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Platforms such as Douyin, Xiaohongshu, and Zhihu will display the location of the account IP

On April 15, platforms such as Douyin, Kuaishou, Zhihu, Xiaohongshu, Today's Toutiao, and Baijia issued announcements saying that they would display the ip ownership of the account in personal homepages and other locations.

Sina Weibo has implemented relevant functions, and the IP attribution domain information will be displayed on the user's personal homepage, and the relevant display cannot be manually opened or closed.

Tmall Supermarket's heart choice business will be upgraded to the new brand "Meow full score"

On April 14, according to the late Late Post report, the recent "Taobao Heart Selection" will disappear and be upgraded to a new brand "Meow Full Score", "Meow Full Score" will provide high-quality and affordable goods through selected origins and direct supply from the source, focusing on young families, and the first batch of products will be listed on tmall supermarket in mid-to-late April.

Banana submitted a prospectus in Hong Kong, focusing on the sunscreen category

On April 8, Banana Holdings Limited officially submitted a prospectus to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for listing on the Main Board, with CICC and Morgan Stanley acting as joint sponsors. Revenue in 2021 was 2.41 billion yuan, an increase of 203.1% year-on-year.

Banana is a Hangzhou company founded in 2013, the first sunscreen product launched is a double-layer small black umbrella, followed by the launch of a series of sunscreen functional products, in the sunscreen category gradually occupied the first place in the market.

Musk plans to buy Twitter for $41.4 billion; WeChat launches a "farm" feature

Luckin and Coconut Tree are jointly named

On April 8, Luckin officially released a Weibo post: "Countdown to 3 days! For the first time in 34 years, this cooperative brand has been jointly named." Subsequently, Luckin and Coconut Tree officially announced the launch of a joint product "Coconut Cloud Latte", which is also the first joint name of Coconut Tree in 34 years of its establishment, and the joint feature is to replace the conventional milk cap with coconut milk, which has now become an Internet red drink.

China Post registered a number of "Post Office Coffee POST COFFEE" trademarks

According to Tianyan, since April 1, China Post Group Co., Ltd. has applied for the registration of a number of "Post Office Coffee POST COFFEE" trademarks, and the international classification includes advertising sales, wine, convenience foods, etc.

On February 14, Xiamen Post officially released the news that the first "post office coffee" was opened in Xiamen International Trade Building, and then Xiamen Post officially said that the café was a self-operated outlet, which was still in the trial operation stage and had not yet opened to join.

The General Administration of Customs reminded the suspension of the consumption of Belgian chocolate such as Ferrero

According to the official website of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China, according to the Notification of the World Health Organization's International Food Safety Network (infosan) and confirmed by the Belgian Embassy in China, the Italian chocolate producer Ferrero Group announced a global recall of any batch, shelf life and packaging method produced at its Arlon plant in Belgium as Kinder Surprise, Kinder Mini Eggs, Kinder Surprise Chocolate products from Maxi and Kinder Schokbons. The reason for the recall is that the above products may be contaminated with Salmonella.

Ferrero China's official Weibo also issued a statement apologizing, saying that the full line of Kenda products produced in China and imported into Chinese mainland are not related to the factories involved and are not covered by the recall.

GoTo became Indonesia's largest technology IPO

On April 11, GoTo, Indonesia's largest Internet technology company, was listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange, which was merged by two of Indonesia's major Internet companies, Gojek (taxi) and Tokopedia (e-commerce). The previous listing raised $1.1 billion, up 15% on the first day of listing, and exceeded $30 billion intraday.

According to related news, GoTo's investors include Tencent, Alibaba, SoftBank, Google, Sequoia Capital India, etc.

Yuanqi Forest's revenue in 2021 is 7 billion yuan

On April 15, Li Guoxun, vice president of Yuanqi Forest, disclosed some performance data to the outside world, saying that the revenue in 2021 was 2.6 times that of the previous year. Public information shows that Yuanqi Forest's revenue in 2020 is 2.7 billion yuan, and according to the data, its revenue in 2021 is estimated to be about 7 billion yuan. At the same time, the offline channels of Yuanqi Forest have grown rapidly, and the number of Yuanqi Forest dealers has increased from more than 500 at the beginning of last year to more than 1,000, and the number of offline terminals has exceeded 1 million, covering more than 800 cities across the country.

