After years of development, “618” has become one of the best shopping festivals on China’s e-commerce platforms. During this period, major platforms have made great efforts, hoping to exchange more affordable prices for higher transaction volume. However, with the continuous increase of promotional activities, the attractiveness of centralized shopping festivals such as 618 to consumers is gradually diminishing, and some users have also experienced aesthetic fatigue, and the complicated calculation methods of discounts and endless marketing routines are even more difficult. Simply let some users give up their enthusiasm for participation.

It can be said that in the current age of consumption dominated by young people, it is difficult to retain consumers with simple routine discounts. In the face of this situation, Suning.com breaks the tradition and through considerate services and novel and diverse live broadcast activities, Stand out from the fiercely competitive 618.

Aiming at the youth market and creating empathic consumption

A few years ago, e-commerce platforms would hold a grand party on the day of the “Shopping Festival”. Although this method is lively, it is far away from consumers. Therefore, the greater role of this type of party is the atmosphere group, which makes the event more It is known, rather than directly driving the growth of trading volume.

With the rise of short video, its strong interaction and high sinking characteristics have made live delivery of goods an important sales method. In this year’s 618, major platforms have also shifted their focus to live delivery of goods.

For example, in this year’s 618, Suning.com focused its attention on young people and created an “e-commerce variety show” that young people prefer.

This year, Suning.com has stretched the front of the 618, setting up two rounds of pre-sale periods from May 24 to 31 and June 12 to 17. In addition to pre-heating for the 618, it is also used by young people. In the June 1st wave, the “Children’s Day” was newly added to the two rounds of pre-sales. Hundreds of stars including Zhang Xinzhe, Zhang Yixing, Guan Xiaotong, etc. were invited to live broadcast the goods in twelve different vertical fields. Let the audience choose the live broadcast room according to their hobbies. For audiences who don’t have a clear target, Suning.com has also created a “blind box live broadcast” method, where you can watch whoever you visit.

“Children’s Day” grasped the theme of Children’s Day and divided the live broadcast rooms into “childhood delicacy” and “night study room” to meet the needs of all kinds of consumers more vertically, and at the same time awakened The childhood memories of users. Suning refers to this approach as “empathy consumption”, which enhances the audience’s sense of substitution by recreating various life scenes. Suning.com believes: “The consumption method of frantically chopping hands to relieve stress is not worth promoting. What really resolves anxiety is the improvement of mood. This is also the heart of the Children’s Day.” In addition to the rich live broadcast content at the variety show level, the benefits of “Children’s Day on June 1st” are also full of sincerity, and the promotion is not lost on the day of June 18. There are also activities such as fast zero-yuan purchase and 1 yuan blind box opening. OPPO mobile phones , Weilai Automobile, Moutai, Nintendo game console and other products have been included in the list of prizes. At 8 o’clock on the night of 618, Suning.com and the Xiaoguo team jointly created the 618 talk show graduation meeting of “Graduation Wild Must Be Together”, inviting stars such as Xiao Jingteng and Zhang Meng to prepare 10,000 graduations based on the hot topics of the graduation season. Gifts and 500 million red envelopes, once again launched promotional activities that directly hit the hearts of young people. The total number of views and interactions on the “Children’s Day” and the graduation talk show on the whole network exceeded 300 million. During the 618 period, it gained a high degree of attention, and the high attention was transformed into a strong consumer power. It is a brand that participated in the Suning. And partners have brought rapid growth. It can be seen that in addition to meeting traditional user product needs, Suning.com began to pay attention to satisfying users’ emotional needs in this year’s 618 event. The innovative “variety + e-commerce + live broadcast” scene consumption model covers a variety of usage scenarios. It provides a window to resolve anxiety for young people whose lives are increasing day by day, so as to narrow the distance between the two parties and win a broader market for themselves.

