In 2018, African swine fever broke out in China, raging for more than a year, wiping out more than half of the country’s 500 million pig herd. The pork crisis has plunged China into a severe shortage of pork. According to estimates, the price of pork in China has skyrocketed to a record, at one point increasing by 60-80% compared to before the epidemic. The thirst for pork has led Chinese livestock corporations, scientists and farmers to find solutions to increase the supply of pork. And the idea of ​​raising pigs as big as possible appeared. At that time, Chinese scientists were looking for a way to create a “super giant” pig breed. Specifically, the Animal Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences produces pigs that grow faster and with better meat by modifying their DNA code. This breed is quite strong, able to withstand harsh winters thanks to a special gene in the body. Notably, this pig breed has a huge weight, weighing from 200-500kg, even reaching a weight of 750kg. As such, they are roughly the size of a pygmy hippopotamus or a female polar bear. Chinese farmer rides on a “super giant” pig. (Photo: China Daily). Chinese farmers also joined in to help. From the end of 2019, Chinese farmers started breeding “super giant” pigs in the hope of generating higher profits. They are constantly fattening to produce pigs that are twice their normal weight. At the end of 2019, Bloomberg Once reported, a pig farm in Ho Chi Minh City. Nanning (Guangxi province, China) has successfully raised a pig weighing 500kg. At that time, if slaughtered, these pigs could sell for up to 10,000 yuan (equivalent to about 36 million dong). This level of revenue is 3 times higher than the average monthly income of the household head compared to traditional pig breeds. Since then, farmers across China have competed to breed giant pigs. The trend of giant pig farming is considered as one of the solutions to relieve stress on pork supply for Chinese people. Lin Guofa, a senior analyst at agriculture consulting firm Bric, said at the end of 2019 that the average weight of pigs at slaughterhouses on large farms had increased to 140kg, compared to with a normal weight of 110kg. As such, farms have increased pig weight by at least 14%. Profits of pig farmers at one point increased by more than 30%. Huge pig, as big as a polar bear. However, Ren Shouven, an expert at the Cattle Research Institute at the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, told Sputnik that he disagreed with this conclusion. According to Mr. Ren, the increase in rearing time led to a delay in the release time. And the longer it takes to breed, the more capital is needed. The sooner pork is put on the market, the more likely it is to reduce the supply shortfall. Therefore, raising huge herds of pigs does not help in the fight against pork shortage. Mr. Ren also said that this method of “fattening” pigs is against the principles of scientific breeding. Increasing the head of a pig can be much more effective than increasing the size of the animal. Moreover, mass production of giant pigs is completely inefficient because increasing meat will increase fat. But grease has a lower commercial value. Not only that, the type of pork with a lot of fat will be less quality than the meat of pigs of normal weight. In fact, “super-giant” pig farmers in China are having to taste the bitter fruit when wholesale pork prices in the country plummet. Bloomberg reported that the wholesale price of pork in China has fallen more than 40% since mid-January. The reason for the shock drop in pork prices in the country of billions of people is due to falling demand, high imports of foreign pork and the panic of many farmers selling off their pigs after the outbreak of African swine fever in this country. Huge super pigs are also considered as one of the reasons why pork prices in China plummeted without stopping. At a conference in mid-May, Qiu Huaji, head of the swine infectious disease department at the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, pointed out that the “super giant” pig breed was one reason for the price of meat. Pigs in China plummeted. Many farmers in China say they will no longer raise super-large pigs because the price of pork has fallen deeply, in addition to the high price of feed, which has reduced profits. The giant pigs eat more than normal pigs, so the more they raise the more losses. Muyuan Foods – the largest pig producer in China – predicts pork prices in the country will continue to fall and is expected to bottom out in 2022 or 2023. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)