Musk plans to buy Twitter for $41.4 billion; WeChat launches a "farm" feature

La Chapelle's performance continued to decline and announced its delisting

On April 14, La Chapelle Apparel Co., Ltd. issued an announcement that the Shanghai Stock Exchange decided to terminate the listing of the company's A-share shares, and the company's shares entered the delisting period from April 22, and at present, La Chapelle has been suspended in A shares, showing the latest stock price of 1.05 yuan / share, with a market value of 575 million yuan.

La Chapelle went public on September 25, 2017, but its performance began to decline in 2018, losing nearly 5 billion yuan for four consecutive years in 2021, and reducing its retail outlets to 300.

WeChat status online "farm"

On April 12, topics such as #WeChat Farm# appeared on Weibo's hot search list, showing that WeChat launched the "farm" function in the status, and users can raise animals in the state after setting.

In 2021, WeChat launched the "My Status" function, WeChat users can set the relevant status to show the mood of the day, and the function has been recognized by users after it was launched.

Lenovo responded by the Beijing Securities Regulatory Bureau to order corrections

According to the Daily Economic News, the Beijing Regulatory Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission issued a decision on ordering the correction of administrative regulatory measures against Legend Holdings Co., Ltd., and found that the company had problems such as untimely disclosure of regular reports and untimely disclosure of interim reports. Legend Holdings announced that it will complete the rectification as soon as required and submit a rectification report, the company's current operation is normal and stable, and all bonds are paid in full and on schedule.

Hungry, JD.com increased manpower capacity to support Shanghai

Xiao Shuixian, senior vice president of Ele.me, pointed out that in the past week, Ele.me added 2,800 riders to return to work, and also launched and expanded the "community group purchase" model, of which the "community group meal" service has covered more than 1,000 communities in Putuo, Pudong, Yangpu and other districts.

Wang Wenbo, vice president of Jingdong Group, also said that Jingdong has deployed the first batch of about 2,000 courier brothers for Shanghai to provide operational support and material delivery services, and the first batch of key support materials have been transported to Shanghai through Jingdong Logistics special vehicles.

Musk plans to buy Twitter for $41.4 billion; WeChat launches a "farm" feature

TikTok may have more than $11 billion in advertising revenue this year

According to the Financial Associated Press, research institute Insider Intelligence recently predicted that TikTok's advertising revenue may triple to more than $11 billion this year, and twitter and Snapchat's advertising revenue is expected to reach $5.58 billion and $4.86 billion, respectively, in 2022, which is still lower than TikTok.

CR Yibao plans to go public in Hong Kong next year

According to Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, China Resources Group is considering an IPO of its bottled water subsidiary Yibao in Hong Kong, with a fundraising scale of 1 billion US dollars and may be listed next year at the earliest.

According to viewpoint new media, China Resources Group has discussed the potential listing of China Resources Yibao Beverage (China) Co., Ltd. and discussed with some financial advisers, because the discussion is still in the early stages, and the details of the IPO may change at that time.

Zhihu is expected to be listed on the Hong Kong stock market on April 22

On 11 April, Zhihu released a Hong Kong stock prospectus on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which is scheduled to land on The Hong Kong stock market on 22 April, with Credit Suisse, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and CMB International as its joint sponsors. Zhihu intends to offer 26 million shares globally and 2.6 million shares in Hong Kong, with a maximum offer price of HK$51.80 per share, raising about HK$1.347 billion.

Steinway Pianos applied for listing on the New York Stock Exchange

It is reported that high-end piano brand Steinway Musical Instruments submitted an IPO prospectus to the US SEC on Thursday, planning to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, with Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Securities and Barclays taking the lead in the IPO.

Founded in 1853, Steinway has a 169-year history and has 33 directly operated showrooms and about 180 dealers worldwide, according to the prospectus. Steinway noted that its sales will increase by 30% to $538 million in 2021. Net profit rose 14 percent to $59 million, while 37 percent and 36 percent of the piano division's net sales in fiscal 2021 and 2020 came from the Asia-Pacific region.

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Jia Yueting was relieved of his duties as Faraday's future executive officer

On April 14, EST, the SEC disclosed a document showing that the board of directors approved some of FF's decisions, including the reshuffle of founder Jia Yueting and the removal of him from his executive position, after Matthias Aite, senior vice president in charge of business development, took over Jia Yueting's position. The announcement also shows that Jia Yueting will continue to serve as the company's chief product and user ecosystem officer and will continue to report to the executive chairman.

At the same time, the CSRC said that according to the relevant provisions of the Administrative Reconsideration Law, it will continue to maintain the administrative penalty and market ban decision against Jia Yueting.

