The outbreak continues to affect major companies.
Big company
Alipay: As of February 5, the evaluation of sesame credit points will be suspended
Alipay released an announcement yesterday that from February 5th, the evaluation of the Sesame Credit will be suspended. All inconveniences caused by force majeure during the period will not be recorded as breach of trust. The specific recovery time will be notified separately. From the perspective of Alipay, the suspension of evaluation of sesame credit scores has nothing to do with Huayao. Users still need to pay Huayao on time. The situation involved in the announcement, such as renting a power bank offline, could not be returned due to the epidemic situation. (Pin play)
Tesla temporarily closed all stores in China < / p>
According to foreign media reports, according to an online post posted by a Tesla salesperson on February 2, Tesla has temporarily closed all stores in mainland China. As of Thursday, Tesla’s China liaison office has not responded to media requests for comment. (Sina Technology)
Reuters: Huawei OPPO Xiaomi vivo creates a new platform, Benchmark Google Play Store
According to Reuters, Xiaomi, Huawei, OPPO and vivo are working together to create a platform for developers outside China to upload their apps to the application stores of these four mobile phone manufacturers at the same time. Some analysts have said that the move aims to challenge the dominance of the Google Play app store. People familiar with the matter said that the platform is called the “Global Developer Services Alliance” (GDSA). The platform was originally planned to launch in March this year. The platform will initially cover nine “regions” including India, Indonesia and Russia. (Sina Technology)
JD Logistics completed the first order of Wuhan Intelligent Distribution
It is learned that according to Jingdong’s introduction, on February 6, on Jilin Street, Qingshan District, Wuhan, an intelligent distribution robot departed from Jingdong Logistics Renhe Station and successfully delivered medical supplies to Wuhan Ninth Hospital. This was an epidemic The first order of Wuhan Intelligent Distribution after the occurrence. JD.com said that in the future, these intelligent distribution robots will provide more Wuhan hospitals with the necessary materials for distribution. At the same time, for isolated hospitals and communities such asIf there is demand, JD Logistics will also consider the use of distribution robots to provide material transportation and distribution in the park.
Nokia CEO: Nokia has not changed 5G vision in China
In an interview with Nokia, executive officer Rajeev Suri said that Nokia ’s exclusion of China from the company ’s new KPIs does not mean that Nokia has changed its vision for China. Nokia hopes to change its business portfolio in China, increase its revenue share in fixed access, 4G, transmission, IP routing and core network products, and expand its business with Internet companies and other corporate customers. (Sina Finance)
Twitter’s fourth-quarter net profit was $ 119 million, a 53% year-on-year decline
Twitter has released its fourth quarter fiscal 2019 results for the year ended December 31. According to the financial report, in accordance with US General Accounting Standards (GAAP), Twitter ’s fourth-quarter revenue was US $ 1.007 billion, an increase of 11% from US $ 909 million in the same period last year; net profit was US $ 119 million, and net profit was 2.55 in the same period last year Billion US dollars, down 53% year-on-year. (Phoenix Network Technology)
Baidu Brain: Release “AI Developer War Plague Guardian Program”
It is learned that according to Baidu, in response to the development and learning needs of developers during the epidemic prevention and control period, on February 6th, Baidu Brain launched the “AI Developer War Epidemic Defense Plan”, and is conducting related applications for epidemic prevention and control. Enterprises, institutions and developers in need during the development or epidemic period can get free technical services and online AI training courses through the program.
Jingdong: release of support plan for the catering industry during the epidemic period
It is learned that according to the introduction of JD.com, JD.com launched the “Catering Retail Development Alliance” on February 6 to promote catering brands to develop semi-finished instant food production, and use JD.com’s all channels to expand new sales. At present, Haidilao, XiaoMore than a hundred catering companies including Nanguo, Xibei Noodle Village and Guangzhou Restaurant have joined JD.com’s “Food and Beverage Retail Development Alliance”. JD.com 7FRESH also released the “Talent Sharing” plan on February 5th, recruiting temporary employees nationwide.
It is learned that on February 6, following Zhejiang, 28 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities including Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Henan, Tianjin, Jiangsu, and Hebei have successively cooperated with Alibaba to build a “digital epidemic prevention system.” According to Ali, the system is divided into four modules, including residents, community streets, medical disease control, and government management, with more than 20 functions. Residents and epidemic prevention and control institutions in various places can use functions such as epidemic situation information collection, active declaration and epidemic clue provision, medical observation services and management, real-time epidemic dynamics, online intelligent consultation, and in-travel personnel inquiry to carry out digital epidemic prevention and control.
Tencent meeting expands over 1 million cores in 8 days
It is learned that Tencent said that from January 29 to February 6, the Tencent Conference is expanding its resources every day. The average daily capacity expansion is close to 15,000 cloud hosts, and the total capacity expansion is more than 100,000 cloud hosts in 8 days. , Involving a total of over one million cores of computing resource investment.
