Morning news: Beike Real Estate plans to hold an extraordinary shareholders' meeting to redistribute equity; Baidu Apollo's semi-annual report on autonomous driving travel services: serving more than 400,000 people; Apple CEO Cook received a stock reward worth US$368 million; Lazada announced the upgrade of the cross-border logistics network.
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1. Baidu Apollo Autonomous Driving Travel Service Semi-annual Report: Services exceed 400,000 people
September 30th news, yesterday, Baidu Apollo released the "2021 Baidu Autonomous Driving Travel Service Semi-Annual Report". Data shows that Baidu Apollo's autonomous driving travel service has covered four cities: Beijing, Guangzhou, Changsha and Cangzhou, with an operating coverage area of more than 600 square kilometers, and has obtained more than 410 test and operation licenses, serving more than 400,000 people. Nationally, the monthly re-broadcast rate of passengers experiencing Baidu's autonomous driving travel services has increased month by month. The user re-broadcast rate in July has reached 39.3%, and the average monthly increase of retained users the next month has reached 31.6%. (E-commerce News)
2. Beike Real Estate plans to hold an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders to redistribute equity
According to September 30, Beike Real Estate announced yesterday that the company will hold an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on November 8 to consider and approve the company's proposed equity redistribution at its discretion. The announcement shows that 110 million Class A common shares held by Ever Orient International Limited and 47.78 million Class A common shares held by Clover Rich Limited will be replaced with Class B common shares at a ratio of 1:1. After the proposed equity redistribution and equity conversion are implemented, the voting rights of Ever Orient International Limited, which is beneficially owned by Peng Yongdong, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Beike Real Estate, will increase to 9.5%. In response, Beike Real Estate responded that "the company currently has no relevant plans." (E-commerce News)
3. Qingdao, Shandong launches its first cross-border e-commerce bonded live broadcast base
On September 30, according to People's Daily, Shandong's first cross-border e-commerce bonded live broadcast base was officially launched in Qingdao's cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone. According to statistics, from January to August 2021, Qingdao's cross-border e-commerce imports and exports grew rapidly, and the import and export volume of cross-border e-commerce exceeded 20 billion yuan, achieving continuous doubling. (E-commerce News)
4. Most popular Chinese stocks fell on Wednesday, JD.com fell by more than 5%.
According to September 30, the US stock market closed on Wednesday, most of the popular Chinese stocks fell, including JD.com, falling 5.04%, Alibaba, falling 3.16%, Bilibili, falling 3.25%, iQiyi, falling 3.74%, NetEase, falling 3.53%, Baidu, falling 1.36%, Lizhi, falling nearly 13%, and falling more than 8%. (E-commerce News)
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5. Apple CEO Cook receives a stock reward worth $368 million
According to reports on September 30, Apple CEO Tim Cook recently received more than 2.5 million shares of the company's shares worth nearly $368 million as part of a new reward program. At that time, Cook sold it for more than $750 million. It is understood that in September last year, Apple issued stocks and performance-based rewards to Cook: by 2026, Cook will receive more than 1 million Apple shares. Since Cook became Apple's CEO in 2011, Apple's stock price has risen by more than 1,100%. As of the close of US stocks on Wednesday, Apple's stock price was $142.83, with a total market value of $2.36 trillion. (E-commerce News)
6. Italian luxury brand Gucci opens an official second-hand e-commerce platform
According to reports on September 30, it is reported that during the Milan Fashion Week recently, Italian luxury brand Gucci announced the launch of a new second-hand e-commerce platform "Gucci Vault". The platform adopts a limited edition new model, and releases 30 classic items purchased from global collectors and auction houses every month, from 1960 to 1980, covering handbags, suitcases, ready-to-wear accessories, and living and home furnishings. Gucci Vault has launched a web version purchase channel, but is currently only open to consumers in Europe, the United States and Japan. (E-commerce News)
7. Cross-border payment platform "YouWorld YouWo Technology" received US$5.5 million in Series A financing
According to the news on September 29, Tianyan Check data showed that on September 29, the cross-border payment platform "YouWorld YouWo Technology" received a US$5.5 million Series A financing, jointly invested by Jinshajiang and Kunlun Wanwei, among which Jinshajiang jointly led the investment. This round of financing will be mainly used in three aspects: product research and development, business cooperation and team expansion. Yuwo Technology stated that in the future, it will invest 1/3 of the funds raised in this round fully support the basic business teams in Canada, Australia, Japan and other countries and regions. (E-commerce News)
8. Lazada announces upgrading of cross-border logistics network
On September 29, today, Alibaba's Southeast Asia flagship e-commerce platform Lazada announced at the 2021 cross-border merchant conference that the platform will work with Cainiao to upgrade the platform's cross-border three-dimensional logistics network again, and will place RMB 50 million incentive funds to support merchants' overseas warehouse business. After the upgrade is completed, the overall timeliness of direct mail for Southeast Asia can be increased by up to 50%. At the same time, the cross-border fast delivery service has been launched, which only takes 6-7 days for domestic delivery to consumers. In addition, Lazada launched the "50 million warehouse and delivery incentive plan" aims to support more merchants to seize the current market opportunities in Southeast Asia. (E-commerce News)
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9. YTO won the "Advanced Collective for News and Publicity Work in Shanghai Postal Express Industry in 2021"
September 29th news, recently, the Shanghai Postal Administration and the Shanghai Express Industry Association held the 2021 Shanghai Postal Express Industry News and Publicity Work Conference and the Tonglian Work Training Conference. YTO Express was invited to attend the conference and won the "2021 Shanghai Postal Express Industry News and Publicity Work Advanced Collective". Wang Juan of the Brand Communication Department of YTO Express was awarded the honorary title of "2021 Shanghai Postal Express Industry News and Publicity Work Correspondent Excellent Award". (E-commerce News)
10. Credit Suisse: China's annual compound growth rate of new energy vehicle sales in the next ten years will reach 25%.
According to the news on September 30, Credit Suisse's latest research report pointed out that the average annual compound growth rate of China's new energy vehicle sales in the next ten years will reach 25%. Credit Suisse predicts that in order to achieve the net zero emission target in 2060, China will need to invest about 100 trillion to 130 trillion yuan in the next 30 years to develop green projects mainly based on green infrastructure. (Yibang Power News)
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