The company's efforts are in line with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping's call to turn China into a country of innovators and to reach the frontiers of science and technology.
The company, based in Guangzhou, the capital of South China's Guangdong province, has developed a global research and development network, with the latest R&D center put into operation in Detroit, Michigan in 2019.
The company said it aims to enmesh more educational content with other brands such as Fisher-Price and Thomas & Friends, which are popular in China.
The company released a statement Thursday afternoon that the company gained the image copyright from the Event Horizon Telescope teams for use in media, not for commercial use such as advertisements.
The company's shares listed in Hong Kong fell 0.45 percent as of 10 am Tuesday.
The company's revenues rose 22.79 percent year-on-year to 130.06 billion yuan, it said. BYD sold 247,811 new energy vehicles in 2018, a rise of over 90 percent from 2017.
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The company will step up investment in Europe, with focus on four to five countries including UK and Italy, to drive sales of its smartphones in the region. It will also intensify resources into emerging markets including central Africa and some markets
The company saw robust growth in consumer and enterprise sales in 2017, up 32 percent and 35 percent, reaching 237.2 billion yuan and 54.9 billion yuan, respectively. Its carrier business reported 3 percent growth to 297.8 billion yuan.
The company is also placing bets on Chinese consumers' surging interest in cheese. Cheese was not commonly consumed in China but has seen strong market potential due to the rising popularity of Western cuisine and innovative dining options such as cheese hot pot and milk tea with cheese topping.
The company said its fuel consumption is no more than 90 kilograms of standard coal for each metric ton of secondary lead it extracts, while many of its foreign rivals consume 300 kg.