{
  "id": 1476558,
  "title": "Billionaire Geely Auto head Li Shufu steps down as profit slips",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/billionaire-geely-auto-head-li-shufu-steps-down-as-profit-slips-1476558",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-17T11:32:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3364318/billionaire-geely-auto-head-li-shufu-steps-down-profit-slips"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Chinese billionaire Li Shufu has relinquished his role as chairman of Geely Auto, describing the planned succession as the foundation for the future sustainable growth of the country’s second-largest carmaker. Li, the 63-year-old founder of the automotive group, announced his resignation just after Hong Kong-listed Geely reported record first-half revenue in China’s cutthroat car market on…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}