Beijing, March 15 (Xinhua) According to the US "World News" report, how high is the price of the "American Dream"? Is it the equivalent of four full years’ salary, the fear of drifting at sea for a year and a half, or the loneliness of never seeing my hometown again? For many Chinese stowaways, the answer is probably "all of the above".

Dr. Wei-chun Vivi Hua, a Chinese psychologist in the United States who studies Chinese illegal immigrants, has interviewed many Chinese illegal immigrants who suffered psychological damage during the process of illegal immigration, and learned many secrets about illegal immigration from many interviewees.

Many Chinese smuggled into the United States not to get a fake passport and get on a plane and go directly to the United States, but to go through several countries to escape tracing and finally to the United States.

On the way to smuggling, every time the snakehead goes to a country, he will change a passport and identity for each stowaway, and destroy the passport used in the last trip. It takes time to prepare fake passports, and illegal immigrants usually have to stay for three to four months in the countries they pass through. The average duration of the whole smuggling is one to two years. The last stop before entering the United States is often Mexico.

Paul Beeson, captain of the border patrol of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in San Diego, pointed out that illegal immigrants brought into the United States by Mexican snakeheads are found in all countries. They may cross the border on foot or sneak ashore from the high seas by boat.

Hua Weichun recounted an interviewee’s self-report, who was led by a Mexican snakehead during the smuggling and scurried in the border desert. At that time, it was winter. In order to reduce luggage, snakeheads were not allowed to bring warm clothes, and they had to wade barefoot when encountering streams, and they were so cold that they quickly went into shock. Halfway through, I met the border patrol search, and the group hurried back to Mexico. After walking around the clock for almost a week, someone sprained his foot and was thrown into the desert by the snakehead. "I don’t think I can live."

The risk of being caught smuggling by sea is less, but the life risk is just as great. Hua Weichun quoted the interviewee as saying that there were more than 20 people in the boat, carrying more than a dozen barrels of gasoline, and the sanitation was poor. The smugglers also restricted the illegal immigrants from drinking water, and many people fell ill.

Jerome Conlin, spokesman of the San Diego Border Patrol, pointed out that Mexican snakeheads charge foreign customers, that is, non-Mexican illegal immigrants. At present, the market is: 20,000 US dollars for land smuggling and 50,000 US dollars for land smuggling, and the highest charge may reach 90,000 US dollars.

Smuggling is expensive. After arriving in the United States, every penny earned by illegal immigrants in at least the first four years has to be used to pay off debts, and it may be unclear for more than ten years. Among the interviewees of Hua Weichun, there were people who hanged themselves because of the pressure of debt. Hua Weichun pointed out that Chinese, who sneaked into the United States, was mostly around the age of 20, and often carried the expectations of the whole family.

One of Hua Weichun’s interviewees sneaked into the United States 17 years ago. Because she has been unable to return to China since she went to the United States, she has always been alone, and I am afraid she will never see her hometown again. (I have heard more)

Wen | New Product Strategy Finance Wu Wenwu

01 Porsche responds to "Mi Shijie" for the first time

At the end of March, Xiaomi SU7, the first model of Xiaomi Automobile, went on the market, just like a catfish stirring the whole automobile industry.

Because Xiaomi SU7 looks like Porsche, it has been controversial and has been ridiculed by netizens as "Mi Shijie" or "Bao Shimi".

On the second day after the listing of Xiaomi SU7, a street photo of "Mi Shijie" and "Porsche" appeared on the Internet. If you don’t look at the logo, you really can’t tell who is who.

Lei Jun said at the press conference that Xiaomi Automobile wants to build a Dream Car comparable to Porsche and Tesla.

After the release of Xiaomi SU7, Porsche’s official live broadcast room was also lively.

What is even more embarrassing is that in the live broadcast rooms of some Porsche dealers, many people ran to ask Xiaomi Automobile, and some anchors couldn’t help but post it directly: This is Porsche! Not Xiaomi!

Xiaomi SU7 looks like Porsche. If it is viewed from product identification and communication, Xiaomi Automobile is "successful".

On April 14th, some media interviewed the president of Porsche China and asked how to look at "Mi Shijie". Michael Kirsc, President and CEO of Porsche China, said: Maybe a good design always has a heart.

This is compared with the embarrassed, surprised and helpless frown expressions that Porsche executives showed when they saw Zotye’s "cottage" Cayenne model at the auto show a few years ago. This time, the answer of Porsche China’s top leader is very clever.

Some netizens commented that Porsche is worthy of being a world famous brand and its pattern is large enough. Some netizens also commented that emotional intelligence is very high.

It is undeniable that the design of Porsche models can not only affect Xiaomi, but also the products of many car companies are very similar to Porsche, such as "time-saving race".

When Xiaomi SU7 was first listed, New Product Finance talked with a senior person in the automobile industry about its design topic, and he replied: I dare not buy it!

To put it more bluntly, from the design point of view, many new car-making forces in China are crossing the river by touching Porsche.

Porsche is really starting to get anxious.

Since last year, the sales volume of Porsche in China market has declined, which has aroused considerable concern in the market.

Porsche sold 320,221 vehicles worldwide in 2023, an increase of 3% over 2022. In 2023, the sales volume of Porsche in China market was 79,283 vehicles, which was 15% lower than that of 93,286 vehicles in 2022.

In the third quarter of 2023, Porsche’s sales in China market plummeted by 40%. In the first quarter of this year, Porsche delivered 16,340 vehicles in China, a year-on-year decrease of 24%, which once again attracted market attention.

You know, Porsche entered the mainland market of China in 2001, and it has been soaring all the way. Since 2015, the China market has become the largest single market for Porsche in the world.

As for the reasons for the decline in sales, Ke Shimai, President and CEO of Porsche China, replied that there was a time gap between the release and delivery of new products, and Porsche adhered to the strategy of "quality is more important than quantity", coupled with the staged sales rebound in the same period last year due to the epidemic, which made the base of the same period last year higher.

However, the market has different views on the decline of Porsche sales.

After careful observation, it will be found that the sales of the Cayenne and Macan, the two main models sold by Porsche in the China market, declined in 2023, and the sales of Macan, the lower-priced vehicle, declined even more seriously.

What’s even more surprising is that since 2013, dealers all over the country have shouted discounts, and the price reduction behavior of dealers has also affected Porsche’s brand reputation.

What is more noteworthy is that Porsche’s buying crowd and consumption behavior are changing.

Porsche has publicly stated that compared with other Porsche markets, the average age of car owners in China is the youngest, and the proportion of female car owners has reached about 50% of the highest. Take Macan as an example. At present, Macan’s biggest market is in China. The average age of car owners in China is mainly between 20 and 55, and the average age is 20 years younger than that in Europe and America, among which 61% are female car owners.

Cosmai said that at present, more than 70% of Porsche customers in China are self-employed, and they are more cautious about consumption during the economic recovery period. This shows that Porsche also has its own judgment on the luxury car consumption market in China.

There is another data worthy of attention. Porsche said that Generation Z has become the main consumer group, accounting for about 15% of the market.

The new generation of young people, represented by Generation Z, is obviously different from the consumers of previous generations of traditional luxury cars. Besides brand factors, they also care about exclusivity, cultural attributes and the different feelings that brands can bring to themselves.

Porsche’s sales decline and lost market share in China were taken away not only by rivals such as BMW X5, but also by new energy luxury car brands. The latter point deserves more attention.

A new generation of young China consumers used to focus on luxury brands such as BBA and Porsche, such as Macan, which was favored by many middle-class families and young Bai Fumei.

