[Dark Horse Morning Post] Heavy! The Fed rarely cuts interest rates by 50 basis points; The lawyer said that the three sheep will be severely fined five times the turnover; The NPC will deploy many me
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The NPC will deploy many measures to stimulate the vitality of venture capital.
On September 18th, the executive meeting of the State Council studied relevant measures to promote the development of venture capital. The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to unblock the blocking points in all aspects of "raising investment and managing withdrawal" as soon as possible, support qualified scientific and technological enterprises to list at home and abroad, vigorously develop the equity transfer and M&A market, promote the pilot of physical distribution of stocks, encourage social capital to set up market-oriented M&A parent funds or venture capital secondary market funds, and promote a virtuous circle of venture capital industry.
Heavy! The Fed rarely cuts interest rates by 50 basis points.
On the 18th, local time, the Federal Reserve ended its two-day monetary policy meeting and announced that it would cut the target range of the federal funds interest rate to 4.75% to 5%, that is, cut interest rates by 50 basis points. This is the first time that the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates since 2020.
According to the analysis, historically, unless there is a major economic crisis, the Fed rarely cuts interest rates by 50 basis points when it starts a new interest rate cut cycle. This time, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates more strongly than expected, or to achieve a "soft landing" of the economy and hedge the risk of "stall" of economic activities.
The 2024 "Artificial Intelligence+"annual list began to be collected
In 2024, the Government Work Report put forward "artificial intelligence+"and "new quality productivity". At the national level, we began to vigorously carry out the "artificial intelligence+"action to better empower thousands of industries. At the enterprise level, both entrepreneurs who are in charge of the business giant and entrepreneurs who are sharp-edged are constantly expanding the application boundary of Al and promoting the deep integration of AI and various industrial fields. In order to respond to the call of the country to carry out "artificial intelligence+"action, it will better help the AI of small and medium-sized enterprises and further accelerate the innovation and application of artificial intelligence industry. Under the guidance of the Industrial Culture Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the entrepreneurial dark horse undertook the task of case evaluation and collection, and simultaneously launched the list collection of 2024 "Artificial Intelligence+"Enterprise TOP50 "and 2024"AI Innovative Application" Case TOP50.
Company figures
12306 staff responded that hundreds of people had tickets but no seats.
On September 17th, some netizens said, "Lianyungang on September 17th — — All the seats in carriages 1 to 8 of Nanjing South G8365 train were sold for the second time, resulting in hundreds of passengers with tickets but no seats. The crew members have not dealt with the work accident caused by the sales accident in time, because the vehicle model was adjusted, but the seat replacement information was also sent incorrectly. " Some netizens said that they thought that the airline would be oversold, but they didn’t expect the railway to be oversold.
Some media asked the staff of 12306, and the staff said, "At present, there was this situation yesterday. If you inquire here, it is because you have downloaded information twice. At present, they are already adjusting this situation here. " (Caijing. com)
The lawyer said that three sheep may be fined five times the turnover and their business licenses revoked.
Recently, the live broadcast of "Hong Kong Meicheng Moon Cake" by Sanzhiyang Network Technology Co., Ltd. attracted attention. On September 17, the official informed that three sheep were suspected of misleading consumers: they were investigated for allegedly "misleading consumers" in the live broadcast. Cheng Shoufa, a lawyer of Shandong Zhongcheng Qingtai Jinan Institute, believes that the three sheep may be severely fined five times their turnover or even have their business licenses revoked. (Caijing. com)
Maotai responds to the dispute over the authenticity of rabbit hair sold by three sheep
On September 18, the reporter called the anti-counterfeiting rights protection department of Kweichow Moutai. Relevant persons said that Kweichow Moutai did not cooperate with any third-party appraisal agency to identify Moutai products. He also said that the probability of consumers buying fake Moutai is not so great. If you have been identified offline (referring to the official appointment of Maotai stores in various provinces and cities), there should be no problem.
At the same time, the reporter also called an underground identification store in Maotai South China. The staff said that the identification of Moutai can only be made through official channels, and after the appointment is successful, it will be identified in offline stores. "We have a special department that will come to the appraisal every Saturday and need to call customer service to make an appointment." (per warp net)
Xiaomi surpassed Apple to become the second largest smartphone brand in the world.