One-stop trade-in, making 618 more worry-free

The annual 618 is the time when home appliance products are intensively promoted. Behind the continuous influx of new orders is the burnout of a large number of users when dealing with old products. For small products such as mobile phones and computers, the process of trade-in is basically the same as sending an ordinary courier, but for large household appliances, every step of valuation, recycling, delivery, and installation is a lot of trouble. In the past, consumers had to purchase new appliances and contact old appliances for recycling, and arrange the time for recycling and delivery. Some products even had to be distributed and installed in stages. In addition, if you are not contacting a regular recycling agency, you may need to wrestle with the recycling price. After several rounds of tossing, the good mood of saving money in 618 has been wiped out. Suning.com has observed this user’s pain point. In April this year, it launched a new trade-in service, increased subsidies, and at the same time provided one-stop trade-in services for refrigerators, washing machines and other products to nearly 50 cities across the country. In order to achieve this, Suning has integrated more than 700 partners and 7,270 certified engineers. At present, the maximum number of operations in a single day can reach 50,000. The result of these efforts is an improvement in the quality of consumer experience. Now, consumers can complete the evaluation of old products directly on the Suning.com app. After selecting the new product, they can see the deducted price. After the order is completed, the old and new delivery will also be completed at one time, eliminating the need for cutting Worry about price, coordination time and other aspects, worry-free and convenient. This year’s 618 has become a big test to verify the effect of service improvement, and Suning.com’s transcript is also excellent: a total of 180,000 people participated in the exchange of old during 618, of which the air conditioner’s renewal accounted for 35%, and 3C The number of product renewal orders increased by 145%, saving an average of more than 500 yuan per user. Driven by the trade-in, the number of buyers of Suning Tesco’s new products during the 618 period also increased by 154%. Suning.com leveraged its years of offline service experience, combined with big data, smart marketing and other methods to build a standardized exchange-for-new platform, so that users have no worries when renewing at 618.

Turn the shopping festival into an IP, tailor-made activities for different people

At 1 am on June 18, Suning.com released a battle report showing that in the first hour of 618, Suning.com’s whole-house home improvement and smart home products continued to sell hot, with sales increasing 135% year-on-year. During the same period, the sales of Suning Outlet luxury products increased by 176% year-on-year. Driven by the European Cup, sales of beverages increased by 79% year-on-year. In addition, the 618 exclusive red envelopes launched by Suning.com Super members also contributed to a 68% year-on-year increase in member consumption. All these achievements prove that Suning’s innovative methods and caring services in this 618 have achieved excellent results. Suning’s vision does not stop at 618. Fan Chunyan, vice president of Suning.com’s platform operation group, said: “618 and Double 11 are the two largest consumer festivals in China. Now that the traffic is peaking and the market does not undergo fundamental changes, they will continue to be in the foreseeable future. It will be synonymous with the Consumer Festival.” It can be seen that Suning is exploring ways to integrate e-commerce and entertainment content, and build the Shopping Festival as an IP. This year’s “Children’s Day” is just the beginning. In the future, Suning.com will also create exclusive consumer activities for different groups of people. Such “festivals” may appear more frequently

Are the small shops in each area prosperous, and are the fireworks strong? In the past, city managers could only understand through coarse-grained statistics or organizing on-site visits. Now, through the “Small Store Index” module of the “Meituan City Digital Signs System”, city managers can clearly perceive At present-in Huangpu, Putuo and other areas, the index of small shops in supermarket convenience, fresh fruit, snacks and catering is more than 60% higher than other districts; while small shops in the leisure and entertainment field are the top three fastest-growing districts They are Chongming, Qingpu and Baoshan, which demonstrate the huge growth potential of urban economic development.

A good life in the city is a huge proposition. It is closely related to everyone living in the city. It is more than a small shop, a breakfast full of vitality and within reach, a shared bicycle that is convenient for green travel, and even home. The parks at the gates and the activities held by urban commercial bodies are all microscopic components of the nerve endings of a good life. If the fresh social data can feed back to the government, it will become a new supplement to the digital governance of the market.

On June 10, Shanghai City Operation Digital Sign 1.0 was officially launched. Just today, Meituan and the Shanghai Institute of Digital Governance released in Shanghai the country’s first digital platform for life services in the field of government affairs-“Meituan City Digital Sign System”, which will be connected to the “Shanghai City Operation Digital Sign System” “Based on Meituan’s consumption, evaluation data and practice accumulation in the field of life services, through observation of urban consumption such as catering and entertainment, as well as life service modules such as the operation of small stores, it empowers city operation and management and helps create a quality life.

The fastest data update can be synchronized with the real scene in real time

The “Meituan City Better Life Digital Sign System” released this time is based on Meituan’s practice in the field of life services under the guidance and help of the Shanghai Urban Transport Center, and draws on the experience of the Urban Transport Center in the field of digital governance of super large cities. , Which took more than a year to explore together.

In terms of coverage, the digital signs of a good life in the city cover more than 200 sub-categories in 6 categories, including food, lodging, travel, shopping, and entertainment; at the level of consumption scenarios, search, browse, order, and evaluation form complete consumption. Closed-loop windows, through the supply-demand relationship model, build a healthy supply-demand ecology; at the geographic level, it can be refined to streets and business circles, and run through the various units of urban management vertically, achieving macroscopic view, manageable at the end, and breaking barriers horizontally through inter-regional comparison And mobile insights to help fine-tune urban governance. At present, the data update on the system can be synchronized with the real scene in real time at the fastest.

