Six lots above HKD 10 million lead the season, while all four major collecting categories show solid momentum; collectors from more than 17 countries take part

HONG KONG, April 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Poly Auction Hong Kong Spring Auctions 2026 concluded with total sales of more than HKD 255 million, marking a 23% rise from the 2025 Autumn Auctions. The season saw six lots sell for over HKD 10 million, including two above HKD 20 million, alongside nine lots above HKD 5 million and 43 above HKD 1 million. Collectors from more than 17 countries joined the bidding.

This season featured six sales spanning Modern and Contemporary Art, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy, and Jewels and Watches, with strong results across all categories. Modern and Contemporary Art rose 63.6% over last autumn, led by LIU WEI’s You Like Pork?, which sold for HKD 27.6 million to become the top lot of the season. In Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, The Blue and White ‘Grapes’ Foliate-Rim Dish, Ming Dynasty, Yongle Period realised HKD 24.6 million to lead Peak of Grandeur: A Fine Selection of Important Imperial Treasures, while the Large Black-and-Brown-Glazed Sancai Pottery Horse and Yellow-Glazed Groom of the Tang Dynasty from The Tsui Museum of Art Collection brought HKD 10.8 million in the Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sale. The Jewels, Watches and Handbags Department climbed 77.6% over last autumn, led by the “Emerald Radiance” Jadeite Bead, Ruby and Diamond Necklace at HKD 14.4 million. In Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy, XU BEIHONG’s Standing Horse — the only known work by the artist dedicated to Zhang Xueliang — drew strong attention and sold for HKD 4.8 million.

Market depth was equally evident throughout the sale series. A total of 119 lots sold above their high estimates, while 29 achieved more than five times their low estimates. One of the clearest examples came in the Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sale, where A Yingqing Archaistic Bronze-form ‘Phoenix’ Two-handled Vase Song Dynasty, became an instant focal point. After 34 rounds of bidding, it sold for HKD 1,176,000, more than 8.16 times its low estimate.

Modern and Contemporary Art

Modern and Contemporary Art realised more than HKD 76 million in total, up 63.6% from the previous autumn season, with major works by leading artists finding buyers across the board.

Leading the category was LIU WEI‘s You Like Pork?, which sold for HKD 27.6 million. Painted in 1995 and shown that same year in the themed exhibition of the Venice Biennale, the work is one of the defining paintings of the artist’s 1990s practice. With only six works in the series and this being the only one currently available on the market, it stands as both a key art-historical marker and a highly rare market example. It also captures a crucial moment in the development of Chinese contemporary art, when grand historical narratives gave way to a more immediate engagement with bodily and lived reality.

ZAO WOU-KI‘s 15.07.67 sold for HKD 12 million. Painted in the mid-1960s, one of the most celebrated periods of his career, the work shows the artist at a mature point of balance between calligraphic energy and abstract spatial structure. By then, ZAO had fully absorbed the philosophy of negative space in Eastern ink painting into the visual tension of Western abstraction. With its luminous tonal range and deep sense of atmosphere, the painting is especially distinctive within works from the same period.

WU DAYU‘s Rhymes of Beijing Opera sold for HKD 11.16 million. Transforming the rhythm, light, and movement of the Beijing Opera stage into an abstract visual cadence, the work vividly expresses the artist’s lifelong pursuit: “Colours flow, forms leap.” Both formally and conceptually, it stands as a landmark achievement in the history of Chinese abstract art and a work of true museum calibre.

WU GUANZHONG‘s The Qianling Mountains sold for HKD 9.54 million. More than a landscape painting, the work brings together the spirit of Song dynasty landscape painting, the formal freedom of Shi Tao, and modern ideas traceable to Cézanne, making it a compelling example of the meeting point between Chinese and Western artistic languages.

Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

The three Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sales — The Way of Things: Treasures of Early Chinese Art, Peak of Grandeur: A Fine Selection of Important Imperial Treasures, and Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art — together realised more than HKD 110 million. The Blue and White ‘Grapes’ Foliate-Rim Dish, Ming Dynasty, Yongle Period, generated immediate competition and ultimately sold for HKD 24.6 million. Meanwhile, the Tsui Museum of Art Collection section achieved HKD 18.27 million with premium and a 74% sell-through rate, led by the Large Sancai-Glazed Pottery Group of a Caparisoned Horse and Groom of the Tang Dynasty at HKD 10.8 million.

