As soon as the news of Japan easing tourist visas for people from China was released, local retail travel stocks surged immediately.
① The Japanese Foreign Minister, Toshimitsu Motegi, announced the relaxation of visa requirements for Chinese tourists to Japan, expected to be implemented in spring 2025. ② After the announcement, retail and tourism-related stocks in Japan rose, with J. Front Retailing Co. soaring by 8.38%, while Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings and Takashimaya increased by 6.98% and 3.69%, respectively.
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.
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Short trips for the New Year and "combined leave" travel are on the rise, and tourism during the Spring Festival still appears to be booming.
① This year's New Year's holiday is relatively short, and it is said in the industry that most tourists will prefer short trips and "combine vacation" travels. Influenced by the "combine vacation," data from third-party platforms show that from December 28 to January 5, flight bookings increased year-on-year; ② Registration for long-haul outbound travel products for the Spring Festival has gradually closed, and it is expected that about 80% of the products for this winter vacation (including the Spring Festival) will see price decreases of 10% to 40%.
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U.S. stocks close: The Nasdaq returns above 0.02 million points as Apple reaches a new high with a market cap of 3.9 trillion.
① Tesla rose by 7.36%, leading the "Seven Giants"; ② Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index has risen for three consecutive days; ③ American Airlines announced that flights have resumed running; ④ OpenAI has discussed developing a humanoid Siasun Robot&Automation.
In December, both domestic and imported game licenses were released! A total of 1416 licenses have been issued this year, the highest in the past five years.
① A total of 122 domestic games and 13 imported new games were approved today, marking the third consecutive month of simultaneous issuance of domestic and imported game licenses. Major games from Tencent and NetEase received approvals, along with several other publicly listed game companies also achieving gains. ② As of the time of writing, 1,416 new games have obtained licenses this year, the highest total in nearly five years.
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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.
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Investing in Hong Kong, Alibaba has arrived! Alibaba's Entrepreneur Fund has established a 0.15 billion dollar AI Fund.
① Alibaba's Entrepreneur Fund announced the establishment of an AI Fund, amounting to 0.15 billion USD, primarily covering Industries where AI can be deeply applied. ② Almost at the same time, ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming also arrived, and his investment Institutions officially acquired Hong Kong's No. 9 license to start investing in the AI field. ③ This year, Hong Kong ranks eighth among the top ten regions globally in terms of total financing for AI enterprises.
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Fubon Insurance has released the price for clearing 16.667% equity of its parent company, Tencent Weibo, which is valued at 70% of its worth three years ago.
① The transaction price for the Equity Transfer of Tengfubo is RMB 1.9 per share, with a total transfer price of RMB 0.236 billion; ② It is reported that in 2021, the Equity Transfer was RMB 2.61 per share, and three years later, Tengfubo's valuation has been discounted to 73%; ③ Tengfubo is the parent company of Tencent Weiba, established by Yimashentong and Fubon Property & Casualty Insurance, both subsidiaries of Tencent.
As the Spring Festival holiday approaches, the tourism Industry is expected to pick up, and these Concept stocks are frequently being investigated.
The Spring Festival holiday is from January 28 to February 4, 2025, totaling 8 days.