One, a week of public opinion points
The Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation recently issued a notice, manufacturing enterprises carrying out RESEARCH and development activities in the actual R&D expenses, not intangible assets into the current profit and loss, in accordance with the provisions of the actual deduction, starting from January 1, 2021, according to 100% of the actual amount of additional tax deduction; Where intangible assets are formed, they shall be amortized before tax at 200% of the cost of intangible assets starting from January 1, 2021. Intelligent snatched the ministry has published the auto production enterprises and products access management guidelines (trial) “(draft), puts forward intelligent snatched auto production enterprises shall be in accordance with the collection, use and protection of personal information, the implementation of data classification grading management, formulate important data directory, or reveal sensitive information involving national security.
Industry, April 9, the ninth China electronic information fair in shenzhen convention and exhibition center, expo to “innovation driven high quality development” as the theme, 5 g, integrated circuit, artificial intelligence, high-definition display, intelligent manufacturing, intelligent family of a new generation of information and communication technologies such as the latest achievements and future development trend. The 2021 plenary meeting of the information and innovation Security Technology Committee was held at the National Information and Innovation Park in Beijing’s Economic development Zone on Wednesday. The meeting pointed out that the importance of information and innovation security should be deeply recognized, the construction of technical means and emergency response capacity should be done well, and the pass should be moved forward to ensure better development of network information security construction. Recently, the international standard “Recommended Procedures for the Application of Blockchain-based Electronic Invoice”, which was initiated by a number of institutions, was officially confirmed and published by IEEE-SA, becoming the first international standard for the application of blockchain-based electronic invoice in the world and the first international standard for the domestic tax system. On the international front, on April 8, the US Department of Commerce issued a statement on its website, announcing that it had added seven Chinese supercomputing entities to its entity list for “activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States”. US President Joe Biden has proposed spending $250 billion on US research institutions over the next few years, with $180 billion earmarked for “future-oriented research and technology”, foreign media reported.
On April 6th, the National People’s Congress Information Center and IFLYtek signed a strategic cooperation in Beijing. April 7 news, Tencent released qianfan blockchain cloud market, the first batch of 17 high-quality blockchain enterprises entered. On April 7, Bytedance’s Volcano Engine released its big data r&d and governance kit. On April 8, Inspur global launched a new M6 server supporting Intel’s third generation Xeon scalable processor. Recently, hefei source quantum computing technology co., LTD and hefei crystal collection into circuit co., LTD. Announced a joint construction “origin – quantum chip joint laboratory”, will be in a very low temperature flow field of integrated circuit technology development and engineering validation, implementation from quantum chip design to assembly the whole development of the chain. April 8, Intel unveiled the third generation of Intel xeon scalable processors (codenamed IceLake). The chairman and CEO of Lenovo Group announced on April 10 that he will personally donate 100 million yuan to build a high-performance computing center for his Alma mater, Shanghai Jiaotong University. On April 10, the State Administration for Market Regulation imposed administrative penalties on Alibaba Group, ordering it to stop its illegal activities and imposing a fine of 18.228 billion yuan.
At the local level, CAI Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, recently pointed out that vigorously promoting the innovation and development of Internet of Things technology and industry is an important part of Beijing’s efforts to take the lead in building itself into an international science and technology innovation center, and an important measure to promote high-quality development. Recently, the North China Talent Market released the demand for high-level and urgently needed talent introduction positions in Tianjin’s ict industry in 2021, among which the positions of data engineer and system R&D engineer are the most urgently needed. On April 7, Shanghai Economic and Information Technology Commission and Shanghai Development and Reform Commission announced that they plan to organize and collect new data center projects in the near future. In 2021, Shanghai will support the first batch of new data center projects with a total scale of about 30,000 standard racks (standard racks refer to equipment racks with IT power consumption of 6kW). Zhejiang province has released the first mandatory local standard for 5G facilities in China’s construction projects, putting forward requirements for joint construction and sharing of 5G construction.
Ii. Analysis of public opinion communication
From 0 o ‘clock on April 5th to 23 o ‘clock on April 11th, the total number of public opinions about xinchuang online was 7,269. In terms of communication trend, the heat of public opinion reached its peak at 19:00 to 20:00 on April 6th, with 195 real-time sound counts. During this period, public opinion focused on “Tianyang Technology plans to set up a joint venture company to carry out xinchuang-related consulting services, technical services and integration services”.
In terms of media types, from April 5 to April 11, public opinions related to Xinchuang were mainly concentrated on news APP platform, accounting for 42.88%; News websites and wechat accounted for 31.63% and 16.87%, respectively. Weibo platform accounted for 3.34%; Forums, digital newspapers, videos, q&A, blogs and other platforms accounted for 5.28%.
In terms of topics, content clustering shows that from April 5 to 11, public opinion focused on the topic of information and innovation including “the 9th China Electronic Information Expo opened in Shenzhen”, “The establishment of Beijing Industrial Internet technology information and innovation Industry group” and “Tianjin released the demand for high-level and scarce talents in information and innovation industry”.