The Blue and White ‘Grapes’ Foliate-Rim Dish, Ming Dynasty, Yongle Period, sold for HKD 24.6 million. A flagship lot of the season, it stands as an exemplary early Ming imperial blue-and-white dish. At 45 cm. in diameter, it combines monumental scale with remarkable formal precision. Painted in imported Sumaliqing cobalt, it displays rich, forceful blue tones, naturally dispersed iron spotting, and expansive grape scrolls with plump fruit, conveying the vitality of early Ming imperial kiln production. Its distinguished provenance — including Eskenazi and the Ten Face Lingbi Rock Retreat — and clear publication history add further historical and cultural weight.

The Large Sancai-Glazed Pottery Group of a Caparisoned Horse and Groom of the Tang Dynasty sold for HKD 10.8 million. As the leading lot of the Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sale, it represents an exceptionally rare surviving Tang sancai equestrian group. The horse is powerfully modelled and richly ornamented, while the groom is animated and vividly observed. Preserved in outstanding condition, with bright glaze and strong sculptural presence, the ensemble speaks to the highest achievements of High Tang ceramic sculpture. Its rarity, provenance and condition combined to fuel sustained bidding in the room.

Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy

Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy also delivered several notable results. XU BEIHONG‘s Standing Horse sold for HKD 4.8 million. As the only known work inscribed and presented by the artist to Zhang Xueliang, it carries exceptional documentary and historical significance. Painted in late 1942, when Zhang was under confinement in Guizhou, the horse conveys both solitary poise and restrained momentum. The inscription, quoting Du Fu, deepens the work beyond the genre of horse painting and turns it into a rare testament to personal history, political atmosphere and artistic symbolism in modern China.

ZHANG DAQIAN‘s LOTUS IN THE WIND sold for HKD 4.68 million. The early 1960s marked an especially ambitious phase in the artist’s career, during which he sought to establish himself on the international stage through monumental, technically demanding works. This painting, with its commanding scale and visual force, is one of the defining works from that period.

FAN ANREN‘s Lotus and Crab sold for HKD 1,824,000 after 27 rounds of bidding. FAN was a major realist painter of the mid-to-late Southern Song, known for highly refined depictions of aquatic life. This compact but powerful composition, showing only a drooping lotus leaf, a crab, and a few floating water plants, captures both the austere mood of autumn and the vitality of life. It stands as an excellent example of Southern Song meticulous realism.

Jewels, Watches and Handbags

The Jewels, Watches and Handbags Department totalled more than HKD 44 million, up 77.6% from last autumn, signalling renewed strength in the high-end jewellery market. The top lot, the Jadeite Bead, Ruby and Diamond Necklace, sold for HKD 14.4 million. A Colombian Emerald and Diamond Pendant Necklace realised HKD 768,000, while a Jadeite and Diamond Pendant Necklace sold for HKD 372,000, both well above their estimates.

The Jadeite Bead, Ruby and Diamond Necklace is composed of 38 natural jadeite beads, the largest measuring approximately 14.50 mm. The strand is notable for its generous proportions, strong consistency, rich colour and fine texture, while the ruby-and-diamond clasp introduces a crisp yet elegant visual counterpoint. In the jade market, natural jadeite bead necklaces have long been prized for the rarity of the material, the difficulty of matching the beads, and their enduring appeal as wearable art. Examples that combine large bead size, strong uniformity and excellent colour remain among the most sought-after categories.

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About Poly Auction Hong Kong Co., Limited

Poly Auction Hong Kong Co., Ltd. (Poly Auction Hong Kong) was established in 2012 by Poly Culture Group Corporation Limited and is committed to becoming one of the most dynamic auction houses in the Asia-Pacific region.

Committed to a diverse range of auctions, Poly Auction Hong Kong operates through five major departments: Modern and Contemporary Art, Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Jewels, Watches and Handbags, and Rare Wine and Whisky. Each department boasts a team of professionals offering services such as consigned auctions, private sales, and complimentary valuation consultations, all designed to provide collectors with an exceptional experience.

