World

  • The United States officially rejoined the “Paris Agreement” in response to global climate change.
  • Vietnam: During the Spring Festival, imports and exports surged 53% year-on-year
  • Vietnam’s “Customs Online” reported on February 18 that preliminary statistics from the General Administration of Customs of Vietnam indicated that during the Spring Festival (February 10-16), Vietnam’s import and export value reached US$1.67 billion, a year-on-year increase of 53%. Among them, China is Vietnam’s largest export market, and South Korea is Vietnam’s largest import market.
  • Graphite electrode system: The EU conducts an anti-dumping investigation. On February 17, the European Commission issued an announcement stating that at the request of EU companies, the European Commission will conduct an anti-dumping investigation on graphite electrode systems originating in China.
  • The American Mars rover “Perseverance” successfully landed on Mars, becoming the fifth successful landing by NASA.

China

  • Ministry of Commerce: During the “2021 National Online New Year Festival” from January 20 to February 18, national online retail sales reached 905.76 billion yuan. Online catering sales increased by 48.5% over the same period last year during the Spring Festival; online movie sales exceeded 9 billion yuan, an increase of 412.7% and 20.9% over the same period last year and the same period in 2019 Spring Festival; sales of New Year’s Eve dinner series increased by 78.8% over the same period last year.
  • In 2020, among the preliminary figures in China’s balance of payments, the goods trade surplus is 3661.1 billion yuan, and the service trade deficit is 104 billion yuan. The capital and financial account deficit was 1,376.2 billion yuan, of which the direct investment surplus was 699.1 billion yuan, and the reserve asset deficit was 187.8 billion yuan.
  • Ministry of Commerce: During the “2021 National Online New Year Festival” from January 20 to February 18, national online retail sales reached 905.76 billion yuan. Online catering sales increased by 48.5% over the same period last year during the Spring Festival; online movie sales exceeded 9 billion yuan, an increase of 412.7% and 20.9% over the same period last year and the same period in 2019 Spring Festival; sales of New Year’s Eve dinner series increased by 78.8% over the same period last year.

Industry

  • South Korean shipbuilding companies received orders for ships of 930,000 gross tonnage last month. According to data released by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, South Korean shipbuilding companies received orders for ships of 930,000 gross tonnage in January, accounting for 51.7% of global orders, compared with last year. Over the same period (4.4%), there was an increase of 12 times. Specifically, South Korean companies contracted 8 large container ships, 2 very large tankers (VLCC), and 2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships last month.
  • The number of IoT connections of China Telecom Hangzhou Branch officially exceeded 10 million. After Beijing and Shanghai, Hangzhou became the first city-level local network with Internet of Things connections exceeding 10 million.
  • Youku: From January 28th to February 16th, a total of more than 2.3 billion people watched dramas and variety shows on the Internet, an increase of 20% year-on-year; the average daily viewing time of users was close to 1.5 hours, an increase of 19.6%.
  • Muniao Homestay: During the 2021 Spring Festival, homestay orders increased 22 times year-on-year, returning to 90% of the 2019 Spring Festival holiday. The cities keen to travel locally are Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Changsha, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Sanya, Beijing, and Xi’an.
    In 2020, China’s home appliance industry will recover steadily. The industry’s main business income will be 1.48 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.06%; the cumulative export value will be US$83.7 billion, an increase of 18%.
  • In the fourth quarter of 2020, the traditional personal computer market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa achieved strong growth, with sales reaching 24.1 million units, a year-on-year increase of 16.6%. Lenovo surpassed HP for the first time in the region, winning the PC championship with 6.2 million units shipped and 25.7% market share.
  • In January, in the ranking of overseas revenue of Chinese manufacturers and applications, FunPlus’ various games made their efforts in the new year, ranking first in revenue from overseas. Tencent, NetEase and Bytedance ranked second, seventh and fourteenth respectively.
  • Funplus once won the champion in LOL global gaming. SO I find what makes it ranks first.. Funplus “Guns of Glory” is an SLG (Simulation Game) game launched by FunPlus on September 22, 2017. Players lead the development of the main city, resource competition, and national wars. Once the game was launched, it sold well overseas. In the global best-selling ranking displayed by AppAnnie, the game has topped the iOS best-selling list in 52 countries and regions around the world, and it has been on the TOP10 ranking in 106 countries and regions. Just one year after the game was launched, global revenue reached 215 million US dollars, or about 1.5 billion yuan! Another game “King of Avalon” is also a successful SLG game. Compared with the former “King fo Avalon”, it emphasizes the cultivation of arms.

Company

  • Apple plans to work on 6G wireless technology. Apple only adopted the 5G network in the iPhone last year, and 6G is expected to be launched around 2030.
  • European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has a net loss of 1.13 billion euros in 2020
  • Osram released the Q1 2021C financial report,
    -The adjusted EBITDA profit margin of the optoelectronic semiconductor business exceeds 31%
    -Plan to find potential acquirers for the electronics and power supply business segment (DS, digital lighting system)
    -Announced strategic investment in UVC LED company
  • A few days ago, Geely Holding Group and the Swiss Concordium Foundation signed a cooperation agreement, and the two parties will set up a joint venture in China. Relying on Concordium’s leading blockchain technology, the joint venture provides business models and distributed applications (DApps) based on the blockchain platform to Chinese customers including the automotive industry, striving to become China’s leading blockchain technology and service provider.
  • The joint venture company will develop blockchain industry solutions and provide blockchain services (BaaS) through the research and development of the underlying technology of the blockchain, and will focus on cutting-edge technologies including digital identity, regulatory technology, and privacy enhancement technology to assist customers in various The industry builds blockchain application scenarios and solutions.
  • Sinopec: It will accelerate the development of new energy business with hydrogen energy as its core, and vigorously promote the rapid development of the entire hydrogen energy industry chain in the two fields of hydrogen energy transportation and hydrogen-based refining. It is planned to arrange 1,000 hydrogen refueling stations or oil-hydrogen combined construction stations, and 7,000 distributed photovoltaic power generation stations.

Product

  • The research team at the University of Sussex has recently developed the smallest microchip in history, 2nm. During the development process, scientists changed the structure of graphene by making kinks in the material. It is worth mentioning that, compared with common chip manufacturing technology, the technology adopted by the scientific research team this time is more environmentally friendly and sustainable.