Meituan Bicycle, the most familiar to Shanghai citizens, converts the number of kilometers that citizens ride on shared bicycles daily into actual figures for reducing carbon emissions in the “Bicycle Riding Heat Map” module. The reporter saw that in the data released on the day of release, the number of kilometers that Shanghai citizens rode on a bicycle that day, if converted into a private car trip, is equivalent to replacing about 160,000 trips with a private car, and the calories consumed by cycling is equal to about 240,000. The calories of a burger or 1.46 million xiaolongbao.

Not only that, the data in the field of transportation capacity distribution provides an effective reference for city managers to solve the “last mile” of citizens’ travel. Li Jiao, head of big data products at Meituan City, gave an example. When a company launches shared bicycles, it may place 8 cars at exit 1 of a certain subway station and 2 cars at exit 2 according to the traffic volume. Changes in the weather and an important meeting may change the use of shared bicycles. With the help of government public data and open resources, shared bicycles will become more “smart”, which will be based on passenger flow at rail stations, weather changes, etc. The data adjusts the number of vehicles delivered. Citizens’ evaluation of public service places can also become an important reference for city managers to improve their management level. The reporter saw that the “Resident Evaluation” module in the “Meituan Digital Signs System for a Better Life in Cities” is to analyze the natural evaluations of users on the POI pages of urban public services such as parks and stadiums collected by Meituan to encourage citizens to actively participate. Urban governance practices the concept of “People’s Cities and People’s Construction” to highlight the temperature of the city. Taking the park as an example, the evaluation can help the park learn about the inadequacies in fee admission, service management level, park facilities richness, environmental beauty, convenience facilities perfection, transportation convenience, etc., and provide reference for its refined construction and operation . In addition, Meituan takes advantage of the full business chain coverage of the life service industry of “food, lodging, travel, shopping and entertainment”. Through comprehensive and detailed data, it can not only fully present the development of the regional life service industry, but also provide a window for research in sub-fields. Taking catering as an example, in addition to understanding the overall consumption situation of the catering industry, research can also be carried out by subdividing catering categories such as hot pot, coffee, and milk tea. The “Meituan City Better Life Digital Sign System” also refers to the “Excavator Index” in the industrial field, and uses the Milk Tea Index, Coffee Index and other popular specialties in cities. The data shows that Shanghai’s coffee consumption index is 2.4 times that of 35 cities (30 provincial capitals/municipalities + 5 cities specifically designated in the national plan). Empowering city operation and management with fresh enterprise data This year, Shanghai issued opinions on comprehensively advancing the digital transformation of Shanghai’s city, and proposed strengthening system integration and overall improvement. According to Xu Huili, deputy director of the General Office of the Municipal Government and director of the Municipal Urban Transport Center, the digitalization of life and the digitalization of governance are both important parts of the digital transformation of cities, and through the exploration of professional fields, fresh enterprise data can empower city operation and management , Repeating the needs of urban citizens in daily life, has become a new force in the operation of the “one network unified management” of cities. Today, Meituan also demonstrated other explorations in the field of life services. For example, based on Meituan’s consumer review data, we will promote social co-governance of food safety. Meituan has more than 1,000 engineers working on AI, and has applied technological innovations to back kitchen monitoring, warehouse temperature control, food seal recognition, intelligent meal cabinets, unmanned delivery vehicles, and other scenarios. Support the upgrading of products and services in the field of life services through the digitalization of the offline economy. Through industrial cooperation, the further exploration of innovative solutions for food safety technology is also what Meituan has been exploring in recent years. Last year, Meituan launched the first food safety technology innovation platform activity, soliciting food safety technology innovation solutions for the whole society in warehousing, cooking and processing, takeaway delivery, dine-in dining, etc., and mobilizing more people to care about and participate in food safety governance and Industry sustainability work. “Food safety work is not just a business for an enterprise, but also requires the extensive participation of all sectors of society and all stakeholders, co-governance and sharing. Food safety work is not something that can be accomplished overnight. It is more reflected in daily food safety risk monitoring, In terms of evaluation and management,” the relevant person in charge of Meituan introduced, “Meituan has also been exploring to link industry partners to jointly sum up and precipitate good food safety management experience, and form standards and norms that the industry abides by.” “One of the basic elements of Shanghai’s urban operation’One Network Management’ is to use real-time online data to help city managers observe the society, perceive needs, and cognitive laws, so as to better meet the needs of the masses and solve problems efficiently.” Xu Huili said, After Meituan’s exploration in the life service industry is empowered by the urban transportation system, it will effectively help city managers find problems in a more timely and accurate manner, connect needs, study the situation, prevent risks, and accumulate more energy for good governance in big cities. Author: Xu Jinghui Editor: Zhang Tianchi *Wenhui exclusive manuscript, please indicate the source for reprinting

Wirecard scandal What’s left of the U committee

As of: 06/22/2021 9:16 a.m.

