BEIJING, April 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — VNET Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: VNET) (“VNET” or the “Company”), a leading carrier- and cloud-neutral internet data center services provider in China, today announced it has published its 2025 Environmental, Social and Governance Report (the “2025 ESG Report”). This is VNET’s sixth ESG report, highlighting the Company’s 2025 initiatives and achievements in environmental practices, intelligent empowerment, ethical governance, and social responsibility.

“ESG remains central to our approach to business innovation, contributing to our operational excellence and sustainable, high-quality growth,” said Josh Sheng Chen, Founder, Executive Chairperson and Interim Chief Executive Officer of VNET. “In 2025, we launched our Hyperscale 2.0 framework based on green energy and advanced our ‘SHIELD’ (Society, Human, Innovation, Environment, Leadership, Development) 2.0 sustainability system, delivering measurable progress toward our ESG goals. As we continue to navigate rapid technology development and industry transformation, we will deepen our commitment to sustainability, strengthening our investments in intelligent infrastructure and green data center operations to create sustainable, long-term value for both our stakeholders.”

2025 ESG Report Highlights:

• Total energy from renewable sources reached 1,253,719 MWh, accounting for 36% of total resources utilized by VNET in 2025, compared with 18% in 2024.
• The average annual power usage effectiveness (PUE) was 1.24 at VNET’s data centers with stabilized operations in 2025, improving from 1.27 in 2024.
• VNET officially launched its Hyperscale 2.0 framework in 2025, leveraging direct green power connection, large-scale energy integration and smart power dispatch to power the intelligent computing era.
• VNET issued the first green holding-type real estate asset-backed security in China’s IDC industry in 2025, with an offering size of RMB860 million, a breakthrough in green finance and asset securitization innovation.
• VNET secured its first three-year sustainability-linked loan in 2025, raising a total of RMB650 million.
• VNET’s integrated source-grid-load-storage project at its Ulanqab IDC Campus was added to the National Development and Reform Commission’s (NDRC) list of green and low-carbon demonstration projects in 2025.
• VNET maintained Information Technology Service Management System (ISO/IEC 20000) and Information Security Management System (ISO/IEC 27001) certifications, covering all business lines.
• Nationwide customer satisfaction rate maintained a high level at 99.6%.
• Maintained 100% coverage of anti-corruption training for directors and employees.
• Female employees accounted for 26% of VNET’s total workforce, and the percentage of female employees in management positions was 31%.
• Ongoing recognition from global leading ESG rating institutions: (i) Scored record high of 73 in the 2025 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, ranking among the top 7% of the IT Services industry globally, and earning inclusion in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook for the second consecutive year; (ii) Awarded a “B” rating on the 2025 CDP Climate Change Questionnaire, with nine out of 16 categories achieving A-grade recognition; (iii) Received a “low risk” ESG Risk Rating from Sustainalytics.

To view the full 2025 ESG Report, please visit the Company’s Investor Relations website at https://ir.vnet.com/ or access the report directly at https://www.vnet.com/en/esg.html.

About VNET

VNET Group, Inc. is a leading carrier- and cloud-neutral internet data center services provider in China. VNET provides hosting and related services, including IDC services, cloud services, and business VPN services to improve the reliability, security, and speed of its customers’ internet infrastructure. Customers may locate their servers and equipment in VNET’s data centers and connect to China’s internet backbone. VNET operates in more than 30 cities throughout China, servicing a diversified and loyal base of over 7,000 hosting and related enterprise customers that span numerous industries ranging from internet companies to government entities and blue-chip enterprises to small- to mid-sized enterprises.

