottom to proceed.
5. After selecting the order, submit the invoice request to complete the process.

Recently, a wave of online hype sparked by the domestically produced original abstract animation “Niu Lai” has spread overseas. On its official social platform, the Spanish KFC joined in with a lighthearted and humorous approach: it posted hand-drawn style posters in physical store locations and published themed tweets, quickly drawing attention and lively discussion from netizens around the world.
On social media, the brand shared a Spanish tweet titled “Today is Monday, Niu Lai.” The accompanying image is a hand-drawn, sketch-style doodle posted on the glass window of a KFC store: in the center is the iconic cartoon calf from the “Niu Lai” logo, while the narration is written in Chinese as “I really like it.” The lines are deliberately naive and the composition is delightfully unconventional, highly reproducing the original work’s rough yet compelling visual language. At the end of the tweet, it includes only the two Chinese characters “Silence,” precisely echoing the memorable classic emotional expression from the animation.

August 25, 2026 news: According to information from the National Intellectual Property Administration, Zhejiang Tiancen Intelligent Control Co., Ltd. has applied for a patent titled “A Self-Adaptive Seat Adjustment Device for Passenger Vehicles.” The authorized announcement number is CN224660544U, with the authorized announcement date being August 21, 2026. The application number is CN202521915945.6. The application publication date is August 21, 2026, and the application date is September 5, 2025. The inventors are Man Hongjun, Liang Hongze, and Tao Huijia. The patent agency is Taizhou Yulei Patent Agency (General Partnership). The patent agent is Cui Yuhai. The classification numbers are B60N2/02 and B60N2/10.

[#KFC China Partners’ Assets Auctioned in Pieces#] On November 12, 1987, the first KFC restaurant in China opened at Beijing’s Qianmen. Today—39 years later—KFC has nearly 13,000 stores in China. China’s story of foreign catering brands is usually built around “a scale of ten-thousand stores,” “tiered-down markets,” and “supply-chain efficiency.” But behind this long expansion curve, there is another group of participants that was crucial in the early days and is now gradually fading from view: regional major distributors. They were once “China partners” of foreign catering brands.
According to 21st Century Business Herald, Shaanxi Songmao Food Catering Co., Ltd. is one of the more representative companies among them. On August 20, the Alibaba Assets website updated the information on the auction of Songmao Food’s assets again. From an open auction of qualification as a restructuring investor, to the listing of core real estate, equipment, and intangible assets item by item, in this public trading process that has lasted for years, the disposal of Songmao Food has shifted from “seeking a new buyer” to “splitting and realizing cash.” Before its assets were re-priced, it was also, at the time, one of the earliest local agents that held scarce licenses when foreign catering brands entered China’s regional markets.

　　For Chinese catering brands to achieve true globalization, they must make the leap from “going out” to “going up.”
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　　Recently, China’s catering industry has been seeing frequent moves. Hunan has launched a special action plan to take Chinese cuisine (Hunan cuisine) overseas, establishing the “Hunan Cuisine Overseas Center”; Shanghai held the event “Departing from Hongqiao—Taking Chinese Catering Enterprises Overseas to Southeast Asia,” attracting more than 40 well-known catering enterprises to gather together…
　　Beverage tea drinks, hot pot, and full-service dining—the main forces of overseas expansion—are accelerating their voyage abroad. A report released by the World Chinese Cuisine Federation (2026 Observation Report on the Globalization of Chinese Restaurant Brands) shows that the overseas Chinese cuisine market has an annual compound growth rate of 7%. By the end of 2025, about 200 domestic catering brands had opened more than 700,000 stores overseas. It is expected that by 2027, the international Chinese cuisine market will reach US$459.7 billion.