A year ago, the financial services provider Wirecard went bankrupt. A U-Committee of the Bundestag tried to find out why controllers and supervision failed. The committee has now completed its work.

From Tobias Betz, ARD capital studio

Head of authorities fired, insider trading uncovered: A reform should turn Germany’s financial supervision inside out. The committee of inquiry into the Wirecard scandal has initiated a lot. More than 100 witnesses were questioned and thousands of documents turned over.

Florian Toncar did this for the FDP: The investigative committee had come to a clear conclusion. “We made it very clear that the Wirecard case was not a natural disaster that no one could have foreseen or averted,” he says. There were hints and people who warned early on. The disturbing thing about the Wirecard case is that all of this could have happened with the eyes of sight and under the inspectors’ radar.

BaFin seal of approval?

The central accusation of the opposition: The Federal Financial Services Agency (BaFin) did not investigate early indications of possible irregularities at Wirecard. Instead, according to experts, the authority made fatal misjudgments.

BaFin was convinced that Wirecard was being blackmailed. That is why the authorities imposed a ban on the short sale of Wirecard shares in February 2019. BaFin had never before issued such a speculation ban with a single share. Many market participants understood this signal as a kind of seal of approval: You can trust Wirecard, the company is clean!

Many small investors then got on board. When the rumors that had been circulating for years about inflated balance sheets at Wirecard turned out to be true in June 2020, the share price plummeted. Wirecard was broke. Many small investors lost everything.

The minister and the chancellor had to testify

Since then, the public prosecutor has been investigating, among other things, gang fraud. Former board members were arrested and one of them, Jan Marsalek, is still on the run to this day. Because the control authorities are subordinate to ministries, the opposition’s criticism was directed at the government, says Lisa Paus, who sits on the committee of inquiry for the Greens. “Wirecard was also an auditor scandal. The supervision was under the economics minister Peter Altmaier,” says Paus. Above all, Wirecard is a broad supervisory scandal overall. “The financial supervision was under the SPD finance minister Olaf Scholz.”

Ministers Scholz and Altmaier had to testify in the committee of inquiry. Chancellor Angela Merkel was also questioned for hours. None of them admitted mistakes. On the other hand, the work of the investigative committee certainly increased the pressure on the Federal Finance Minister to completely reform the financial supervisory authority BaFin, which is subordinate to him, including a change at the top of BaFin.

Bankers lost their reputations

Financial expert Fabio De Masi from the Left Party is certain that the results of the committee of inquiry are not only politically interesting: “The auditors’ mistakes will play a role in class actions by small investors,” he says. Never before have so many heads rolled at the head of authorities in such a short time.

Authority managers, bankers, analysts, fund managers and BaFin employees – they lost their jobs, their bonuses, their reputation. These are the first concrete effects of the committee of inquiry into the Wirecard scandal. The witness chair on the investigative committee was therefore soon more feared by some than the dock in a criminal court

Director films for streaming service Spielberg signs with Netflix

Status: 06/22/2021 4:00 a.m.

Just a few years ago, Oscar winner Spielberg couldn’t gain much from streaming services. But now the director is surprising with an exclusive deal: Spielberg will be shooting for Netflix in the coming years.

From Marcus Schuler, ARD studio Los Angeles

The collaboration between Steven Spielberg and Netflix is ​​also a symbolic step. One of Hollywood’s great directors basically changes sides – from the cinema screen to the television. Until recently, the 74-year-old director was still considered a proven opponent of streaming services. In an interview with the British TV broadcaster ITV he justified it three years ago: “If you get involved in the TV format, you are a TV film. If the material is good, it has earned an Emmy TV award but no Oscar. I think it is wrong that films that only show a week in theaters are allowed for the Oscars. ”

This rumor also persisted: Spielberg is said to have used his influence as a member of the Oscar Academy and chairman of the directing department to exclude Netflix films from participating in the Oscar. The immediate environment of Spielberg has always denied that. Spielberg himself also made it clear to the “New York Times” two years ago that he was interested in a good story, regardless of the medium in which it took place.

