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"Pharmaceutical Biology"

- The first patient with a swine heart transplant died, surviving for two months to create a medical milestone

-The Company signed a supply agreement with General Technologies China Pharmaceutical for PAXLOVID, a treatment for covid-19

"Smart Cars"

-With global sales of electric vehicles reaching 4.2 million units in 2021, the Company continues to lead in China

-The Company announced a new energy strategy to sell millions of people by 2023

「New Energy》

-The Company started construction of the Company's self-developed power battery trial production line

-Trina Solar 210 n-type i-TOPCon battery efficiency set a new record

"Semiconductors"

-The Company launches GF Fotonix, a next-generation silicon photonics platform

-The Company completed a series B financing of TENS of millions of yuan, focusing on advanced semiconductor testing

"Artificial Intelligence"

-The Company developed an AI psychotherapy service system for the artificial intelligence mental health company "Listening Toxin Intelligence"

-Voice ARTIFICIAL intelligence startup Spindle Intelligence raised $50 million in Series B financing

"Former Universe"

Grand View: Meta-universe COMPOUND of 39.4% from 2021 to 2030

-Professor Shenyang of Tsinghua University: Metacosm's requirements for computing power are more than 1,000 times that of the current one, and China has broken through the core technology in a window of more than 10 years

"More Hard Technology"

-The Company completed tests on the first commercial maglev 3.0 train independently developed by the Company

-The mainland is planning the construction of a global occultation weather detection constellation

Medical biology

■ The first patient with pig heart transplant died, surviving for two months to create a medical milestone

The world's first person to receive a genetically modified pig heart transplant died on March 8, and he survived for up to two months after undergoing the transplant. The hospital said the patient's condition had begun to deteriorate in recent days and it was unclear exactly what caused Bennett's death. After a statement from the University of Maryland on March 9, Professor Wu Zhongjun, director of the Artificial Organ Laboratory at the University of Maryland, responded: "The fact that patients survived for two months has exceeded our expectations. (CBN)

■ Pfizer signed a supply agreement with General Technology China Pharmaceutical for PAXLOVID, a treatment for the new crown virus

Pfizer and General Technologies China Pharmaceutical & Health Industry Co., Ltd. jointly announced the signing of a supply agreement for the combination packaging of nematvir tablets/ritonavir tablets (i.e. PAXLOVID) for the treatment of covid-19. GE Pharma China will be responsible for the commercial operation of Pfizer's COVID-19 therapeutic drug PAXLOVID in the Chinese mainland market during the term of the agreement. (The Paper)

■ Kaidi Medical completed nearly 100 million yuan of A and A+ rounds of financing, and accelerated the clinical research and IND declaration process of CAR-T core pipeline

Kaidi Medical (formerly known as "Kaidi Bio") officially announced the completion of nearly 100 million yuan A and A+ rounds of financing. This round of financing is jointly invested by "Longman Capital" and "Kangyuan Huiying", which is used to deepen cooperation with strategic partners such as Boteng Bio, and accelerate the promotion of the Sino-US IND declaration process and POC clinical verification of multiple core pipelines of the company. (Financial Sector)

■ AR medical solution provider MediView XR receives $9.9 million in new financing

AR medical technology company MediView XR announced a $9.9 million new funding round, which is invested by Inside View Investments for key technology development, commercialization and regulatory applications. To date, the company has raised $14.4 million. (Tencent News)

Smart cars

■ Global electric vehicle sales reached 4.2 million units in 2021, and China continues to lead

According to the latest data released by JATO, global electric vehicle sales reached 4.2 million units in 2021, doubling the market share from 3.1% to 6.2%. Among them, China continues to lead, accounting for about half of the global market demand, while Europe and North America have also made significant progress. It is worth mentioning that China exports nearly 500,000 pure electric vehicles in 2021, which is also more than any other country in the world. (Sina Auto)

■ Wuling released a new energy strategy to achieve sales of one million in 2023

Recently, SAIC-GM-Wuling officially released the "two million, five billion" - China Wuling New Energy Strategy, which will build a million pure electric new energy platform, a million hybrid new energy platform, and five tens of billions of industries of batteries, electric drives, electronic controls, business services, and robots. And by 2023, strive to sell millions of new energy vehicles a year. (Gaz Automotive)

■ Volkswagen has chosen Cyrus dialogue AI to empower its next-generation infotainment system