Counterpoint Research, a market research organization, released a blog post today (September 18th), reporting that Xiaomi Company surpassed Apple in mobile phone sales in August this year, becoming the second largest smartphone brand in the world after Samsung. The report pointed out that in August 2024, Xiaomi’s smartphone sales remained stable, compared with Apple’s seasonal decline in the same period.
Xiaomi became one of the fastest growing brands in the first half of 2024, with sales increasing by 22% year-on-year. With the gradual weakening of cardinal utility, the growth may slow down in the second half of the year, but Xiaomi is still expected to achieve strong double-digit growth in 2024.
Xiaomi is particularly strong in the low-end price range, especially after the introduction of 5G devices Redmi 13 and Note 13 series with competitive prices. The popularity of Redmi series equipment has helped Xiaomi significantly increase its market share in all key markets, especially in India, Latin America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East and Africa. (Sina Technology)
The latest report on the moon cakes related to Meicheng in Huadu District, Guangzhou
On September 18, Guangzhou Huadu District Market Supervision Administration issued a briefing on the mooncakes involving Meicheng, which mentioned that Guangzhou Meicheng Food Company has obtained a business license and sold prepackaged foods for the record, and is a food trader; Guangzhou Meicheng Technology Co., Ltd. has obtained business license and food production license, and its quality management system and production process environment meet the requirements. At present, no illegal acts have been found.
Recently, the provincial market supervision bureau and the supervisors of Guangzhou Municipal Bureau and Huadu District Bureau conducted on-site inspections on Guangzhou Meicheng Technology Company for three times, and no outstanding hidden dangers of food safety have been found yet; Recently, Huadu District Bureau inspected 24 mooncake-related enterprises and sampled 23 batches of mooncakes, with a pass rate of 100%. In the middle and late August, the municipal and district levels respectively entrusted testing institutions to carry out special supervision and sampling inspection on moon cakes in Huadu District, and conducted special sampling inspection on three batches of moon cakes produced by Guangzhou Meicheng Technology, and all the results were qualified. (Nanfang Daily)
Oriental Selection Response has cooperated with Guangzhou Meicheng Food Technology Co., Ltd.
On September 18th, some netizens dug out the Oriental Selection Flowing Heart Moon Cake purchased in 2022. The packaging showed that the brand of this moon cake was Oriental Preferred. The entrusting party was Beijing Quanjing Chuangcai Technology Co., Ltd. and the entrusted party was Guangzhou Meicheng Food Technology Co., Ltd..
In response, Dongfang Selection Customer Service responded that in 2022, Dongfang Selection cooperated with Meicheng to produce the 2022 Liuxin Moon Cake according to the company’s product selection requirements, and the product quality was guaranteed. However, the full range of moon cakes in 2023 and 2024 did not cooperate with Meicheng. (CBN)
Internal letter from the CEO of Meituan: Last year, about 7.45 million riders earned income, with a reward of 80 billion yuan.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, Wang Xing, CEO of Meituan, issued a letter to all employees. The letter mentioned that in the past three years, more than 5,000 fresh graduates were recruited every year, and 6,000 were planned to be recruited in 2025. At the same time, the internal promotion ratio was as high as 69%, which provided more promotion opportunities for outstanding employees. In addition, last year, about 7.45 million riders earned income on the Meituan platform, and they were paid more than 80 billion yuan. Meituan will strive to improve the protection level of riders.
"Earn 1.02 million in three years" was involved in a car accident, and I responded.
According to Observer.com, on September 18th, Chen Si, a Shanghai takeaway brother who claimed to have earned 1.02 million yuan in three years, was exposed to a car accident. On the same day, a friend of Chen Si told reporters that on the evening of 17th, Chen Si was really involved in a car accident when delivering takeout food in Jiading District. He was "fractured, and (badly) injured". He is currently being treated in the hospital, accompanied by friends.
At about 14 o’clock that day, Chen Si, the party concerned, replied to the matter on his social platform, saying, "I had a scrape with a car yesterday, and now I have some broken legs, and I am in good health. Now I just want to have a good rest and rest. I hope that everyone will not recreate rumors, thank you for your concern. "
According to The Paper’s previous report, Shanghai takeaway brother Chen Si caused a heated discussion on the Internet because he claimed to have earned 1.02 million yuan in three years.
