Industry British Airways is using 35% renewable fuel for the first transatlantic flight this year; Airbus has successfully completed several tests to provide 100% sustainable aviation fuel for its different types of aircraft;Singapore Airlines has decided to use sustainable aviation fuel on all of its flights from Singapore starting in the third quarter of 2022. The National Association for Business Economics美国全国商业经济协会: According to the survey of 60 member companies from January 4 to 11, 2023, about one-third of the companies surveyed said they were not facing any labor shortages, nearly 20% of the surveyed companies expect the number [...]

Industry-China Dengta Professional Edition(灯塔专业版): At 16:48 on January 22, 2023, the total box office (including pre-sale) of the Spring Festival stalls exceeded 1.5 billion yuan, and the box office of "The Wandering Earth 2《流浪地球2》" and "Full River Red《满江红》" both exceeded 400 million yuan. As of 12:31, the box office of the movie "Bear Infested: Stay with Me "Bear Core《熊出没·伴我“熊芯”》" exceeded 106 million, setting a record for the box office on the premiere day and single-day box office of an animated film during the Spring Festival in Chinese film history. Up to now, there have been 4 movies in [...]

Industry-China Global Finance: With the arrival of the Spring Festival holiday, terminal demand has stagnated, and the market has entered a closed state. The price of Southwest construction steel (西南建筑钢材)has been running smoothly this week. In terms of steel mills, the maintenance and shutdown plans of southwest steel mills continued to increase, and the output of steel mills in Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, and Guizhou all decreased slightly. The rebar capacity utilization rate of Southwest Steel Works was 50.49%, a decrease of 8.04% from the previous month; the operating rate was 46.94%, a decrease of 10.2% from the previous [...]

Industry US research firm Gartner: Global IT spending in 2023 may only increase by 2.4% from 2022, reaching $4.5 trillion. Affected by the global inflation and the deterioration of the economic situation, the purchase enthusiasm of enterprises and consumers for IT terminals has dropped sharply. Spending on PCs, smartphones, tablets, and other devices is expected to be $685.6 billion,a year-on-year decrease of 5.1%. Industry-China CINNO Research: In 2022, the sales volume of smartphones in the Chinese market may only be about 255 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 19%. The sales volume in each quarter showed negative growth [...]

Trade alert Cosmetics: Malaysia publishes regulatory guidelines. Recently, the National Drug Administration of Malaysia released the "Guidelines for the Control of Cosmetics in Malaysia《马来西亚化妆品管制指南》". The main content includes octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane(甲基环四硅氧烷), sodium perborate(过硼酸钠), 2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)propionaldehyde(2-（4-叔丁基苯）丙醛) etc. In the list of prohibited ingredients in cosmetics, and the transition period for existing products is until November 21, 2024;Update the conditions of use of substances such as preservative salicylic acid(防腐剂水杨酸) and ultraviolet filter titanium dioxide(紫外线过滤剂二氧化钛). China In 2022, the actual use of foreign capital nationwide was 1,232.68 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.3% on a comparable basis (equivalent to 189.13 billion U.S. dollars, [...]

Trade alert Core Orientation Systems核心定向系统, Products Containing Core Orientation Systems, and Components and Methods of Use Thereof: U.S. Issues Section 337 Final Ruling. On January 17, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced that it had made a final ruling on Part 337 of specific core orientation systems, products containing core orientation systems, their components, and methods of use: the administrative judge in this case ruled on December 19, 2022 The preliminary ruling (No.31) made on the 11th will not be reviewed, that is, except for one named defendant whose investigation has been withdrawn by the applicant, a [...]

Trade alert Casual Shoes and their packaging(休闲鞋及其包装): The United States Issues Section 337 Final Judgment. On January 13, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced that it had made a final ruling on Part 337 of specific casual shoes and their packaging: the administrative judge in this case made a preliminary ruling on January 9, 2023, and it is expected to issue a general exclusion on the products involved. Order, issued a limited exclusion order on the products involved in the case exported to or sold in the United States by the named defendant China Quanzhou ZhengDe Network [...]

Industry-China The "New Cornerstone Investigator Program新基石研究员项目" was announced, and 58 scientists were funded. (PS. "New Cornerstone Investigator Program" is a new type of basic research funding project focusing on original innovation, encouraging free exploration, and public welfare attributes. Under the guidance of the China Association for Science and Technology, the "New Cornerstone Investigator Program" is led by scientists. In 2022 Tencent announced that it will invest 10 billion yuan within 10 years to establish the New Cornerstone Science Foundation, which will operate independently and provide long-term and stable support for a group of outstanding scientists to devote themselves [...]