Policy dynamics
1. Two ministries and commissions: implement preferential income tax policies for small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households
On April 9, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation issued a notice on implementing the preferential income tax policy for small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households. According to the announcement, for the part of the annual taxable income of small and micro-profitable enterprises that does not exceed 1 million yuan, on the basis of the preferential policies stipulated in Article 2 of the Circular of the State Administration of Taxation of the Ministry of Finance on the Implementation of preferential Tax Reduction and Exemption Policies for Small and Micro-enterprises (Finance and Taxation [2019] No. 13), the enterprise income tax will be halved. On the basis of the current preferential policy, individual income tax will be halved for those whose annual taxable income does not exceed 1 million yuan. The implementation period of this announcement is from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022. (21st Century Business Herald)
2. The Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation announced: R&d expenses of manufacturing enterprises will be deducted by 100% before tax
In order to encourage enterprises to increase r&d investment and support scientific and technological innovation, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation recently issued a notice on further improving the Policy of Additional Tax Deduction for R&D Expenses. According to the notice, if the r&d expenses actually incurred by manufacturing enterprises in r&d activities are not included in the current profits and losses, they will be deducted according to the provisions and based on the actual amount, starting from January 1, 2021, 100% of the actual amount will be deducted before tax. Where intangible assets are formed, they shall be amortized before tax at 200% of the cost of intangible assets starting from January 1, 2021. “The notice” pointed out that enterprises can choose to enjoy the preferential policy of additional deduction for r&d expenses in the first half of the year when they declare the third quarter of the year (quarterly advance payment) or September (monthly advance payment) of the enterprise income tax, and adopt the way of “self-discrimination, declaration and enjoyment, and retention of relevant data for future reference”. Enterprises that do not choose to enjoy the preferential policy of additional deduction for R&D expenses when they apply for pre-payment in the third quarter or September can enjoy the preferential policy in the next year when they apply for final settlement and payment. The notice will take effect from January 1, 2021. (People’s Daily)
3. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Intelligent connected vehicle enterprises shall collect, use and protect personal information according to law
Intelligent snatched the ministry has published the auto production enterprises and products access management guidelines (trial) “(draft), puts forward intelligent snatched auto production enterprises shall be in accordance with the collection, use and protection of personal information, the implementation of data classification grading management, formulate important data directory, or reveal sensitive information involving national security. At the same time, the production enterprises of intelligent connected vehicles should establish management systems and guarantee mechanisms for software upgrade, network security and data security of vehicles, and establish and improve the enterprise safety monitoring service platform. Establish a network security protection system covering the whole life cycle of vehicles, take necessary technical measures and other necessary measures to effectively respond to network security incidents, and protect vehicles and their networking facilities from attack, intrusion, interference and destruction. (Economic Information Daily)
4. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China: Further pay attention to the implementation of Internet application for aging and barrier-free transformation
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) recently issued a notice to further strengthen the implementation of a special campaign to adapt Internet applications to aging and barrier-free transformation. Notice has been clear about the “Internet site suitable aging general design specification” and “mobile Internet application (APP) optimal aging general design specification”, points out that the related Internet website, APP on September 30 with reference to the above-mentioned documents complete optimal aging and barrier-free after modification, respectively apply to the China Internet association, China academy of information and communication for evaluation. The two units will be based on the “Internet Application aging and accessibility level evaluation system” evaluation, and released to the community evaluation results. Relevant Internet websites and apps that pass the evaluation will be awarded the information accessibility mark, valid for two years. (Wechat)
5. Department of Emergency Management: Strive to build the preliminary framework of “Industrial Internet + Hazardous production safety” in three years
On April 7, emergency management department general office issued the “Internet + industry safety production” danger pilot construction scheme “, adhere to the system design, the pilot, make a batch of application scenarios, industrial APP and industrial mechanism model, through three years of effort, to build “Internet + industry safety production” danger of preliminary framework. (interface)
4. Local dynamics
1. Beijing Industrial Internet Technology and Innovation Industry Group was established
April 2, Beijing industrial Internet bottom technology letter creation working group establishment meeting in zhongguancun Industrial Internet Industrial Park pilot park held. The working group is jointly initiated by leading enterprises, users, research institutes and other units in Beijing that are engaged in the research, application and service of the underlying technology of industrial Internet. In the first batch, there were 44 initiators, including 1 group leader, 9 deputy group leaders and 34 member units. According to estimates, in 2020 Beijing industrial Internet core industry scale of about 77.5 billion yuan, is the highland of industrial Internet development. Among the 15 cross-industry and cross-field industrial Internet platforms listed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2020, there are 3 in Beijing. The establishment of the industrial Internet technology at the bottom of the letter and innovation working group, is based on the number of Industrial Internet enterprises in Beijing the first industrial agglomeration advantage, play Beijing in the industrial Internet key links, key fields, key products of collaborative innovation, the leading role of the first demonstration. (China Industry News)
2. CAI Qi, Secretary of Beijing Municipal Party Committee, called for the construction of a global platform for technological innovation and industrial development of the Internet of Things
CAI Qi, secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, pointed out that vigorously promoting the innovation and development of Internet of Things technology and industry is an important part of Beijing’s efforts to take the lead in building itself into an international science and technology innovation center, and an important measure to promote high-quality development. We should enhance our sense of responsibility and urgency, seize the major strategic opportunity period for the development of the Internet of Things, and actively build an industrial ecosystem based on our own advantages, so as to build a global platform for technological innovation and industrial development of the Internet of Things. (Beijing Daily)
3. Tianjin released the demand for high-level and scarce talents in the information and innovation industry