One of the most influential directors in Hollywood

With Spielberg, Netflix has now hired one of the most important and influential directors and producers in Hollywood. His name is linked to box office hits like ET, Jaws, Saving Private Ryan and Schindler’s List. The collaboration between Spielberg and its production company Amblin Partners with Netflix is ​​planned for several years. During this time, a number of feature films for the streaming platform from Silicon Valley are to be made. There is talk of at least two productions per year. Both sides are silent about the financial scope of the deal.

Fiercely competitive streaming market

Film expert Julia Boorstin from business broadcaster CNBC says Netflix wants to attract new subscribers with the director’s glamorous name. That could be a big win for Netflix, even if it is not clear what the financial scope of the partnership is.

The streaming platform is best known for reacting particularly early to the market. And the competition is getting harder and harder: Disney Plus, HBO Max and Amazon are all billionaire companies that attack the market leader Netflix not only in the domestic US market, but also internationally. Netflix produced 60 major feature films this year alone. With Spielberg, there is less mass, but class. His commitment also shows that times have definitely changed in Hollywood

Produced｜Sohu Finance

Author｜Wu Ya

After the market on June 15, Yuexiu Service Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Yuexiu Service) held an online press conference for the global offering. Yuexiu Service Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors Lin Feng, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Wu Wei, Executive Director and Executive Deputy President Mao Liangmin and CFO Chen Dongpeng attended the press conference.

According to Yuexiu Services, it intends to issue 369.7 million shares in a Hong Kong IPO, with an offer price of between HK$4.88 and HK$6.52 per share; it plans to raise HK$1.804 billion to HK$24.1 billion before the exercise of the over-allotment right, and the exercise of the over-allotment right Later, it plans to raise 2/7.5 billion Hong Kong dollars to 2.772 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Yuexiu Service introduced 10 cornerstone investors, including Xinhua Asset Management (Hong Kong), sensepower held by SenseTime’s founder Tang Xiaoou, Shenghui Holdings, and Sofia Home Furnishing two directors Jiang Ganjun and Ke Jiansheng, Huake Capital and Shanghui Enterprise, etc. It subscribes for approximately 777.2 million yuan worth of shares; it is expected to be priced next Monday (June 21) and will be listed on the 28th with the stock code 6626.

Yuexiu Services stated that about 60% of the proceeds from the IPO will be used for strategic acquisitions and investments, and further strategic alliances will be established to expand the scale of property management; about 15% will be used for further development of value-added services and diversified development of service portfolios to increase profitability Capacity; about 15% is used for the development of information technology systems and smart communities; about 10% is used for working capital and general corporate purposes.

At the press conference, Wu Wei said that in the next three to five years, Yuexiu Service hopes that it will be among the first echelon of the industry. The specific implementation path includes: support from Yuexiu Real Estate, which can stably contribute 20 million square meters in the next three years. Management area; through strong external expansion, the company currently has a professional external expansion team and has professional external expansion capabilities; accelerate mergers and acquisitions, give full play to its own advantages, and take a market-oriented approach to actively participate in outstanding targets in the market Mergers and acquisitions of enterprises.

In response to the development and planning of the TOD model of Yuexiu Service, Lin Feng said, “Yuexiu Service is not limited to the Guangzhou Metro service category. There are certain professional barriers in this field. Yuexiu Service already has rich experience in this field. In the future, the company will conduct negotiations in more provincial capital cities and other regions. The growth in this field is expected.”

“In the depot service, Yuexiu Service undertakes the internal and external cleaning of subway trains, establishes technical barriers for cleaning of special equipment, and becomes the core competitiveness of the same type of business. Yuexiu Service will continue to explore the formation of TOD and cover residential management and construction. The unique management mode of the next site management, this special mode will become the growth point of future scale expansion and new profit points.” Lin Feng said.

In response to this problem, Wu Wei added that relying on Yuexiu Real Estate and Guangzhou Metro, Yuexiu Services has obvious advantages in this field; at the same time, Yuexiu Services has been deeply involved in diversified portfolio services and has core advantages for many years. And competitiveness.

On February 10 this year, Yuexiu Property (00123.HK) issued an announcement regarding Yuexiu Services’ submission of a listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; on the evening of the same day, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange disclosed the Yuexiu Services prospectus; on May 24, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange disclosed that Yuexiu The service passed the hearing.

The data collection after the hearing shows that from 2018 to 2020, Yuexiu’s service revenue increased from 763 million yuan to 1.168 billion yuan, and its net profit increased from 45.458 million yuan to 199 million yuan; gross profit margins were 25.9%, 27.2%, and 34.5%, respectively. ,Continued growth.