Musk plans to buy Twitter for $41.4 billion; WeChat launches a "farm" feature

Buffett, 91, was interviewed: Not planning to retire

On April 14, Eastern Time, the interview of the famous American anchor Charlie Ross interviewed "God of Gamblers" Buffett was released on his personal website. In the interview, Buffett, dressed in a suit and drinking Coke, said that he got up before 7 o'clock every morning to read the news, and then arrived at Berkshire Hathaway's headquarters before the stock market opened at 8:30, and said that he currently has no retirement plans because his job is "the most interesting job in the world."

Buffett also talked about his views on Apple CEO Cook and Tesla CEO Musk and others in the interview, saying that Cook is a "great manager and a very good person", while Musk has competed with traditional car companies with "an idea" and is "winning".

Musk plans to buy Twitter, which announced the launch of the "Poison Pill Program" in response to hostile takeovers

On April 4, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Tesla CEO Musk held 73.49 million shares of Twitter's common stock, accounting for 9.1% of Twitter's common stock, becoming Twitter's largest shareholder. Musk then declined Twitter's board invitation, canceled meetings with Twitter employees, and said in a Filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 14 that it would buy Twitter with $54.2 million per share in cash (total valuation of $41.4 billion, equivalent to $264 billion).

But Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Twitter's major shareholder, rejected Musk, arguing that the offer did not come close to Twitter's intrinsic value, and Goldman Sachs also said the purchase price proposed by Musk was too low.

On April 15, asset manager Anguard Group said in a filing with the SEC that as of April 8, it had held 10.3 percent of Twitter, and Musk was no longer Twitter's largest shareholder, but still the largest individual shareholder. Subsequently, it was reported that Musk was in communication with investors who might cooperate in bidding for Twitter, and the new plan could be announced in a few days.

Twitter's board also said on April 15 that it had decided to take "poison pill" defensive measures in response to Musk's offer to buy the company and privatize it. The official name of the "Poison Pill Plan" is "equity dilution anti-acquisition measures", which refers to the fact that when a company encounters a hostile takeover, especially when all the shares of the acquirer have reached a certain proportion, the original shareholders will issue new shares at a low price in order to retain the controlling right, so that the proportion of shares in the hands of the acquirer will decrease, and at the same time increase the acquisition cost, so that the acquirer cannot achieve the target of holding.

Shi Yongxin withdrew from the shareholders of Shaolin Intangible Asset Management Company

According to the Tianyancha App, Henan Shaolin Intangible Asset Management Co., Ltd. underwent industrial and commercial changes, and Shi Yongxin and Shi Yongqian withdrew from the ranks of shareholders, after the two held 80% and 10% of the shares respectively. Henan Shaolin Intangible Asset Management Co., Ltd. was established in December 2008 and is 100% owned by China Songshan Shaolin Temple. Previously, Tiesong Technology, which is held by the company, auctioned the Zhengzhou plot for 452 million yuan, which triggered the public opinion of "Shaolin Temple entering the real estate".

SmartisanOS, which Luo Yonghao once founded, announced its return: it will launch new products

On April 15, Luo Yonghao's proud SmartisanOS official micro suddenly announced that it would return, but it can be seen from the article that the new product should have nothing to do with mobile phones, but a large-screen device.

Subsequently, Konka TV official Bo issued a poster of the new product launch, known as "cross-ecological new species", some netizens found that the poster has a clear SmartisanOS logo, which seems to be corroborating with the article of smartisanOS official blog.

Previously, Luo Yonghao had posted on Weibo that he was about to return to the technology industry, and it was not yet known whether the two were related.

Musk plans to buy Twitter for $41.4 billion; WeChat launches a "farm" feature

Yu Minhong denied withdrawing from New Oriental

On April 12, Yu Minhong, the founder of New Oriental, released "Old Yu Gossip 丨 With a relaxed attitude, experience yourself and experience history!" on his personal public account "Old Yu Gossip"! In response to the rumors of his withdrawal from New Oriental, he said that he was "not about to leave New Oriental, nor to leave New Oriental alone, but to look at New Oriental at a higher level and bring New Oriental to a better development direction." ”

Red Ridge Venture Capital Zhou Shiping 18 people were prosecuted on suspicion of illegal fund-raising

According to China News Finance, the investigative organs determined that the criminal suspect Zhou Shiping, together with Hu Yufang, Xiang Xu and others, used the "Hongling Venture Capital" and "Investment Treasure" online loan platforms and the "Hongling Capital Offline Wealth Management" project from March 2009 to September 2021 to illegally raise funds from the unspecified public online and offline through public publicity, using guaranteed principal and interest payments and high returns as bait. A total of 516,800 participants in the fundraising, illegal fundraising of 139.5 billion yuan, resulting in a loss of 16.388 billion yuan in the principal of 119,600 participants in the fundraising. The funds absorbed are used to repay principal and interest, acquire listed companies, buy and sell securities and futures, invest in equity, borrow money abroad, and some of the funds are used by Zhou Shiping to purchase real estate and repay personal debts.