Submit your entry online—act now!
Call for submissions until August 31
　　 Since the activity launched on July 18, the topic #Treasure Shandong Travel Guide has continued to gain popularity across the web, appearing on multiple trending hot search lists and becoming a popular summer culture and tourism topic. This event is centered on people’s co-creation: whether you’re a travel influencer, someone working in the culture and tourism industry, a student traveling during the summer, a parent-child family, or a local who enjoys a day-to-day city micro-vacation, you can find a creation track that suits you.
　　 The event features ten major creative directions, covering play experiences across the entire region. Whether it’s a coastal self-drive road trip along mountains and seas, tracing the cultural thread in an ancient city, roaming through the hustle and bustle of city streets and alleys, or niche and trendy experiences like intangible heritage, Shandong-style delicacies, parent-child learning, camping and hiking, and more—everything can become creative material. Submission formats are also highly flexible: heartfelt original photo-and-text (hand-drawn) guides, original short videos, or a combination of “photo-and-text + video” are all welcome.

A reporter from 21st Century Business Herald at dawn
On November 12, 1987, KFC’s first restaurant in China opened in Beijing’s Qianmen area.
That year, Western fast food was still an unfamiliar concept for the vast majority of Chinese consumers. Nearly 39 years later, KFC in China has nearly 13,000 stores.
China stories of foreign catering brands are typically built on “tens of thousands of stores,” “tier-below-market penetration,” and “supply-chain efficiency.”
But behind this long expansion curve, there is another group of participants—early players that were once indispensable and have now gradually faded from view: large regional master agents.

Yum China (09987) announced that on August 21, 2026, the company spent approximately US$3.2999 million to repurchase 66,600 shares, with a repurchase price ranging from US$49.19 to US$49.46 per share.
On August 21, 2026, the company spent approximately HK$8.5182 million to repurchase 21,000 shares, with a repurchase price ranging from HK$383.8 to HK$389.6 per share.

The Arknights x KFC collaboration is true. Both sides have released a branded combo and limited-edition merchandise, drawing players’ attention.
1、 It’s said that earlier, Burger King’s collaboration negotiations with Arknights didn’t go through. Now, the incident has a new turn, but the main character has changed—from Burger King to FKC. This shift has drawn widespread attention. What exactly is behind it? Let’s take a look at the latest updates together.
2、 Arknights and KFC kick off a collaboration. The event lineup is精彩纷呈, with limited-edition merchandise, themed meals, and in-game福利 all launching at once.
3、 Arknights and KFC team up tomorrow; Burger King laments: “I’m the first.”

Yum! Brands, a US-listed company, disclosed an insider stock transaction. The filing shows that the company’s insider, Tresvant (Sean) (Officer), increased its holdings of the company’s stock on 2026-08-18, with a transaction value of approximately USD 299,280.76.
Trading data:
? Trader: Tresvant (Sean)（Officer）
? Transaction direction: Buy
? Number of shares成交: 2,066 shares
? Average成交 price: USD 144.86 per share
? Transaction amount: Approximately USD 299,280.76
? Latest shares held: 3,552 shares
In general, stock transactions by senior executives and directors of listed companies are considered one of the important reference indicators for observing management’s stance in the market. However, insider trading may involve multiple factors such as compensation arrangements, tax planning, and asset allocation. A single transaction cannot directly represent the company’s future operating outlook; it still needs to be assessed comprehensively together with fundamentals and subsequent announcements.

By Li Jin
Have you felt that KFC is getting harder to enjoy?
This is a hot topic of online discussion in recent times. Countless consumers miss the past, complain that today’s burgers are clearly smaller, that the most classic Finger-Lickin’ Original recipe fried chicken has become saltier and saltier, and that even fries are often hard and cold.
At the same time that consumers are feeling a downturn, in Yum China’s earnings reports—the parent company of KFC—an entirely opposite story is unfolding.
In the first half of 2026, Yum China turned in results totaling $6.409 billion in total revenue, representing year-over-year growth of 11%. Not only did revenue bounce back to double-digit growth, but its net profit attributable to shareholders also reached $553 million, up 9% year over year. Translated into daily figures, this catering giant is making about RMB 1.71 million more per day in the market.