Tencent’s withdrawal? Weimeng responded: The withdrawal company is not the main body listed in the Group, and it has not actually operated for many years.
On September 18, the news showed that the Shanghai Weimeng Enterprise Co., Ltd. had undergone industrial and commercial changes, and Tencent and other companies withdrew from Shanghai Weimeng Enterprise Co., Ltd., and the registered capital of the company was reduced from about 63.0335 million yuan to about 56.1872 million yuan.
In this regard, Weimeng responded that the enterprise "Shanghai Weimeng Enterprise Co., Ltd.", which has undergone industrial and commercial changes, is not "Shanghai Weimeng Enterprise Development Co., Ltd.", the main listed company of Weimeng Group in China. "Shanghai Weimeng Enterprise Co., Ltd." includes the withdrawal of relevant shareholders such as Tencent and the change of registered capital, which means that the company has not operated substantially for many years and has nothing to do with the main body of listed companies of Weimeng Group.
ByteDance responds to cooperation with TSMC on AI chip: the report is untrue.
On September 18th, according to today’s media reports, ByteDance plans to cooperate with TSMC on AI chips. In terms of bytes, the report is untrue. ByteDance does have some explorations in the field of chips, but it is still in the initial stage, mainly focusing on the cost optimization of recommendation, advertising and other businesses, and all projects are in full compliance with relevant trade control regulations. (science and technology innovation board Daily)
Huawei Mate70 accepts reservations? A number of Beijing stores responded: they have not received the scheduled notice, or they will be released at the end of November.
On September 18 th, this afternoon, some media reported recently that some offline stores of Huawei said that they could accept the Mate70 reservation in advance, which seems to indicate that it is not far from listing. However, many Huawei stores in Beijing said that they have not received the scheduled notice yet.
A store staff said that the Mate70 series may not be released until the end of November this year. "Now the reservation is also blind, and I don’t know what configuration and color." (Sina Technology)
Deng Chenghao, CEO of Deep Blue Auto, responded to the delivery of S07 285km model.
On September 18th, Weibo, CEO of Deep Blue Auto, issued a document in response to the delivery problem of Deep Blue S07 285km model: At present, the production schedule is catching up with the order schedule, and there may be some delivery delay. Users who locked orders before September 15th will all be put into production this month. Users who lock orders after September 15th are expected to enter the production schedule in early October. If there is any delay in delivery, compensation for delay in delivery must be made. At present, the delivery time of S07 models is long, and there are many overseas orders to be scheduled. In order to ensure faster delivery, the Nanjing factory will officially start double shifts at the end of this month, and the National Day will continue to produce and deliver.
Xpeng Motors replied that MONA M03 automatically parked and hit an Audi.
Recently, an accident of "Tucki MONA M03 collided with Audi while parking automatically" has attracted wide attention from the outside world. "The company’s after-sales classmates have contacted customers and are actively dealing with them." On the evening of September 17th, the relevant person in charge of Xpeng Motors replied to the reporter of national business daily.
On the evening of September 16th, a blogger named "Pajamas of Alpaca" posted on social media, saying: "A cub used automatic parking in MONA, Tucki. As a result, the automatic parking hit someone else’s car. He told me that I still didn’t believe it. I said that there could be no problem with the function of this foundation. It was definitely your own collision. As a result, I tried it and it really hit. Such a wide road is so far away that there are no cars around. As a result, it was detected in the process of reversing, or it crashed straight into other people’s cars. "
With regard to the reasons for scuffing under automatic parking, the relevant person in charge of Xpeng Motors said that the weak scenes caused by light and other factors are not excluded at present, and the specific reasons should be analyzed with specific data.
Xicha declared a "truce"
Recently, Xicha issued an internal letter to business partners with the theme of "Creating Differentiated Brands and Products for Users". Xicha pointed out in the internal letter that the current industry is caught in homogenization competition, which continues to consume users’ enthusiasm for tea products and brands.
Xicha said that next, it will not do homogeneous products or simply low-cost involution, and will launch more differentiated products and brand activities. At the same time, Xicha also said that it will not pursue the short-term speed and quantity of opening stores, and will control store encryption in the next few months, paying more attention to the quality of opening stores and the quality of store operation. (Shell Finance)
Online celebrity Bookstore announced the termination of business.
