Large companies:
Huawei: Digital investment will usher in a new round of accelerated growth and will deepen the cultivation of three types of markets
At Huawei China Partner Conference 2023, Wang Tao, Executive Director of Huawei, Director of ICT Infrastructure Business Management Committee, and President of Enterprise BG, said in a keynote speech that the wave of intelligence is coming, bringing trillions of business opportunities, whether it is information enhancement, digital transformation, or intelligent upgrading, digital investment will usher in a new round of accelerated growth, enterprises of different sizes and capabilities have different needs for digitalization, Huawei will work with partners to deepen the NA (value customer), commercial, and distribution markets. In 2022, partners contributed 95% of Huawei's sales contracts. (Securities Times)
Ganfeng Lithium: Qinghai Liangcheng, a wholly-owned subsidiary, acquired 5.4885% equity interest in Jintai Potash Fertilizer
36Kr learned that Ganfeng Lithium issued an announcement that Qinghai Liangcheng Mining Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary, signed the "Equity Transfer Contract" with Beijing Wanbangda, and Qinghai Liangcheng intends to acquire 5.4885% of the equity of Jintai Potash held by Beijing Wanbangda at a transaction price of 274.425 million yuan. After the completion of this transaction, Qinghai Liangcheng will hold 39.15% of the equity of Jintai Potash.
Nature Energy published the latest progress of LONGi silicon heterojunction solar cells
36Kr learned that according to LONGi Green Energy Officer WeChat News, recently, the top international energy journal "Nature Energy" published the latest research results of LONGi Green Energy: LONGi's first self-developed silicon heterojunction solar cell, because of its excellent passivation contact structure to achieve a silicon cell world record - 26.81% cell conversion efficiency, this innovation will further consolidate the key role of solar cells in the energy transition.
Haima Motor: April sales of 3,426 units, up 9.11% y/y
36Kr learned that Haima Automobile released production and sales data for April, with a total of 3,426 units sold in April, a year-on-year increase of 9.11%; The cumulative sales volume from January to April was 14,167 units, a year-on-year increase of 59.72%.
Apple launches five batches of corporate bond sales
Apple applied to issue five bonds with different maturities, maturing in 2026, 2028, 2030, 2033 and 2053. (CaiLian News)
New Hope: Pig sales revenue in April was 2.362 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 47.26%
36Kr learned that New Hope released a pig sales briefing for April 2023, and the company sold 1.5739 million pigs in April 2023, a month-on-month change of -6.92% and a year-on-year change of 39.70%; revenue was RMB2,362 million, a month-on-month change of -8.56% and a year-on-year change of 47.26%; The average sales price of commercial pigs was 14.20 yuan/kg, a month-on-month change of -5.59% and a year-on-year change of 11.90%. The main reason for the large year-on-year increase in pig sales revenue is the increase in pig sales and the increase in pig prices.
Alibaba Cloud Announces the Launch of "Financial-Grade Cloud Native" and Proposes "New IT Architecture" for Financial Institutions
Alibaba Cloud announced the official release of "Financial-grade Cloud Native", which proposes a new 10 elements of financial-grade cloud native from the 12 elements of early cloud native. This is a complete set of technical systems developed by Alibaba Cloud based on classic cloud-native technologies and tailored to the needs of the financial industry, thereby supporting financial institutions to build a "new IT architecture" that meets industry standards and regulatory requirements and has the advantages of cloud-native technologies. (Sina Technology)
Huawei launched a number of upgraded product portfolio solutions and released U-Lab
36Kr learned that according to Huawei's official website, Huawei held the first ICT Portfolio Solution Partner Forum in Shenzhen, launched a number of upgraded product portfolio solutions, and released the ICT Portfolio Joint Lab "U-Lab".