Volkswagen announced that it has chosen Cyrus to provide voice and conversational AI technology support for its new generation of infotainment, and the new features are the first to be applied in the new Volkswagen Golf 8 GTI. This upgraded system is faster and more accurate, providing natural, intuitive interactions for Volkswagen owners. (Gaz Automotive)

■ Auchan Z6 is equipped with OnStyle 5.0, and the new car has internal and external voice interaction

Auchan debuted the OnStyle 5.0 Smart Happy Cockpit and unveiled the interior of the car robot Z6. It is reported that the Z6 is positioned as a 150,000-class compact SUV, and the 2022 Beijing Auto Show is expected to open pre-sale and is expected to be officially listed in mid-2022. (Gaz Automotive)

New energy sources

■ GAC Aean's self-developed power battery trial production line was officially started

A few days ago, GAC Aean's self-developed power battery trial production line piling began construction, marking the official landing of the "Proposal on the Construction Project of Self-developed Battery Trial Production Line" deliberated and approved by GAC Group in October last year. The self-developed battery trial production line project covers an area of about 10,500 square meters, including the complete battery production process from slurry preparation to battery Pack, as well as laboratories for material research and development, physical and chemical testing, and electrical properties. (36Kr)

■ Trina Solar 210 n-type i-TOPCon battery efficiency set a new record

Trina Solar announced that the 210mm × 210mm high-efficiency i-TOPCon battery independently developed by the company has been certified by the third-party test of the Chinese Academy of Metrology, and the highest battery efficiency has reached 25.5%, creating a new world record for the efficiency of large-area industrialized n-type monocrystalline silicon i-TOPCon batteries. (Sci-Tech Innovation Board Daily)

■ Shanghai's first road DC charging pile was put into use, which can serve 100 new energy vehicles per week

Recently, the Shanghai Road Parking Demonstration Project - Liyuan Road Charging Station in Huangpu District was officially put into use. It was learned from Huangpu District that in 2022, the District Transportation Commission will pilot the construction of charging facilities in 4 road parking lots within the scope of management. This is also the first road DC charging pile built and put into use in Shanghai. (The Paper)

■ Northvolt will build a new plant to produce cathode materials, which can supply more than 100GWh batteries per year

Swedish battery maker Northvolt recently announced plans to transform a closed paper mill in Sweden into a new factory for the production of cathode active materials and batteries, which will supply the company's multiple battery plants. The first phase of the new plant will be put into operation by the end of 2024, and the annual output of cathode material can be used for ultra-100GWh batteries. Northvolt has signed a letter of intent with Stora Enso, the paper mill's own recyclables company, for the acquisition of Sweden's Borl ngeKvarnsvedenMill and surrounding industrial estates. If the two sides agree on the deal, Northvolt is expected to refurbish and use the existing facilities. (Financial Associated Press)

Semiconductor

■ GF introduces GF Fotonix, a next-generation silicon photonic platform

GF today announced that it is partnering with companies including Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Inc, Marvell and NVIDIA, as well as breakthrough photonic leaders including Ayar Labs, Lightmatter, PsiQuantum, Ranovus and Xanadu, to deliver innovative, unique, feature-rich solutions. To solve some of the biggest challenges facing today's data centers. (Set microgrid)

■ Weifu Semiconductor completed tens of millions of yuan B round of financing, focusing on the field of advanced semiconductor testing

Weifu Semiconductor completed tens of millions of yuan B round of financing, and the investor is Huaqiang Venture Capital. Vivor Semiconductor is committed to advanced testing of semiconductor integrated circuits and advanced services of related industrial chains. According to wisdom bud data, Weifu Semiconductor and its affiliates currently have more than 20 patent applications, about one-third of which are invention patents, and its patent layout mainly focuses on test machines, wafer tests and other related fields. (Set microgrid)

■ The IPO of GCC Integrated Science and Technology Innovation Board was successfully held

According to the results of the 17th review meeting of the Listing Committee of the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2022, the IPO of Hefei Jinghe Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd., the third largest wafer foundry in Chinese mainland, was successfully held. According to market consultancy Frost & Sullivan, by the end of 2020, TMC has become the third largest pure wafer foundry company (excluding foreign-owned holding companies) in Chinese mainland revenue and the third largest 12-inch wafer foundry capacity, after SMIC and Huahong Semiconductor. (Titanium Media)

■ China Semiconductor Association: China's integrated circuit sales exceeded one trillion yuan in 2021, an increase of 18.2% year-on-year

