Exhibit 99.1

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WeRide Inc.

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(A company controlled through weighted voting rights and incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 0800)

RECORD DATE FOR 2026 FIRST CLASS MEETING OF HOLDERS OF
CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES, CLASS B ORDINARY SHARES AND
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

The 2026 first class meeting of holders of Class A ordinary shares (“Class A Meeting”), class meeting of holders of Class B ordinary shares (“Class B Meeting”), and extraordinary general meeting (the “EGM”) of WeRide Inc. (the “Company”) are proposed to be convened and held on Friday, March 13, 2026, Beijing time.

The board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) announces that the record date for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the holders of the Class A ordinary shares and/or Class B ordinary shares of the Company, each with a par value of US$0.00001 per share, to attend and vote at the forthcoming Class A Meeting, Class B Meeting and EGM will be as at the close of business on Monday, February 9, 2026, Hong Kong time (the “Shares Record Date”). Holders of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares and/or Class B ordinary shares as at the Shares Record Date are entitled to attend and vote at the forthcoming Class A Meeting, Class B Meeting and EGM and any adjourned meeting thereof.

In order to be eligible to attend and vote at the Class A Meeting, Class B Meeting and EGM, persons who hold the Company’s Class A ordinary shares and/or Class B ordinary shares directly on our Cayman Islands register of members should ensure that all valid transfer documents, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, are lodged with our principal share registrar in Cayman Islands, International Corporation Services Ltd., at P.O. Box 472, Harbour Place, 2nd Floor, North Wing, 103 South Church Street, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1106, Cayman Islands, before 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 8, 2026, Cayman Islands time (due to the time difference between Cayman Islands and Hong Kong); and persons who hold the Company’s Class A ordinary shares directly on our Hong Kong register of members should ensure that all valid transfer documents, accompanied by the relevant share certificates, are lodged with our branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, within the same period (i.e. before 4:30 p.m. on Monday, February 9, 2026, Hong Kong time).

* For identification purposes only

Holders of record of the Company’s American Depositary Shares, each representing three Class A ordinary shares of the Company (the “ADSs”), as at the close of business on Monday, February 9, 2026, New York time (the “ADS Record Date”) who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying Class A ordinary shares must give voting instructions to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the depositary of the ADSs. Please be aware that, because of the time difference between Hong Kong and New York, any ADS holders that cancel their ADSs in exchange for Class A ordinary shares on February 9, 2026, New York time will no longer be ADS holders with respect to such cancelled ADSs as at the ADS Record Date and will not be able to instruct the depositary as to how to vote the Class A ordinary shares represented by such cancelled ADSs as described above; such ADS holders will also not be holders of the Class A ordinary shares represented by such cancelled ADSs as of the Shares Record Date for the purpose of determining the eligibility to attend and vote at the Class A Meeting and EGM.

Details including the meeting time and location of the Class A Meeting, Class B Meeting and EGM will be set out in the circular and the notice of such meetings to be issued by the Company in due course.

Hong Kong, January 26, 2026

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises Dr. Tony Xu Han and Dr. Yan Li as executive Directors, Mr. Kazuhiro Doi and Mr. Jean-François Salles as non-executive Directors, and Ms. Huiping Yan, Mr. David Zhang and Dr. Tony Fancheong Chan as independent non-executive Directors.