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2021
Court orders compensation to Kuaishou in unfair-competition case
A Beijing court ruled that the defendants’ paid services for artificially inflating Kuaishou users’ engagement metrics constituted unfair competition and ordered two defendants to jointly pay Kuaishou RMB 80,000 in economic losses and RMB 5,000 in reasonable expenses.
2021
Kuaishou announces service-account subsidy plan
Kuaishou announced a subsidy plan for its service accounts, including one year of free membership features for certified accounts, a free official blue verification mark for one year, and traffic support of up to 50,000 for livestreams with an online-consultation overlay.
2021
Court orders Shenzhen Kuaishou to stop trademark infringement and pay compensation
A first-instance civil judgment in a trademark dispute ordered Shenzhen Kuaishou Network Technology to stop using Beijing Kuaishou Technology’s registered trademark, change its company name to remove “快手,” and pay RMB 50,000 in economic-loss compensation. The report states that the judgment took effect on 5 August 2019.
2021
Court rules in Kuaishou trademark dispute
A first-instance court ruled in a trademark dispute between Beijing Kuaishou Technology and Shenzhen Kuaishou Network Technology. The ruling ordered the Shenzhen company to stop infringing the plaintiff's registered trademark, change its company name to remove “快手,” and pay RMB 50,000 in damages.
2021
Kuaishou announces Hong Kong IPO plan
Kuaishou submitted its share offering plan to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and announced that it planned to begin trading on the exchange's main board on February 5.
2020
Hanbo Semiconductor completes $50 million Series A
Hanbo Semiconductor announced that it completed a Series A financing totaling $50 million, co-led by Kuaishou, Redpoint China Ventures, and 5Y Capital, with participation from other investors and existing shareholders.
2020
Jinniu E-commerce platform launch
Kuaishou launched Jinniu E-commerce, a service platform for advertisers to create products, manage orders and promote products through Kuaishou ads.
2020
VFineMusic partners with Kuaishou on music services
VFineMusic reached a music-services partnership with Kuaishou, agreeing to provide music solutions and user-generated-content music for Kuaishou apps, as well as a commercial music library for advertisers.
2020
Nreal completes $40 million Series B1 funding round
Nreal announced that it had completed a $40 million Series B1 funding round, led by Kuaishou, with several other investors participating.
2020
Kuaishou releases version 8.0 with interface and video upgrades
Kuaishou released version 8.0, updating the product’s main interface and adding support for 1080P video upload and playback.
2020
Hunan Jing Shi and Kuaishou jointly launch a cross-screen program
Hunan Jing Shi and Kuaishou jointly created the television-and-mobile livestream program “看见快生活” and held its press conference on August 28, 2020. The program was scheduled to air on television and then continue on mobile.
2020
Kuaishou completed its acquisition of YTG
Kuaishou completed its acquisition of the YTG team, entering the King Pro League (KPL).
2020
Kuaishou and KFC launch the “Time and Space Reversal” interactive campaign
Kuaishou and KFC jointly created an interactive marketing campaign featuring an AR effect and a challenge; KFC offered coupons and rewards to participants.
2020
Kuaishou announces penalties for eating-stream content promoting overeating
Kuaishou said it would respond to content featuring binge eating, fake eating, induced vomiting, or promoting excessive consumption with measures that could include removing works, shutting down livestreams, or banning accounts, depending on severity.
2020
Chinese livestreaming platforms respond to food-waste concerns
Douyin, Kuaishou and Douyu described platform measures in response to reports of food waste in livestreams. Douyin said it would penalize food-wasting behavior and added search prompts; Kuaishou said it would remove works, shut down livestreams or ban accounts for specified behaviors; Douyu said it would strengthen review of food-related livestream content.
2020
Kuaishou’s Kaiyan kuaichuang launches creative marketing certification
Kuaishou’s Kaiyan kuaichuang launched a creative marketing certification service system for people working in the short-video industry.
2020
Kuaishou releases and open-sources LAS live-streaming standard
Kuaishou released its Live Adaptive Streaming (LAS) live-streaming multi-bitrate standard and open-sourced an end-to-end solution, including server-side and client-side components and an adaptive-bitrate algorithm.
2020
Kuaishou and JD Retail launch a joint subsidy promotion
Kuaishou and JD Retail launched a joint subsidy promotion on June 15, 2020, focused mainly on JD self-operated products sold directly on Kuaishou. Kuaishou said it would provide additional subsidies in selected categories on top of JD’s existing subsidies.
2020
Kuaishou names Zhang Yuqi as e-commerce ambassador
Kuaishou announced that Zhang Yuqi would become an ambassador for Kuaishou E-commerce, the first celebrity to represent Kuaishou.
2020
Kuaishou launches the Dawn Plan merchant support program
Kuaishou launched the Dawn Plan, offering cash subsidies and other support policies for service providers and merchants on its platform.