Recently, Maowu Bookstore in Xi ‘an Maike Center, one of the "most beautiful bookstores in China", issued a notice of closure. Due to the adjustment of business strategy, Maowu Bookstore in Xi ‘an Maike Center will be closed on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
According to public information, Tomoya Bookstore is a well-known bookstore brand in Japan, with more than thousands of branches in Japan. Since 2020, Tomoya Bookstore has begun to lay out the China market. Xi ‘an Store is its third store in China, which opened in 2021 and once had a two-story physical space of 4,500 square meters.
The official announcement of domestic mask aligner was successful.
On September 18 th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently announced the "First (Set) Guidance Catalogue for the Promotion and Application of Major Technical Equipment (2024 Edition)", which includes Krypton mask aligner Fluoride and Argon mask aligner Fluoride; Information shows that krypton fluoride mask aligner light source is 248 nm, and the resolution is ≤ 110nm, registration accuracy ≤ 25nm； Argon fluoride mask aligner light source 193 nm, resolution ≤ 65nm, registration accuracy ≤ 8nm。
It is understood that according to the relationship between the alignment accuracy and the mass production process of 1:3, argon fluoride mask aligner can probably mass-produce chips with 28nm process. As of noon on the 18th, mask aligner’s concept was active, with Tongfei and Wavelength Optoelectronics trading at a daily limit of 20cm.
In 2024, there were 107 million domestic trips during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.
On September 18th, 2024, during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, the national cultural and tourism market was generally stable and orderly. According to the data center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, there were 107 million domestic trips, an increase of 6.3% compared with the same period in 2019. Domestic tourists spent a total of 51.047 billion yuan, an increase of 8.0% over the same period in 2019. (CCTV News)
Do you want to buy part of Shuijingfang’s equity in Xijiu? Secretary of Shuijingfang: The rumor is not true
On September 18, the secretary of Shuijingfang answered questions on the investor platform today. When asked about the Mid-Autumn Festival sales, the secretary said that the current sales and payment were in line with the company’s expectations. In addition, the Secretary-General also denied the relevant remarks that "Xijiu wants to acquire part of the equity of Shuijingfang" and bluntly said that "the rumor is not true". Shuijingfang also said that the company will explore and study the possibility of repurchasing cancelled shares. At present, the company does not know whether the major shareholder has a privatization plan.
Google won the 1.5 billion euro advertising antitrust case.
On September 18th, the European General Court ruled that it supported most of the European Commission’s rulings, but abolished the Commission’s decision to impose a fine of nearly 1.5 billion euros on Google. According to the ruling, the European Commission imposed a fine of nearly 1.5 billion euros on Google. One of the reasons was that the Commission did not consider all relevant circumstances when evaluating the term of Google’s contract terms, so it decided to revoke the decision of the Commission to impose a fine of nearly 1.5 billion euros on Google. In 2019, the European Commission imposed a fine of 1.5 billion euros on Google for blocking advertisements from competitors such as Yahoo and Microsoft.
AI news
Musk satirizes the California AI Act: "California needs new leadership."
On September 18th, gavin Newson, the governor of California, signed two bills on Tuesday local time, aiming at helping actors and performers to protect their digital copies in audio-visual works from artificial intelligence (AI). In response, elon musk forwarded several videos of netizens satirizing the bill on the social media platform "X", and said "I can’t believe it" and "California needs a new leader".
Google will use C2PA authentication to determine whether the image is generated by AI.
On September 18th, it was reported that Google search results would update the function of "About this picture" to let users know whether the picture was created or edited by AI tools. The technology used by Google is C2PA authentication, which contains the source information of images and creates digital tracks between hardware and software. Companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, Adobe, Arm, OpenAI, Intel and Google all support C2PA authentication, but the adoption speed is slow. Google’s integration into search results will be the first major test of the plan.
OpenAI made a big bet, and the robot NEO world model appeared!
The humanoid robot startup 1X that OpenAI bet heavily finally revealed the "world model" behind it — — It can generate behavior predictions for different scenarios based on real data! With this virtual world simulator, NEO can predict useful object interactions. In short, they can completely generate video images in various environments. For example, changeable objects such as folding a T-shirt and opening curtains can be seen everywhere in the home, but it is difficult to put them into the virtual world simulator. By understanding the world and interacting with it, the 1X "world model" can generate high-fidelity video, which can be re-planned, simulated and evaluated in the neural network. (Zhiyuan Xin)
Capital insight
China Ship: China Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. will resume trading today.