Nowadays, many young consumers have turned to buy high-end brands of new forces in China, and even many young consumers are willing to spend 400,000 to 500,000 yuan, or even higher, to buy a car of new forces in China for early adopters.

Therefore, Porsche is really anxious for many reasons, such as the replacement of Porsche, the competition in the automobile industry and the changes in the luxury car consumption market.

The era of Porsche’s lying win is over.

In the era of traditional fuel vehicles, Porsche is a big winner brand, and its brand positioning is between luxury cars and ultra-luxury brands. When many BBA owners change cars, if the brand is up, but the budget is not enough, Porsche is a main choice.

BYD, which took the lead in the transformation of traditional fuel vehicle brands, also launched luxury and super brands such as Tengshi, Equation Leopard and Wangwang, and became a strong rising force.

In the field of new energy vehicles, the high-end and luxury brands of new energy vehicles represented by Weilai and Ideality have attracted a large part of China consumers, including young consumers.

Owners who can buy a domestic high-end luxury new energy brand will definitely buy a Porsche Macan in terms of consumption power, which will naturally take away Porsche customers.

Therefore, the era of Porsche winning in China market is over.

According to New Product Finance, Porsche can only accelerate its change, development and running in the China market in the future, so as to save the downward trend of sales and rise again.

First, Porsche should put down its posture and face up to multi-faceted competition.

Porsche is a luxury brand, which can stand out from the rest in the era of traditional fuel vehicles. However, in the current China automobile market, the win-win era is over, and Porsche must first put down its posture.

Recently, at the press conference, Porsche clearly listed nine competitors, including Mercedes-Benz and BMW, as well as five rival brands from China, such as Lotus, Zhiji, Polar Star, Weilai and Extreme Krypton.

It seems that Porsche has also begun to face up to China’s rival brands.

Second, Porsche should accelerate the electrification of China automobile market and further accelerate its localization.

Porsche is backed by audi ag, and audi ag is the best in the transformation and development of new energy among all traditional and established car companies. In 2023, the sales volume of pure electric vehicles in audi ag was 771,100, up 34.7% year-on-year, ranking third in the world, including Porsche.

Porsche has launched a brand-new electric Macan, and the first batch of new cars are expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter of this year, which still attracts a lot of attention.

Porsche still has brand influence in China market, and consumers will still be willing to buy Porsche plug-in hybrid and pure electric brand models. In the future, Porsche needs to further accelerate its localization.

Third, Porsche needs to be more sincere and sincere in the China market.

There have been many negative news about Porsche in China market. Because of arrogance, consumers have different views on Porsche.

Two years ago, due to the lack of cores, Porsche reduced the number of vehicles owned by China owners, and reduced the electric adjustment function of steering column to "manual steering column". Not only did the promised free upgrade plan not be honored, but the original replacement plan was replaced with a voucher worth 2,300 yuan (the cost of installing electronic steering in 4S stores was about 30,000 yuan), which made the owners angry and gradually evolved into collective rights protection.

Porsche’s double-standard attitude towards domestic and foreign car owners has made many consumers chilling.

Now, China is the largest single market for Porsche. Only by paying enough attention to the China market and showing sincerity can Porsche attract more consumers in China.

In the future, whether in the traditional fuel vehicle market or the pure electric market, Porsche will still be a big player, and its advantages will still be there, but the competitive pressure it will face will be greater and greater.

The Beijing News (Reporter Li Yukun) On April 10th, Singapore intercepted the second batch of pangolin scales in less than a week. These scales weighed 12.7 tons and came from about 21,000 pangolins. Not long ago, China’s customs announced ten typical cases of cracking down on the smuggling of endangered species such as ivory and their products, and many endangered animals and products involved were also from Nigeria.

On March 14th, a China girl with an alias of "African Xia" went to Nigeria, Africa for one month at her own expense, exposing the pangolin trade in the local market, in which the Chinese played a disgraceful role.

As an animal protection organization, China Green Hair Association is also concerned about the smuggling of pangolins from Nigeria, and has written to relevant parties in Nigeria to promote the protection of pangolins. The reporter learned from the China Green Hair Association that the Nigerian Ministry of Environment has replied to the China Green Hair Association and invited the China Green Hair Association to Nigeria from May 20th to 22nd to discuss the protection and cooperation of pangolin endangered species.

Two species of pangolins are distributed in Nigeria.

At one time, Chinese pangolins could be seen shuttling through bamboo forests in southern China, looking for nests of ants or termites. However, the number of Chinese pangolin, regarded as medicine and food, has dropped sharply since the 1960s, and it became "commercially extinct" around 1995.

There are 8 kinds of pangolins in the world, besides Chinese pangolins, Indian pangolins, Malay pangolins and Philippine pangolins are distributed in Asia. There are four pangolin species in Africa, namely black-bellied long-tailed pangolin, white-bellied long-tailed pangolin, big pangolin and South African pangolin.

There are two main species in Nigeria. Pangolin with black belly and long tail is distributed in the southeast of Nigeria. They grow in primary and secondary rainforests, artificial forests (bushes), swamp forests and farmland. The white-bellied long-tailed pangolin mainly inhabits the lowland tropical humid forest in Nigeria, the forest-savanna alternate zone, and in areas where hunting is not carried out, and may also live in cultivated land and fallow land.

According to the investigation, two kinds of pangolins, black-bellied pangolins and white-bellied pangolins, were arrested in Nigeria for consumption or trading in the market, and their scales were used as medicine, including traditional African western medicine, and their numbers were declining continuously.

Locals don’t eat pangolins.

The videos and photos provided by "African Xia" show that it is common for local people to sell pangolins, and it is easy for Chinese people to buy pangolins locally.

The number of Chinese in the local area is quite large, exceeding 200,000. After going there, "African Xia" found that Chinese can be seen anytime and anywhere on the street or in shopping malls and supermarkets.

The local beliefs are mainly Christianity, Islam and Muslims, and they eat fish, chicken, beef and mutton, but there is little demand for pork and wild animals. Many people who sell pangolins told "African Xia" that most of the pangolins they caught were sold to Chinese because local people don’t eat pangolins. Nigeria is still relatively poor, and Chinese are a relatively rich group in the local area.

Although the local virgin forest is decreasing with the increase of human activities, the investigation of "African Xia" found that the local trafficked live pangolins were all arrested in the local forest area. The local temperature is relatively high, reaching 36℃, 37℃ or even higher. If it is shipped from other places, it will die, because pangolins are not resistant to high temperature.

Selling in Chinese, a catty of pangolin scales is only sold in 95 yuan.

The first wildlife market that "African Xia" went to was in Lagos, and its Chinese name was "Little Fishing Village". "I will never forget this market, and I am also very frightened and surprised. I can only think of what I can’t see."

"The small fishing village is far away from where I live, and it was already afternoon when I came here. When my car didn’t stop, the locals came around and said in less fluent Chinese, do you want to buy pangolins? " African Xia said that because it was afternoon, the live pangolins were sold out that day. "There are locals in the market who ask me if I want to buy pangolin scales, and there is a skinned pangolin tail to sell to me."

Besides pangolins, this market also sells other wild animals. She saw bustard, lizard, turtle and python on the chopping board.

Wild animals sold in the small fishing village market.

Later, "African Xia" went to a small fishing village market early. It was a Monday, and the locals told her that if she had come yesterday, she would have bought a lot. "This market is dominated by Sundays, because Chinese people work from Monday to Friday and will come to this market to buy pangolins on Sundays. The locals told me that he sold five on Sunday. "

In a video displayed by the African Xia, the local people sold her a live pangolin in fluent Chinese, and said that "as much as you want", the price was "18,000, 16,000 naira, and as many as 15,000 naira".