In terms of business structure, Yuexiu’s service revenue mainly comes from two major directions: non-commercial property management and value-added services, commercial property management and operational services. The former accounted for a relatively large income, and the revenue contribution ratio in the past three years exceeded 64%.

As of the end of 2020, the total area under management of Yuexiu Services was 32.6 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 48%; the number of properties under management was 215, and 96.1% of the properties under management were located in first-tier, new first-tier and second-tier cities. According to the statistics of the Zhongzhi Research Institute, in terms of the market share of the area under management in 2020, Yuexiu Service ranks seventh among the top 100 property service companies.

Different from ordinary property companies, Yuexiu Service relies on the TOD property management model of “Metro + Property”, and is the only one of the top 100 property companies in the country that provides metro property services in the Greater Bay Area.

Prior to this, in November 2020, Yuexiu Services acquired the Guangzhou Metro Environmental Engineering and Guangzhou Metro Property Management from strategic investors, Guangzhou Metro, and became a composite property management company with “metro environmental engineering maintenance + metro property management and operation”. The acquisition has added over 5 million square meters of management area, which will provide Yuexiu Services with new businesses such as subway station lines under management and subway superstructures in depots.

In addition, the direct controlling shareholder of Yuexiu Services is Yuexiu Property, and Guangzhou Metro is the second largest shareholder of Yuexiu Property. In recent years, Yuexiu Services has continuously expanded its TOD scale relying on Yuexiu Property and Guangzhou Metro. As of the end of 2020, Yuexiu Real Estate has 5 TOD residential projects with a total construction area of ​​nearly 4 million square meters. In 2020, the contracted sales of 5 TOD residential projects will be approximately 17 billion yuan.

Allegations against rapid test providers Incorrect billing, high material costs

Status: 14.06.2021 6:12 p.m.

The rapid test chain MediCan is said to have, among other things, billed medical services and estimated excessive material costs for the tests. Learned that NDR , WDR and SZ from judicial circles. By M. Grill, A. Henze, J. Lange, G. Mascolo, C. Basl and P. Milling, NDR / WDR The two heads of the MediCan rapid test chain have been in custody for more than a week. The Bochum public prosecutor’s office had issued arrest warrants against the owner Oguzhan C. and his son and managing director Sertac C. because they are said to have accounted for as medical centers, although they lacked the prerequisites for how WDR , NDR and “Süddeutsche Zeitung” learned from judicial circles. In addition, they are said to have charged the federal government for antigen tests at higher prices than they actually cost in purchasing. The public prosecutor’s office is also investigating the suspicion that the company billed a significantly higher number of tests with the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians than were actually carried out in the more than 50 centers. The suspected provisional damage amount is in the low double-digit million range, according to the assessment of the public prosecutor. One of the accused is represented by lawyer Reinhard Peters. As he announced on request, there was “an hour-long interrogation by the public prosecutor’s office” last Friday. Mr. C. Senior sticks: “All the tests that he billed have also been carried out.” Peters had no knowledge of the doctors previously mentioned in the MediCan’s legal notice – “as far as I know, according to the file, they have not yet been questioned”. Overall, Peters said of the allegations: “If there are reclaims here, then that will be reimbursed in full. That is no question at all.” His client did not try to disguise anything either, but made everything very open. “I just think that some things may have been misunderstood here. But I don’t see any intention of fraud behind this at all.”

Doctors who were almost never on site

Had only last week WDR , NDR and SZ reports how easy it makes the test regulation to charge excessive prices for rapid tests to the federal government .

06/04/2021

Until the MediCan case was uncovered, the imprint of the chain’s website also listed three medical professionals as “doctors responsible for carrying out the test and training staff”. Since then, the names of these doctors have disappeared. In principle, citizens’ tests that are carried out in rapid test centers under medical supervision can be charged three euros more per test than normal rapid test centers, whose remuneration is capped at 18 euros per test. All three MediCan doctors mentioned were employed full-time as plastic surgeons in a hospital in Lower Saxony, as the hospital confirmed on request, which did not know anything about the secondary activity of the employees. According to his own information, Dr. W. has been working for MediCan since December, Dr. P. and Dr. A. on the other hand only since April. Your task was to “answer telephone queries from the on-site staff,” as the clinic announced on behalf of the doctors. Dr. W. also carried out on-site staff training. He also checked on site every one to two weeks whether the hygiene regulations were being adhered to. “Messrs. Dr. P. and A. were never on site,” the clinic announced on request.