Recently, North China Talent Market released the demand for high-level and scarce talent introduction positions in Tianjin’s ict industry in 2021 for both home and abroad. More than 2000 job demands from 85 key credit and innovation enterprises were collected in this release. Among them, data engineer, system r&d engineer and other positions are the most in short supply, with an average monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan. Several popular positions with annual salary of more than 300,000 yuan have attracted a lot of talents’ attention. During the same period, the North Talent Market also held the Tianjin Electronic Information and Big Data Talent Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance job fair, where more than 150 credit and innovation enterprises attracted talents offline, providing more than 4,500 positions. (Tianjin Human Resources and Social Security Bureau)
4. Shenzhen will expand the number of digital RMB pilot population by 500,000
From April 10 to 23, Shenzhen will launch an “upgraded version” of the digital RMB trial, with an additional 500,000 people. It is reported that the pilot aims to further expand the digital RMB pilot population and cultivate the habit of using digital RMB consumption through the way of “using digital RMB to enjoy consumption privileges”. The pilot activity is a routine test of the development of the digital yuan. During the event, users of “DIGITAL RMB APP” can use digital RMB consumption at designated merchants in Shenzhen, that is, as long as they are in Shenzhen, they can apply to be a digital RMB “white list” user and enjoy exclusive digital RMB discount for unlimited times when they consume at designated merchants. Such as “full order 10% off”, “100 minus 20”, “300 minus 50” and other different merchant discounts. (Hebei Daily)
5. Shanghai plans to support the first batch of new data center projects with a total scale of about 30,000 standard racks this year
On April 7, Shanghai Economic and Information Technology Commission and Shanghai Development and Reform Commission issued a notice on matters related to the Overall Construction of Data centers in The city in 2021 (hereinafter referred to as the Notice). According to the notice, in order to further promote the reasonable layout and overall construction of data centers in Shanghai, we plan to organize and collect new data center projects in the near future. In 2021, Shanghai plans to support the first batch of new data center projects with a total scale of about 30,000 standard racks (standard racks refer to equipment racks with IT power consumption of 6kW). “Priority should be given to the construction of data centers serving finance, trade, shipping, science and technology innovation, data hub and other functional platforms, and focus on the development of artificial intelligence, financial services, intelligent manufacturing and other industries, as well as the application of major projects focusing on computing functions to support urban digital transformation,” the circular said. The circular requires that “the comprehensive PUE of new projects should be controlled below 1.3, and that of reconstruction projects under 1.4; Intensive construction is encouraged and in principle should not be less than 3000 standard rack size.” (China IDC Circle)
6. Joint research project on brain-computer interface was launched in Shanghai
A joint research project on the training of portable neurofeedback system with brain-machine interface (BCI) was officially launched by The National Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Children’s Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and related technology enterprises, which will bring new benefits to the diagnosis and treatment of children’s brain and intelligence development in China and even the world. It is understood that the National Children’s Medical Center – Shanghai Children’s Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has a profound research foundation in the development of children’s brain and intelligence. The project’s partner is Strong Brain, a Chinese enterprise incubated by Harvard University’s Innovation Lab that brings together senior scientists and researchers from Harvard and MIT to develop and apply brain-computer interface technology. (Chinanews.com)
7. Sichuan Province blockchain copyright infrastructure “new chain” was officially released and started construction
Sichuan province blockchain copyright infrastructure “new chain” has been officially released and started construction, and will be open to the whole country in June 2021. “The new chain” led by the sichuan block chain copyright branch organization and operations, is the people’s government of sichuan province “sichuan block chain new infrastructure construction plan of action” of the national digital innovation and economic development experimental zone (sichuan) construction plan specify support for the construction of sichuan block chain service infrastructure “shu letter chain” copyright ecosystem. The “new chain” aims to build a highly credible sichuan blockchain copyright infrastructure open to the whole country, providing the blockchain bottom support services of copyright authentication and confirmation, copyright trading, copyright infringement monitoring and safeguarding, copyright asset certification and copyright capital securitization for the national blockchain copyright application platform and products. (SCOL Chuanguan News)
8. Zhejiang issued the first mandatory local standard for 5G facilities in construction projects in China
Zhejiang has issued the Technical Standard for 5G Mobile Communication Infrastructure in Construction Projects (hereinafter referred to as the Standard), the first mandatory local standard for 5G infrastructure in construction projects in China. The standard is divided into nine chapters, covering all aspects of 5G supporting construction and putting forward requirements for the joint construction and sharing of 5G construction. The introduction of the Standard has solved the problem of 5G allocation from the source. First, crack the bottleneck of insufficient site reserve. Second, standardized construction to improve the use of resources. Third, information disclosure to solve the approach problem. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology website)
9. Iflytek signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Wuhan City
On April 8, Wang Zhonglin, member of the Standing Committee of hubei Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of Wuhan Municipal Party Committee, Cheng Yongwen, Deputy Secretary of Wuhan Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Wuhan, had a discussion with Liu Qingfeng, chairman of IFLYtek. On the same day, Wuhan Municipal People’s Government and Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone signed strategic cooperation agreements with IFLYTEK respectively. Iflytek will build a new central China regional headquarters, Central China Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, industrial Acceleration Center and other major projects in Wuhan Economic Development Zone to promote the rapid development of scientific research, application and industrial linkage. (Securities Times E Company)
10. Tencent ARTIFICIAL intelligence Science and innovation Consortium landed in Chengdu
On April 8, the first Tencent STAC Science and innovation Joint Conference was held in Chengdu High-tech Zone. At the meeting, Tencent announced the establishment of Tencent ARTIFICIAL intelligence Science and innovation Consortium in Chengdu and the establishment of artificial intelligence science and education Alliance with universities. As a supporter of the conference, Chengdu High-tech Zone released the List of Urban Opportunities for ARTIFICIAL Intelligence Application Scenarios on site. It is reported that Tencent ARTIFICIAL intelligence science and innovation Consortium aims to build a platform, technology and team as the core of cooperation, to build an industry-university-research-application integration cooperation mechanism. At the initial stage, it was jointly established by Tencent (Tencent New Cultural innovation Headquarters), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Sichuan University, AI e-sports Game Alliance, VIVO Vivio Mobile Communication Co., LTD., Jimi Technology Co., LTD., And Chengdu New Economic Development Institute Co., LTD., covering enterprises, research institutes, universities and associations. (National Business Daily)