"This person will also sell me pangolin scales, which can provide me with 200 kilograms to 500 kilograms every month. The price is very cheap, 10,000 naira a kilogram, equivalent to about RMB 190 yuan." The African man said.

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"African Xia" later came to the Moroccan market, which is a relatively large local vegetable market and also sells pangolins.

"When I went to this market, a local young man took the initiative to tell me if you want to buy pangolins. And take the initiative to add me to WeChat. I added him to WeChat, and he sent me pictures. " "African Xia" said that after she returned to China, the young man would send her pictures when he caught pangolin, showing reporters the circle of friends and chat records of the local guy.

The local WeChat circle of friends shows the pangolins to be sold.

Local people sell pangolins to her through WeChat.

"African Xia" said with remorse that she made a mistake in this market and failed to save two pangolins.

"This young man showed me pictures and said that there are two pangolins today. Do you want them? Can be delivered to your door, a 15 thousand naira. My heart melted. I think if I don’t buy these two pangolins, they will also become someone else’s food. If I buy them, these two pangolins will still live. In fact, I made a low-level mistake. When he delivered it, the pangolin was already dying. Because it’s late, I want to release it tomorrow morning, but before dawn, these two pangolins are dead.

The captured pangolin released by the local WeChat circle of friends.

"I this makes me very sad, I failed to save them, but become a part of the trafficking chain, I think I made a mistake. I hope others don’t make mistakes like mine. " "African Xia" said.

Nigeria’s crackdown

In Nigeria, pangolin is actually protected by the highest law.

On September 29th, 2016, at the 17th Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES COP 17) held in Johannesburg, South Africa, the proposal to upgrade all eight pangolins from CITES Appendix II to Appendix I was passed. Pangolin enjoys the highest protection under this convention. Nigeria signed and ratified the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). In the same year, Nigeria promulgated the Endangered Species Act, which listed pangolin as an endangered species in Appendix 1.

Statistics in 2018 show that Nigeria has seized 14,833 tons of pangolin and its scales, worth about 900 million US dollars. According to the General Administration of Customs of Nigeria, the amount of pangolin seized in Nigeria ranks first in the world.

Pangolin sold in the game market in Nigeria.

For example, only on March 15th last year, pangolin scales were sold in Ikaijia, Nigeria. 329 bags of pangolin scales weighing 8.4 tons and worth 1.72 billion naira (about RMB 33 million) were found in an apartment in Chinese.

As an animal protection organization, China Green Hair Association is also concerned about the smuggling of pangolins from Nigeria, and has written to relevant parties in Nigeria to promote the protection of pangolins. The reporter learned from the China Green Hair Association that the Nigerian Ministry of Environment has replied to the China Green Hair Association and invited the China Green Hair Association to Nigeria from May 20th to 22nd to discuss the protection and cooperation of pangolin endangered species.

Huge profits have attracted a lot of smuggling.

According to the investigation of "African Xia", the local price of pangolin in Nigeria is about one in 300 yuan, and the pangolin scales in 190 yuan are a kilo (10,000 naira), that is, a kilo in 95 yuan, which is very cheap. In Guangxi, China, at the beginning of 2017, some people openly peddled pangolins on the Internet, with a living body of "1,500 yuan a catty".

The huge price difference has attracted many smuggling operations.

Since the beginning of this year, many smuggling cases of pangolin have been cracked by customs in many countries. Apart from the pangolin intercepted by Singapore Customs mentioned at the beginning of the article, on February 1 this year, Hong Kong Customs and Mainland Customs took a joint action to crack down on cross-border smuggling of endangered species, and seized about 8,300 kilograms of pangolin scales in a container in the inspection yard of Kwai Chung Customs Building, which was the largest smuggling case ever cracked by Hong Kong Customs. The container was from Nigeria.

Nigerian officials previously said that pangolins were not captured in Nigeria, and Nigeria was regarded as a transit point for illegally smuggling pangolins and their products. However, according to the information obtained from the investigation of "African Xia", there are indeed activities of catching and selling pangolins in Nigeria, "200 to 500 kilograms of pangolin scales can be provided in one month".

In addition, some pangolins in Nigeria may come from neighboring Cameroon. The investigation results in recent years show that pangolins scales mainly come from southern and eastern Cameroon, and some illegal smugglers have been trafficking pangolins and their products for a long time, mainly supplying the Nigerian market. Statistics on February 22 this year show that Cameroon has seized 20,000 tons of pangolin scales in less than five years.

Some people eat pangolin because it is too expensive in China.

"African Xia" said that she had asked more than 20 people in Nigeria and they all asked the same question: Is pangolin really delicious?

"Their answer is not delicious. Pangolin has a taste that can’t be removed. But why eat it? Some people say that it can improve immunity and prevent malaria, others say that it is anti-cancer, others say that it treats skin diseases and prolactin, and it is said that this thing is aphrodisiac, and men are stronger when they eat it. " "African Xia" said that there are still a few people who said that there are almost no pangolins in China. It’s too expensive in China, and it’s so cheap here, so why not eat them.

She feels that in Nigeria, people lack awareness of the protection of pangolins and other endangered wild animals. In some public places such as airports and hotels, there are hardly any advertisements about wildlife protection, reminding Chinese who come to Nigeria to pay attention to the protection of pangolins. African Xia said, "I feel that local Chinese think it is not illegal to eat wild animals, just like eating a chicken and a duck."

Medicine is also the reason, and the efficacy needs to be re-examined

In traditional Chinese medicine, pangolin can be used as medicine, which also leads to a certain degree of pangolin being killed.

Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary-General of China Green Development Association, suggested that the World Health Organization should incorporate traditional medicine into international disease guidelines, which should be based on sustainability and scientificity. He believes that Chinese pangolin is used as medicine in traditional medicine in China, but there is no doubt that the commercial extinction of Chinese pangolin is caused by excessive use and habitat destruction. Therefore, the utilization of wild animals and plants in traditional medicine must strengthen scientific management.

"Our ancestors said that pangolin is a traditional Chinese medicine. There are several preconditions. First, pangolin is an inferior medicine, which is toxic and should not be eaten easily. During the rescue of pangolin, we tested it. Pangolin is full of viruses and bacteria, which is very dangerous. Recently, it was reported on the Internet that Yunnan Baiyao can cure many diseases because it contains seven kinds of Chinese medicines, including pangolin. Obviously, there is a mistake in writing. The English version and the Latin version of Yunnan Baiyao all describe Dioscorea nipponica Makino, which is a kind of plant with perennial grass vines and is the main component of Yunnan Baiyao. It is even more nonsense to say that pangolin can strengthen yang, and there is no scientific basis. " Zhou Jinfeng said.

An expert from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine also said that the ingredients or medicinal effects of pangolin nail tablets are equivalent to those of human fingernails. In the past, people were too mysterious about the medicinal properties of pangolin, but now most of them are replaced by seaweed and oyster.

"A local person can catch ten pangolins a month."

"African Xia" said that she was able to summon up such great courage and take risks to investigate in Nigeria, hoping that all Chinese compatriots would not eat pangolins, because pangolins in China are close to extinction. If we continue to eat like this, our descendants can only see such lovely creatures in books.

On the afternoon of April 19th, the reporter talked to the wildlife protector "African Xia" who returned from Africa and listened to her talk about the hardships of investigation in Nigeria.