Little Bear Appliances: The cost of raw materials in the fourth quarter of last year and the first quarter of this year was relatively low
In response to a question about the fluctuation of raw material prices at the results briefing, Xiaoxiong Electric said that the company's raw material prices have decreased since the second half of last year compared with the same period, and the company's raw material costs in the fourth quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023 are relatively low due to the lag in the impact of raw material prices on costs. (Interface)
Berkshire Hathaway reduced its stake in BYD to 9.87 percent.
36Kr learned that according to the disclosure documents of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, on May 2, Berkshire Hathaway reduced the shareholding ratio of BYD shares from 10.05% to 9.87%.
Bentley CEO: UK's failure to adequately attract EV investment 'worrying'
The CEO of luxury car maker Bentley warned that the UK's failure to attract investment from electric car start-ups or large battery manufacturers was "worrying." Adrian Hallmark said the UK government needed to address energy costs to stimulate investment and compete with other countries with incentives "an order of magnitude higher than the UK's attractiveness". (Interface)
BYD responded to the Changsha factory's "resignation in line": it is not consistent with the facts, and the recruitment work is proceeding normally
In response to recent rumors such as "full resignation" and "batch resignation" of workers in Changsha's Wangcheng factory and Yuhua factory, BYD responded, "After verification, the statements such as 'the resignation quota is full' and 'queuing to resign' are inconsistent with the facts." At present, the recruitment of personnel in Changsha Park is proceeding normally. At present, the company's ordering is good, the market share is stable and rising, and the sales volume from January to April this year ranks first in the industry. (Interface)
Investment and financing:
"Little Pet Technology" completed an angel round of financing of nearly 10 million yuan
36Kr learned that the pet anthropomorphic service brand "Little Pet Technology" has completed an angel round of financing of nearly 10 million yuan, led by Bohuiyuan Venture Capital and followed by individual investors. The funds obtained from this round of financing are mainly used for product research and development of smart pet cabins.
New products:
Jay Chou officially announced the digital sapiens "classmate Zhou" and opened a meta-universe cooperation with China Mobile
36Kr learned that Jay Chou appeared at China Mobile's Migu Metaverse headquarters and reached a series of cooperation with China Mobile in the metaverse field. At the scene, Jay Chou released the hyper-realistic digital sapiens - "Student Zhou" created for him by China Mobile and Hollywood special effects team WATTA, and announced that "Student Zhou" became China Mobile's dynamic star promoter, 5G metaverse interstellar pioneer and 5G video CRBT promotion ambassador. The two sides also launched metaverse figures and will hold metaverse concerts.
Today's View:
Wu Xinhong, Meitu: AIGC will bring an explosion in image productivity
Wu Xinhong, founder and CEO of Meitu, said that the innovative combination of imaging and AIGC will bring an explosion of image productivity, and will bring new careers and new entrepreneurial opportunities to related fields. At present, in the field of image productivity, AIGC-related products and services are continuously improving production efficiency and greatly reducing labor costs.
Other news worth watching:
The first 500 kV tandem resistance station in the western part of the mainland was completed and put into operation
The Jianshan-Pengzu 500 kV line installation tandem project was officially put into operation. The 500 kV Lingzhou tandem station in this project is the first 500 kV tandem station completed and put into operation in the western part of the mainland. After the project is completed and put into operation, the overall power supply capacity in Chengdu will be increased by about 1.5 million kilowatts, providing a new guarantee for the peak summer in Chengdu and the World University Games to be held this year. (CCTV News)
Ten measures taken by the regulatory authorities to strengthen the management of the real estate brokerage industry
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the State Administration for Market Regulation issued opinions on the 8th, clarifying regulatory measures from ten aspects, strengthening the management of the real estate brokerage industry, and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the parties to the transaction. The "Opinions on Regulating Real Estate Brokerage Services" jointly issued by the two departments recently made it clear that the management of the owner body should be strengthened. Strictly implement the filing system for brokerage institutions. Fully implement real-name registration of brokerage practitioners. The brokerage service content consists of basic services and extended services. Basic services are the package of essential services provided to facilitate a housing transaction, while extended services are additional services that can be provided separately. (Xinhua News Agency)
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