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TCL

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Chairman / President

Li Dongsheng

CEO / Managing Director

Li Dongsheng

CFO / Finance Director

Yan Min

Industry

Consumer Electronics / Technology

Website

tcl.com

Headquarters Address

TCL Technology Group Corporation, TCL Technology Building, 17 Huifeng 3rd Road, Zhongkai High-tech Development Zone,Huizhou, Guangdong, China

Stock Code

SZSE:000100

Year Founded

1981

The RayNeo X3 Pro glasses. Photo: Handout

VR and AR

China’s telecoms giants bet on AR smart glasses with major investment in RayNeo

The investment comes as RayNeo debuts the world’s first consumer AR glasses integrated with eSIM and 4G connectivity at CES.

5 Jan 2026 - 6:00PM

China trade

Explainer | From railways to Labubus: how China Inc. went on a 50-year trip abroad

11 Dec 2025 - 11:21AMvideocam

US-China trade war

Explainer | What are Section 337 investigations, and why is China so concerned about them?

7 Oct 2025 - 9:00PMvideocam

China economy

How have China’s 5-year plans shaped its economic trajectory?

China’s first plan pushed industrialisation, but after the country became the ‘world’s factory’, focus has shifted to advanced technologies.

24 Sep 2025 - 8:00AMvideocam

A retouched image released by state media shows Mao Zedong, who was Communist Party chairman until his death in 1976, visiting a factory in Tianjin in 1956, during the first five-year plan. Photo: AFP

US-China tech war

Chinese electronics brands flock to Europe amid Trump’s trade war

From power bank manufacturers to robot vacuum makers, exhibitors from China woo consumers at IFA Berlin.

10 Sep 2025 - 8:00PM

Artificial intelligence

Meta leads AI glasses surge, as Xiaomi emerges as dark horse

Competition is expected to intensify as more companies, such as Alibaba and ByteDance, enter the space in the second half of 2025.

13 Aug 2025 - 5:00PM

World Economic Forum

‘Summer Davos’ calls for China’s firms to move manufacturing abroad for success

Executives say China’s companies should fully relocate production to secure supply chains against tariffs, trade restrictions as they expand.

26 Jun 2025 - 8:29AMvideocam

Li Dongsheng, founder and chairman of TCL, speaks at a World Economic Forum panel in Tianjin. Photo: Handout

Robotics

Chinese robotics star Agibot adds JD.com as investor, joining Tencent

After a new funding round, e-commerce giant JD.com holds a 0.75 per cent stake in AgiBot, a high-flying start-up founded by Huawei veterans.

30 May 2025 - 5:30PM

Artificial intelligence

AI hardware start-ups get fresh boost from Shenzhen’s US$1 billion funds

The Shenzhen government has launched funds of 5 billion yuan and 2 billion yuan dedicated to AI and robotics start-ups at the city’s AI expo.

23 May 2025 - 7:00AM

China manufacturing

Exclusive | Chinese manufacturers are weighing up more than Trump tariffs, TCL boss says

Li Dongsheng says setting up an electronics factory in the US does not offer a competitive advantage right now.

25 Mar 2025 - 11:18AM

Visitors interact with TCL’s Ai Me companion robot at the China Home Appliances and Consumer Electronics Expo in Shanghai on March 20. Photo: Xinhua

US-China relations

Chinese tech workers expecting to attend US CES trade show report visa problems

Requests for US visas to attend CES in Las Vegas, the world’s largest tech show, are being denied, analysts say.

30 Nov 2024 - 4:04AMvideocam

A “modular flying car” by China-based XPeng AeroHT shown at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 11. Chinese tech employees are reporting problems getting visas to attend the 2025 trade show. Photo: AFP

China trade

Chinese firms still eye Vietnam, free of US tariffs for now, as Trump 2.0 looms

Number of Chinese manufacturers shifting production to Vietnam has boomed since Donald Trump’s first term as US president.

29 Nov 2024 - 12:00PMvideocam

China technology

China’s TCL eyes premium TV market with large screens in a bid to revamp brand image

Chinese television set maker TCL is looking to reposition itself as a premium brand, hoping that increased sales of higher-end, larger-screen models will help boost its image.

22 Apr 2024 - 1:17PM

CES

Number of Chinese tech firms at CES 2023 less than half of pre-pandemic level

Chinese companies at the world’s largest consumer electronics show are exhibiting new PCs, TVs and portable power stations, illustrating the country’s supply-chain strengths.

7 Jan 2023 - 3:32PM

Attendees walk through the venue of CES, the world’s largest consumer electronics show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 6, 2023. Photo: Agence France-Presse

China technology

TCL and Hisense show off new TVs at CES 2023 in bid to move upmarket

The Chinese TV giants introduced a slew of new products ahead of the world’s largest consumer electronics trade show in Las Vegas.

7 Jan 2023 - 6:36AM

Hisense has become one of the world’s largest TV manufacturers and is now looking to move upmarket with more advanced products. Photo: Matt Haldane

Renewable energy

GCL to diversify solar-panel business with semiconductor materials venture

Chinese solar-panel maker plans to diversify into the production of higher purity polysilicon for the electronics industry.

21 Apr 2022 - 7:00AMvideocam

Smartphones

TV giant TCL wants to launch smartphones before July despite pandemic

Chinese manufacturing behemoth introduces TCL 10 series with a sub-US$500 5G phone

7 Apr 2020 - 3:06PM