Lu Ting, Chief Economist for China at Nomura: China possesses comprehensive development advantages in the field of AI.
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According to Mars Finance, Xing Ziqiang, Chief Economist for China at Morgan Stanley, stated in his keynote speech titled "China's Economy Under the New Cycle of Technology and Energy" that China's economy performed steadily on the supply side in the first half of this year, with new-quality productivity becoming a key force supporting economic growth. From January to May, China's exports of AI-related infrastructure such as integrated circuits, semiconductors, and optical modules increased by 90% year-on-year, reaching over US$130 billion; exports of the "new three" products—electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, and solar cells—increased by 50% year-on-year, playing a crucial role in achieving the economic growth target in the first half of the year. (Cailian Press)
Will China Resources New Energy complete its merger and reorganization to jointly pursue a Shenzhen Stock Exchange listing? China Government-Enterprise Cooperation Fund responds.
Mars Finance reported on July 8th that China Government-Enterprise Cooperation Investment Fund Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Government-Enterprise Cooperation Fund") recently issued a statement saying that the company has noticed a false report circulating online titled "China Resources New Energy Holdings Co., Ltd. and China Government-Enterprise Cooperation Investment Fund Co., Ltd. Complete Merger and Acquisition to Jointly Pursue Listing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange." The report is entirely false information and seriously contradicts the company's actual situation. According to China Government-Enterprise Cooperation Fund, since its establishment, all of its business activities have strictly complied with national laws, regulations, and regulatory requirements, and it has never conducted or authorized any entity to conduct any activities mentioned in the aforementioned false report. The company is not currently planning any mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, listing applications, or other capital operations, nor has it formulated any corresponding implementation plans. China Government-Enterprise Cooperation Fund also stated that it reserves the right to pursue legal action against any entity that forges or alters the company's seals, business licenses, or authorization documents, or impersonates the company or its employees to release false information, engage in fraud, or commit any other illegal acts that infringe upon the company's legitimate rights and interests. (Wide Angle Observation)
Anthropic chief urges slowdown in AI development to safer pace
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agrees with safety concerns regarding AI development, says no initial share sale this year.
Guangdong: Support Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan and other cities to take the lead in building high-value-added intelligent computing centers.
According to Mars Finance, 11 departments, including the Guangdong Provincial Government Service and Data Management Bureau, recently issued the "Guangdong Provincial Action Plan for Promoting the Digital Transformation of Cities and Building Smart Cities," which mentions optimizing the layout of urban computing networks. Addressing the development needs of megacities and urban clusters, the plan calls for a comprehensive planning of urban computing center systems, constructing a cloud-edge-device collaborative computing network. It also emphasizes accelerating the construction of an all-optical network foundation for cities, creating a high-quality computing capacity network capable of "millisecond-level computation," achieving millisecond interconnection of computing centers, millisecond-level access to computing services, and millisecond-level response to computing applications. The plan supports Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, and Dongguan in taking the lead in building high-value-added intelligent computing centers, flexibly deploying edge computing nodes to meet the high-bandwidth, low-latency, and high-reliability computing power requirements of scenarios such as low-altitude economy, autonomous driving, and the industrial internet. (Cailian Press)
The People's Bank of China: We will continue to implement a moderately loose monetary policy and increase counter-cyclical and cross-cyclical adjustments.
According to BlockBeats, on July 8th, the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China held its second quarterly meeting of 2026. The meeting analyzed the domestic and international economic and financial situation, concluding that the current external environment is more complex and volatile, with weak global economic growth momentum, frequent geopolitical conflicts and trade frictions, divergent economic performance among major economies, and uncertainties surrounding inflation trends and monetary policy adjustments. While my country's economy is generally stable and moving towards new and improved directions, achieving new results in high-quality development, it still faces problems and challenges such as strong supply and weak demand, structural differentiation, and external shocks. The meeting stressed the need to continue implementing a moderately loose monetary policy, increase counter-cyclical and cross-cyclical adjustments, better leverage the dual functions of monetary policy tools in terms of both aggregate and structural aspects, strengthen the coordination of monetary and fiscal policies, and promote stable economic growth and a reasonable recovery in prices.
Tencent Health and Pfizer China Reach Strategic Cooperation on AI Healthcare
According to Mars Finance, Pfizer China and Tencent Health announced a strategic partnership. This collaboration will combine Tencent's technological capabilities in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital ecosystem connectivity with Pfizer's scientific insights and evidence-based medicine experience in medical innovation and disease management to jointly explore the practical applications of AI technology in patient services, professional academic support, and healthcare ecosystem development.