#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [May 10 E-commerce Morning News Brief] Jack Ma: Thanks to Zhejiang Daily for its report to me 26 years ago; JD.com's "New Domestic Products" Report: Double upgrade of consumer supply; HTC may withdraw from the mainland market, and JD.com and Tmall flagship stores are no longer searchable; 2018 Chinese unicorn companies announced that Ant Financial, Baiwangyun and others were on the list; TCL will carry out in-depth strategic cooperation with Tmall Youpin...
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1. Jack Ma: Thanks to Zhejiang Daily for reporting me 26 years ago
On the evening of May 9, at the 70th anniversary symposium of Zhejiang Daily, Jack Ma spoke as a representative of readers. He said that when the School of Electronic Engineering taught English in 1993, Zhejiang Daily reported on the first English lecture he participated in, which was his first time in Zhejiang newspapers. He himself will work hard to write articles for Zhejiang Newspaper and earn some royalties.
Jack Ma said at the 70th anniversary symposium of Zhejiang Daily that Alibaba and itself will do their best to continue to support Zhejiang Daily's future development with people from all walks of life in Zhejiang. (E-commerce News)
2. HTC may withdraw from the mainland market, and JD.com and Tmall flagship stores are no longer available for searching.
Some netizens said that HTC mobile phone JD self-operated flagship store and Tmall official flagship store can no longer be searched. Searching for "HTC" on JD.com can only see the HTC Vive JD.com's self-operated flagship store and related products, but there is no trace of HTC mobile phone. Opening HTC's official flagship store on Tmall shows "No corresponding store message was found". Some comments said that HTC is quietly withdrawing from the mainland market. (Lishi Business Review)
3. 2018 Chinese unicorn companies announced that Ant Financial, Baiwangyun and others are on the list
On the evening of May 9, the Beijing Great Wall Corporate Strategy Institute released the "2018 China Unicorn Development Report" and the list of Chinese unicorn companies today.
The report shows that in 2018, the number of unicorns in China reached 202, including 89 new unicorn companies, 21 unicorn companies listed, and 5 unicorn companies that have been out of the list due to their establishment for more than 10 years.
In 2018, the total valuation of Chinese unicorn companies was US$744.6 billion. Among them, Ant Financial, Toutiao and Didi Chuxing ranked among the top three. In addition, companies in many fields such as Kuaishou, Cainiao Network, Bitmain, Baiwangyun, Chunyu Doctor, etc. are on the list. (East China Online)
4. JD.com's "New Domestic Products" Report: Double upgrade of consumption supply
On May 9, China Economic and Social Security Economic Think Tank and China Communications Technology-JD Big Data Joint Laboratory jointly released the "2019 "New Domestic Products" Consumption Trend Report". The report shows that the year-on-year increase in the amount of orders and the sales of orders are higher than that of international brands, and in terms of year-on-year increase in the amount of orders, the advantages of Chinese brand products in 2018 are more obvious, indicating that with the upgrading and changes of the mass consumption structure, more high-quality and high-value Chinese brand products have been favored by consumers in 2018. (Financial Finance Channel)
5. Ali County and Industry Landing Helen drives corn sales of over 100 million
On May 9th, a few days ago, the e-commerce poverty alleviation project jointly conducted by Alibaba and Heilongjiang Hailun City was launched. It will organize farmers to plant according to unified standards through Internet + order agriculture. It is reported that the Helen Corn Project is the first county-one industry project implemented nationwide after Alibaba's "One Thousand US dollars per mu" plan was upgraded. After the project is implemented, it is expected to drive the local corn annual sales of 30 million bars and the sales exceed 100 million yuan. Through industrial upgrading, it is expected to drive 10,000 farmers to increase their annual income by more than 10 million yuan. (Yibang Power Network)
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6. Yu Minhong: At least one-third of the Nobel Prizes will be owned by China in 40 years
On the afternoon of May 9, today, the 2019 Global (Qingdao) Venture Capital Venture Capital Conference hosted by Qingdao Municipal People's Government was held at Qingdao International Conference Center. Yu Minhong, founder and chairman of Hongtai Fund, delivered a speech and discussion at the Youth Investor Summit Forum and 40 Investors under 40 Aged 40.
Yu Minhong said: "Some people often say why there are not many Nobel Prizes in China now, because China has only been reform and opening up for 40 years. By the 80 years of reform and opening up, I think at least one-third of the Nobel Prizes should be owned by China." (Sina Finance)
7. TCL will carry out in-depth strategic cooperation with Tmall Youpin
According to Alibaba Rural Taobao, this year at 618, TCL will carry out in-depth strategic cooperation with Tmall Youpin. In terms of products, TCL and Alibaba have launched artificial intelligence cooperation, adding lightning protection, moisture protection, network preloading and other functions that are in line with the rural market. In addition, TCL has also cooperated with Tmall Youpin to promote the digitalization of its offline stores, focusing on the standardization of stores and data visualization. In 2018, TCL achieved sales of 500 million yuan in Cuntao, and is expected to exceed 2 billion yuan in 2019. (36Kr)
8. Didi releases the open platform for Qunyan Intelligent Travel, fully opens the platform AI capabilities
Didi CTO Zhang Bo released the Qunyan Intelligent Travel Open Platform at the 2019 Global Artificial Intelligent Product Application Expo, announcing that Didi has accumulated AI technology, services, computing power and diversified solutions in all aspects. "Didi hopes to continue to open up and cooperate with industry partners, and jointly promote the construction and development of smart travel ecosystems." At present, Didi's AI basic platform has served more than 150 corporate users; Gaia Data Open Plan partners have covered more than 660 schools and research institutions around the world; in the past year, Didi has opened up 18 projects to the outside world. (Chuangyebang)
9. In 2022, the total scale of the province's ultra-high-definition video industry exceeded 800 billion
According to the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, the goal is to achieve an overall scale of the ultra-high-definition video industry in Guangdong by 2022, and build three world-class ultra-high-definition video industry clusters; the annual output of 4K TVs will reach 40 million units, and the 8K front-end core equipment will have industrialization capabilities; the ultra-high-definition program reserve will exceed 25,000 hours, and 4K users will reach 23 million. At the same time, accelerate the construction of major projects such as Huaxing Optoelectronics' 11th generation line, Lejin Display OLED project, and Foxconn's 10.5 generation line. (Southern Daily)
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10. Alibaba’s globalization accelerates its future challenges
According to May 10, Alibaba is constantly increasing its global layout. Just recently, news came out of news that the company's AliExpress, which allows foreign retailers to sell on the platform. According to the Financial Times, Alibaba's president of Wholesale Marketing Department Dai Chudi recently said that the company's AliExpress is changing, and retailers in other countries can also sell products on the platform. Currently, small and medium-sized enterprises in Russia, Türkiye, Italy and Spain can register on AliExpress and sell products to other countries. In the future, this service will cover more countries and regions. (E-commerce News)
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