Poly Auction Hong Kong hosts numerous exciting auctions annually, consistently achieving impressive results. Since its debut auction in 2012, Poly Auction Hong Kong has held auctions and continues to set new records across artists, artworks, and genres. In 2022, Poly Auction Hong Kong’s 10th Anniversary Auction held its first Modern and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, successfully pulling off a white-glove sale, realising a grand sale of over HKD 410 million. The Autumn Auctions 2023 saw remarkable results in Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art auctions, with the “Meiyintang Collection” continuing its white-glove legend. In the Spring Auctions 2024, the Modern and Contemporary Art Sale achieved a robust sell-through rate of approximately 92% by lot, setting a new record. In recent years, Poly Auction Hong Kong has set numerous world auction records, including WU GUANZHONG’s The Zhou Village, which established a new world auction record for the artist, and ZAO WOU-KI’s Et la terre était sans forme, which ranked third in the artist’s world auction record and set a new auction record for works from his Oracle period. In the 2025 Autumn Auction, the Junyao Sky-Blue and Rose-Purple Glazed Narcissus Bowl with a Six-Character Mark of the Yuan to Early Ming Dynasty from the Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art category was the top lot of the season, fetching HKD 18.36 million; WU DAYU’s Rhymes of Beijing Opera–52 from the Modern and Contemporary Art category sold for HKD 13.2 million, and XU WEI’s Running Cursive Script Poem Manuscript from the Chinese Calligraphy and Painting category achieved HKD 8.16 million, all demonstrating the house’s commitment to balancing academic value and market appeal. The Jewellery category also delivered an impressive performance, with a Natural Jadeite Cabochon and Diamond Ring selling for a notable HKD 3 million, bringing a splendid conclusion to the season’s auctions.

Poly Auction Hong Kong is dedicated to promoting the global development of art, culture, and technology. Over the years, our initiatives have included actively curating exhibitions and facilitating exchanges with renowned artists. We also hosted special auctions for celebrity collectors and artists, as well as online and digital art auctions, in recent years.

Poly Gallery Hong Kong has consistently supported local arts and events in collaboration with Poly Auction Hong Kong. Together, we aim to discover museum-worthy collections, often associated with the Poly Art Museum in China, while continuously introducing new ideas and visions to the Asian art market and art collectors worldwide.

Since 2016, Poly Gallery Hong Kong has been dedicated to providing a comprehensive fine art connoisseur experience by actively hosting a variety of art exhibitions, private sales, cultural salons and crossover events. Poly Gallery Hong Kong collaborates closely with distinguished curators, artists, collectors, and industry specialists to explore the limitless possibilities of art.

To further promote the arts within the community, we have successfully hosted talks and guided tours with private-sector entities, family offices, private clubs, and more. These exhibitions have attracted thousands of visitors, averaging 2,000 per show, including celebrities from Greater China.

HONG KONG, April 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Manycore Tech Inc. (“Manycore Tech” or the “Company”) today officially listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) under stock code 00068.HK, becoming the world’s first publicly listed company focused on spatial intelligence. The listing marks a significant milestone for the AI sector in Hong Kong, adding a new flagship to the city’s growing AI ecosystem.

The listing ceremony was attended by distinguished guests including Paul Chan Mo-po, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR Government; Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry; and Bonnie Y Chan, Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. They were joined by Manycore Tech’s co-founders Huang Xiaohuang, Chen Hang, and Zhu Hao, alongside the Company’s management team, to witness this historic moment.

As the first listed company built on spatial intelligence as its core technological foundation, Manycore Tech received strong market enthusiasm. On its debut trading day, the stock opened sharply higher at HKD 20.7, bringing its market capitalization to approximately HKD 35 billion.

Global “First-of-its-Kind” Spatial Intelligence Company Draws Strong Investor Demand

Founded in 2011, Manycore Tech has focused on leveraging GPU-based computing to simulate and model the physical world, aiming to bridge the digital and physical realms and accelerate AI’s integration into real-world environments. The Company operates China’s largest cloud-native spatial design platform and has accumulated massive volumes of interactive 3D data. Building on this foundation, it has developed proprietary spatial large models, forming a powerful technological flywheel of “spatial editing tools – spatial data – spatial large models,” securing a leading position in the global spatial intelligence sector.

In its IPO, Manycore Tech priced its shares at HKD 7.62, the top end of the offer range, issuing approximately 160.6 million shares globally. The total proceeds amounted to approximately HKD 1.224 billion, with net proceeds of around HKD 1.092 billion.

The offering was met with overwhelming demand, with the Hong Kong public offering oversubscribed by 1,591 times and the international offering by 14.46 times, reflecting strong confidence from global investors in the Company’s technological capabilities and growth prospects.

The IPO also attracted a high-quality cornerstone investor lineup, including Taikang Life, Sunshine Life, GF Fund Management, Redwood, Mirae Asset Securities, Wusong Capital, Hesai HK, Guohui Hong Kong, and Huaying Construction. Together, these cornerstone investors subscribed for HKD 455 million worth of shares, providing a solid foundation for the Company’s long-term development.