Edit｜History “Tesla has finally encountered an opponent with equal technical strength and flickering ability,” said Wang Xing, CEO of Meituan, who was promoted to “KOL in the new energy vehicle industry” after Huawei’s self-driving video caused heated discussions. Avoiding the praise and criticism in the original words, Wang Xing compared Tesla with Huawei, so that BAIC’s high-end new energy brand Jihu, which plays the role of the automaker, has no sense of existence. Not only that, AI Finance and Economics found that Huawei’s car-making was highly praised on the Internet, but there were different attitudes towards cars equipped with this technology. Some people think that the fate of BAIC Blue Valley may be rewritten. Others questioned, “The quality of BAIC is 400,000?”, “The best self-driving car can take off if hit by a car?” A chief analyst in the automotive industry told AI Finance and Economics that BAIC New Energy’s product strength is not more competitive in the market. With the addition of Huawei’s autonomous driving, it is unknown whether the market perception can be changed: “High-end The self-driving jersey cannot change weak physical fitness.” The limelight gave Huawei On the eve of the Shanghai International Auto Show on April 17, the Alpha S, the second model of Arcfox, a high-end brand of BAIC New Energy Automobile, was officially launched. The price of the four models was 251,900 yuan to 344,900 yuan after subsidies. From the perspective of product positioning and pricing, one of Alpha S’s main competitors is Tesla. In addition to the dazzling parameters, the HUAWEI INSIDE version blessed by Huawei’s high-end autonomous driving became the biggest highlight of the press conference. The basic version with Huawei ADS highway automatic driving function was priced at 388,900 yuan, equipped with Huawei ADS full automatic driving (including urban areas). , High-speed, valet parking, etc.) features high-end version priced at 429,900 yuan. It is reported that the new car is expected to start delivery in the fourth quarter of this year. The cooperation between Huawei and BAIC is not sudden. As early as 2019, Huawei and BAIC Blue Valley subsidiary BAIC New Energy announced the establishment of the “1873 Davidson Innovation Laboratory” to jointly develop technologies for the next generation of intelligent networked electric vehicles. At that time, Huawei’s rotating chairman Xu Zhijun said that Huawei and BAIC’s two partners would “build a world-class car”. At that time, the market speculated whether Huawei would build the car itself. At the Shanghai Auto Show in May of the same year, Xu Zhijun said that Huawei does not build cars, but is committed to becoming an “incremental component supplier for intelligent connected cars.” For BAIC, the focus of the outside world is more about “how BAIC realizes the transformation from B-end to C-end”. In 2020, BAIC New Energy’s high-end brand ARCFOX Polar Fox finally launched its first model Polar Fox Alpha T. This pure electric medium-sized SUV is equipped with Huawei’s MH5000 5G chip and uses Bosch’s autonomous driving assistance system. However, sales have been bleak since its launch, with only 71 vehicles sold in March this year. The first product is not good, so I hope that the second product will shine. For the “first Alpha S equipped with Huawei’s high-end autonomous driving system”, someone close to Huawei said that it is essentially an L4 level of autonomous driving, but it is limited to compliance and is used in publicity. L2 level words. The current level of L2 autonomous driving has gradually become the standard for new cars, but most of them are targeted at highway conditions and do not meet the daily urban commuting needs. Judging from the test drive videos that have been widely reposted, the Extreme Fox equipped with Huawei’s autonomous driving solution has been able to cope with the complex road conditions in the city, and the claimed 1,000 kilometers do not require manual takeover, which is quite amazing. Wei Jiadong, a brand marketing expert and a tutor for postgraduate students at Beiwai International Business School, believes that the car jointly launched by BAIC and Huawei has attracted a lot of attention due to an autonomous driving video. In terms of communication, technology companies like to talk about technology, and listing parameters makes users’ perception weaker and unable to remember the bright spots. Need to spread more convincing stories, and even give reasons in terms of user value and service. In addition, there are not many application scenarios for autonomous driving. The decision of users to purchase a car is often based on the appearance, space, comfort, brand, safety, price, etc. of the car. “The price is stuck at 400,000 yuan, and BAIC’s confidence is due to Huawei. Is it bursting?” Word-of-mouth slippage BAIC New Energy can be regarded as a veteran brand in the domestic new energy vehicle market: BAIC New Energy was established in 2009, and the first pure electric mass-produced car C30DB was launched in 2011. Although it is a few years later than BYD, it has a competitive price. It has opened a new energy vehicle “public” consumer market, and has won the new energy vehicle market sales laurel for 7 consecutive years. Not only that, BAIC has also witnessed the ups and downs of the domestic auto industry, just like large auto companies such as SAIC, SAIC, GAC, and Dongfeng. According to statistics from the National Development and Reform Commission, there were 355 domestic vehicle brands in 2005, of which proprietary brands accounted for 69%, mainly in the commercial vehicle field. To this end, strengthening independent innovation has become the focus of the development of the automotive industry during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, and guiding enterprises to merge and