(Source: Beijing Business Daily)
Beijing Business Daily reported (reporter Guo Binlu): On August 21, Beijing Business Daily learned that the 300th store of Beston Burger V BURGER nationwide was opened in Wuhan. At the same time, the brand officially announced that Wang Anyu became the spokesperson for Beston Burger V BURGER. From the first store in Shenzhen to coverage of 36 cities nationwide, Beston Burger has been opening 10 new stores every 8 days on average.
Pizza Hut brand general manager Kui Jun said: “Two years after launching the hamburger category, Pizza Hut hopes to meet more consumers’ tastes by continuing to build the ‘Must-Win Burger module’, so that the hamburger category can reach a new level.”

(Source: Financial News)
其中，于香港联合交易所回购22600股普通股，每股价格区间为HKD 374.2至HKD 379.2，付出总额HKD 851.51万。
On August 21, it was reported that Yum China (09987.HK) repurchased shares and cancelled them on August 20, 2026.
其中，于香港联合交易所回购22600股普通股，每股价格区间为HKD 374.2至HKD 379.2，付出总额HKD 851.51万；于纽约证券交易所回购61959股普通股，每股价格区间为USD 47.82至USD 48.96，付出总额USD 2,100万。回购股份均拟注销。

At the 2026 World Robot Conference main forum, Wu Minghui, founder, CEO and CTO of Minglue Technology, delivered a talk titled (Agent + Embodiment: The Evolution Path Driven by Application Needs for Robot Intelligence). He shared his latest thinking and practices in Agent, embodied intelligence, and industrial applications.
He argues that for robots to truly enter production systems, it is not only necessary to have smarter individual “brains,” but also to have an “organizational brain” that connects robots, Agents, and IT systems—and to cross the final mile of engineering delivery, business process reengineering, and on-site deployment.
The following is a rapid transcript of the speech:

Recently, at the Vanke Plaza · Huanhua Lin in Wuhan’s historic cultural district near Tanhu Hualin, there has been an extra burst of excitement beyond the usual. The V BURGER restaurant has become the new focal point here as well—and it is also V BURGER’s 300th store across the country. Inside the restaurant, the aroma of freshly seared meat patties and freshly baked bread from the open kitchen area draws a steady stream of visitors, and it has also become a new food landmark in Wuhan that young people are eager to visit and snap photos at.
V BURGER’s 300th store officially opens in Wuhan
Around the time the store count surpassed 300, the brand officially announced that An Yuyu will serve as a spokesperson for V BURGER. From the first store in Shenzhen to coverage across 36 cities nationwide, V BURGER has opened an average of 10 new stores every 8 days, successfully proving the quality-for-one-dining occasion track. In response, Mr. Jeff Kuai, General Manager of Yum Pizza brand, said: “After launching the hamburger category for two years, Pizza Hut, through continuously building the ‘V BURGER module,’ hopes to satisfy more consumers’ tastes and take the hamburger category to a new level.”

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On August 12, 2026, the Shenzhen Securities Regulatory Bureau issued a regulatory decision regarding relevant persons of Tengbang Group Co., Ltd., directly pointing out that the company bond issuer, Tengbang Group, failed to disclose its 2025 annual report within the required time. The chairman and general manager, Zhong Baisheng, was unable to ensure the company timely complied with its statutory information disclosure obligations. The aforementioned conduct violated the provisions of Article 53, Paragraph 3, of the (Measures for the Administration of the Issuance and Trading of Corporate Bonds) (CSRC Order No. 222).
Pursuant to the relevant provisions of Article 69 of the (Measures for the Administration of the Issuance and Trading of Corporate Bonds), the Shenzhen Securities Regulatory Bureau decided to take regulatory measures against Zhong Baisheng by issuing a regulatory warning letter.