5. Industry dynamics
The 9th China Electronic Information Expo opened in Shenzhen
The 9th China Electronic Information Expo opened at shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center on Thursday. With the theme of “Innovation-Driven High-quality Development”, the expo showcases the latest achievements and future development trends of next-generation INFORMATION and communication technologies such as 5G, integrated circuits, artificial intelligence, ultra-high definition display, intelligent manufacturing and smart home. The expo has a total of nine pavilions and 20 professional exhibition areas, presenting a full range of core contents representing the future development of electronic information industry, including smart home, 5G+ Internet of Things, intelligent connected vehicles, Internet and information industry, industrial Internet, integrated circuits, new displays, big data storage, basic electronic components and so on. The exhibition area of more than 100,000 square meters, more than 1500 exhibitors, more than 300 more than the last. (Chinanews.com)
2. The 2021 plenary meeting of Xinchuang Security Technical Committee will be held
On April 10, the 2021 plenary meeting of the Ict Security Technology Committee was held in the National Ict Innovation Park in Beijing Economic development Zone. The meeting summarized the work of the TECHNICAL Committee in 2020 by means of exchange and discussion, and put forward constructive suggestions on the future development of the security of xinchuang. More than 60 experts from the department of Information and Communication of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Committee and domestic security enterprises attended the meeting. The meeting pointed out that at present, the information and innovation industry has become an important starting point to promote the construction of “digital China”, it is necessary to deeply understand the importance of information and innovation security, do a good job in the construction of technical means and emergency response capacity, do a good job of moving forward to ensure better development of network information security. (Official release of Beijing E-Village)
3. The Industrial Internet Platform Innovation Cooperation Center was formally established
On April 9, China Industrial Internet Research Institute, together with many industrial Internet platform enterprises and ministry institutions, jointly launched the establishment of industrial Internet platform innovation cooperation Center. According to reports, the Industrial Internet Platform Innovation Cooperation Center is under the guidance of the Department of Information Technology development of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology institutions and more than 170 industrial Internet platform enterprises jointly launched the establishment of the exchange platform and innovation carrier. The center will give full play to the core role of the platform in the industrial Internet, break through the barriers of innovation chain, industrial chain, supply and demand chain, capital chain and talent chain, and accelerate the systematic, standardized and innovative development of the platform through industry and regional applications. (World Wide Web)
4, the world’s first: Shenzhen blockchain electronic invoice international standard approved
Recently, the international standard “Recommended Procedures for The Application of Electronic Invoice Based on Block Chain Technology” was officially confirmed and released by IEEE-SA (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers standards Association), which was jointly initiated by nearly 10 institutions including Shenzhen Taxation Bureau of the State Administration of Taxation, State Grid, The Third Institute of Public Security, Tencent and so on. It has become the world’s first international standard for blockchain-based electronic invoice application and the first international standard for domestic tax system. The approval of the standard means that China’s technical practice in the scenario of blockchain electronic invoice has been recognized by international authorities, making contributions to standardize and guide the global application of blockchain electronic invoice. According to the deployment of the State Administration of Taxation, Shenzhen Tax Bureau started the pilot work of blockchain electronic invoice in August 2018. This innovation in standards has promoted the application and integration of blockchain technology in the field of international taxation, occupying the commanding heights of blockchain technology innovation in the field of taxation. (Shenzhen Special Zone Daily)
The fifth World Intelligence Congress will be held in May this year
The fifth World Intelligence Congress will be held in May. The conference will adopt the “online + offline” mode to carry out a series of activities such as conferences, exhibitions, competitions, intelligent experiences and interactive exchanges. At present, preparations for the Exhibition are underway. There will be six exhibition areas for ict industry, scientific research and application, smart city and transportation, international innovation, smart life and intelligent manufacturing, and three indoor and outdoor experience areas, covering a total area of 48,000 square meters. Up to now, more than 150 exhibitors have been confirmed, including Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Supercomputing Center, Nankai University and other universities and research institutions, as well as well-known domestic and foreign technology companies such as Huawei, Alibaba, Tencent, China Electronics, CRRC, Unigron, Inspur, IFlytek, Tesla, Panasonic and so on. Other interested enterprises are also actively contacting and confirming. (Tianjin Daily)
6. Global PC shipments grew 55.2% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021
According to IDC’s Worldwide quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, shipments of traditional PCS, which include desktops, notebooks and workstations, grew 55.2 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021. Worldwide PC shipments reached 84 million units in the first quarter of 2021, down a modest 8% from the fourth quarter of 2020. The decline was the smallest since the PC market fell 7.5 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2012. IDC believes the continued recovery and average selling price (ASP) growth in the PC market is driven by gaming growth, enterprise demand for high-performance notebooks, and touchscreen demand in education. IDC also released the shipment and market share rankings of the 2021 Q1 for the world’s top PC vendors. According to the list, Lenovo, HP, Dell, Apple and Acer ranked first through fifth. (Set micro grid)
7. Us Commerce Department: Will blacklist 7 Chinese technology entities
The US Department of Commerce announced in a statement on its website on April 8 that it had added seven Chinese supercomputing entities to its entity list for “activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States”. The entities on the list include Tianjin Feiteng Information Technology Co., LTD., Shanghai High Performance Integrated Circuit Design Center, Chengdu Shenwei Technology Co., LTD., The National Supercomputing Center jinan, the National Supercomputing Center Shenzhen, the National Supercomputing Center Wuxi and the National Supercomputing Center Zhengzhou, the Commerce Department said. The us Commerce Department said the seven entities were “involved in the construction of supercomputers used by Chinese military actors”. (interface)
8. The U.S. government has proposed a $250 billion investment plan for scientific research
US President Joe Biden has proposed spending $250 billion over the next few years on RESEARCH to rebuild America’s infrastructure and create jobs. Of that, $180bn is earmarked to fund “future-oriented RESEARCH and development and technology”; Another $70 billion goes to research-related areas — from fighting pandemics to supporting innovation in rural areas. (Science and Technology Daily)