reorganize in competition and have a production capacity of one million vehicles. Before attacking new energy, BAIC wanted to compete with GAC for the top spot in the “Four Smalls” and proposed a radical “Big BAIC” concept. As the former chairman of BAIC Holdings, Xu Heyi, who took office in 2006, has always had a clear purpose-to rapidly expand the scale of BAIC and become the first camp of domestic auto companies. However, after losing battles with Volvo, Chrysler and other mergers and acquisitions, BAIC identified a number of domestic small and medium-sized auto companies, and finally included Saab, Weiwang, Changhe, Beijing, Magic Speed, Foton and other resources into the bag. Four major national layouts in Central China, South China, Southwest, and East China have been formed, and the desire for rapid expansion has finally been realized. However, industry insiders pointed out that large-scale expansion can still be supported in a high-growth, extensive market environment. As market competition intensifies, BAIC has focused on expansion but ignored the improvement of basic capabilities, laying hidden dangers for future development. In 2011, BAIC, which has successfully achieved capacity and scale expansion, accelerated the development of its own brands under the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, and new energy vehicles became a breakthrough point. BAIC New Energy, which “trades by price”, quickly occupied the B-end market such as taxis and online car-hailing. But the good times are not long. The slow model update, lagging technology, and worrying quality have gradually become the label of BAIC New Energy. Not only that, the sales of Saova, which is the main force of BAIC’s own brand sales, encountered Waterloo, and Weiwang, Changhe and Magic Speed ​​also fell sharply. The entire BAIC self-owned brand matrix has fallen into a situation where the tail end will not drop. What is the prospect of cooperation with Huawei? At the press conference on April 17, Liu Yu, chairman of BAIC Langu, stated that “this year must be the first year of high-level autonomous driving.” The landing process of autonomous driving has attracted much attention in recent years. Gartner, an international research organization, pointed out that it will take at least 10 years to achieve autonomous driving above the L4 level, because this is not only a technical problem, it also involves business, policy, legal, ethical and other constraints. The current autonomous driving has several different grading standards. The more mainstream NHTSA (United States Highway Safety Administration) divides it into 5 grades, and SAE (International Society of Automata Engineering) divides it into 6 grades. The “Automotive Driving Automation Classification” officially implemented on the 1st is closer to SAE. In addition to classification, the supporting laws and regulations need to be further improved. The judgment standards and statutory operating areas of autonomous driving in actual application scenarios need to be further improved and improved. clear. Even Liu Yu also said at the press conference: “Since it is the first year, there must be a lot of things that are not ready. This is an inevitable fact.” An industry insider pointed out that for most car owners, L2 and L2.5 level autopilots are no longer a rare concept, and L3 and L4 are indeed somewhat beyond the scope of cognition. “It is not so much a landing, it is a preemption of cognition. , Preconceived.” “The thinking of BAIC New Energy is that the power source is only the carrier, and what will be developed in the future is the new technology attached to the power source. The new brand we want to create is based on driving and riding. We hope to advance through technology. , Change the way consumers travel.” Liu Yu said. In terms of intelligent configuration, Alpha S has 12 ultrasonic radars, 5 millimeter wave radars, 4 panoramic cameras, and 1 driver face recognition camera. Huawei HI version has 34 sensors, 3 96-wire car-gauge lidars, 6 millimeter wave radars, 12 cameras, and 13 ultrasonic radars. According to the parameters, some people speculate that Huawei’s technical level can already surpass Tesla’s autopilot FSD. It is undeniable that joining hands with Huawei has given Jihu a certain advantage in differentiated products. However, the “incremental parts supplier” Huawei’s cooperative car company is not only BAIC. “It needs to be considered that this car can only land in the fourth quarter. By that time, similar products that Huawei has cooperated with Changan, Xiaokang, and Guangzhou Automobile have basically come out. Baidu Apollo products have also come out, and the price may be cheaper. “A brokerage auto industry analyst thinks so. Regarding the product price of 400,000 yuan, Liu Yu explained in an interview that the price was decided after repeated discussions between Jihu and Huawei. Some analysts believe that Huawei, which holds core technologies, has always been known as a strong one. In contrast, Beiqi Jihu’s right to speak is naturally weaker by three points. In the eyes of the outside world, in the face of Jihu’s 400,000 yuan price, the first question is the “why” of BAIC Jihu. Few people question the value of the technology provided by Huawei. After coming and going, Beiqi polar fox is like a mute eating coptis, and there is no way to tell. In addition, “Huawei’s several partners have different strengths. In terms of R&D and production, there is a gap between BAIC, GAC, and Changan. At that time, Jihu will not perform well, and it is likely that Jihu itself will become the target of public criticism.” The auto analyst added. This article was originally produced by AI Finance and Economics, an account of “Finance World” Weekly. Please do not reprint it on any channel or platform without permission. Offenders must be investigated.