Take the police with you in local investigations.

Beijing News:When did you go and how long did you stay?

African chivalry:I have been in Nigeria for a month, leaving on March 14th and returning to Beijing on April 14th.

Beijing News:What made you pay attention to pangolin?

African chivalry:I am also a volunteer for wildlife protection in China, and I have been doing wildlife protection in the front line. Personally, I prefer pangolin, which has been commercially extinct in China. Moreover, in recent years, many pangolin smuggling cases all point to Nigeria, so I decided to go there and have a look.

Beijing News:Are you in danger over there?

African chivalry:When we go out, we should always take the police with us. After paying the local money for the record, we can send a policeman to protect you. The police all carry guns, because the local public security is very bad, and there are often kidnappings and robberies, many of which are aimed at Chinese. My police confronted others with guns during the investigation, like a big movie scene.

Beijing News:Have you encountered any big obstacles or difficulties during your research for a month?　

African chivalry:Once I was sick and didn’t go out to investigate for three or four days. There have been times when Chinese doubted the purpose of my visit and asked me why I asked Pangolin, feeling wary of me.

Beijing News:In what capacity did you investigate over there?

African chivalry:I have a friend in China who runs a hotel there. I always say that I work in this hotel, otherwise others will be more suspicious of my purpose.

The local income is very low, and people who sell pangolins dress better.

Beijing News:You went to the "small fishing village" market and the Moroccan market. Are they the only markets that specialize in selling wild animals, or do you sell pangolins in any market in Nigeria?

African chivalry:These two places are quite famous. After I went there, I asked Chinese where I could buy pangolins. These two markets are generally recognized.

Pangolin sold in the local market.　　　

Beijing News:What else do you sell in these two markets?

African chivalry:The "small fishing village" market is a market dominated by wild animals and fish, near the sea; The Moroccan market is a relatively complete market in the local area, selling vegetables, cigarettes, wine, tea and clothing.

Beijing News:What is the living standard of people who do business in the market in Nigeria?

African chivalry:It is relatively poor in the local area. On average, the higher average is five or six hundred yuan per person per month, and some people only have a salary of two or three hundred yuan.

Beijing News:Are these people who sell pangolins better off?

African chivalry:Obviously better, some local people can’t fill their stomachs, but these people who sell pangolins look better in clothes and phones than the local poor.

Beijing News:How did they learn Chinese?

African chivalry:Their Chinese is aimed at buyers, but it is not standard but can communicate.

Beijing News:Have you ever asked how long it takes to catch a pangolin?

African chivalry:I asked a local how many can I catch a month? He said that he can catch about ten a month, not every day, but one person can catch ten a month.

I only see Chinese people buying

Beijing News:Nigeria is eating pangolins. Only Chinese? Or are Chinese the main group?

African chivalry:All I see is Chinese buying. During the investigation in Africa, I only saw Chinese eating pangolins, but it did not rule out that people from other countries would buy them.

Beijing News:Do you know the main flow of pangolin smuggling?

African chivalry:As for smuggling, an insider revealed that the smuggling of pangolin scales is mainly by sea, and a large number of them are collected locally, and then transported to various countries, including China, by container sea.

Beijing News:What do the locals think of these pangolin-loving Chinese?

African chivalry:For these local people who catch and sell pangolins, they think that if you eat, I can make money. The local average salary is five or six hundred. If he catches a pangolin, his monthly income will come out.

Beijing News:What do you think is the most important thing to protect pangolin?

African chivalry:The most important thing is to publicize and tell the local Chinese that this is illegal. Many people don’t know that pangolins are also protected by law in Nigeria. They think that it is not illegal to eat pangolins in China.

Beijing News reporter Li Yukun　

Editor Jia Wencheng proofreads Lu Aiying.

The pictures and videos in this article are provided by "African Xia"

　　Overseas Network March 30thAccording to WeChat WeChat official account of the Chinese Embassy in Kenya, on March 27th, Kenya’s Star published a commentary by Ken Ndegewa, an expert on media relations, refuting the smear and slander about China’s policy concerning Xinjiang, arguing that this is another black hand of the United States for geopolitical influence, but a lie is a lie after all, and the truth will always prevail over a lie.

　　The article indicates that the United States and other western countries have recently fabricated lies about Xinjiang, China for ulterior motives, or absurdly accused China of "genocide" against the Uighurs in Xinjiang, or fabricated the existence of forced labor on cotton farms in Xinjiang. Behind the lies is actually an attempt by the United States to discredit China and destroy China. After former US President Trump’s trade war with China suffered a fiasco, Xinjiang became the "last straw" of the US game against China. Biden, the current president of the United States, recently threw out that "China will not become the most powerful country in the world during his term of office", further exposing the true intention of the United States.

　　The article lists the development data of Xinjiang in economy, population, education and other aspects one by one, and quotes the statements made by State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi of China, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Dai Bing and the recent press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China on Xinjiang-related issues, pointing out that 64 countries have issued a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council to support China’s position on Xinjiang-related issues, but western countries are obviously unwilling to accept first-hand information about Xinjiang facts and are more willing to believe false reports. Their real purpose is to create problems in Xinjiang and undermine China’s economic development and stability.

Recently, sogou announced that due to business adjustment, sogou hardware products will officially stop service at 23: 59 on May 30, 2024.This indicates that sogou’s hardware products such as Sugar Cat Watch, Sugar Cat at Home, Sugar Cat Dictionary Pen, sogou Translate Pen and sogou Recording Pen will no longer provide any online services, technical support or maintenance services.In order to ensure the safety of users’ personal information, sogou promised to delete all users’ data safely after the service stopped, and reminded users to back up relevant data in time.

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Since it was incorporated by Tencent, at least ten businesses of sogou have been shut down one after another, including sogou, sogou Reading, sogou Lending, sogou search App, sogou Map, sogou Game Center, sogou Internet Alliance and so on. With the adjustment of various businesses, many former sogou people who merged into Tencent’s non-core business departments mostly left after several rounds of business adjustment.

Hardware exits, and everything has a warning.

Intelligent hardware was once regarded by Wang Xiaochuan, then Sogou CEO, as the second growth curve of sogou except the combination of search+input method+browser. In his plan, the proportion of intelligent hardware in sogou’s overall revenue will reach 10%, but it did not reach this standard until sogou was acquired by Tencent.

Sogou’s last financial report before delisting showed that in the second quarter of 2021, sogou’s total revenue was US$ 147.5 million, of which search and search-related business revenue was US$ 137.2 million, down 43% year-on-year, accounting for 92%; The non-search revenue, including intelligent hardware, was $10.3 million, accounting for less than 10% of the revenue.

Although this part of the decline in revenue is mainly due to the company’s strategy of shrinking non-core business, sogou’s intelligent hardware is not without struggle. In fact, sogou’s intelligent hardware business also had its own highlight moments.

On December 8, 2014, sogou officially launched the company’s first intelligent hardware device-children’s smart watch "Sugar Cat", announcing the exploration of opening intelligent hardware business.At that time, it was the time when the intelligent hardware industry flourished. Sugar Cat, which was established only one year ago, achieved quite good results in the 618 promotion in 2015 and became the double champion of sales and reputation of children’s smart watches.

Source: Baidu Encyclopedia

After that, sogou successively released intelligent hardware products such as dictionary pens, recording pens, translation treasures and translation pens. In 2018, JD.COM, a travel translator named sogou, was first put on the shelves, with sales exceeding 10 million, winning the first place in the same category in JD.COM; In 2020, the sogou recording pen S1, which was priced at over 3,000 yuan, was put on the first show live room in Tik Tok, Luo Yonghao, and gained 48 million cumulative viewers.