In future there will be no more differentiation in billing

It is not entirely clear whether and when test centers are allowed to charge the higher medical price for rapid tests. While the North Rhine Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians emphasizes that “a doctor must be physically on site” and the KV Berlin also states that a licensed physician “must be constantly present”, Roland Stahl, spokesman for the Federal Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, announces that the doctor will Smear sampling could be delegated, but had to be “mostly on site”.

06/10/2021

The Ministry of Health, in turn, takes the position that a rapid test center can only bill as a medical service provider if “the medical management is closely involved in the care and organizational structures”. It is “not absolutely necessary that the doctor is permanently physically present”. “At the same time, however, it is not sufficient if a test site is formally under medical supervision, for example because it is run by a higher-level company under medical supervision,” writes the department. Before the case became known, 54 test centers nationwide were listed on MediCan’s website, Oguzhan C. himself said that the company had 102 locations. It is noticeable that not only MediCan, but also many test providers advertise the names of doctors on their websites. It is unclear who also bills the higher rate as a medical service provider, especially since the statutory health insurance associations do not answer any questions about individual providers. The sums they pay out are ultimately taxpayers’ money.

There is also a security gap in MediCan

The Federal Ministry of Health wants to end this confusion with the new test regulation. In the future there should no longer be a difference between “the remuneration of medical and non-medical service providers”. In the future, both should only get eight euros for the test and a flat rate for the test material. Some test site operators such as Hamburg’s top dog Moritz Fürste are already complaining that they will then no longer be able to work profitably and will have to close their centers. On the LinkedIn platform, Fürste writes: “If I were to reduce it to eight euros, I would have no choice but to close everything.”

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At Medican there is also the fact that the company apparently also had data security problems. The full names, date of birth, email address and registration date of the customers could therefore be viewed with little effort. This emerges from a report by the IT security collective “Zerforschung” to the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), the WDR , NDR and SZ is available. Accordingly, booking codes from customers were only available with the seven-digit time stamp of the registration. This made it possible to see the personal data of customers from May: “In short samples, more than 15 percent of the attempts were successful,” the report says. It was no longer possible to determine whether test results could also be viewed. MediCan’s lawyer confirmed that there was a data gap in the booking confirmations. The server is now offline. MediCan’s test centers no longer exist.

The hydrotherapy swimming method at a spa is chosen by many mothers. Photo: Trung An Ms. NVTN, from Chanh Lo ward (Quang Ngai city), said: “After giving birth to two babies, I have experienced mother and baby care services of a mother and baby care center. Day by day, my health gradually recovered, no more pain, less bruises, less stretch marks, I feel more confident. Ms. Ngoc Anh, executive director of a mother and baby care center in Quang Ngai City, said: The spa’s staff are all specialized in nursing, midwifery, medical staff, etc. Every baby has a logbook every day, thereby helping to take better care of mother and baby. Postpartum women have many changes in life, so it is difficult to avoid psychological stress. Therefore, spa staff not only support baby care, but also share and chat to help mothers relieve stress. In addition to taking care of babies with standard medical methods, hydrotherapy is currently being chosen by many mothers. Ms. Nguyen Ha Thuy, owner of a spa facility in Quang Ngai City, said: The hydrotherapy swimming method is usually for babies from 2.5-24 months old. With the support of a neck float, a lying float or the help of experts at spas, your baby will be able to swim freely, help him move, develop his senses, and help him explore the world around him. Ms. Ta Thi Diem Trang, from Nghia Dien commune (Tu Nghia), shared: “I let her swim with hydrotherapy at a spa from 2.5 months old, now she is 6 months old. After experiencing the service. Now, I feel the baby has changed markedly, the baby is stronger, eats well, sleeps easier and sleeps deeper.” With scientific methods, mother and newborn care services are increasingly trusted by families. However, consumers need to consider and choose reputable and quality facilities and consult experts and doctors for advice and guidance on the effective and safe use of services.