On the evening of September 18th, China Ship released the related party transaction plan for the merger and acquisition of China Heavy Industry. Through negotiation between the two parties to the merger, the share exchange prices of China Shipbuilding and China Heavy Industry were determined to be 37.84 yuan/share and 5.05 yuan/share respectively, and the share exchange ratio of China Heavy Industry and China Shipbuilding was determined to be 1:0.1335, that is, 0.1335 shares of China Shipbuilding could be exchanged for each share of China Heavy Industry. China Shipbuilding and China Heavy Industry will resume trading on September 19th.
Flash IPO to the United States, revenue in the first half of 2024 was 2.284 billion yuan, up 7.6% year-on-year.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosed the prospectus submitted by Flash, and the Flash plan was listed on NASDAQ with "FLX" as the stock code. Flash said that the IPO financing will be used to expand the customer base and increase market penetration, as well as to build brand image, invest in technology and research and development.
According to the prospectus, in 2021 and 2022, the net loss of flash delivery was 291 million yuan and 180 million yuan respectively, and in 2023 and the first half of 2024, the net profit was 110 million yuan and 124 million yuan respectively. (IT house)
A new round of financing, Ziguang Zhanrui IPO process or speed up.
"With the arrival of the last fund, Ziguang Zhanrui’s equity financing, which took more than a year, was successfully completed recently." Ma Daojie, chairman of Ziguang Zhanrui, revealed this latest trend in an exclusive interview.
It is understood that this round of equity financing investors include state-owned platforms in Shanghai and Beijing; Bank insurance institutions such as ICBC Capital Management Co., Ltd. and Bank of Communications Financial Assets Investment Co., Ltd.. Ma Daojie said that as one of the earliest companies engaged in the research and development of mobile phone communication chips in China, Ziguang Zhanrui, a subsidiary of New Ziguang Group, is in an important window of leap-forward development. With the support of major shareholders and governments at all levels, this round of equity financing will inject new momentum into the company’s daily business development and IPO and many other key issues. (China Securities Network)
Yiheng Photovoltaic completed billion-dollar angel round financing.
Recently, Huainan Yiheng Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Yiheng Photovoltaic") announced the completion of angel round financing of about RMB 100 million, with Eucalyptus Capital as the investor. Yiheng Photovoltaic, founded in September 2023, is a new energy company focusing on the technological innovation of heterojunction and heterojunction perovskite laminated new high-efficiency batteries and battery components. This round of financing will be used to support the company’s sustainable development of integrated solutions for R&D, production and sales of photovoltaic cells and components. (science and technology innovation board Daily)
Science and technology foresight
Xiaomi three-fold mobile phone patent exposure: three cameras are arranged horizontally
On September 18th, the patent published by China National Intellectual Property Administration showed that Xiaomi Company obtained a patent for the design of "mobile phone and its main body", which showed the design of Xiaomi’s three-fold mobile phone. According to the information, Xiaomi submitted the design patent on December 21, 2022, showing two design schemes. The patentee is Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. In addition, the patent sketch shows that the back of Xiaomi Tri-fold mobile phone adopts a horizontally placed camera scheme, with three cameras horizontally placed and an LED flash.
Musk’s brain-computer interface is expected to help the blind restore their vision.
On September 17, local time, Neuralink, the brain interface company of the technology tycoon Musk, announced that one of its experimental implant devices aimed at restoring vision was recognized as a "breakthrough device" by the US FDA. This means that the device is expected to accelerate the examination and approval to become a listed medical device.
Samsung’s 12.4-inch scroll mobile phone will be unveiled next year.
On September 18th, it was reported in the market that Samsung is planning to launch a smart phone whose screen can be curled and stored in 2025. All of them can get a 12.4-inch screen, and the selfie lens will be hidden through the off-screen lens technology.
Snap releases a new generation of Spectacles AR glasses.
Recently, the technology company Snap released its fifth-generation SpectaclesAR glasses. It is understood that Spectacles glasses can work seamlessly with users’ mobile devices. Through the Spectacles application, users can turn their mobile phones into custom game remote controls for use with AR applications. After the user turns on the spectator mode, friends who don’t have Spectacles glasses can also follow the experience, and can also realize functions such as mobile phone screen projection.