The above list is one of the few highlights of sogou’s intelligent hardware business. Since its development in 2014, sogou’s intelligent hardware business has occasionally improved, but the competitors of each subdivision track are too strong. At the children’s smart watch track, there are manufacturers focusing on children’s watches such as Little Genius and Abachi, as well as digital manufacturers such as Huawei and Xiaomi, which have developed from smart watches across the border. In hardware tracks such as translation pens, dictionary pens and recording pens, there are also giants such as Iflytek, Netease Youdao, Alibaba and Baidu competing for competition.

Source: sogou

Taking dictionary pens as an example, as an important part of intelligent education hardware, it is difficult for sogou to cross the two mountains of Iflytek and Netease Youdao. According to the online monitoring data of RUNTO, in 2023, the retail volume of the online open retail market of dictionaries and pens in China (excluding e-commerce companies with content such as vibrato) was 3.626 million, and the sales volume reached 1.78 billion yuan.

Among them, Iflytek’s Alpha Egg and Netease ranked first and second respectively, accounting for 54% of the domestic market, while the TOP10 brands such as Aifen, Little Genius, samtwos and BBK only occupied single-digit market share, and sogou was directly reduced to Others.

Dictionary pens are only the epitome of sogou’s smart hardware business. After careful observation, it is not difficult to find that most of the products launched by sogou after joining the smart hardware track are aimed at specific people and specific businesses.It’s not that there is something wrong with the idea of choosing the track, but that compared with competing products, the products don’t show the advantage of continuously attracting the target group, and multi-line operations all face the same problem, so it’s not surprising that sogou’s hardware business ended up like this.

Sogou is lonely, with little business left.

Looking back on the development of sogou in the past 20 years, it left its own trace in the Internet PC era in China, and it had a history with Internet giants such as Sohu, Alibaba and Tencent.

In 2003, sogou engine was hatched in Sohu, but at this time, Baidu was firmly at the top of domestic search engines, leaving little room for sogou to play. Subsequently, the sogou input method gained a good reputation from users because of its convenient and accurate pinyin input and rich related vocabulary. According to public information, around 2010, the user utilization rate of sogou input method reached 79.7%, far ahead of other input methods, and this advantage was not surpassed by Baidu until 2020.

In this process, Wang Xiaochuan, the former CEO of sogou, put forward a three-stage rocket traffic conduction model of "input method-browser-search", which was once regarded as a classic business model by the search industry. like thatWith the advent of the mobile Internet era, the traffic portal has shifted, and the cross-application jump obstacles have made the information collection and integration ability that search engines are proud of fail. Sogou has also been gradually marginalized in a new wave, and the original search engine and input method have also withdrawn from the core competition circle.

Source: sogou

It can be said that since sogou announced the completion of the merger with Tencent on September 24th, 2021 and became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Tencent, sogou, as the afterglow of the PC Internet era, can already foresee what will happen next. That is to say, the core business is integrated into Tencent, and the marginal business is gradually retired, which is particularly obvious in the peak period of Internet companies’ cost reduction and efficiency increase, and the unprofitable business is ushered in a large-scale contraction.

After sogou shut down the intelligent hardware business across the board, there are not many business lines in sogou that we can see on the bright side. Maybe sogou Input Method will leave quietly one day.By then, we can only find traces of sogou’s existence in Tencent products that have been integrated into sogou business, such as WeChat Watch and Search.

The strong are always strong, and there is no "small but beautiful" in intelligent hardware.

While remembering, we still have to face up to the fact that sogou quit the hardware business, and what the rest of the players in the intelligent hardware track should do to live longer.

In sogou’s intelligent hardware subdivision track, Xiao Lei saw a common trend: the strong will always be strong.A small number of head brands occupy the vast majority of the market share. Only when emerging brands stand out in the brutal market competition can they survive on the track, which is more obvious in the fields of educational hardware such as children’s smart watches, dictionary pens and learning tablets.

Source: Counterpoint

However, the closure of sogou’s hardware business is attributed to many reasons. First of all, the smart hardware market is fiercely competitive, and emerging brands and new technologies are constantly emerging, which makes sogou’s smart hardware products face challenges in function and innovation. When innovation can’t keep up with the market demand, consumers will naturally choose products of other brands, which can be intuitively reflected from the sales situation.

Secondly, the functions of smart phones are becoming more and more powerful, and many functions that can only be enjoyed by hardware products are integrated into smart phones, which makes it difficult for a single function of hardware products to meet the market demand. Only when hardware products adapt to market changes and user needs in time and create more professional functions can they attract target groups.

In addition, the maintenance and update of hardware products need continuous investment. Most of sogou’s revenue comes from search business, so it is obviously unrealistic to ask it to invest in intelligent hardware business that doesn’t make much money regardless of the cost. Later, we also saw that sogou made business adjustments based on cost and strategic considerations.

In the intelligent hardware market, small brands often face more severe challenges than big manufacturers. The closure of hardware services in sogou reflects the shortage of small brands in technology, capital and market competitiveness.

In the rapidly developing science and technology industry, continuous technological innovation is the key to the survival and development of enterprises. Large factories usually have strong R&D teams and abundant technology accumulation, which can quickly respond to market changes and launch innovative products. In contrast, small brands have limited investment in technology research and development, and it is difficult to keep up with the technological progress of the industry, resulting in products gradually falling behind in function and performance.

Source: small degree

With the advantages of scale and good profitability, large factories can invest more resources in product development and market expansion. However, small brands often have limited funds and cannot afford high R&D and marketing expenses, which limits their development space to some extent.

However, this does not mean that small brands have no room for survival and development. In Xiaolei’s view, accurate market positioning and technological innovation with memory points are the few opportunities for small brands to find a foothold in the intelligent hardware market.

Specific to products, children’s smart watches do not have high requirements for entertainment functions. It is the real demand of parents for children’s smart watches to create various learning functions, more convenient instant messaging, similar positioning and other security functions around educational scenes. Dictionary pens need to be innovated in translation accuracy and ease of use. Supporting more languages and accurate translation are only entry standards, and what really separates the products is the use experience for different scenes. The recording pen may strengthen the integration with cloud services to provide more efficient recording and information management solutions.

Although many sub-tracks of intelligent hardware products have different development trends, from the general perspective, versatility, intelligence and scene are the directions that every track needs to pay attention to. Netease Youdao, Baidu Xiaodu, Iflytek and other brands have begun the deep integration of AI+ products/applications. The products and applications such as Xiaodu learning machine Z30 and AI general learning assistant "Youdao Xiaop" APP have derived new usage scenarios and capabilities with the help of AI technology, such as AI assistant with smarter interaction, AI learning and other functions.

Just as the mobile phone, computer, TV and other industries have experienced, the intelligent hardware industry will eventually usher in the AI process of each subdivided track. Lei believes that this is also the general trend of intelligent hardware development in the future.

From May 20th to June 30th, 2024, in the year of 618, the Great Promotion struck, and the six major e-commerce platforms, Taobao Tmall, JD.COM, Pinduoduo, Tik Tok, Aauto Quicker and Xiaohongshu, collectively "listened to persuasion", canceled pre-sale and frantically bargained!

Popular AI hard technology categories such as mobile phone digital, AI PC, smart home appliances, TV, small household appliances and air ice washing are gearing up, and the situation is fierce.

Lei Technology 618 Reporting Group will pay attention to the latest situation of e-commerce platform, the latest trends of AI hard technology brands and the new trends of e-commerce industry, so stay tuned and look forward to it together.

