#Laogao E-commerce Newsletter# [March 28 E-commerce Morning News]

Morning information:

1. The two departments issue preferential policies for income tax for small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households;

2. Cainiao responded to speeding up United Cat Super Push Logistics: It is true;

3. Good Liyou was fined 120,000 for evading taxes of 220,000;

4. Musk cut his valuation of Twitter in half;

5. The cross-border sales independent station Lege plans to connect to artificial intelligence...

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1. Guangxi's express delivery business volume reached 174 million pieces in the first two months

The postal administration bureau of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region recently released the operation of the postal industry in the entire region from January to February 2023. Data shows that from January to February, the postal industry in Guangxi completed 250 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 6.21%; the express delivery business volume reached 174 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 13.34%; the postal company’s delivery business volume reached 76 million pieces, a year-on-year decrease of 7.2%. Among them, in February, the postal industry in Guangxi completed 132 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 35.62%; the express delivery business volume reached 93 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 51.76%; the postal company’s delivery business volume reached 39 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 8.09%. (Yien.com)

2. Cainiao responded to speeding up United Cat Super Push Logistics: It is true

On March 27, it was reported that Cainiao will join forces with Tmall Supermarket to launch faster door-to-door logistics services. Compared with the long-running same-day delivery and next-day delivery in the industry, the logistics speed will be further improved. The rookie responded to this and said that the news is true and specific information will be released at the end of the month. (China News Service)

3. The two departments issue preferential policies for income tax for small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households

The Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation issued the "Announcement on the Preferential Income Tax Policies for Small and Micro Enterprises and Individual Industrial and Commercial Households" stating that for small and micro enterprises whose annual taxable income does not exceed RMB 1 million, the taxable income will be reduced by 25% and the corporate income tax will be paid at a tax rate of 20%. For the part of the annual taxable income of individual industrial and commercial households that does not exceed 1 million yuan, personal income tax will be levied at half the amount based on the current preferential policies. (Guangming.com)

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4. Good Liyou was fined 120,000 yuan for evading taxes of 220,000 yuan

Tianyancha App shows that recently, Haoliyou Food Co., Ltd. was fined 122,500 yuan by Tianjin Customs for false declaration of imported goods, which affected the national tax collection.

The specific reason for the punishment is that in August 2022, the parties filed a total of 135,000 kg of imported premix powder to Tianjin Dongjiang Customs and Tianjin Xingang Customs in general trade, with all declared commodity numbers of 1901200,000, import tariff rate of 10%, value-added tax rate of 13%, and the total price of declared CIF is more than 110,000 euros. After verification, all actual goods should be classified under the commodity number 1102200090, with an import tariff rate of 40% and a value-added tax rate of 9%. After calculation, the parties missed the tax payment totaling more than RMB 222,800. (China News Service)

5. Musk cuts his valuation of Twitter

In an email sent to Twitter employees last Friday, Musk said Twitter is now worth about $20 billion, a sharp drop from the $44 billion he paid to acquire the social media company last October. Musk announced a new stock compensation plan in an email. In the letter, Musk still warned that Twitter's financial situation was still unstable, and there were only 4 months left before the funds were exhausted. (Sina Finance)

6. Wanwu Cloud: Net profit of 1.51 billion yuan in 2022 decreased by 9.4% year-on-year

On March 28, Wanwu Cloud released its first annual report after its launch. In 2022, the company achieved operating income of 30.106 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 27%; the profit during the year was 1.586 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 7.5%; the profit attributable to the parent company's owners was 1.51 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 9.4%. The Board of Directors recommends that 10% of EBITDA be used as the total dividend payment, and pay the final dividend of RMB 0.241 per share (tax included) to shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2022. (DoNews)

7. Baidu announced the enterprise-level big model service platform "Wenxin Qianfan"

On March 28, it was learned from the customer department of the Baidu Smart Cloud closed-door exchange meeting on the 27th that Baidu officially launched the "Wenxin Qianfan" big model platform, which is a platform for Baidu to provide enterprise-level large language model services to customers. It is understood that the Wenxin Qianfan big model platform not only includes Wenxin Yiyan, but also includes Baidu's full set of Wenxin big models and corresponding development tool chains. In the future, Wen Xin Qianfan will also support third-party open source models. In terms of charging mode, Wenxin Qianfan’s inference service calls are charged at 0.012 yuan/1000 tokens, and are paid based on the total number of words input and output of the call. (Cailianshe)

8. Zoom introduces OpenAI productivity function and adds a new digital assistant

On March 28, cloud video conferencing platform Zoom announced a partnership with OpenAI to add new features to its productivity applications, including a new AI digital assistant. This digital assistant can handle tasks such as aggregating chat conversations, generating emails, and meeting content. But Zoom did not specify how to use OpenAI's software, but instead described it as part of advancing AI more broadly, including machine learning models designed by Zoom itself. (Sina Technology)

Cross-border newsletter

9. Cross-border sales independent station Lege plans to connect to artificial intelligence

Lege Ergonomics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Lege Co., Ltd.") recently released the March 16th reception record. The records show that the company's organization team is studying the connection of ChatGPT and Wen Xin Yiyan to the company's smart screen. Lege Co., Ltd.'s cross-border independent station "flexispot.com" is in the first echelon in this vertical market segment, and its cross-border e-commerce business revenue accounts for about 50%. (NetEase News)

10. SHEIN denies that private institutions in the United States question the normal operation of complying with regulations in the United States

On March 28, in response to the accusation of fast fashion cross-border e-commerce SHEIN, the American private institution "Shut Down SHEIN" of fast fashion cross-border e-commerce, SHEIN responded that the American private institution was a false statement, and SHEIN flatly denied it and firmly defended the company's rights and interests.

According to the agency, when a user creates an account, SHEIN will identify the user as an individual importer, and as long as the user orders at SHEIN are less than $800, the order will not trigger a requirement to report to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. According to data previously disclosed by SHEIN, SHEIN is shipping billions of dollars worth of goods to the United States, and since each account holder is an individual importer, SHEIN avoids tariffs that all other legal businesses must pay. (Blue Whale Finance)