China's economic "report card" in the first quarter was released, and foreign institutions raised their expectations for China's economy
A few days ago, China's economic "report card" in the first quarter of 2024 was released, and GDP (gross domestic product) achieved a year-on-year growth of 5.3%. Under the dazzling "report card", a number of foreign-funded institutions have raised their expectations for China's economy. Deutsche Bank research expects China's economy to grow by just over 1% quarter-on-quarter in the coming quarters. Based on these trends, Deutsche Bank raised its forecast for China's full-year 2024 GDP growth by 0.5 percentage points to 5.2%. Xing Ziqiang, chief economist of Morgan Stanley China, said that China's economy got off to a good start in the first quarter of this year, and in both the first and second quarters, China's economy is expected to achieve the government's economic growth target of about 5%. Zhao Yaoting, global market strategist at Invesco Asia Pacific (excluding Japan), said bluntly that China's first-quarter GDP data easily exceeded expectations, laying a good start for achieving the economic growth target of about 5% this year. For this year, the stronger overall growth figures suggest that the economic fundamentals are more robust as the industrial sector performs strongly.
Tesla's Model 3, Y, S, and X are all priced simultaneously in China and the United States
Recently, Tesla China announced that the price of Model 3, Y, S, and X will be reduced by 14,000 yuan, of which the price of the new version of Model 3 will be reduced to 231,900 yuan, a decrease of 5.7%; The price of the new Model 3 Long Range was reduced to CNY 271,900, a decrease of 4.9%. The price of the Model Y dropped to RMB 249,900, a decrease of 5.3%; THE PRICE OF THE MODEL Y LONG-RANGE VERSION DROPPED TO 290,900 YUAN, A 4.6% DECREASE; THE PRICE OF THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE VERSION OF THE MODEL Y DROPPED TO RMB 354,900, A 3.8% DECREASE. THE PRICE OF THE MODEL S WAS REDUCED TO 684,900 YUAN, AND THE PRICE OF THE MODEL S PLAID VERSION WAS REDUCED TO 814,900 YUAN. THE PRICE OF THE MODEL X WAS REDUCED TO 724,900 YUAN, AND THE PRICE OF THE MODEL X PLAID VERSION WAS REDUCED TO 824,900 YUAN.
At the same time, Tesla lowered the price of some models in the United States by $2,000. Among them, the price of Tesla's Model Y has been lowered to $42,990, the price of the Model Y long-range version has been reduced to $47,990, and the price of the Model Y high-performance version has been reduced to $51,490. The Tesla Model S dropped to $72,990 and the Model S PLAID dropped to $87,990. The Tesla Model X price dropped to $77,990 and the Model X PLAID price dropped to $92,990.
The mainland is planning to build a next-generation "China Science and Technology Network" to promote the interconnection and sharing of massive scientific research data
Finance Associated Press, April 19, at present, the Chinese Academy of Sciences is planning to build the next generation of "China Science and Technology Network" to promote the interconnection and sharing of massive scientific research data. According to reports, the next generation of "China Science and Technology Network" will optimize the existing layout, upgrade the backbone network from 10G to 100G level, build network hubs in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu 4 cities, and rely on 8 branches of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to build regional centers to form a scientific research data transmission network that can coordinate scheduling and support different applications.
The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology will promote product digital passports for key industries such as batteries
Liu Yang, deputy chief engineer of the Institute of Industrial Internet and Internet of Things of the Chinese Academy of Information and Communications Technology, revealed that it will focus on promoting the construction of the product digital passport registration management system, the exploration of the application scenarios of the product digital passport industry, and the international mutual recognition and interoperability of the product digital passport for key industries such as batteries, textiles, steel, electronics, etc. The European Union began exploring a digital passport for products, a tool used to collect and share product data throughout the product lifecycle. On the issue of how to achieve the path, Liu Yang said: to standardize the data model, through the overall analysis of physical product flow and digital product flow, build a green and low-carbon data space for vertical industries, and promote the construction of the system, with the data collection, data management, evaluation application and data exchange of the product digital passport as the key elements, to build a safe and credible data service network.
Many places across the country are inspecting gas meters, water meters, electricity meters and other measuring instruments to ensure that the measurement values are accurate
Many places across the country are inspecting measuring instruments such as gas meters, water meters, and electricity meters. Among them, on April 19, the Market Supervision Bureau of Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province carried out a special supervision and inspection of wireless remote gas meter measurement. In Mianyang, Sichuan, in order to strengthen the awareness of the main responsibility of the safety of gas business units, standardize the business order, and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the public, on April 16, the high-tech branch of the Market Supervision Bureau and the Municipal Metrology Institute carried out on-site inspections and administrative interviews with two gas business units in the jurisdiction to check whether they have passed the inspection by qualified measurement and testing institutions according to the regulations, and whether they have posted the certificate according to the regulations; According to the news from the website of the Huainan Market Supervision Bureau of Anhui Province on April 18, gas metering involves thousands of households and is closely related to the people. Recently, the Huainan Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, together with the Municipal Bureau of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, carried out a special inspection on the measurement of gas fields.