Edit｜History

“Tesla has finally encountered an opponent with equal technical strength and flickering ability,” said Wang Xing, CEO of Meituan, who was promoted to “KOL in the new energy vehicle industry” after Huawei’s self-driving video caused heated discussions. Avoiding the praise and criticism in the original words, Wang Xing compared Tesla with Huawei, so that BAIC’s high-end new energy brand Jihu, which plays the role of the automaker, has no sense of existence.

Not only that, AI Finance and Economics found that Huawei’s car-making was highly praised on the Internet, but there were different attitudes towards cars equipped with this technology. Some people think that the fate of BAIC Blue Valley may be rewritten. Others questioned, “The quality of BAIC is 400,000?”, “The best self-driving car can take off if hit by a car?”

A chief analyst in the automotive industry told AI Finance and Economics that BAIC New Energy’s product strength is not more competitive in the market. With the addition of Huawei’s autonomous driving, it is unknown whether the market perception can be changed: “High-end The self-driving jersey cannot change weak physical fitness.”

The limelight gave Huawei

On the eve of the Shanghai International Auto Show on April 17, the Alpha S, the second model of Arcfox, a high-end brand of BAIC New Energy Automobile, was officially launched. The price of the four models was 251,900 yuan to 344,900 yuan after subsidies. From the perspective of product positioning and pricing, one of Alpha S’s main competitors is Tesla.

In addition to the dazzling parameters, the HUAWEI INSIDE version blessed by Huawei’s high-end autonomous driving became the biggest highlight of the press conference. The basic version with Huawei ADS highway automatic driving function was priced at 388,900 yuan, equipped with Huawei ADS full automatic driving (including urban areas). , High-speed, valet parking, etc.) features high-end version priced at 429,900 yuan. It is reported that the new car is expected to start delivery in the fourth quarter of this year.

The cooperation between Huawei and BAIC is not sudden. As early as 2019, Huawei and BAIC Blue Valley subsidiary BAIC New Energy announced the establishment of the “1873 Davidson Innovation Laboratory” to jointly develop technologies for the next generation of intelligent networked electric vehicles. At that time, Huawei’s rotating chairman Xu Zhijun said that Huawei and BAIC’s two partners would “build a world-class car”.

