Lei JunFounder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Xiaomi Corporation (XIACY)
4 recorded appearances
Interviewed the day after his sixth annual speech, Lei Jun said Xiaomi is shifting from an opportunity-driven internet company to a mission-driven hardcore technology manufacturer, defended skipping to the Xiaomi 17 naming, disclosed 40,000+ YU7 deliveries with capacity still tight, and called competing with Apple 'a long and painful process'.
The sixth annual speech, themed "Change": the 15th-anniversary reckoning, the five-year pivot from internet company to hardcore tech, the Xuanjie O1 chip programme, SU7 and YU7 progress, and the explicit framing of Apple as the benchmark. Chinese with English subtitles.
Two Sessions remarks: R&D spending past the 100-billion-yuan target, and how phones, IoT, EVs and AI are meant to fold into one high-end manufacturing story.
The car-making speech: why Xiaomi entered the auto industry, what the first three years of the EV programme cost, and the product strategy behind the SU7 launch.