Data and events

Central Bank: On April 25, the reserve requirement ratio of financial institutions was cut by 0.25 percentage points

According to the Central Broadcasting Network, in order to support the development of the real economy and promote the stabilization and reduction of comprehensive financing costs, Chinese Min min bank decided to reduce the reserve requirement ratio of financial institutions by 0.25 percentage points on April 25, 2022 (excluding financial institutions that have implemented a 5% reserve requirement ratio). In order to increase support for small and micro enterprises and "three rural areas", for urban commercial banks that do not operate across provinces and rural commercial banks with a deposit reserve ratio higher than 5%, on the basis of reducing the deposit reserve ratio by 0.25 percentage points, an additional 0.25 percentage points will be reduced. After this reduction, the weighted average reserve requirement ratio of financial institutions is 8.1%.

The state has successively introduced relevant regulations on electronic cigarettes

On April 12, the State Administration of Market Regulation and the National Standards Commission announced the mandatory national standards for GB41700-2022 "e-cigarettes" and approved the mandatory national standards for "e-cigarettes", which will be implemented from October 1.

The State Tobacco Monopoly Administration said that from June 15, 2022, e-cigarette-related production enterprises, wholesale enterprises and retail market entities that have obtained tobacco monopoly-related licenses will gradually trade on the e-cigarette trading management platform. At the same time, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration also issued guidance on the layout and licensing management of e-cigarette retail outlets, proposing that to engage in e-cigarette retail business, it is necessary to apply for a tobacco monopoly retail license, and the scope of the license is the retail sale of e-cigarette stores.

Previously, the mandatory national standard of "electronic cigarettes" has twice faced the public for comments, proposing that minors should not be induced, and the characteristic flavor of the product should not be made to show other flavors other than tobacco.

Musk plans to buy Twitter for $41.4 billion; WeChat launches a "farm" feature

In 2022, the number of college graduates reached 10.76 million

According to the news previously released by the Ministry of Education, the number of college graduates in 2022 is expected to be 10.76 million, an increase of 1.67 million year-on-year, and for the first time into the era of tens of millions. At the same time, the number of new urban laborers in China that need employment will reach about 16 million in 2022, a new high in the calendar year.

Two departments: It is strictly forbidden for online audio-visual platforms to spread illegal games

The Department of Online Audio-visual Program Management of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and the Publication Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department issued a notice prohibiting online audio-visual platforms from disseminating illegal games, not broadcasting online games without the approval of the competent authorities, and not diverting illegal game content from various platforms through live broadcast rooms and other forms. It is strictly forbidden for people who have violated the law and lost morality to use live broadcasts to speak out on camera.

The game version number was resumed, and a total of 45 domestic online games were approved

According to the official website of the State Press and Publication Administration, after many days, the first batch of domestic game versions were issued in April 2022, and a total of 45 domestic games were approved.

37 Interactive Entertainment's "Dream Voyage", Xishanju's "Sword Net 3 Origins", Heartbeat Network's "Party Star", Baidu's "Attack on Rabbit" and other game projects have become the lucky ones approved this time, but the own products of head game manufacturers such as Tencent, NetEase, and Bilibili have not yet been listed.

Musk plans to buy Twitter for $41.4 billion; WeChat launches a "farm" feature

2021 Hurun Report: China has 2.06 million "high net worth families"

On April 14, Hurun Research Institute released the "2021 Hurun Wealth Report". According to the report, the total wealth owned by China's wealthy families reached 160 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.6% over the previous year, and 1.6 times China's total annual GDP, of which investable assets reached 49 trillion yuan, accounting for 30% of the total wealth.

As of January 1, 2021, China's "wealthy families" with total assets of more than 6 million yuan reached 5.08 million households and total assets of 160 trillion yuan, of which 111 trillion yuan were fixed assets, accounting for nearly 70%. The number of "high-net-worth families" with a total wealth of 10 million yuan reached 2.06 million, and the number of "ultra-high-net-worth families" with a total wealth of 100 million yuan reached 133,000.

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