TCL Group: changed its name to “TCL” from February 7th Technology “
It is learned that the TCL Group issued an announcement saying that the company’s short name for securities has been changed from “TCL Group” to “TCL Technology” since February 7, and the English abbreviation has been changed from “TCL CORP.” to “TCLTECH.” constant.
Investment and financing
Weilai announces completion of US $ 100 million convertible bond financing
It is learned that Weilai announced that it has recently completed a total of US $ 100 million in convertible bond financing. The investors are two Asian investment funds with an amount of US $ 70 million and approximately US $ 30 million, respectively.
In the “10 Questions and 10 Answers” of financial services during the epidemic prevention and control period, the central bank stated that according to the “Notice of the People’s Bank of China Banking Regulatory Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Foreign Exchange Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission on Further Strengthening Financial Support for the Prevention and Control of New Coronavirus Infection Pneumonia” Financial institutions can flexibly adjust personal loan repayments such as housing mortgages, credit cards, etc. for those hospitalized or quarantined due to infection with new pneumonia, those who need to be quarantined for epidemic prevention and control, those who participate in the epidemic prevention and control, and those who have temporarily lost their source of income due to the epidemic. Payment arrangements, reasonably delay the repayment period. (First Business)
Digital medical company “Hinge Health” receives $ 90 million in Series C financing
It is learned that the digital medical company “Hinge Health”, which helps to solve the pain of low back pain, has recently completed a $ 90 million Series C financing. This round of financing was led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Lead Edge Capital followed suit. All old shareholders also They all followed. The company’s sales model is B2B2C, which is mainly sold to corporate employers, medical insurance, hospitals, and so on.
New product
According to rumors that the antiviral drug Radixivir spreading on the Internet is “significantly effective” in Wuhan, Professor Cao Bin, deputy director of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital responsible for clinical trials of the drug in Wuhan, said this statement is not true. In response to a reporter’s inquiry, Cao Bin said: “ProBed research only started today, how could it be possible to know the results? “He emphasized that scientific research takes time. Radixivir is a drug in the U.S. that is still in the research and development stage, and its role has not yet been verified, and it has not been marketed in any country. (China Youth Daily)
Lexus is ready to launch L2 level autonomous driving technology
Lexus will launch its first self-driving car this year, but consumers will not be able to use this feature until an upgraded version is released. As early as the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show, Lexus had previewed this project. Lexus President Sato Koji said at a Toyota Motor press conference that the L2 level technology will adopt a human-machine collaboration model, adhere to the “people-oriented” service experience principle, and keep in mind the value and significance of driving itself for luxury car users. (Sina Cars)
Other important news
It is learned that IDC expects that in the first quarter of 2020, the domestic mobile phone market will face challenges that will affect the performance of the whole year. From January to February, the overall domestic market will face a sharp decline of about 40% year-on-year. In March, if the epidemic situation is under stable control, the overall market will gradually enter a recovery period, but it will still be difficult to recover to the same level last year. Throughout the first quarter, the domestic market is expected to experience a year-on-year decline of more than 30%. For the full year of 2020, the domestic mobile phone market is expected to show a year-on-year decline of about 4%.
State Post Office: Call for smart express boxes to open the door for express courier
Hou Yanbo, deputy director of the Market Supervision Department of the State Post Office, pointed out that with the strengthening of prevention and control measures, some communities, units, and office buildings have implemented closed management, and couriers are not allowed to enter. These measures have greatly reduced courier delivery s efficiency. “Some couriers only deliver one shipment, and even waited for more than an hour in the cold wind. It is very difficult.” Hou Yanbo appealed that the community with a smart express box could open the door for the delivery brother, but others did not. The units and office buildings of smart express box facilities are also recommended to delimit specific areas for receiving mail and express mail. (China Network)
Responding to the recently discussed anti-viral “specific drugs”, Zhong Nanshan said yesterday that clinical trials can speed up the green channel, but must follow the procedure. “Many laboratories find a sign and hope to enter the clinic completely immediately. Be careful, and ethical review must pass. Clinicians still have to follow clinical rules.” (CCTV News)
Ministry of Culture and Tourism: 80% quality guarantee for temporarily retired travel agencies
On the 5th, the General Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued the “Notice on the Temporary Retreat of Partial Tourism Service Quality Guarantees to Support Travel Agencies to Cope with Operational Difficulties”. The temporary rebate rate is 80% of the current payment. The deposit frozen by the court is not within the scope of this retreat. Within two years from the date of the issuance of the notice, the travel agencies accepting the temporary refund of deposits shall return the full refund of the deposits by February 5, 2022. (Chinanews.com)
Hubei: Encourage the promotion of contactless catering distribution business model
It is learned that the “Hubei Province’s Fiscal and Tax Support Policy for the Prevention and Control of New Coronavirus Infection and Pneumonia Epidemics” proposes that urban management departments implement a green channel for the approval of new and reconstructed contactless catering distribution facilities, which will be completed within one day. Based on the data of contactless food delivery orders provided by the food delivery platform, the market supervision department applies monthly funding of 1 to 3 yuan per order for subsidies. Encourage food ordering platforms to reduce or eliminate the non-contact food delivery order delivery fees for consumers.