Research and development investments are close to the combined sum of BAT! Does ByteDance want to become China's OpenAI?

Zheshang stated that ByteDance has made huge investments in AI, with capital expenditures reaching 80 billion yuan in 2024, approaching the total of Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent (about 100 billion yuan). Research and development investments significantly lead their peers; analogously, just as Microsoft is strongly investing in OpenAI, ByteDance in China may be comparable to OpenAI in the USA.

wallstreetcn20:36 ET

Breaking through 41 billion! The annual box office is still racing. Next year's Spring Festival lineup is "a big hit" | Year-end summary.

① The 2024 film market has entered the final sprint phase, and as this year's last major release period, the box office for the New Year's season has surpassed 2.1 billion yuan. The total box office for China Film Co., Ltd. in 2024 has reached 41.696 billion yuan; ② With the recovery of production capacity and the scheduling of blockbusters, the industry generally has a good expectation for the 2025 Spring Festival release period, with several listed film companies presenting "big hits" to compete in next year's Spring Festival.

cls.cnDec 24 05:25 ET

The new leader of Ant Group has fired the first shot.

Major transformation.

wallstreetcnDec 24 03:59 ET

ANT GROUP CO., LTD. makes another adjustment! Imitating Huawei, it implements a rotating presidency system, with a senior executive from Cainiao appointed as CFO.

1. ANT GROUP CO., LTD. established the Digital Payment business group to accelerate the development of innovative payment products and strengthen the payment infrastructure. 2. The Digital Payment business group and the Alipay business group have implemented a rotating presidency system. According to the latest news, Liu Zheng, CFO of Cainiao, has joined ANT GROUP CO., LTD. to succeed Han Xinyi as CFO.

cls.cnDec 23 09:12 ET

After long-term bonds fell below 2%, insurance funds shifted towards equity assets, with high dividend and high ROE being the top choices.

Recently, the yield on 30-year government bonds has fallen below 2.0%. Guosen believes that the central tendency of long-term bond rates continues to decline, and the pressure on investment income from insurance funds is further increasing. Since the beginning of this year, companies represented by Great Wall Life, China Pacific Insurance, and Ruizhong Life have been increasing their stakes in high-quality listed companies, mainly concentrated in industries such as utilities, transportation, and Banks, which have high dividend yields and relatively stable ROE levels.

wallstreetcnDec 22 20:16 ET

Three insurance companies have been approved to issue bonds worth 39 billion. Insurance companies have replenished a total of 117.5 billion yuan this year, slightly exceeding last year's total.

① On the same day, the Financial Regulatory Bureau disclosed that the perpetual bonds or capital supplement bonds issued by Ping An Life, China Postal Insurance, and China United Property Insurance have been approved, with a cumulative approved issuance scale not exceeding 39 billion yuan; ② The demand for "blood replenishment" in the Insurance Industry remains significant within the year. As of December 20, the cumulative issuance scale of capital supplement bonds and perpetual bonds by Insurance Institutions has reached 117.5 billion yuan, slightly higher than the total for last year.

cls.cnDec 20 08:27 ET