First, the development process of China’s medical beauty industry

According to Article 2 of the Measures for the Administration of Medical Beauty Services, medical beauty refers to the repair and reshaping of human appearance and the morphology of various parts of the human body by surgery, drugs, medical devices and other traumatic or invasive medical techniques. Medical beauty is divided into surgical and non-surgical medical beauty according to whether surgery is needed, which are all carried out by registered professional doctors and medical experts.

Compared with the United States, South Korea and other big countries, China’s medical beauty industry started late, and its development process can be roughly divided into three stages:

Figure 1: The development course of China’s medical beauty industry

According to public information

From 1949 to 2008, marked by the establishment of plastic surgery for the first time, the domestic medical beauty industry began to sprout. In 1949, plastic surgery was established for the first time in China, which marked the germination of medical beauty industry in China. Since then, many public hospitals have set up plastic surgery departments, such as the Plastic Surgery Hospital of China Medical College. During this period, the main demand for medical beauty comes from passive plastic surgery such as post-injury repair and correction.

2008-2014 was the initial stage of the industry, and the upstream raw material manufacturers developed well, which led to the emergence of private medical institutions. This stage has three characteristics. First, a number of related companies are listed or listed, such as the listing of Huaxi Bio in Hong Kong in 2008 and the establishment of Huahan Plastic in 2010. Second, industry integration and mergers and acquisitions are frequent, and Langzi, suning universal and Fosun all deploy the medical and beauty industry through mergers and acquisitions; Third, the cooperation between China and South Korea has been further deepened, with Langzi and Evergrande as the representatives, and Korean technology and doctors have been continuously introduced and promoted.

Since 2014, with the help of capital, the industry has prospered and developed, and the "internet plus" wave has given birth to the Internet medical beauty platform. Driven by the mobile Internet and consumption upgrading, the Internet medical beauty platform has developed and gradually become the hub of the medical beauty industry chain. Since 2014, Internet medical beauty platforms such as New Oxygen, More Beauty and Yuemei.com have been favored by the capital market and have won several rounds of financing.

Second, the general situation of medical beauty industry chain

According to the relationship between the upstream and downstream of medical beauty products from manufacturing to serving consumers, the medical beauty industry chain can be divided into upstream raw material equipment manufacturers and downstream medical beauty institutions. The upstream raw material equipment, including instruments and equipment, injections and auxiliary materials, reach downstream private or public institutions through direct sales or consignment by manufacturers to provide corresponding services for medical beauty consumers. In addition, with the development of Internet technology and the penetration of consumer groups, the Internet medical beauty platform helps upstream manufacturers simplify distribution links by linking medical beauty institutions, and on the other hand, it can help consumers make efficient decisions. Related service providers include medical beauty industry information service providers, medical beauty APP, medical beauty insurance and so on.

Figure 2: Medical Beauty Industry Chain, compiled and drawn by the author.

Third, the status quo of China’s medical beauty industry

With the improvement of economic conditions, the continuous improvement of living standards, and at the same time, China consumers are influenced by the new trend of international medical beauty, and their awareness of medical beauty consumption is gradually awakening, and the medical beauty market is showing a rapid development trend. In 2019, the medical beauty market in China reached 176.9 billion yuan, and the CAGR was 28.54% in 2015-2019, which was higher than the same period in the world.

Figure 3: Global and China Medical and Beauty Industry Market Scale in 2015-2019

Source: Lemon Aimei, iResearch, etc.

1. Upstream: the overall concentration of raw materials and equipment is relatively high, and the domestic substitution is accelerated.

Medical cosmetology can be divided into surgical category (plastic surgery) and non-surgical category (Light medical cosmetology), in which the market capacity of Light medical cosmetology, China has steadily expanded, accounting for a stable proportion of the overall medical beauty market. Surgical medical beauty projects include eyelid plastic surgery, nose plastic surgery, oral orthodontics, hair transplantation and other head and face projects, breast enhancement and other chest projects, as well as liposuction and other physical projects. Non-surgical medical beauty projects include injection projects such as botulinum toxin and hyaluronic acid, facial rejuvenation projects such as photon rejuvenation, and other projects such as tooth beauty. China’s Light medical cosmetology market accounts for a much higher proportion of the overall medical beauty market than the surgical cosmetic plastic surgery market, and has been stable at around 65%-70% in recent years. In 2018, the market size of China Light medical cosmetology was 102.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 30.62%; In 2019, the market size of China Light medical cosmetology was 119.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.86%.

Table 1: Classification of Medical Beauty Projects

According to public information

Figure 4: The market scale of China Light medical cosmetology accounts for a high proportion of the overall medical beauty project scale.

Source: iResearch.

Figure 5: China Light medical cosmetology market size

Source: iResearch.

In terms of raw materials in Light medical cosmetology, hyaluronic acid and botulinum toxin are the main injection fillers. According to ISAPS data, the plastic surgery projects using botulinum toxin and hyaluronic acid reached 5.03 million and 3.3 million respectively, accounting for a total of 66%. According to the new oxygen big data, hyaluronic acid and botulinum toxin accounted for 66.59% and 32.67% respectively, accounting for a total of 99.26%.

Figure 6: Distribution of Injection Medicine Beauty in China

Source: New Oxygen Big Data

Upstream products have high technical barriers and strict listing approval, resulting in a high concentration of upstream manufacturers. In China, it takes 3-5 years to get the certificate of hyaluronic acid class III medical devices, and it takes 5-8 years to get the registration certificate of botulinum toxin drugs. Therefore, the upstream medical machinery link in the United States has a high moat advantage with strict policies and technical barriers. Up to now, a total of 16 enterprises in China’s mainland market have the registration certificate of hyaluronic acid class III medical devices issued by NMPA, while only 4 enterprises have the registration certificate of botulinum toxin biological drugs, of which only one is domestic.

Table 2: List of Domestic Approved Hyaluronic Acid and Botulinum Toxin Products

Source: NMPA, flint creation

Hyaluronic acid (commonly known as hyaluronic acid) is a kind of natural macromolecular mucopolysaccharide with N- acetylglucosamine and D- glucuronic acid as structural units, which widely exists in vertebrate connective tissues and body fluids, and has unique viscoelasticity and excellent water retention properties. At present, medical grade hyaluronic acid terminal products mainly cover three application fields: medical beauty, orthopedic treatment and ophthalmic treatment. In 2018, the medical beauty market was larger than other application fields, reaching 3.70 billion yuan, and the growth rate was higher than other fields, with a compound growth rate of 32.3% from 2014 to 2018. In 2020, it is estimated that the market scale of medical beauty hyaluronic acid terminal products in China will reach 4.82 billion yuan.

Figure 7: Market size of medical-grade hyaluronic acid end products in China (100 million yuan)

Source: Frost & Suliivan

China’s hyaluronic acid market is dominated by imports, and there is a large room for domestic substitution. At present, there are more than 20 kinds of hyaluronic acid products subdivided by National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). In terms of sales, the top four companies in the hyaluronic acid market are all foreign-funded enterprises, accounting for 68% of the total in 2019, and imported products dominate. In terms of sales volume, the sales volume of domestic hyaluronic acid has exceeded 40% in 2018, and domestic brands have gradually emerged. With the continuous improvement of cross-linking method and production technology of domestic hyaluronic acid products, the gap between domestic products and imported products in terms of concentration, degree of cross-linking, particle size, hardness and cohesiveness is gradually narrowing, and the domestic substitution process of hyaluronic acid will be deepened.

