# 📊 HiddenMerit Daily · Issue 29 > **Focus on Database Frontiers, Practical Insights for DBAs** > May 25, 2026 ｜ 5 Selected Global Breaking News ## 01｜China Academy of Art Launches RMB 550,000 Xinchuang Procurement: University Xinchuang Moves from “Pilot” to “Full‑Scenario Replacement” On May 15, the China Academy of Art released its government procurement意向 for May 2026, with a budget of **RMB 550,000** for the “Domestic Xinchuang Construction – 2026” project. The procurement requirements explicitly state: by 2025, achieve basic domestic production of educational new infrastructure related software and hardware, and by 2027, complete **full‑chain replacement of core business systems and terminal environments**, forming an autonomous and controllable ecosystem covering “chips – operating systems – databases – application software – security services.” Specific technical paths include: large‑scale deployment of domestic CPUs (Kunpeng, Loongson, etc.), operating systems (UnionTech UOS, Deepin), and **databases (Dameng DM8, KingbaseES)** in data centres, labs, and office terminals, with a domestic production rate of over 90% for core equipment; driving deep compatibility of key applications such as academic affairs management, research collaboration, and smart classrooms with domestic environments, achieving 100% adaptation rate; building a “zero‑trust access + perimeter protection + data encryption + log audit” […]

📊 HiddenMerit Daily · Issue 28 Focus on Database Frontiers, Practical Insights for DBAs May 23, 2026 ｜ 5 Selected Global Breaking News 01｜Financial Xinchuang Accelerates Again: Database Transformation Projects at Shaoxing Bank and Linshang Bank Intensively Land On May 22, the 2026 database transformation and virtualisation platform expansion software and hardware procurement project of Shaoxing Bank announced its winning bid, covering multiple lots including Xinchuang servers and Huawei virtualisation software licenses. On the same day, the winning result of Package B of Linshang Bank’s Xinchuang centralised database procurement project was also announced, marking that the core system domestic replacement of this Shandong local bank has entered the substantive delivery stage. The Xinchuang procurements of Shaoxing Bank and Linshang Bank are not isolated cases. China Communications Construction Group Co., Ltd.’s 2026 autonomous‑control database procurement project completed evaluation on May 22, with a transaction amount of RMB 259,200. Guangxi Digital Jinfu Technology Co., Ltd. also announced the winning result of its domestic basic suite procurement project on the same day, covering domestic operating systems, domestic databases, and domestic middleware. On the same day, a centralised procurement project for domestic databases also announced its bid candidates, with three enterprises including Digital China […]

📊 HiddenMerit Daily · Issue 26 Focus on Database Frontiers, Practical Insights for DBAs May 21, 2026 ｜ 5 Selected Global Breaking News 01｜Google Urges PostgreSQL Developers to Leverage AI Coding at Scale, Alibaba Cloud Leads Domestic Open‑Source Contributions On May 20, Google published a strong call for PostgreSQL developers to “massively” adopt AI coding tools for code generation, testing, and optimisation during development. This statement comes as Google increases its contributions to open‑source projects like PostgreSQL – earlier this year, Google contributed a series of new PostgreSQL code, including parallel hash join optimisations and new performance monitoring infrastructure. Google’s core argument is that human‑AI collaboration can dramatically reduce monotonous, repetitive tasks in database kernel development, allowing developers to focus on more complex system logic innovation. Since the beginning of this year, the penetration of AI‑assisted coding tools in database kernel development has significantly increased. At the same time, Alibaba Cloud has recently completed large‑scale kernel‑level contributions from PolarDB to the PostgreSQL community, covering key modules such as executor optimisation and lock manager enhancements, demonstrating that the technology backflow path of domestic databases into the open‑source ecosystem is becoming increasingly mature and systematic. · DBA Perspective: The examples from Google […]