At that time, the market speculated whether Huawei would build the car itself. At the Shanghai Auto Show in May of the same year, Xu Zhijun said that Huawei does not build cars, but is committed to becoming an “incremental component supplier for intelligent connected cars.” For BAIC, the focus of the outside world is more about “how BAIC realizes the transformation from B-end to C-end”.

In 2020, BAIC New Energy’s high-end brand ARCFOX Polar Fox finally launched its first model Polar Fox Alpha T. This pure electric medium-sized SUV is equipped with Huawei’s MH5000 5G chip and uses Bosch’s autonomous driving assistance system. However, sales have been bleak since its launch, with only 71 vehicles sold in March this year.

The first product is not good, so I hope that the second product will shine. For the “first Alpha S equipped with Huawei’s high-end autonomous driving system”, someone close to Huawei said that it is essentially an L4 level of autonomous driving, but it is limited to compliance and is used in publicity. L2 level words.

The current level of L2 autonomous driving has gradually become the standard for new cars, but most of them are targeted at highway conditions and do not meet the daily urban commuting needs. Judging from the test drive videos that have been widely forwarded, the Extreme Fox equipped with Huawei’s autonomous driving solution has been able to cope with the complex road conditions in the city, and the claimed 1,000 kilometers do not require manual takeover, and the effect is quite amazing.

Wei Jiadong, a brand marketing expert and a tutor for postgraduate students at Beiwai International Business School, believes that the car jointly launched by BAIC and Huawei has attracted a lot of attention due to an autonomous driving video. In terms of communication, technology companies like to talk about technology, and listing parameters makes users’ perception weaker and unable to remember the bright spots. Need to spread more convincing stories, and even give reasons in terms of user value and service.

In addition, there are not many application scenarios for autonomous driving. The decision of users to purchase a car is often based on the appearance, space, comfort, brand, safety, price, etc. of the car. “The price is stuck at 400,000 yuan, and BAIC’s confidence is due to Huawei. Is it bursting?”

Word-of-mouth slippage

BAIC New Energy can be regarded as a veteran brand in the domestic new energy vehicle market: BAIC New Energy was established in 2009, and the first pure electric mass-produced car C30DB was launched in 2011. Although it is a few years later than BYD, it has a competitive price. It has opened a new energy vehicle “public” consumer market, and has won the new energy vehicle market sales laurel for 7 consecutive years.

Not only that, BAIC has also witnessed the ups and downs of the domestic auto industry, just like large auto companies such as SAIC, SAIC, GAC, and Dongfeng. According to statistics from the National Development and Reform Commission, there were 355 domestic vehicle brands in 2005, of which proprietary brands accounted for 69%, mainly in the commercial vehicle field. To this end, strengthening independent innovation has become the focus of the development of the automotive industry during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, and guiding enterprises to merge and reorganize in competition and have a production capacity of one million vehicles.

Before attacking new energy, BAIC wanted to compete with GAC for the top spot in the “Four Smalls” and proposed a radical “Big BAIC” concept. As the former chairman of BAIC Holdings, Xu Heyi, who took office in 2006, has always had a clear purpose-to rapidly expand the scale of BAIC and become the first camp of domestic auto companies.

However, after losing battles in mergers and acquisitions with Volvo and Chrysler, BAIC identified a group of small and medium-sized auto companies in China, and finally acquired resources such as Saab, Weiwang, Changhe, Beijing, Magic Speed, and Foton. Four major national layouts in Central China, South China, Southwest, and East China have been formed, and the desire for rapid expansion has finally been realized. However, industry insiders pointed out that large-scale expansion can still be supported in a high-growth, extensive market environment. As market competition intensifies, BAIC has focused on expansion but ignored the improvement of basic capabilities, laying hidden dangers for future development.