Vi. Company dynamics
1. Donghua Software plans to invest 500 million yuan to establish “Shanxi Donghua Hechuang Technology Co., LTD.”
Donghua Software announced that it planned to invest 500 million yuan of self-raised funds to establish “Shanxi Donghua Hechuang Technology Co., LTD.”, accounting for 100% of its registered capital. The company said that the establishment of the new company in Shanxi Province, on the one hand can rely on their own comprehensive strength in information technology and in the government, medical, financial and other industries competitive advantages, all-round actively participate in the economic development and social construction of Shanxi Province, for its employment, tax revenue, scientific and technological development to provide good services; On the other hand, relying on the good policy environment and efficient service provided by shanxi Provincial government, we will give full play to our advantages and strength to fully participate in the project development, enhance the overall competitiveness of the company and bring more economic benefits to the company. (Zhitong Financial Network)
2. Inspur launched a new M6 server globally
On April 8, Inspur global launched a new M6 server supporting Intel’s third generation Xeon scalable processor. Inspur’s new M6 server is designed for the needs of the smart era, including 16 products for cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence and other application scenarios. (Global TMT)
3. Zhiyuan Interconnection signed a contract with Tianjin Photoelectric Communication Technology Co., LTD
Recently, Zhiyuan Interconnection, a leading manufacturer of collaborative management software and cloud services in China, formally signed a contract with Tianjin Optoelectronic Communication Technology Co., LTD. Through the construction of COP, The collaborative operation platform of Zhiyuan Interconnection, Optoelectronic Communication will create a unified office portal, standardize various approval processes, and accelerate the construction goal of “smart communication”. (Zhiyuan Internet)
4. Strategic cooperation was reached between Qianxin Group and No.5 Electronic Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
On April 8th, chi essence group and 5th electronics institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (China ceprei laboratory) signed an agreement, the two sides reached a strategic partnership, contract according to their own advantage resources, in the communist party, social organizations and enterprises and institutions such as network security and information related to business cooperation in the business field, scientific research and technology research work. (Securities Times E Company)
5. National People’s Congress Information Center and IFLYTEK reached strategic cooperation
On the morning of April 6th, the signing ceremony of strategic cooperation between the Information Center of the National People’s Congress and IFLYTEK was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Wang Tiemin, deputy secretary-general of the standing committee of the National People’s Congress in his speech, pointed out that the hope is to establish a high-level, comprehensive and long-term strategic cooperative partnership, in the top design and business application technology to carry out pragmatic cooperation, speed up the product of artificial intelligence in the promotion and use of the National People’s Congress system, for the National People’s Congress and its standing committee work informatization service guarantee, For NPC deputies to better perform their duties as a good information staff assistant. (Times News)
6. Trial operation of Tianjin Center and Tianjin Big Data Platform of IFLYTEK
On April 9, iflytek Tianjin Open Platform Center and Iflytek Tianjin Big Data platform were launched for trial operation, which will better provide one-stop AI solutions and service developers in the future, and promote the further development of Tianjin intelligent technology industry ecology. (those)
7, Tencent released qianfan blockchain cloud market, the first batch of 17 high-quality blockchain enterprises entered
April 7 news, Tencent cloud block chain joint Tencent Qianfan cloud market, Tencent blockchain accelerator recently officially released Tencent Qianfan blockchain cloud market, will take the principle of chain industry, win-win cooperation, convergence of ecological high quality blockchain solutions, to promote blockchain in the industrial digital transformation to accelerate the landing. Qianfan blockchain cloud market first attracted Beijing Fengtiaolishun Technology Development Co., LTD., Shanghai Yuzi Gongdao Iot Technology Co., LTD., Shanghai Juah Information Technology Co., LTD., Light tree Technology Co., Ltd. and other 17 enterprises to enter. (Popular News)
8. Tencent Cloud, TFA Group and TFA Information reached tripartite strategic cooperation
On April 8, Tefa Group, TeFA Information and Tencent Cloud held a signing ceremony of strategic cooperation agreement. Relying on their respective resources, technological advantages and construction experience, the three parties will establish a big data platform, carry out industrial ecological cooperation in cloud computing, data centers and other fields, and jointly promote the digital and intelligent transformation of enterprises centering on the digital enterprise model of new data infrastructure and technology enabling industry development. (Securities Times)
9. Vicino: The number of orders signed with Honor Terminal has reached 891 million yuan
Vicino announced on The evening of April 11 that it signed the Master Purchase Agreement with Shenzhen Zhixin Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Honor Terminal on December 15, 2020. Recently, the company received the Purchase Order issued by Honor Terminal. According to the agreement of the Order, it intends to Purchase the flexible display screen and touch screen fitting components from the company. The amount of the Order including tax is 407 million yuan. From December 2020 to the disclosure date of this announcement, the total amount of daily operation orders signed by the company and Honor Terminal reached 891 million yuan. (National Business Daily)
10. Huohu Engine officially released the big data R&D and governance suite
Volcano Engine, bytedance’s digital services and intelligent technology brand, officially released its big data r&d and governance suite on April 7. It is reported that since 2016, byte start hatching big data research and development management suite, combined with its own characteristics, from the aspects of data extraction, processing, management and so on as the breakthrough point, gradually formed the data integration, data development, data management and data assets four product system, help the product to deal with the difficulties encountered in the process of data growth and bottlenecks. Krypton (36)
