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South China Morning Post
01-07-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Chinese stocks trade near 3-month high as manufacturing, home sales rebound
Chinese onshore stocks traded near a three-month high after private sector reports showed signs of recovery in manufacturing activity and home sales amid government efforts to shore up the economy amid export hurdles. Advertisement The CSI 300 Index, which tracks the biggest companies listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen, was little changed at 3,932.85 as of 9.55am local time on Tuesday. The gauge reached 3,960.07 on June 25, the highest level since March 20. The Shanghai Composite Index added 0.1 per cent. Financial markets in Hong Kong are closed for a public holiday. Among top winners, Loongson Technology jumped 4.8 per cent to 139.85 yuan and WuXi AppTec added 1.1 per cent to 70.29 yuan in Shanghai, while Eastroc Beverage Group rose 3.4 per cent to 324.52 yuan in Shanghai. Limiting gains, chip designer Cambricon Technologies slid 5.4 per cent to 569 yuan, while miner Ganfeng Lithium dropped 1.7 per cent to 33.19 yuan in Shenzhen. The Caixin/S&P Global manufacturing PMI index rose to 50.4 in June from 48.3 in May, returning to expansion mode and beating market expectations, today's report showed. Meanwhile, home sales by the top 100 developers rose 14.7 per cent to 339 billion yuan in June from a month earlier, according to China Real Estate Information Corp on Monday. One stock debuted today. Shandong Senter Electronic surged 314 per cent to 68.21 yuan in Shenzhen. Advertisement Other key Asian markets were mixed. Japan's Nikkei 225 tumbled 1 per cent and South Korea's Kospi added 1.9 per cent, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 advanced 0.1 per cent.
South China Morning Post
28-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Smartphone maker Honor joins robotics race after pledging US$10 billion AI investment
Chinese smartphone maker Honor has joined the country's heated race to develop robots, as it aims to reposition itself as an artificial intelligence (AI) player amid heightened competition in the Android handset market. Honor said on Wednesday that it would develop its own robots, and that it had already helped Chinese start-up Unitree Robotics break the record for running speed by a humanoid robot. The Shenzhen-based firm, a spin-off from telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies, said that its robotics efforts would include working with partners 'to enable more possibilities'. Honor's intended foray into China's crowded robotics space comes after its newly appointed CEO James Li Jian announced a high-profile AI initiative earlier this year that he called the 'Honor Alpha plan'. The plan will see the firm invest US$10 billion over the next five years to transform itself from a smartphone maker into 'an ecosystem company' focused on AI devices, Li said ahead of the MWC Barcelona trade show in Spain in March. Honor used its proprietary AI algorithm to train a robot from Chinese start-up Unitree. The machine achieved a peak running speed of 4-metres per second, breaking the record for humanoid robots, the company said on Wednesday at a launch event in Shenzhen for its new Honor 400 series handsets.
Wall Street Journal
26-05-2025
- Automotive
- Wall Street Journal
Chinese Auto Stocks Fall on Fears of Fresh Price War
Chinese auto stocks fell broadly after BYD offered discounts for many of its models, triggering industry concerns about another price war. BYD's Hong Kong-listed shares declined 8.6% on Monday while its Shenzhen-listed shares fell 5.9%. Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology shed 8.45% and Geely dropped 9.5%. Li Auto and NIO were off 3.2% and 3.0%, respectively. BYD, China's biggest automaker, last week unveiled discounts of 10%-34% until June 30 on 22 Dynasty and Ocean models. BYD's Ocean series now starts at 55,800 yuan, equivalent to $7,770, for its Seagull hatchback, down from 69,800 yuan previously, according to a poster shared by Zhang Zhuo, head of sales for BYD's Ocean series, on Chinese social-media platform Weibo on Friday. The Dynasty series now starts at 63,800 yuan for the Qin compact plug-in hybrid sedan, down from 79,800 yuan previously, a poster shared by Lu Tian, head of BYD's Dynasty series, showed. The Seal dual-motor hybrid sedan saw the biggest price cut—34%–taking the starting price to 102,800 yuan. 'Such action triggered further concerns on a new round of price competition coming back,' Nomura auto analyst Joel Ying said. Automakers such as Geely and Leapmotor, which target the mass market and are direct competitors to BYD's discounted models, were the most vulnerable and therefore saw steeper share declines, he added. China's automakers have been known to slash prices in exchange for market share. EV makers engaged in a yearlong price war from 2023 to 2024 amid oversupply and soft consumer sentiment in China. In April 2024 alone, prices were cut or incentives offered on more than 40 EV models, amounting to some of the largest-ever price reductions in China's auto market. Meanwhile, China's stock levels at dealerships rose to 3.5 million cars last month, or 57 inventory days, higher than the same period in the past two years, the China Passenger Car Association's secretary general, Cui Dongshu, said last week. The rise in inventory adds to pressure as May to July is usually a low season for car sales, he added. BYD sold 1.0 million vehicles in the first quarter, up 60% from a year earlier, beating Tesla to remain the world's top EV seller for the quarter. After the price cut last week, Citi analysts noted that footfall at BYD dealerships surged 30%-40% over the weekend compared with the previous weekend. Analysts expect BYD's peers to follow in its footsteps. Changan has already announced a cash discount of 25,000 yuan in addition to a replacement subsidy for its Deepal-S07 model. Though the market worries about declining market share for BYD's peers, Citi's auto team expects EV players with products priced below 200,000 yuan to retain robust sales growth on mild competition. Write to Sherry Qin at