Hubei launched the action of trade-in for green smart home appliances to benefit the people, with a maximum subsidy of 5,000 yuan
Finance Associated Press, April 20, Hubei Province "100 cities, 100 towns and 10,000 stores" green smart home appliances trade-in and the 8th green smart home appliances festival launching ceremony was held in Wuhan on the 19th. From April to December this year, our province will organize about 10,000 home appliances in the field of household appliances and recycling to carry out trade-in activities in Hubei stores, and consumers will enjoy a 10% discount subsidy when participating in the activities in designated stores, with a maximum subsidy of 1,000 yuan for a single product and a maximum subsidy of 5,000 yuan for a single user, and the activities will cover hundreds of urban areas and thousands of villages in the province. More than 3,000 stores have participated in the first batch of activities, and the number will continue to increase in the future.
The world's longest land-sea directional drilling through the pipeline was successfully towed
Shenzhen Mawan Power Plant Upgrading Project - Natural Gas Pipeline Access Project Land-Sea Directional Drilling Through the Pipeline was successfully dragged back on the 17th of this month. This is the world's longest land-sea directional drilling through the pipeline. The project receives gas from the Dachan Island distribution station in Shenzhen, crosses the western channel of Shenzhen from the rock formation below 80 meters of the seabed, and lands at the Shenzhen Mawan Power Plant, with a total length of 4,735 meters and a pipe diameter of 610 mm. It is reported that after the completion of the project, it will create three world records, namely: the world's first large-diameter directional drilling crossing length with a diameter of more than 600 mm, the world's first land-to-sea directional drilling crossing length, and the world's largest natural gas pipeline directional drilling crossing length of large-scale directional drilling crossing project.
Shenzhen Chengjiao jointly won the bid to undertake the first phase of the Shenzhen low-altitude intelligent integration infrastructure construction project
On April 20, Shenzhen Chengjiao said on the interactive platform that the company and another Shenzhen research and consulting institution officially won the bid to undertake the first phase of the Shenzhen low-altitude intelligent fusion infrastructure construction project, which mainly focuses on the development of Shenzhen's low-altitude economy, and builds a software platform that can cover the city-wide intelligent fusion system (including low-altitude operation management system and low-altitude management service system), and builds a supporting management and service center. The implementation of the project is a new breakthrough in the company's low-altitude platform development and integrated delivery, which further enhances the company's R&D and delivery capabilities in the low-altitude field.
Xpeng Motors launched a time-limited car purchase subsidy of 500 million yuan
Xpeng Motors announced on April 20 that from now until May 5, 2024, it will launch a limited-time car purchase subsidy of 500 million yuan, covering a total of four models of Xpeng G9, G6, P7i, and 2024 Xpeng P5.
On April 30, NIO will launch the NOP+ urban area function for global navigation assistance
NIO announced on April 20 that it will begin full delivery of the global pilot assist NOP+ urban function to NT2 platform models nationwide on April 30. At the same time, NIO has completed road verification in 726 urban areas, and NIO's intelligent driving goal is to account for 80% of users' intelligent driving time by 2025, and intelligent driving safety is 10 times that of human driving safety.
Zhou Hongyi responded: There is no need for open source and closed source to belittle each other
Zhou Hongyi, founder and chairman of 360 Group, posted on Weibo: "In the past two days, someone has provoked trouble, saying that I attacked Director Li. I have always been a believer in open source, but when I said that open source is good, I said it at Harvard on the 13th, and Director Li said that closed source is good, and I said it in Beijing on the 16th. So I'm not targeting Director Li, I'm still looking at open source and closed source from the perspective of industrial development. Zhou Hongyi said that in fact, open source and closed source are two different business models, and there is no need to belittle each other. Android and iOS, Linux and Windows are all open source and closed source, and they are all alive and well.
China Southern Power Grid Technology: The UAV business has built the largest low-altitude inspection system in the field of power and energy in China
On April 19, China Southern Power Grid Technology said on the interactive platform that after years of R&D, application and iterative upgrading of the company's UAV business, the "Huiyan" unmanned inspection technology has achieved industry leadership, and related products have been built into the largest low-altitude inspection system in the field of power and energy in China, covering more than 3,000 sites, fully supporting the joint inspection demonstration project of power transmission, transformation and distribution of China Southern Power Grid. Last year, the company's UAV business successfully carried out pilot applications in Hubei and Jiangsu provinces, completed the first case of UAV fine inspection project in the substation of the State Grid, and successfully promoted to municipal, traffic police and other industry users, "traffic police insight" system has passed the Ministry of Public Security traffic safety product quality supervision and testing center of the authoritative certification.