“`markdown # 📊 HiddenMerit Daily · Issue 25 > **Focus on Database Frontiers, Practical Insights for DBAs** > May 20, 2026 ｜ 5 Selected Global Breaking News ## 01｜PICC Technology Procures Three Domestic Databases in Bulk, Financial Xinchuang Moves from “Pilot” to “Standard” Era On May 18, PICC Technology announced the winning results of its 2025‑2026 Database Related Basic Software Original Factory Standard Service and Expansion Procurement Project (Package 2: Database Software Original Factory Standard Service), covering original factory standard services for **GaussDB, OceanBase, and Dameng databases**. The procurement method was competitive negotiation. This is the second time in a short period that PICC Technology has introduced domestic databases at scale. In the previous 2025‑2026 Database Related Basic Software Maintenance Service Procurement (Package 1), it had already procured original factory services from three domestic databases. As a leading institution in the insurance industry, PICC Technology’s continuous inclusion of domestic databases in its original factory standard service scope indicates that the insurance industry’s Xinchuang transformation has completed multi‑vendor adaptation and technical reserves, and the procurement model has formally shifted from “single‑point pilot” to “regular expansion procurement.” – **DBA Perspective**: A major insurer procuring three domestic databases in bulk sends a **clear […]

📊 HiddenMerit Daily · Issue 24 Focus on Database Frontiers, Practical Insights for DBAs May 19, 2026 ｜ 10 Selected Global Breaking News 01｜Dameng Launches DM9 from Hong Kong as Strategic Hub, a “Hardcore Global Calling Card” for Domestic Databases On May 15, Dameng Data held its 2026 new product launch in Hong Kong, officially unveiling the DM9 database management system and the new DAMENG PAI all‑in‑one machine. By choosing Hong Kong as a strategic hub, Dameng not only takes a key step in deepening its international presence but also builds a bridge for China’s independent database technology to engage with the world, marking a transition from “technology breakthrough” to “going global.” DM9 introduces over 450 new features and enhancements, covering performance optimisation, high availability, compatibility, security, and multi‑model support. The DAMENG PAI all‑in‑one machine follows a “software‑hardware synergy” concept, delivering extreme performance tuning and intelligent O&M capabilities for high‑grade industry core systems. Earlier in late April, Dameng had already released four new products at the 2026 China Database Technology and Industry Conference: DM9, GDMBASE V4.0, DAMENG PAI V2.0 all‑in‑one, and Qiyun Database V4.0, covering centralised, distributed, cloud‑native, and graph database scenarios. By mid‑May, Dameng brought DM9 and DAMENG PAI […]

📊 HiddenMerit Daily · Issue 23 Focus on Database Frontiers, Practical Insights for DBAs May 18, 2026 ｜ 5 Selected Global Breaking News 01｜Vastbase Plans Private Placement of RMB 702M, Doubles Down on HTAP and Multi‑Modal Time‑Series Database On the evening of May 11, Vastbase (603138.SH) disclosed its 2026 private placement plan, aiming to raise up to RMB 702 million. The entire amount will be invested in two cutting‑edge R&D projects: RMB 489 million for a next‑generation high‑performance hybrid transaction/analytical database (HTAP) project, and RMB 213 million for a multi‑modal time‑series database project. Vastbase believes that the traditional “OLTP database + OLAP data warehouse” separated architecture can no longer meet the real‑time, integrated, and high‑concurrency requirements of core scenarios such as finance, retail, telecommunications, and manufacturing. The drawbacks – high O&M costs, data synchronization latency, and difficulty ensuring consistency – have become prominent. The HTAP architecture, with its two core technical advantages of row‑column hybrid storage and unified transaction/analytics processing, can deliver both high‑concurrency transaction performance and batch analytical efficiency. The multi‑modal time‑series database project targets core needs in emerging scenarios such as industrial IoT and energy dispatch, aiming to solve the heavy reliance on foreign technology and insufficient multi‑modal […]

📊 HiddenMerit Daily · Issue 22 Focus on Database Frontiers, Practical Insights for DBAs May 17, 2026 ｜ 5 Selected Global Breaking News 01｜May 2026 China Database Popularity Ranking: OceanBase, Dameng Surpass 800 Points, Top Ten Remains Unchanged The May 2026 China Database Popularity Ranking was recently released. This month, the top ten positions saw zero changes, but key metrics continued to rise – OceanBase maintained the top spot with 830.74 points. The moats of leading vendors in critical industry applications are becoming more solid, and domestic database competition has officially moved from the “land‑grab phase” into the second half – “deep cultivation of existing markets.” In the AI direction, leading products are moving from “external adaptation” to “kernel co‑existence.” OceanBase released the seekdb M0 plugin, creating an “external memory hub” for the AI agent framework OpenClaw through hybrid retrieval and zero‑overhead compression. This completely solves the pain point of large models “losing memory on power‑off,” giving AI a production‑grade persistent memory layer. Dameng DM9, with its “centralised + distributed + TP + AP + AI” five‑in‑one architecture, integrates “design agents” and “operations agents,” moving databases from “passive response” to “self‑design and self‑healing.” Kingbase (Kingware) remains firmly in third place, […]