Figure 8: China Medical Beauty HA Product Sales Ranking in 2019

Source: Frost & Suliivan

Figure 9: Sales ranking of HA products of China Medical Beauty in 2018

Source: Frost & Suliivan

Botulinum toxin (commonly known as botulinum toxin): It is a toxic protein secreted by botulinum in the process of reproduction and has strong neurotoxicity. Botulinum toxin, as a nerve agent, can inhibit the release of acetylcholine from nerve endings by irreversibly cutting the neurotransmitter conduction complex, thus causing muscle relaxation and paralysis. However, its biggest application scenario is not in the medical field, but for medical beauty needs such as dynamic wrinkle correction, face-lifting and stovepipe. The overall market scale of botulinum toxin in China is in the stage of rapid growth. According to Limu Information Consulting, the market scale of botulinum toxin sold through formal channels in China has accelerated since 2015, reaching 3.92 billion yuan in 2018, a year-on-year increase of 32%.

Because the product is highly toxic, it is strictly regulated by the state. At present, there are only four official certifications in China (Hengli made in China, BOTOX imported from the United States, Dysport made by Ipsen in Britain and Letty Bo developed by Hugel in Korea). There are still seven botulinum toxin products in the process of applying for qualification. Looking around the world, the United States is the dominant company, Korean botulinum toxin producers all have the layout in China, and other manufacturers are researching botulinum toxin products, and Britain, Germany, Russia and India all have product layouts.

Laser beauty equipment: There are many kinds of equipment in the medical beauty equipment market, among which laser beauty equipment achieves the effect of plastic surgery through "light intervention" and becomes the backbone of the beauty medical market. Laser beauty instrument can be used in the fields of skin softening, nevus removal, wrinkle removal, hair removal and so on. According to public information, China’s laser beauty instrument market has developed rapidly. In 2019, the market scale was 2.84 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.73%.

Laser beauty instrument depends on imports, and domestic products are gradually recognized in the market. Although there are many laser medical beauty equipment enterprises in China, the mainstream equipment is mostly imported products. In the photoelectric equipment industry, foreign giants and local dominant enterprises are relatively mature, and the industry concentration is high. At present, the common suppliers of imported laser medical equipment include Alma in Israel, Lumenis in the United States, and Cynosure in the United States, accounting for 80% of the regular equipment and occupying a dominant position. The domestic medical and beauty equipment industry started late, and the technical foundation of enterprises is relatively weak. Domestic laser medical beauty enterprises have continuously enhanced their R&D capabilities, improved product quality, and gradually increased their market share through extension investment, mergers and acquisitions, and independent research and development. In terms of specific products, Wuhan Qizhi Laser’s photon therapeutic instrument and semiconductor laser depilation instrument, Shenzhen Peninsula Medical acne therapeutic instrument, Shenzhen GSD’s multi-element rf beauty instrument and other products are gradually recognized in the market.

2. Downstream: the entry barrier of cosmetic and plastic surgery hospital industry is low, and the distribution is unbalanced; The trend of "internet plus" is expected to reconstruct the ecology of medical beauty industry.

At present, in the market of medical beauty hospitals in China, service terminals are mainly divided into public plastic surgery hospitals and private beauty hospitals. Generally speaking, private specialized beauty hospitals and their clinics occupy most of the market space. However, due to the concentration of top experts, scholars and surgeons in the industry, the most advanced medical beauty resources and technologies in China, standardized management and high trust, public hospitals are still a very important part of the domestic medical beauty industry. In the future, with the advancement of medical reform, public hospitals are expected to regain their vitality in the market competition of medical beauty and jointly promote the rapid development of China’s beauty industry with private capital.

At present, medical and aesthetic institutions and professionals are mainly concentrated in the developed areas in the east. Although the market coverage has been extended to the central cities in the central and western regions, the market space of the second, third and third tier cities in the central and western regions with greater market breadth is still blank, and there is still a lack of channels for product promotion and business expansion, and it will take time to expand downward. On the whole, China’s medical beauty market has formed a layout with Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Changsha, Chongqing and Chengdu as the center of gravity, which can be roughly divided into four sectors: East China, North China, South China, Central China and West China, among which North China, East China and South China account for the vast majority.

Figure 10: Regional Distribution of China’s Medical Beauty Market

According to public information

Open up the relationship between medical and aesthetic institutions and consumers, and the Internet platform is expected to lead the reform of medical and aesthetic institutions. The main problem faced by private beauty hospitals is the high cost of sales and customer acquisition, and consumers are also faced with the embarrassment of asymmetric supply and demand information of medical beauty. The medical beauty APP platform mainly gathers users through the form of content+community+e-commerce or appointment referral, and builds a bridge for communication between B-end institutions, doctors and C-end customers, which improves the decision-making efficiency of users and reduces the marketing cost of institutions. From 2011 to now, dozens of medical beauty apps such as New Oxygen, Yuemei and Meituan Medical Beauty have emerged. Medical beauty App has purified the industry to a certain extent, promoted the medical beauty industry to transparency and standardization, and to some extent disintegrated the phenomenon of using the information of buyers and sellers to collect fees unequally. However, from the current point of view, the relevant medical beauty apps have not found a sustainable and stable profit model, and they still focus on business exploration in the short term.

Fourth, the future development prospects

At present, China’s medical beauty market is in the process of rapid development, and it faces the following outstanding problems: (1) The market is chaotic: raw materials and drugs of medical beauty are chaotic, and there are over-packaging of items and over-consumption of drugs; (2) The industry concentration is very low: the market share of head enterprises can only reach about 5%, and most of the markets are concentrated in some enterprises in the middle and long tail; (3) Medical resources can’t meet the demand: experts such as doctors and nurses, as well as hospital management talents are in short supply. With the rapid expansion of the medical beauty market, the medical resources in the industry will become more and more tense; (4) The supervision of the industry is still lacking: many medical and aesthetic supervision systems and policies are still in the process of exploration and improvement.

Since 2002, China’s supervision of medical beauty industry has become increasingly strict. The state has successively promulgated the management methods, institutional standards and classified management catalogue of medical beauty services, and promulgated the evaluation standards and detailed rules of medical beauty institutions. In 2016, China Plastic Surgery Association was established, and medical beauty service institutions officially entered the era of compliance. In 2020, eight ministries and commissions, including the Health and Health Commission, jointly issued the Notice on Further Strengthening the Comprehensive Supervision and Law Enforcement of Medical Beauty to crack down on illegal medical cosmetology and further rectify the medical beauty industry. With the increase of non-surgical items in the beauty market and the popularity of injection filling items, consumers’ complaints about after-sales service, quality and contract of medical beauty institutions have increased. Relevant departments should supervise medical beauty services and drugs in a targeted manner according to the development trend of the industry market, further promote the structural reform of the medical beauty industry, and improve the bad phenomenon of regaining customer marketing and neglecting professional medical care in the industry.

Table 3: Supervision Policy of Medical Beauty Industry in China

According to public information

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In the wave of "Yan value economy", everyone has a love of beauty, and the increase of per capita disposable income is an important factor to quickly enlarge the "love of beauty". In the medical and beauty industry chain, the domestic substitution of upstream raw materials and equipment has accelerated, while the downstream industries are more chaotic. However, the trend of "internet plus" is expected to reconstruct the ecology of medical beauty industry. At the same time, the state has issued a series of policies to continuously guide the industry to develop in a standardized and healthy way, and drive the industry to develop healthily.

* Disclaimer: This article is an original article for Flint, written by Xin Mingyu, and may not be reproduced without authorization.