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Investor Relations Contact:

Xinyuan Liu
Tel: +86 10 8456 2121
Email: ir@vnet.com

GUANGZHOU, China, April 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — MINISO Group Holding Limited (NYSE: MNSO; HKEX: 9896) (“MINISO”, “MINISO Group” or the “Company”), a global high-growth value retailer offering a variety of trendy lifestyle products featuring distinctive IP designs, today announced that it will hold an annual general meeting of the Company’s shareholders (the “AGM”) at 11:00 a.m. Beijing time on June 18, 2026 at Flats B-D, 35/F, Plaza 88, 88 Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan, the New Territories, Hong Kong, for the purposes of considering and, if thought fit, passing each of the proposed resolutions set forth in the notice of the AGM (the “AGM Notice”). The AGM Notice, the ballot, the form of proxy and other documents for the AGM are available on the Company’s website at https://ir.miniso.com.

Holders of record of ordinary shares of the Company at the close of business on May 13, 2026, Hong Kong time, are entitled to notice of and to attend and vote at the AGM or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Holders of record of ADSs as of the close of business on May 13, 2026, New York time, who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying ordinary shares must give voting instructions directly to The Bank of New York Mellon, the depositary of the ADSs, if ADSs are held on the books and records of The Bank of New York Mellon, or indirectly through a bank, brokerage or other securities intermediary if the ADSs are held by any of them on behalf of holders, as the case may be.

The Company also announced today that it has filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The annual report on Form 20-F, which contains the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, can be accessed on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov as well as through the Company’s investor relations website at https://ir.miniso.com/.

The Company has also published its Hong Kong annual report today for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “HKEX”), which can be accessed on the Company’s investor relations website at https://ir.miniso.com/ as well as the HKEX’s website at https://www.hkexnews.hk.

About MINISO Group

MINISO Group is a global high-growth value retailer offering a variety of trendy lifestyle products featuring distinctive IP designs. Since opening our first store in Chinese mainland in 2013, the Company has successfully built two brands – “MINISO” and “TOP TOY”. The Company’s flagship brand “MINISO” has grown into a globally recognized retail brand that offers a frequently-refreshed assortment of lifestyle products through an extensive store network worldwide. The Company’s products cover diverse consumer needs and consumers are drawn to MINISO for our products’ trendiness, creativeness, high quality and affordability. For more information, please visit https://ir.miniso.com/.

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by words or phrases such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “aim,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “is/are likely to,” “potential,” “continue” or other similar expressions. MINISO may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the SEC and the HKEx, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about MINISO’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: MINISO’s mission, goals and strategies; future business development, financial conditions and results of operations; the expected growth of the retail market and the market of branded variety retail of lifestyle products in China and globally; expectations regarding demand for and market acceptance of MINISO’s products; expectations regarding MINISO’s relationships with consumers, suppliers, MINISO Retail Partners, local distributors, and other business partners; competition in the industry; proposed use of proceeds; and relevant government policies and regulations relating to MINISO’s business and the industry. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in MINISO’s filings with the SEC and the HKEx. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and MINISO undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.

Investor Relations Contact:

MINISO Group Holding Limited
Email: ir@miniso.com
Phone: +86 (20) 36228788 Ext.8039

HONG KONG, April 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of AI‑powered analytics and decision tools, today announced the availability of LexisNexis Protégé™ General AI for customers in Hong Kong. Protégé General AI is available within Lexis+^® Hong Kong, expanding the personalised agentic AI capabilities of Protégé to provide secure access to general‑purpose AI within a single platform.

As legal work becomes increasingly AI-powered, Protégé General AI offers a private, encrypted solution that enables legal professionals to conduct a wider range of AI-assisted work without switching tools. With the click of a toggle, users can move seamlessly between Protégé Legal AI and Protégé General AI, allowing them to manage both legal-specific and everyday tasks within a single, secure environment.

Protégé General AI is designed for legal professionals and developed with strong levels of privacy, security, and flexibility. It enables users to conduct general research, explore topics, draft communications intended for both legal and non-legal audiences, and enrich legal work with real-world context, while remaining within the LexisNexis ecosystem ensuring data security and privacy.

General AI responses are supported by web content, and where legal context is relevant, currently grounded through LexisNexis verification capabilities, helping users work with greater confidence across a broader range of tasks.