Benchmarking IBM, Intel! Domestic quantum chip production line is about to land
Hefei source quantum computing technology co., LTD and hefei crystal collection circuit co., LTD., has signed a cooperation agreement, the two sides announced a joint construction “origin – quantum chip joint laboratory”, will be in a very low temperature flow field of integrated circuit technology development and engineering validation, implementation from quantum chip design to assembly the whole development of the chain. According to introduction, the lab will realize the whole chain development from chip design to packaging test, focusing on quantum chip design, semiconductor and superconducting quantum chip design, r&d, trial production, quantum chip manufacturing and packaging test, QGPU, FPGA, ASIC and other high-end dedicated chip production line pilot. (Science and Technology Daily)
12. Yang Yuanqing: Donated 100 million yuan to build a high-performance computing center for the Alma mater of Shanghai Jiaotong University
April 10th afternoon news, Lenovo Group chairman and CEO, 86 computer alumnus Of Jiaotong University Yang Yuanqing announced today, personal investment of 100 million yuan, for his Alma mater to build a university water-cooled high-performance computing center, promote the popularity of computing power in universities. According to the donation agreement, the HIGH-PERFORMANCE computing center will be built and delivered by Lenovo Group, using Lenovo’s high-performance computing products and technologies, which can save energy costs by more than 40 percent compared to traditional air-cooled systems. Yang yuanqing said, “I hope to build the computing center for my Alma mater with the most advanced technology, low noise, low energy consumption, environmental protection, and the beauty of Shanghai fashion and accent, becoming a unique landscape of jiaotong University.” (interface)
13. The State Administration for Market Regulation imposed administrative penalties on Alibaba for its monopoly of online retail platform service market in China
On April 10, the State Administration for Market Regulation imposed administrative penalties on Alibaba Group, ordering it to stop its illegal activities and imposing a fine of 18.228 billion yuan. After investigation, Alibaba Group has a dominant position in the online retail platform service market in China. Since 2015, alibaba group, the dominant market position, abuse within the platform on merchants “alternative” request, ban merchants set up shop in other competitive platform or platform to participate in promotional activities, and with the help of the rules of market forces, platform and data, algorithms and other technical means, take a variety of rewards and punishments measures to guarantee execution “alternative” requirement, Maintain and enhance their own market power and gain unfair competitive advantages. (Xinhua)
On April 10, Alibaba issued a statement saying, “Today, we received the Administrative penalty decision from the State Administration for Market Regulation. We sincerely accept and firmly obey the penalty.” We will strengthen law-based operations, further strengthen the compliance system, focus on innovative development, and better fulfill our social responsibilities. Krypton (36)
14. New personnel appointment of Huawei Cloud: Xu Zhijun as chairman
On the afternoon of April 9, Huawei issued a new personnel appointment for Huawei cloud service. According to multiple independent sources, Xu Zhijun, rotating chairman of Huawei, was appointed chairman of Huawei Cloud, and Yu Chengdong, CEO of HUAWEI Consumer BG, was appointed CEO of Huawei Cloud. Meanwhile, Two new deputy directors of Cloud BU, Peng Zhongyang and Tao Jingwen, were respectively in charge of enterprise business and process IT. (a)
15, Baidu won the lawsuit in the United States, the court: there is no evidence that Baidu intentionally fraud
A US judge dismissed a lawsuit against Baidu that alleged the company lied to shareholders about its ability to comply with China’s Internet content regulations. Us District Judge Lucy Koh in SAN Jose, California, dismissed the claims in the lawsuit in a ruling issued late on Wednesday. The lawsuit alleges that baidu made 12 false and misleading statements between March 2019 and March 2020 that inflated the company’s share price. Mr Koh also concluded that there was no evidence of intentional fraud. Roger Ikeda, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, said Baidu executives hid the company’s compliance shortcomings. (Financial Network)
16, Huawei released a new generation of smart screen V series starting at 5,499 yuan
Huawei recently released a new generation of smart screen V series. For the first time, the V series comes in four sizes: 55, 65, 75 and 85 inches. The series is the world’s first HDR Vivid certified large screen, starting at 5,499 yuan, according to the company. (Weifeng network)
Wan Biao, Chairman of Honor: there will be very heavy products launched to the market in the middle of this year
Glory terminal Limited chairman Wan Biao said in an interview, the middle of this year, there will be a very heavy product launched to the market. The first batch will launch two smart phone products to Magic flagship series and Honor digital high-end series. (FC)
18. Sources say Bytedance is developing an independent e-commerce App
On April 9, According to Planet Tech, we have learned from multiple independent sources that Tiktok is developing an independent e-commerce App internally. According to a person familiar with the matter, the idea of a separate e-commerce App has been around for some time, and douyin’s president, Bob, and other executives don’t want to rely too much on Douyin’s e-commerce business. Instead, they want to use Douyin’s App as a basis for new exploration. Another person close to Douyin said the App, which is currently under development and has yet to be named, is being developed by the Company’s Shanghai-based Douyin team. (Bullwhip)
Lenovo released salvation e-sports mobile phone 2 Pro, priced from 3699 yuan
On April 8, Saver e-sports phone 2 Pro is equipped with Snapdragon 888 flagship chip, equipped with eight-finger control system, equipped with 6.92-inch AMOLED 144Hz Samsung custom e-sports non-hole screen, 5500mAh capacity battery and dual 90W quick charging. The Salvation esports phone 2 Pro will go on sale on April 9, starting at 3,699 yuan. (Blue Whale TMT)
20, Huawei Chengdong Yu: Huawei HiLink will be upgraded to Hongmeng Zhilian