Speaking at the listing ceremony, Victor Huang, Co-founder and Chairman of Manycore Tech, said:

“AI is reshaping the world with unprecedented force, and with it comes greater responsibility. We aim to push AI beyond content generation and dialogue in the virtual world toward true understanding, action, and creation in the physical world. Spatial intelligence is the key to this transformation. We are committed to building a bridge between the digital and physical worlds and have already enabled applications across industries such as spatial design, 3D AI content creation, industrial digital twins, and embodied AI training.”

Building a Technological Moat to Power AI’s Understanding of the Physical World

As AI evolves from text- and image-based interactions toward engagement with the three-dimensional physical world, spatial intelligence is emerging as a core enabling technology—allowing AI to perceive, reason about, and interact with real-world environments.

Guided by its mission to “make every space computable,” Manycore Tech is building the digital infrastructure for AI to understand the physical world. The Company’s business has expanded from assisting human users in 3D content creation to empowering intelligent agents with advanced spatial capabilities.

Its product portfolio includes Kujiale, China’s largest spatial design platform; its international version Coohom; the 3D AI content creation tool LuxReal; the next-generation spatial intelligence solution SpatialVerse; and the cloud-native industrial AI digital twin platform SpatialTwin.

In addition, Manycore Tech has integrated four core capabilities—spatial reconstruction, generation, editing, and understanding—into its Aholo spatial intelligence development platform, which is open to external developers as foundational infrastructure. This combination of products and open platforms further accelerates the convergence of AI and the physical world.

The Company has expanded its presence beyond spatial design into areas such as embodied AI training, e-commerce visualization, industrial digital twins, and 3D content creation. It has established strategic partnerships with leading companies including AgiBot, Galaxy General, PICO, Hesai Technology, Hangcha Group, Huace Film & TV, and Aosom.

Financially, Manycore Tech has demonstrated steady growth, reporting revenue of RMB 820 million in 2025 with a gross margin of 82.2%. Notably, the Company achieved a key inflection point in 2025, turning profitable with an adjusted net profit of RMB 57.1 million for the year.

On the R&D front, Manycore Tech invested over RMB 1 billion between 2023 and 2025, accounting for 45.5% of its total revenue. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had more than 500 R&D personnel, representing approximately 41.5% of its workforce.

The Company has also built a dedicated GPU computing cluster to support high-performance rendering as well as AI model training and inference. In 2025, it launched its spatial language model SpatialLM and spatial generative model SpatialGen. Following its open-source release, SpatialLM quickly ranked among the top three trending projects on Hugging Face, alongside leading models such as DeepSeek-V3 and Qwen2.5-Omni, attracting widespread global attention.

QINGDAO, China, April 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ —  A news report from iqingdao: As China and Egypt celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, a new milestone has been reached in international cooperation among local media. On the afternoon of April 13 (local time), a delegation from the Publicity Department of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee, along with a Shandong cultural exchange delegation, visited the headquarters of Al-Gomhuria, an authoritative Egyptian media outlet. During the visit, they witnessed the official signing of a Framework Agreement on Friendship Exchange between Qingdao Newspaper Industry Media Group and Al-Gomhuria. This agreement marks Qingdao Daily as the first Chinese media partner to sign a cooperation deal with the Egyptian newspaper.

Inside the newspaper’s headquarters, the delegations toured the editorial department and new media center to learn about the newspaper’s editorial processes and digital development. A Qingdao intangible cultural heritage exhibition area was also set up on site, featuring paper-cutting, calligraphy fans, and luodian (mother-of-pearl inlay crafts), which drew the Egyptian guests to experience the exhibits. Screenings of promotional videos such as “This is Shandong” and “China Qingdao,” along with an AI innovation short film, showcased the charm of Chinese cities and cutting-edge communication technologies.

According to the agreement, the two parties will establish a regular content-sharing arrangement and carry out all-around cooperation in news reporting, special feature planning, cultural promotion, resource sharing, and talent exchange. Through joint planning and new media collaboration, the partnership aims to enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the people of both countries.

Qingdao Daily Newspaper Group has built an integrated omnimedia communication system. Its iQingDao international communication platform reaches 2.3 million overseas users, with a total dissemination volume exceeding 600 million views. With this signing, Al-Gomhuria will serve as a strategic gateway to convey the voice of Qingdao, the stories of Shandong, and the image of China to Egypt and the broader Arab world. Both parties expressed that they will take media cooperation as a bridge to explore potential collaboration in areas such as the marine economy, culture, and tourism, contributing to the mutual enrichment of Chinese and Egyptian civilizations and to local-level open cooperation.

