Chinese self-driving startup Deeproute has launched its next-generation sensing platform, boasting a per unit cost of just $10,000 – well below the market average – and targeting mass production with automakers as early as 2024. The hardware suite includes five lidar sensors and eight cameras to allow the vehicle to have a 360-degree field of vision, according to an announcement released Wednesday. By comparison, a Waymo testing vehicle reportedly costs at least $130,000 in sensors and computers, according to the company’s former CEO John Krafcik. [Deeproute release, in Chinese]

China’s top AI firm SenseTime plans to raise HK$5.99 billion ($768 million) in its Hong Kong debut, down about 62% from a reported $2 billion goal. The company is selling 1.5 billion shares between HK$3.85 and HK$3.99 apiece, with the listing scheduled on Dec. 17. SenseTime’s listing comes amid Beijing’s intensified scrutiny of technology companies and their data security practices. The 7-year-old company makes facial recognition software for various fields, including security and financial services. SenseTime is valued at more than $12 billion in its most recent financing round received in January. [SenseTime announcement]

Alibaba announced on Monday that deputy chief financial officer Toby Xu to replace Maggie Wu as the company’s chief financial officer next April. Separately, the company said it will create two new units for domestic e-commerce business and international e-commerce business. Trudy Dai will lead the domestic unit, and Jiang Fan will head the global one. The Chinese e-commerce giant overhauls its business structure at a time of increasing regulatory pressure and rising competition. [Reuters]

On Thursday, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it had imposed a RMB 1.5 million ($235,000) fine on Chinese hipster social media platform Douban for “unlawful” release of information. The agency has summoned executives of the company, ordering the platform to “rectify immediately and punish people in charge of the matter.” The company said in a Thursday statement that it had suspended a reply function and a featured content function on the platform. [CAC announcement, in Chinese]

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global said Friday that it is preparing to delist from the New York Stock Exchange, only six months after its June IPO triggered a cybersecurity probe for overseas listings of Chinese companies. Meanwhile, the company will pursue a listing in Hong Kong, a preferred listing destination for Chinese IPO hopefuls due to increased scrutiny for overseas listings from Beijing. Last week, China regulators reportedly asked Didi’s top executives to come up with a plan to delist from the US bourse because of concerns about leakage of sensitive data. [Didi announcement, in Chinese]