In fact, the fuel consumption or battery life of the same class models are not much different now, so the high configuration is often more attractive to consumers. What xiaobian wants to introduce to you today is. Let’s take you to appreciate its style.

Let’s take a look at the appearance of Touruiou first. The front shape of Touruiou looks very young and fashionable, and looks very young. Coupled with the avant-garde headlights, the overall look has a certain sense of hierarchy. The car is equipped with LED daytime running lights, front fog lights, and automatic opening and closing. Coming to the side of the car body, the size of the car body is 4974 mm * 2095 mm * 1986 mm. The car adopts soft lines, and the side of the car feels very avant-garde. With large-sized thick-walled tires, the overall visual effect is very avant-garde. Looking back, the rear of the car looks very angular, and the taillights are very simple. Overall, it is quite elegant.

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I wonder if you are excited about this car introduced today? You must also have a look at this car, which will definitely bring you unexpected surprises.

Whether it is a fuel vehicle or a new energy vehicle, as long as it meets the needs of consumers, it is a good car. What I bring to you today is that it has many highlights. Not much to say, let’s take a look.

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Sitting in the car, Yuan PLUS interior design has taken the avant-garde personality route, which is easy to impress the hearts of young consumers. The steering wheel of the car is well designed and made of leather, which gives a good grip experience. Take a look at the central control, and with the 15.6-inch touch-sensitive LCD central control screen, the interior design is quite layered, giving people a feeling of being domineering and stylish. Let’s take a look at the dashboard and seats again. The car is equipped with a beautiful dashboard, which is very dynamic and lively. The car adopts imitation leather seats, equipped with functions such as electric adjustment of auxiliary seats, electric adjustment of seats, and seat proportion tilting, and the overall comfort is acceptable.

Yuan PLUS matching gearbox, 150KW, 310N.m, good power performance.

The back row space of yuanplus is quite satisfactory, and the leg space is still rich, so it is no problem to meet daily household needs. In addition, the car is equipped with anti-lock braking (ABS), LED daytime running lights, brake assist (EBA/BAS, etc.), braking force distribution (EBD), traction control (ASR/TCS, etc.), main driving airbag, co-pilot airbag, side airbag curtain, front side airbag and other safety configurations.

Do you have a lot of ideas after reading today’s story? This class of cars can often give consideration to both cost performance and practicality, and is often considered by most consumers as the first choice when buying a car.

On March 20, 2024, FAW officially announced its new sedan – officially launched. A total of 5 models were launched, priced at 22.98-30 9,800 yuan.

Liu Yigong, General Manager of China FAW Group Co., Ltd., Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, President of the Hongqi Brand Operation Committee, announced the official guide price of Hongqi EH7

As the first model of Hongqi’s "new energy sub-brand", Hongqi EH7 is based on the new FMEs "flag" super architecture, positioned as a medium and large sedan, and may launch a battery-changing version and a long-range fast-charging version in the future, with a maximum battery life of up to 800km.

The Hongqi EH7 adopts a new design language. The front face is designed in the style of the Hongqi new energy family. The tear-stained headlights are matched with the curved air intake grille under the bumper, which is like a "smiling" smiling face, which is very recognizable. Ultra-short front and rear hangings, smooth lines, segmented waist lines, hidden door handles… No matter from that angle, the Hongqi EH7 follows the minimalist technology aesthetic.

As for the size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4980/1915/1490mm, and the wheelbase is 3000mm, which gives it a slight advantage over its most direct competitor, BYD Han.

The content of Hongqi EH7 pays more attention to the texture and color matching of materials. The seat adopts a four-layer structure, and the front seat can support seat memory, heating and ventilation functions in 12 directions. The center console is equipped with a 6-inch + 15.5-inch curved dual screen, as well as an AR HUD head-up display system. It has a Snapdragon 8155 chip, which is also at the forefront of intelligence.

Hongqi EH7 has 5 cameras, 5 millimeter-wave radars, and 12 ultrasonic sensors to realize intelligent assisted driving. Equipped with the latest generation of five-heat source integrated heat pump air conditioners, it can intelligently identify the number of passengers, and adaptively adjust the wind direction and air volume of the air conditioner according to the distribution of passengers in the car. At the same time, Hongqi has developed a palace-level sound system to bring drivers and passengers a music-like listening experience.

The power performance of the Hongqi EH7 is of the same level of excellence, with a single motor and version optional. The version has a comprehensive power of 455kW, is equipped with 85kWh and 111kWh battery packs, and has a cruising range of 640km and 760km respectively. The single motor version has a maximum power of 253kW and is equipped with 75kWh, 85kWh and 111kWh battery packs, with a cruising range of 600km, 690km and 820km respectively.

Hongqi EH7 brings the industry’s first low-temperature battery technology + multi-heat source integrated thermal management system, which can effectively solve the problem of battery attenuation in low-temperature environments, and the battery life retention rate can reach 70% in winter. It is worth mentioning that the car is equipped with a rear motor that is known as the fastest mass-produced speed, with a peak speed of 22,500 rpm. Compared with Hongqi New Energy’s technology, the landing speed is obviously one step faster.

Since BYD Han,,, and other models have made certain achievements in the medium and large car market, many brands have set their sights on this new frontier. Now Hongqi EH7 integrates strong product strength, and has also launched a "zero pressure and peace of mind" plan with a total value of 100,000 yuan, so that consumers and competitors can see that Hongqi does not roll the price, but insists on "rolling the value". Just by relying on the four rights of lifetime free warranty, maintenance, rescue, and car pickup, it is enough to show the sincerity of Hongqi New Energy to users.

In the next two years, Hongqi new energy brand will launch 15 new energy intelligent products with high frequency and intensive launch, covering A, B, C, D class cars and all market segments respectively. And Hongqi EH7 is a "vanguard", which will help Hongqi new energy rise strongly. According to the plan of Hongqi brand, it is determined that the total sales volume will reach 1 million units by 2025, of which the sales volume of new energy vehicles will exceed 500,000; by 2030, the sales volume will exceed 1.50 million, of which new energy vehicles will become the main body of sales.

Text/Dianyang

"Listen to the Wind" was created by many masters.

Siu Fai Mak and Zhuang Wenqiang.

Tony Leung Chiu Wai denied that the film was a copy of Lust, Caution when he played the old corner of Wang Baoqiang.

　 　 Listening to the Wind is adapted from Mai Jia’s classic spy novel, which tells the story that agent Zhou Xun finds Tony Leung Chiu Wai, a street blind gangster, and with the help of Tony Leung Chiu Wai’s superior hearing, finds the enemy radio station that has disappeared for many years and obtains military information to defend the country. Zhuang Wenqiang said, "There are many spy wars in The Listener, but some adaptations will be made to the original."

　 　 In fact, Mai Jia’s work has long been made into a TV series "Assassination", which was a smash hit, and the role played by Tony Leung Chiu Wai was played by Wang Baoqiang in that year. Referring to the difference in temperament between them, Zhuang Wenqiang said with a smile, "In fact, when I first read this book, I thought that this role should be played by Xiaogang Feng, but it is impossible. Of course, it is impossible for Tony Leung Chiu Wai to play Xiaogang Feng or Wang Baoqiang."

　 　 On the same day, The Listener also exposed the trailer for the first time. Many scenes and characters in it will make people think of The Wind and Lust, Caution, but Siu Fai Mak doesn’t think so. "Some people say it is like it. In fact, you will know that it is not like it after watching the whole film, and it is different from our previous shooting style."

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