📊 HiddenMerit Daily · Issue 21 Focus on Database Frontiers, Practical Insights for DBAs May 16, 2026 ｜ 5 Selected Global Breaking News 01｜Oracle Database@AWS Now GA: Launches in Tokyo and Oregon, Toronto and Sydney Coming Soon Oracle and AWS jointly announced that Oracle Database@AWS 23ai has reached General Availability (GA) in the US East (Northern Virginia, April 2026) and US West (Oregon) regions, with the Tokyo region added in May. Upcoming regions include Canada (Toronto) and Australia (Sydney). Oracle Database@AWS runs on OCI hardware inside AWS data centres, offering Oracle Exadata Dedicated Infrastructure database service and Oracle Autonomous Database service. The service is deeply integrated with Amazon EC2, EKS, and ECS, supporting core AI features of Oracle 23ai such as AI vector search, embedded machine learning, natural language query (NLQ), and automatic index optimisation, enabling unified governance of structured and unstructured data. · DBA Perspective: The deep collaboration between Oracle and AWS – long‑time rivals – sends a clear signal: “Multi‑cloud is no longer an option, it is a necessity.” In the past, DBAs were forced to choose sides between cloud vendors and Oracle; now they can deploy Oracle directly from the AWS console, with low‑latency direct connectivity over […]

# 📊 HiddenMerit Daily · Issue 20 > **Focus on Database Frontiers, Practical Insights for DBAs** > May 15, 2026 ｜ 5 Selected Global Breaking News ## 01｜Alibaba Cloud RDS MySQL 8.4 Officially Launched: First LTS Version Paves EOL Transition Path for 8.0 Users On May 14, Alibaba Cloud announced the official launch of RDS MySQL 8.4. As the first LTS long‑term support version of the MySQL Community Edition, 8.4 offers a longer lifecycle and higher stability compared to 8.0, and deeply integrates optimisation capabilities from the AliSQL kernel – second‑level column changes, large transaction governance, and replication latency optimisation are all in place, with full compatibility with MySQL 8.0 syntax and plugins, supporting smooth upgrades. In response to MySQL 8.0 reaching EOL on April 30, Alibaba Cloud introduced a differentiated support strategy: committing to continued kernel‑level maintenance support for existing RDS MySQL 8.0 instances, including security vulnerability fixes, critical bug fixes, and stability enhancements. Users do not need to rush upgrades and can calmly plan a smooth evolution to 8.4. At the same time, smooth upgrade capability from RDS MySQL 8.0 to 8.4 is under development, aiming to provide a one‑click, low‑risk, business‑transparent upgrade experience. – **DBA Perspective**: Alibaba […]

📊 HiddenMerit Daily · Issue 19 May 14, 2026 ｜ 5 Selected Global Breaking News 01｜Vastbase Plans Private Placement of Over RMB 700M, Doubles Down on HTAP and Multi‑Modal Time‑Series Database On the evening of May 11, Vastbase (603138.SH) disclosed its 2026 private placement plan, intending to issue A-shares to no more than 35 specified investors, raising up to RMB 702 million. After deducting issuance expenses, the net proceeds will be fully invested in two core technology R&D projects: RMB 489 million for a next‑generation high‑performance hybrid transaction/analytical database (HTAP) project, and RMB 213 million for a multi‑modal time‑series database project. The company stated that the traditional OLTP+OLAP separated architecture can no longer meet the rigid requirements of real‑time data processing, integration, and high concurrency in core scenarios such as finance, retail, telecommunications, and manufacturing. Its shortcomings – high O&M costs, data synchronization latency, and difficulty ensuring consistency – have become key bottlenecks in digital transformation. The HTAP architecture, with its two core advantages of row‑column hybrid storage and unified transaction/analytics processing, can deliver both high‑concurrency transaction performance and batch analytical efficiency. The multi‑modal time‑series database project focuses on core needs in industrial IoT and energy dispatch, aiming to solve […]