MONTREAL, April 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On April 17, 2026, the global inherited bleeding disorders community will come together on World Hemophilia Day to advocate for all inherited bleeding disorders. This year’s theme of “Diagnosis: First step to care” highlights the critical importance of diagnosis—the essential first step in treatment and care. The WFH estimates that over three-quarters of the population of people with hemophilia worldwide are undiagnosed, and an even more significant gap also exists for other bleeding disorders. This means that hundreds of thousands of people around the world still lack access to basic care. We have the power—and the shared commitment—to change this. We can improve diagnostic outcomes by strengthening the skills of healthcare professionals and enhancing the effectiveness of laboratories. By increasing global diagnosis rates, we can move one step closer to our shared vision of Treatment for All.   

#WHD2026       wfh.org/whd

“Accurate diagnosis is the gateway to care for people living with bleeding disorders. Yet in many parts of the world, barriers continue to delay or prevent proper diagnosis—leading to unacceptably low diagnosis rates. The challenge is even greater for people with von Willebrand disease, rare bleeding disorders, and for women and girls with bleeding disorders. On April 17, I call on the global community to unite in advocating for stronger diagnostic capabilities everywhere—because without diagnosis, there is no treatment, and without treatment, there is no progress.”
—Cesar Garrido, WFH President

World Hemophilia Day 2026 calls on governments, healthcare providers, and advocates around the world to take meaningful action to close the gap in diagnosing people with bleeding disorders. In many regions—and across several types of bleeding disorders—diagnosis is often delayed, leaving individuals without the treatment and care they urgently need. These delays can significantly impact health, quality of life, and long-term outcomes. By working together, we can confront these inequities and ensure that every person with a bleeding disorder receives a timely diagnosis—the first critical step toward access to care.

World Hemophilia Day is an opportunity for individuals, organizations, and communities to come together and make a difference. Here are some ways to participate:

• Contact your national patient association to find out how you and other members can work together on World Hemophilia Day and raise awareness for increasing diagnosis of bleeding disorders.
• Participate in the World Hemophilia Day Light it Up Red! campaign. Last year, thousands of people worldwide showed their support by lighting up over 175 landmarks red in cities across the world
• Support our global advocacy efforts and be a part of what we are building today for future generations by donating here
• Share your story about how your quality of life—or the quality of life of someone you know—has changed thanks to receiving a diagnosis, treatment and care on wfh.org/whd
• Get social by posting about inherited bleeding disorders on Facebook, X, LinkedIn and Instagram using the #WorldHemophiliaDay, #WHD2026 and #LightItUpRed hashtags
• Download resources like posters and social media banners from wfh.org/whd to help build your World Hemophilia Day Campaign
• Take action locally and use WFH World Hemophilia Day materials to send a letter to your local policymakers, set up meetings with elected officials and health ministers and engage with the local media
• Follow the WFH on our social channels and share our World Hemophilia Day content with the world

To learn more about World Hemophilia Day, please visit wfh.org/world-hemophilia-day.

The WFH would like to thank our World Hemophilia Day sponsors for their continued support: Bayer, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., CSL Behring, F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., Grifols, Kedrion, LFB S.A, Novo Nordisk, Octapharma, Pfizer, Regeneron, Sanofi, Sobi, and Takeda.

About hemophilia and other bleeding disorders

In people with bleeding disorders, the blood clotting process doesn’t work properly, with the result that they can bleed for longer than normal, and some people may experience spontaneous bleeding into joints, muscles, or other parts of their bodies which can lead to developmental and permanent mobility issues.

About the World Federation of Hemophilia

The World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving and sustaining care for people with inherited bleeding disorders around the world. At the WFH, national member organizations (NMOs) and health care professionals (HCPs) work together to provide care for people with inherited bleeding disorders around the world. We partner with governments and hemophilia treatment centres to enhance knowledge through training and provide tools they need to identify, support, and treat people living with bleeding disorders in their communities, while promoting global advocacy and collaboration to achieve our common goals. The WFH is founded upon the following core values and organizational principles: patients first, collaboration, integrity, respect, solidarity and excellence.

Our vision of Treatment for All is for a world where all people with inherited bleeding disorders have access to care, regardless of their type of bleeding disorder, gender, age, or where they live. Our mission is to improve and sustain care for people with inherited bleeding disorders around the world.

To find out more about the WFH, please visit www.wfh.org.

Media contact: Neha Suchak, Director, Marketing & Communications, nsuchak@wfh.org, +1 514-875-7944, #2857