Huawei HiLink will soon be upgraded to HarmonyOS Connect, said Richard Yu, Huawei’s managing director and CEO of consumer business, at the launch of huawei’s flagship smart home and Smart Screen products. (Securities Times E Company)
21, Media reports that Apple has ordered TSMC’s 4nm process capacity the first product is expected to be Mac chips
Apple has reportedly ordered capacity from TSMC’s 4nm process that may not be used to make chips for smartphones, the first of which is expected to be Mac chips. While TSMC CEO Eric Wei previously revealed that TSMC’s 4nm process is aiming for mass production in 2022, media reported last month that TSMC’s 4NM process will begin production in the fourth quarter of this year, earlier than their planned mass production date, citing sources at fab-tool suppliers. (TechWeb)
Baidu Yunzhi (Shanghai) Information Technology Co., Ltd. was established with a registered capital of 200 million YUAN
On April 6, baidu YunZhi (Shanghai) information technology co., LTD. Was set up, the legal representative person ya-li zhu, a registered capital of 200 million yuan, business scope includes engaged in information technology, intelligent technology in the field of technical services, technology development, technology consultation, technology exchange, technology transfer, technology promotion, information consulting services, intellectual property service, electronic product sales, etc. (Visualize)
23. Netease donated 66 million yuan to Beijing Qiu Chengtong Science Foundation to support the construction of national mathematics research
On April 8, netease announced a donation of 66 million yuan to the Beijing Qiu Chengtong Science Foundation, which was founded by renowned mathematician Qiu Chengtong, to support national mathematics research and talent development. (interface)
24. Tencent launches e-visa platform
April 8, Tencent announced today the launch of the “e-signing platform”, which provides enterprises and individual users with secure and convenient electronic contract signing and corresponding evidence preservation services together with its partners. Through this product, users can sign online contracts with designated parties under the premise of real-name authentication, and the signing process and results will be fixed throughout the whole process through blockchain technology to ensure the validity of the contract. Users can search “Tencent E-signature” through wechat mini program on mobile terminal or search “Tencent E-signature” through Tencent cloud official website product on PC terminal. (Home of IT)
25. Netease Shufan officially upgraded its big data business brand to “netease Yumao”.
April 7, today, Netease number fan officially upgraded its big data business brand as “netease Number”, the upgrade will focus on big data business from “data management” to “data value”. The upgrade adds technology services including machine learning platforms, consumer operations, tagging and traffic analytics. Based on the previous big data analysis and visualization platform (BI), the system of data products and algorithm tools has been formed, which can provide users with intelligent scenario-oriented data products, provide scientific basis for enterprise decision-making and improve user experience. Krypton (36)
26, sources say JD Technology plans to set up a financial holding company to meet regulatory requirements
Jd Technology plans to set up a financial holding company to comply with regulations governing China’s fintech industry. The company plans to further separate its technology business from its financial business, and the new financial holding company will be subject to industry regulation and meet capital adequacy requirements, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is also reviewing past mergers and acquisitions and considering exiting at least some of its equity investments. (bloomberg)
Lenovo group and Nokia settled a patent lawsuit
Lenovo Group And Finland’s Nokia said they have settled a years-long patent dispute, resolving all pending lawsuits, the Hong Kong Daily Reported on April 7. Although the licensing deal remains confidential, Lenovo will pay nokia the net difference, Nokia said. Nokia declined to disclose financial details. Last July, Nokia filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission alleging patent infringement by Lenovo, asking for limited exclusions and injunctions that would prevent Lenovo laptops, tablets and desktops from entering the US market. (Sina Technology)
28. Ciec group cooperated with Tencent Cloud to build a business interactive platform of “One platform, Multiple exhibitions”
Tencent Cloud won the bid for the upgrading project of “Promoting Cloud Exhibition” platform of China International Exhibition Center. Both parties will build the mode of “one platform and multiple exhibitions” through innovative cloud technology capabilities, and realize the simultaneous holding of one platform and multiple exhibitions on the cloud. At the same time, the two sides will realize digital operation management through Internet of Things, big data and AI technology. Krypton (36)
“Xinyaohui” announced yu Chengbin as co-CEO
Recently, Xinyaohui Technology Co., Ltd. announced the appointment of Yu Chengbin as the co-CEO of Xinyaohui. Yu chengbin will be committed to the formulation, implementation and development of the company’s R&D and technology strategy, improve the product development and marketization of Xinyaohui, and strengthen the team’s talent pool centered on technology and talent, and promote the continuous innovation of semiconductor IP technology. Professor Chengbin Yu is an IEEE Fellow of the American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a PhD from the University of Macau and the University of Lisbon, a co-founder of the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Circuits of the University of Macau, and a co-founder of Chipidea Macau Microelectronics. Krypton (36)
30, sources say TSMC plans to mass produce the A15 chip by the end of May in preparation for the new iPhone in September
DigiTimes reports that Apple supplier TSMC plans to start mass production of the A15 chip, which will be used in the iPhone 13, as planned at the end of May. The new chip will be based on the 5nm enhanced process that debuted in the A14 Bionic in the 2020 iPad Air and iPhone 12 series. (FC)
31. Deng Yongfu, former global vice president of SAP, joined Kingdee as vice president of Kingdee Group
In an internal document of Kingdee Group, Mr. Deng Yongfu was appointed as vice President and General manager of Kingdee Cloud · Sky Division. Deng yongfu has served as account Manager, Sales Director, Vice President of China, and Global Vice President during his time at SAP. Deng yongfu, who worked for Kingdee more than 10 years ago, will return to Kingdee from SAP to help the company expand its overseas market. (PinWan)