Domestic carbon-14 isotopes will be supplied to the market at the end of the year
On April 20, China National Nuclear Corporation announced that the mainland has achieved the localization of carbon-14 isotopes. Carbon-14 is a radioactive isotope that is used in applications such as Helicobacter pylori detection, pesticide residue detection, and measurement of particulate matter concentrations in ambient air such as PM2.5. Previously, the mainland's supply of carbon-14 was almost entirely imported, which was expensive and insecure. After the completion of the carbon-14 target out of the reactor, it will be supplied to the market by the end of this year after back-end processing, and the output can fully meet the domestic demand, and will effectively promote the development of the mainland isotope application industry chain.
IOC Releases Olympic AI Agenda
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) released the "Olympic AI Agenda" in London on the 19th, and while looking forward to the impact that artificial intelligence may have on sports, it put forward a framework for the IOC to lead the global sports field to carry out artificial intelligence plans. IOC President Thomas Bach and a number of people from the sport, science and technology sectors and business attended the launch ceremony in London. In his speech, Bach said, "While a number of independent AI initiatives have been implemented in specific areas of sport, there is not yet a holistic strategy for AI and sports. That's why today we're launching our first holistic approach – our Olympic AI Agenda. Bach stressed that, unlike other areas of society, the field of sports does not need to face the question of whether artificial intelligence will replace humans: "Competitions always need athletes to present, and the 100 meters will always be run by athletes, that is, people." Therefore, we just need to focus on how to harness the potential of AI to support athletes. ”
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a new bill involving Tiktok, and Musk publicly expressed his opposition
Following the passage of the mandatory divestment of TikTok bill last month, on the afternoon of the 20th local time, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the new H.R. 8038 bill by an overwhelming majority of 360:58, which includes the unreasonable demand to force ByteDance to divest TikTok in the United States or face a ban. The new bill extends the maximum period for ByteDance to sell TikTok to about a year by adjusting the deadline to no more than 270 days and giving the president the power to extend it to 90 days. The bill still needs to be passed by the Senate before it can be submitted to the president for approval. A day earlier, Elon Musk spoke out against the ban on TikTok, saying it violated freedom of speech and expression.
Beiersdorf Group, Nivea's parent company, will increase its supply chain investment in the Chinese market and plan to set up a new production line to increase production capacity
On April 19, Xue Wei, managing director of Northeast Asia of Beiersdorf Group in Germany, said that he would increase investment in the Chinese market, including investment in software, hardware and intelligence of China's innovation center, and would continue to increase his weight in the supply chain. Xue Wei said that skincare brands Nivea and Eucerin performed better than expected in the Chinese market. Nivea has faced a brand transformation in the past few years, hoping to lead innovation through more breakthrough technologies, and further expand in facial skin care, including men's skin care, body skin care and other categories, and will also introduce new skin care brands in China.
When will Tesla's FSD be realized in China? Musk replied: It may be soon
Finance Associated Press, April 20, a Tesla Chinese owner asked Musk on social media on April 20, "I look forward to Tesla's FSD (full self-driving) entering China as soon as possible, I don't know when it will be realized? When will the HW3.0 system be able to use 3D modeling images? When will the new reversing assistance be pushed to China's Tesla HW3.0 owners?", Musk replied, "It may be realized soon."
Chery finalized the agreement and officially settled in Spain and will become the first Chinese car company to produce in Europe
On April 20, Chery Automobile signed an agreement with Ebro-EV Motors, a Spanish automotive company, to establish a joint venture in Barcelona, Spain to produce new electric vehicles and create 1,250 jobs. Chery will be the first Chinese automaker to produce cars in Europe. The production base, located at the former Nissan plant, which closed in 2021, will start production of the Omenda 5 and other models this year, and is expected to increase annual production to 50,000 units by 2027 and 150,000 units in 2029. After the official signing, the EFE report revealed some details of Chery's cooperation with Ebro-EV Motors. According to the report, the total investment of the project is 400 million euros, which includes both the investment of the two partners, as well as the assistance of the Spanish government and the government of Catalonia. It is reported that Chery and Ebro-EV Motors will restart the former Nissan Motors Spain base in Catalonia, where one plant will produce the Chery Omoda brand and the other will produce models under the Ebro brand.
India's Tata Group may finalize an agreement as soon as next month to gain control of Pegatron's iPhone assembly business in India
India's Tata Group may finalize an agreement as soon as next month to gain control of Pegatron's iPhone assembly business in India, according to people familiar with the matter. It is reported that the two sides have entered the final stage of negotiations on the acquisition of a majority stake in Pegatron's Apple mobile phone assembly business in India. Pegatron is expected to help Tata provide manufacturing expertise after the deal closes, according to people familiar with the matter.
Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Minerals Corporation hopes to complete the drilling of 48 gas wells by 2025
Bangladesh's Petrobangla wants to complete the drilling of a total of 48 wells in different fields by 2025, adding 618 million British thermal units (MMCFD) of natural gas supply to Bangladesh, according to Bangladesh's Financial Express. Of the 48 wells planned, 23 will be drilled using drilling rigs from the Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (Bapex), while the remaining 25 will be outsourced by Bapex's contractors. At present, Bangladesh has a total of 29 gas fields, of which 20 gas fields produce 1600 to 1900 MMCFD natural gas, and also import 1000 MMCFD natural gas to meet the national demand of Bangladesh.
Meta旗下VR头显Quest 2再次降价
Meta had announced a price reduction for the Quest 2 and its related accessories at the end of 2023, effective January 1, 2024. Among them, the 128GB version has been reduced from $299.99 to $249.99, while the 256G version has dropped from $349.99 to $299.99. Now, Meta has once again announced a further price reduction for the Quest 2 and its related accessories through its official blog post. Of these, the 128GB version currently costs only $199. However, the 256G version, which is relatively tight in stock, does not mention a statement, so it should not be included in the list of further price cuts.
1. It is reported that Samsung Electronics will supply HBM3E to Nvidia as early as the first half of this year, earlier than the end of the third quarter or the beginning of the fourth quarter expected by the industry. It is reported that the sample-related tests are in the final stage.
2. Japan's Sakura Internet company said it had purchased about 20 billion yen ($130 million) worth of Nvidia's next-generation B200 AI chips as part of its investment to strengthen Japan's artificial intelligence (AI) computing capabilities.
3. Intel's Fab52 wafer fab in Arizona, USA, was originally scheduled to start commercial production at the end of 2024, but the industry recently pointed out that the factory is likely to be difficult to achieve this goal, and it is expected that 2nm process chips will be mass-produced in the second half of 2025.
4. It is reported that Samsung Electronics has expanded its R&D organization for artificial intelligence (AI) chip design in Silicon Valley, USA, and is committed to developing AI chips using RISC-V architecture, challenging Nvidia, which is currently leading the AI semiconductor market, through differentiated technologies.
1. According to the Financial Associated Press, Xiaopeng Huitian will open a B round of financing in 2024, and the senior management is currently negotiating with interested local industrial investment. Zhao Deli, founder and president of Xiaopeng Huitian, said in an interview with reporters that the next-generation split flying car "Land Aircraft Carrier" will open global reservations at the Zhuhai Air Show in November this year, with a price of more than 1 million yuan and a large-scale delivery by the end of 2025.
2. Recently, Huoli Technology, an AR technology provider, completed an angel round of financing, and the investor in this round is iFLYTEK. Huoli Technology's headset AR+AI terminal is widely used in the field of pan-industrial field service.
3. Recently, Xiangya Biopharmaceutical (Huzhou) Co., Ltd. completed strategic financing, and the investor in this round is Meilai Medical Group. Xiangya Biotech is a pharmaceutical company focusing on innovative research and development in the fields of wound repair and medical cosmetology, and is committed to the third generation of recombinant collagen biological new materials. Its products include flower gargle.
4. Recently, Jiacheng International, a cross-border logistics company, completed 280 million yuan of equity financing, and the investor in this round is Wuhan Jiangxia Science and Technology Investment. Jiacheng International was founded in 2000, mainly engaged in international express, air transportation, import and export customs declaration and other agency business, in 2008 began to expand the international air logistics line, in 2011 began to try cross-border business.
1. On April 19, the three major indexes fell collectively, as of the close, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.29% to 3065.26 points, the Shenzhen Component Index fell 1.04% to 9279.46, the ChiNext Index fell 1.76% to 1756.00 points, and the CSI 500 Index fell 0.65% to 5314.87 points.
2. On April 19, Hong Kong stocks closed, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.99%, the Hang Seng Technology Index fell 2.35%, and the state-owned enterprise index fell 0.99%.
3. On April 20, the U.S. stock market closed, with the Dow Jones index closing up 0.56%, the Nasdaq index down 2.05%, and the S&P 500 index down 0.88%.
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In recent years, the global surgical robot market has been booming due to the advantages of surgical robots due to their ability to perform complex surgeries, high stability of surgical results, accurate operation, less bleeding and fewer postoperative complications. According to Frost & Sullivan, from 2015 to 2020, the overall market size of global surgical robots showed a year-on-year growth trend, and the growth rate increased year by year from 2015 to 2019. In 2020, affected by the epidemic, the overall number of surgeries declined, some unnecessary or elective surgeries were postponed, and the growth rate of the global surgical robot market declined, but it still maintained a high growth rate of nearly 8%, with a market size of 8.321 billion US dollars, with a compound annual growth rate of 22.6% from 2015 to 2020.
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