Deep Dive

30 Dec Internet Consumer Financing [PT 2]: The Importance of Responsible Marketing

Posted at 17:36 by Haiyan Luo

Responsible marketing, which is also known as socially responsible marketing, is a form of marketing in which enterprises, while undertaking certain social responsibilities, use the influence of news and public opinion and advertising to improve their own reputation, enhance public recognition and brand awareness, increase...

28 Dec Solutions to Address Gaming Addiction and Data Security Issues in China’s Online Gaming Market

Posted at 10:44 by Lexy Li

China’s online game industry has maintained steady growth in recent years. According to China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), as of June 2020, the segment recorded 540m online gamers, increasing by 8.05m over the past three months and making up 57.4% of total internet users...

28 Dec China’s Home Appliance Industry [PT 2]: Regulation-Driven Green Transformation

Posted at 10:38 by Emilie Wu

Regulators are forming green standards governing home appliances To encourage sustainability within the household appliance industry and reduce carbon emissions, Chinese government agencies and industry associations are ramping up issuing green standards for each segment. The policies are also guiding consumers to make more sustainable purchasing...

24 Dec Internet Consumer Financing [PT 1]: Misleading Messaging Paired with the Increasing Scale of Loans Raises Concerns

Posted at 16:13 by Haiyan Luo

JD Finance released an apology to the public for a series of controversial advertisements that the lender had released online, as reported by the Beijing News on December 17, 2020. The ad was selling online loan products targeted towards a lower income demographic and insinuated...

23 Dec China’s Home Appliance Industry [PT 1]: Incorrect Disposal of Appliances Poses Environmental Risks

Posted at 13:51 by Emilie Wu

China is entering into a peak period of home appliance disposal Although the COVID-19 outbreak heavily impacted the Chinese home appliance sector, the industry saw a gradual recovery in March. According to People.cn, the Chinese home appliance market recorded retail sales of RMB248.6bn in 2Q20, up...

21 Dec China’s Online Healthcare Industry [PT 2]: Solutions to Address Medical Resource Imbalances

Posted at 16:30 by Lexy Li

Online healthcare companies utilize the internet to offer various medical services, including diagnosis and treatment, telemedicine, health e-commerce, medical insurance, information sharing, etc. The rapidly expanded industry has offered solutions to address China’s medical supply and sourcing dilemma and contribute to reducing the spread of...

17 Dec Construction and Progress of China’s Carbon Market

Posted at 14:19 by Una Qu

China began carbon emission permit trading pilots in 2011, gathering experience for its future national carbon market Early before the official construction of a national carbon market, China began exploring carbon emission permit trading in seven pilot provinces and cities in late 2011, including Beijing, Tianjin,...

17 Dec Poverty Alleviation Progress in China

Posted at 11:49 by Emilie Wu

Since major changes in 1978, when China began opening up its markets to the rest of the world, around 750m Chinese people were able to shift above the absolute poverty line, contributing to over 70% of global poverty reduction. To be lifted out of poverty...

16 Dec China’s Online Healthcare Industry [PT 1]: Tech-Driven Medical Waste Management

Posted at 15:26 by Lexy Li

China’s online healthcare industry has maintained rapid growth in recent years. According to consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, China’s online medical service market was worth RMB11bn in 2016, and is expected to reach RMB33bn in 2020 and RMB200bn in 2026. Data company 36Kr’s research division...

10 Dec China’s Green Finance Overview: Standardization Framework and Current Market Scale

Posted at 11:37 by Una Qu

China began investing in green finance in 2016, when PBoC and other six departments released guidance for building out a green finance system. In the meantime, China listed standardization of the financial industry as a crucial target of its 13th Five-Year Plan from 2016 to...

09 Dec Overview of How China’s Municipal Waste is Managed

Posted at 16:47 by Lexy Li

The increasing urban population and improved living standards in recent years have significantly boosted waste generation in China. According to experts from the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Research Center for Environmental Policies and Economics and Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, China’s urban...

09 Dec China Photovoltaic Industry’s Potential Following Carbon Neutrality Target

Posted at 16:04 by Emilie Wu

As of November this year, the stock price of 31 Chinese photovoltaic companies doubled. Photovoltaic solar energy is non-fossil, clean, and renewable, converted from sunlight into electricity based on the photoelectric effect. Leading companies in the industry, including LONGi Green Energy Technology [601012:CH], Shenzhen Inovance...

02 Dec China’s Green Agriculture: Brief Overview and Recommendations to Regulators

Posted at 14:32 by Lexy Li

China has been accelerating agricultural development in recent years, with the country’s primary sector, agricultural activities, recording a total of RMB7.0467tr in value in 2019, up 3.1% from the previous year. In fact, the sector contributed about 7.1% to China’s GDP in the same year....

01 Dec Hong Kong’s Green Finance Development [PT 2]: Relationship with the Mainland and Resulting Opportunities

Posted at 15:54 by Una Qu

Hong Kong will play a crucial role in China’s overall green finance development, while also relying on the Mainland for further expansion into the sector China central government plans to develop its green bond market through Hong Kong under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) NDRC and...

30 Nov Hong Kong’s ESG Development Implications for Mainland [PT 2]: Recommendations for the China Market

Posted at 14:00 by Emilie Wu

Hong Kong government’s contribution to the building of its ESG ecosystem Compared with developed markets such as Europe, the US, and Japan, Hong Kong started relatively late in the ESG space. For reference, in 2016, Hong Kong only accounted for 0.06% of the world’s ESG assets,...