China Semiconductor Industry Association recently released statistics, in 2021 China's integrated circuit industry sales of 1,045.83 billion yuan, an increase of 18.2%. Among them, the sales of the design industry were 451.9 billion yuan, an increase of 19.6% year-on-year; the sales of the manufacturing industry were 317.63 billion yuan, an increase of 24.1%; and the sales of the packaging and testing industry were 276.3 billion yuan, an increase of 10.1% year-on-year. (Financial Associated Press)

■Institutions: 48% CAGR of Class III power semiconductors by 2025

According to TrendForce Jibang Consulting Research, the output value of the third type of power semiconductor will grow from $980 million in 2021 to $4.71 billion by 2025, with a compound annual growth rate of 48%. At present, under the development of major substrate suppliers, including Wolfspeed, Gaoyi and other industries have successively expanded their production capacity, and will mass-produce 8-inch substrates in the second half of 2022, it is expected that the output value of the third type of power semiconductors will still have room for growth in the next few years. (Sci-Tech Innovation Board Daily)

Human intelligence

■ Artificial intelligence mental health enterprise "Listening Toxin Intelligence" develops AN psychotherapy service system

The pre-training model parameters of the artificial intelligence mental health enterprise "Listening Intelligence" have reached a scale of about 10 billion, and the team has developed an AI psychotherapy service system by solving a series of problems such as the "translation" of AI logic, data privacy and sample bias, interpretability of algorithms, data labeling, etc., which includes the whole process of screening, evaluation, intervention, rehabilitation, and long-term follow-up health management. At present, Tingxin Intelligence has begun to conduct clinical trials. (Titanium Media)

■ Voice artificial intelligence startup Spinner Intelligence received $50 million in Series B financing

Voice artificial intelligence (AI) startup AI Rudder today announced the completion of a $50 million Series B funding round, bringing the company's total funding over the past 12 months to $60 million. New investors Tiger Global, Coatue, Cathay Innovation, First Plus and VenturesLab participated in the Series B round, along with former investors Sequoia Capital India and Huashan Capital. (Moving Point Technology)

Yuan Yu Zhou

Grand View: 39.4% CAGR of the meta-universe from 2021 to 2030

A new report from market research firm Grand View Research predicts that the size of the global meta-universe market will grow from $38.85 billion to $678.8 billion from 2021 to 2030, with a compound annual growth rate of 39.4%. During this period, the report notes that this market will be driven by growing demand from end-use industries such as media, entertainment, education, education, etc., and aerospace and defense is expected to be the driving force. (Sci-Tech Innovation Board Daily)

■ Professor Shenyang of Tsinghua University: The requirements of the metacosm for computing power are more than 1,000 times that of the current one, and China has broken through the core technology in the window period of more than 10 years

"To create a better metaverse, the computing power of THE CPU, GPU and integrated circuit is at least 1,000 times higher than it is now, according to Moore's Law, it will probably take more than a decade." I also hope that in this decade or so, we can really seize this window period and make breakthroughs in core key technologies through the efforts of a generation. Recently, Shenyang said in an exclusive interview. (Daily Economic News)

More hard science and technology

■The first commercial maglev 3.0 train independently developed by the mainland completed the relevant tests

It was learned from CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd. that the first commercial maglev 3.0 train developed by the company with completely independent intellectual property rights in the mainland has completed the relevant dynamic test and system joint commissioning test on the high-speed maglev test line of Tongji University. This commercial maglev train is designed to have a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, which is a new commercial maglev product independently created by mainland researchers, filling the gap in the global maglev transportation system of this speed level, marking that the mainland has mastered the key core technology of medium-speed maglev, and the innovation and industrial development of maglev technology continue to remain at the forefront of the world. (Xinhua News Agency)

■ The mainland is planning the construction of a global occultation meteorological detection constellation

According to the Second Academy of China Aerospace Science and Industry Group, China Aerospace Science and Industry Group is planning the construction of a global occultation meteorological detection constellation to achieve global high-precision, high-spatio-temporal resolution atmospheric remote sensing data acquisition. According to reports, occultation detection is the signal emitted by the navigation satellite through the ionosphere and the atmosphere, the frequency, phase and amplitude will change, through this change of inversion calculations, you can get atmospheric temperature, humidity and pressure and ionosphere electron density and other information, to make up for the lack of traditional meteorological observation methods. (Financial Associated Press)

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