In 2011, BAIC, which has successfully achieved capacity and scale expansion, accelerated the development of its own brands under the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, and new energy vehicles became a breakthrough point. BAIC New Energy, which “trades by price”, quickly occupied the B-end market such as taxis and online car-hailing. But the good times are not long. The slow model update, lagging technology, and worrying quality have gradually become the label of BAIC New Energy. Not only that, the sales of Saova, which is the main force of BAIC’s own brand sales, encountered Waterloo, and Weiwang, Changhe and Magic Speed ​​also fell sharply. The entire BAIC self-owned brand matrix has fallen into a situation where the tail end will not drop.

What is the prospect of cooperation with Huawei?

At the press conference on April 17, Liu Yu, chairman of BAIC Langu, stated that “this year must be the first year of high-level autonomous driving.”

The landing process of autonomous driving has attracted much attention in recent years. Gartner, an international research organization, pointed out that it will take at least 10 years to achieve autonomous driving above the L4 level, because this is not only a technical problem, it also involves business, policy, legal, ethical and other constraints.

The current autonomous driving has several different grading standards. The more mainstream NHTSA (United States Highway Safety Administration) divides it into 5 grades, and SAE (International Society of Automata Engineering) divides it into 6 grades. The “Automotive Driving Automation Classification” officially implemented on the 1st is closer to SAE. In addition to classification, the supporting laws and regulations need to be further improved. The judgment standards and statutory operating areas of autonomous driving in actual application scenarios need to be further improved and improved. clear. Even Liu Yu also said at the press conference: “Since it is the first year, there must be a lot of things that are not ready. This is an inevitable fact.”

An industry insider pointed out that for most car owners, L2 and L2.5 level autopilots are no longer a rare concept, and L3 and L4 are indeed somewhat beyond the scope of cognition. “It is not so much a landing, it is a preemption of cognition. , Preconceived.”

“The thinking of BAIC New Energy is that the power source is only the carrier, and what will be developed in the future is the new technology attached to the power source. The new brand we want to create is based on driving and riding. We hope to advance through technology. , Change the way consumers travel.” Liu Yu said.

In terms of intelligent configuration, Alpha S has 12 ultrasonic radars, 5 millimeter wave radars, 4 panoramic cameras, and 1 driver face recognition camera. Huawei HI version has 34 sensors, 3 96-wire car-gauge lidars, 6 millimeter wave radars, 12 cameras, and 13 ultrasonic radars. According to the parameters, some people speculate that Huawei’s technical level can already surpass Tesla’s autopilot FSD.

It is undeniable that joining hands with Huawei has given Jihu a certain advantage in differentiated products. However, the “incremental parts supplier” Huawei’s cooperative car company is not only BAIC. “It needs to be considered that this car can only land in the fourth quarter. By that time, similar products that Huawei has cooperated with Changan, Xiaokang, and Guangzhou Automobile have basically come out. Baidu Apollo products have also come out, and the price may be cheaper. “A brokerage auto industry analyst thinks so.

Regarding the product price of 400,000 yuan, Liu Yu explained in an interview that the price was decided after repeated discussions between Jihu and Huawei.

Some analysts believe that Huawei, which holds core technologies, has always been known as a strong one. In contrast, Beiqi Jihu’s right to speak is naturally weaker by three points. In the eyes of the outside world, in the face of Jihu’s 400,000 yuan price, the first question is the “why” of BAIC Jihu. Few people question the value of technology provided by Huawei. After coming and going, Beiqi polar fox is like a mute eating coptis, and there is no way to tell.

In addition, “Huawei’s several partners have different strengths. In terms of R&D and production, BAIC, GAC, Changan, etc., have their own gaps. At that time, Jihu will not perform well, and it is likely that Jihu itself will become the target of public criticism.” The auto analyst added.

This article was originally produced by AI Finance and Economics, an account of “Finance World” Weekly. Please do not reprint it on any channel or platform without permission. Offenders must be investigated.