“Legal professionals in Hong Kong are increasingly looking for ways to use AI across more of their day-to-day work, without compromising privacy or control,” said Michael Sit, Managing Director, Hong Kong and Greater China, LexisNexis. “Protégé General AI brings general-purpose AI and authoritative legal AI together in one secure platform, supporting uninterrupted workflows and more consistent outcomes which is very important for HK based lawyers who are often working across multiple continents and matters.”

By securely integrating Protégé General AI and Protégé Legal AI within Lexis+ Hong Kong, LexisNexis enables legal professionals to choose the appropriate AI experience for each task. Legal-specific work continues to be supported by authoritative LexisNexis legal content, while general-purpose tasks are supported within the same secure platform.

The launch of Protégé General AI in Hong Kong marks an important step in LexisNexis’ continued expansion of its agentic AI platform. Following the April availability, LexisNexis plans to progressively introduce additional Protégé capabilities and enhancements in the second half of the year.

Protégé is developed responsibly with human oversight and is built on the LexisNexis global technology platform, which integrates extractive AI, generative AI, and agentic AI. Customer inputs are not used to train any LLM models, and enterprise-grade security and governance are embedded throughout the platform.

As part of the expanding Protégé experience within Lexis+ Hong Kong, LexisNexis has also introduced Protégé Vault for Hong Kong customers. Vault provides a secure, persistent workspace that allows users to upload, store, and revisit documents over time, supporting analysis, drafting, and comparison tasks grounded in their own firm’s materials.

For more information on LexisNexis Protégé™, visit the official website here.

About LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LexisNexis^® Legal & Professional provides AI-powered legal, regulatory, business information, analytics, and workflows that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis^® and Nexis^® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,900 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

About RELX

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs more than 36,000 people over 40% of whom are in North America. The shares of RELX PLC, the parent company, are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RELX. The market capitalisation is approximately £72.5bn | €87.4bn | $91.6bn

BEIJING, April 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Walnut Coding (the “Company”), a leading online coding education platform for young learners in China, has been selected by UNICEF as a featured case study under the framework How Chinese Technology Companies Apply Principles of Responsible Innovation for Children and Child Safety by Design. The case study was jointly developed by the China Federation of Internet Societies (CFIS) and China University of Communication (CUC), with the support of UNICEF China.

Walnut Coding’s Walnut Programming 3D Graphical Editing Platform was cited in the case as demonstrating child safety by design in action. According to the case, Walnut Coding’s approach reflects the principles of designing for child safety in practice.

The platform includes public forums, direct messaging, leaderboards, competitions, and a space for sharing coding projects. The study examines these features across three dimensions of child wellbeing: Safety and Security, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Competence.

Safety and Security: Walnut Coding conducts child rights risk assessments at every stage of the product lifecycle. During development, it integrates automated content moderation and privacy-by-design principles, with ongoing monitoring after launch.

The company also requires parental consent for child accounts, provides child-friendly information on privacy and safety, and offers a complaints mechanism within the user interface. A child advisory board gives young users a direct voice in product decisions.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: It has partnered to donate programming products and support to schools in remote mountainous areas in Guangdong, Fujian, and Yunnan provinces.

Competence: The platform uses a drag-and-drop interface with guided tutorials and collaborative features. Together, these features are designed to build foundational coding skills in children progressively.

Going ahead, Walnut Coding will continue to refine its platform’s safety design and educational capabilities, keeping children safe online while delivering better, more affordable coding education, and enhancing the digital learning experience for children.

About Walnut Coding

Walnut Coding is a leader in coding education in China. Founded in 2017, the company offers fun, engaging, and well-structured coding courses for young learners, covering various subjects including Scratch, Python, and C++. Its courses feature adaptive software products with definitive learning objectives and interactive content for learners, as well as individualized guidance from full-time learning assistants throughout the learning process.