32. Microsoft is in talks to buy Mobile chat service Discord for $10 billion
Microsoft is in talks to buy Mobile chat service Discord for $10 billion. (Sina Finance)
33, LG announced its exit from the smartphone business: it will concentrate its resources on areas such as cars
April 5 – LG Electronics confirmed today that it is preparing to exit the smartphone business. LG said in a statement that the decision would “focus the company’s resources on growth areas such as electric vehicle components, connected devices, smart home, robotics, artificial intelligence and services and platforms for ToB solutions”. (Sina Digital)
34. Data Room Building D and E of Zhongdu Grass (infrastructure) Project of Alibaba Zhangbei Cloud Computing Data Center Phase II were officially put into use
April 8, Alibaba Zhangbei Cloud computing data Center Phase II Zhongdu Grassland (infrastructure) project D, E data room building held a delivery ceremony. The project is undertaken by CSCC-Dacheng Construction Co., LTD. According to the materials, the Zhongdu Grassland project includes two data rooms, providing 3,000 cabinets, IT process load of 37000KW, and data center power distribution capacity of 51000kVA. (China IDC Circle)
35. New development in Musk’s brain-computer interface company: Monkeys play the computer game pong with their minds
Neuralink, musk’s brain-computer interface company, released a new 3:28 video on April 9 showing a 9-year-old monkey mentally playing an electronic game of table tennis. The monkey had a chip implanted in its skull that charged it wirelessly, and there was nothing unusual about its appearance. Neuralink’s first product, Musk said in a series of six tweets, would enable paraplegics to use smartphones faster than people with fingers. Later versions also shunt signals from neural connections in the brain to connections in clusters of motor/sensory neurons in the body, allowing paraplegics to walk again. A paper on the latest findings has yet to be published and peer-reviewed. (Wise thing)
36, British company sues Microsoft for $370 million: crackdown on used software trade
Microsoft is being sued in The UK for 270 million pounds ($371 million) in damages by a company that alleges it is destroying a multi-billion dollar second-hand software market. The plaintiffs are reportedly Value Licensing, a UK company that buys licenses from established business users of Microsoft software and resells them across the UK and Europe. Jonathan Horley, the founder of Value Licensing, accuses Microsoft of stifling competition in the second-hand software market by persuading businesses to give up their permacom licences and offer discounts on purchases of Microsoft’s cloud-computing software. (Finance)
37. GMC, the world’s third largest contract chipmaker, plans to list in the US at a valuation of $20bn
ABU Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investments is preparing for an INITIAL public offering in the U.S. that values The company at around $20 billion and has yet to select an underwriter, foreign media reported on April 9, citing sources familiar with the matter. Listing discussions are at an early stage and details could change. The IPO is expected to take place in 2022, the COMPANY’s CEO said in an interview. (Bullwhip)
38. Intel announced a 46% performance improvement in its xeon scalable third generation processors
April 8, Intel unveiled the third generation of Intel xeon scalable processors (codenamed IceLake). The third-generation Xeon scalable processors delivered an average 46% performance improvement over their predecessors on mainstream data center workloads. The third-generation Xeon scalable processors use Intel’s 10-nanometer process to provide up to 40 cores per processor chip and provide 2.65 times better performance than systems that have been deployed for five years. (Financial Network)
39, Apple announced that the Find Network supports third-party product access
In the early morning of April 8, Apple officially announced that its official Find My app supports third-party access to products. This means that users can Find other products or accessories approved by Apple through iOS/iPadOS/iCloud, as well as the web version. According to Apple, the first accessories companies to use Find My integration include Belkin, Chipolo and VanMoof, which will start shipping their devices next week. The first third-party products to support this feature are VanMoof’s S3 and X3 electric bikes, Belkin’s Soundform Freedom True wireless earbuds, and Chipolo ONE Spot object lost-proof. Apple says find will soon be available for many other third-party products and accessories. (Home of IT)
40, Facebook responded to the breach of more than 500 million users’ information: hackers accessed it in 2019
The us social media platform Facebook has attracted attention after it was revealed that more than 530 million users’ data had been leaked. Facebook said on Monday that hackers “grabbed” personal information from more than 500 million users in 2019, using a tool designed to make it easier for people to find friends from their contact lists. Mike Clark, Facebook’s director of product management, said: “This is yet another example of the ongoing and adversarial relationship between the tech industry and fraudsters who deliberately violate platform policies to grab web services.” The leaked data did not include users’ passwords or financial information, according to Facebook. (Chinanews.com)
Apple CEO Tim Cook on building cars: keen to integrate software and hardware and services, will explore driverless driving
Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted on the podcast Sway on Sunday that the company is working on driverless cars, saying: “Automation is a core technology for me. In many ways, a car is a robot, and so is a driverless car. “We will explore Apple’s vision for driverless cars.” Asked if Apple was working on a car or automotive technology, Cook said, “We’re passionate about integrating hardware and software and services and seeing where they come together, because that’s what can happen. We would love to have the major technology associated with that.” (Sina Technology)
Intel launches new “frozen Lake” chip
Intel Corp. unveiled its latest flagship data center microprocessor, hoping its in-house manufacturing operations will help solve a chip shortage to compete with AMD. The new “Frozen Lake” chip is designed for cloud computing vendors and other companies that run large-scale data centers, and has shipped about 200,000 test units, Intel said. (PinWan)