In addition to the two companies above, tech giants including Amazon, Facebook and Apple will also be subject to a tax called “Google tax”. Accordingly, large technology companies will have to pay a certain amount of corporate tax, although there is no specific number for this tax. “The government will have grounds to tax them if a deal is reached. At the moment, everything is still incomplete,” an official from the Korean Ministry of Finance said on June 1. The move is part of a global wave to tax lucrative businesses based on the country that generates their revenue, not the country where they are headquartered. Many tech heavyweights around the world have long tended to set up headquarters in countries with low tax rates in order to reduce or avoid paying taxes. Meanwhile, the profits they earn come from all over the world through online business activities that are not limited to a specific country. The OECD’s plan is said to detail ways to modify the tax regimes of member countries, in light of the rapid transformation of digital business. It also seeks to address the problem of tax base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), combating strategies that exploit loopholes or inconsistencies in tax rules to shift profits to areas where they are not. collect or have a low tax rate. Another point of contention in the plan this time around is the push to amend the law on a permanent establishment, or a fixed place of business that generates income and a value-added tax liability in a jurisdiction. Specifically. This also includes establishing a global minimum corporate tax rate. According to the Financial Supervisory Service’s electronic disclosure system, Google Korea said that on April 14, it recorded a revenue of 220.1 billion won (equivalent to 198 million USD), up about 3.6% from a year earlier. Google’s operating profit was 15.5 billion won, up 53.4% ​​year-on-year. Net profit for the same period was 6.2 billion won, up 741.2 percent. These numbers stand in sharp contrast to tech companies in Korea such as Naver and Kakao. According to the report, the annual sales of these two companies are 5.3 trillion won and 4.1 trillion won respectively. The staggering difference is the result of Google Play Store revenue being recognized as revenue by Google Asia Pacific, which is headquartered in Singapore, not Google Korea. Industry observers also estimate Google Korea’s domestic sales to be between 5 trillion won and 6 trillion won. According to the Mobile Internet Business Association, in the group of IT and telecommunications businesses, Google Play’s sales in 2019 in the country are estimated at about 5.7 trillion won. Just as fast as Google is Facebook Korea. According to FSS data, the business recorded sales of 44.2 billion won and operating profit of 11.7 billion won last year. Facebook’s sales in South Korea grew 10.3% from 40.1 billion won in 2019, and business profits are reported to have increased six-fold year-on-year. The company’s net profit also reached 6.3 billion won, up 33 times from 190 million won in 2019, thanks to a surge in advertising revenue from Instagram. Chang Pang Hyo, head of the IT Committee at the Citizens Coalition for Economic Justice, said the US tech giants actually exist in the virtual world, and their activities cannot be determined if based only on the tax code in the branch location “Calls are growing to amend the laws to come up with a clear statement that companies are taxed where their customers use their services, not where they are located. headquarters,” he said. Thuong Hai According to Korea Times

A taxi with an icon of Grab online ride-hailing application circulating in Thailand (Photo Bloomberg) On May 26, the Thai government approved a draft allowing the use of personal cars to register for taxi booking services through the application, a move that benefits technology drivers who already provide the service. without legal status for many years. While taxi-hailing apps are becoming more and more popular, Thai law still does not recognize car owners using their personal vehicles to pick up passengers, nor register the vehicle as a taxi. Thai Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said that the agency is currently studying regulations to legalize technology taxi services and is expected to publish at the end of June 2021 in the Royal Gazette. According to Mr. Saksayam, after the new regulation is issued, companies that own technology taxi-hailing applications will be allowed to apply for a license to operate the service. In addition, drivers who register to use the service need to meet conditions such as having a license to drive a public transport vehicle, passing a criminal background check by the Royal Thai Police and Only taxi-hailing apps approved by the Thai Ministry of Transport are allowed. Traisuree Taisaranakul, deputy spokeswoman for the government, said the move helped drivers legally use their private vehicles to provide services. According to Ms. Traisuree, vehicles used as technology taxis must not be more than 9 years old, in addition, these vehicles must be equipped with communication equipment approved by the Department of Transport and have a logo showing provision of taxi services through an electronic system. Regarding the service fee, for small and medium-sized vehicles, the service fee should not exceed 50 Baht (about 1.6 USD) for the first 2 km. After the first 2 km, the fare must not exceed 12 Baht/km. For large vehicles, the service fee is capped at 200 Baht for the first 2 km, then no more than 50 Baht for every kilometer thereafter. In another development, the Thai government is urging online food ordering platforms to reduce their gross profit (GP), or commission fees collected from food vendors, from around 30% to around 30%. 15%, to support food businesses that are heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Accordingly, online food ordering platforms such as Gojek or Line Man have now reduced their GP rates by 25%. Meanwhile, Grab does not charge a commission to its selling partners between May 12 and August 1, 2021. In addition, the above platforms also commit to holding promotional campaigns with free shipping fees for specified distances to support costs for consumers.

On May 25, the Center for Disease Control of Ho Chi Minh City informed about current regulations for people leaving the country who want to be tested for Covid-19 services. Accordingly, testers must register in advance on the Covid-19 service testing software on the website hcdc.vn or contact the hotline: 0869.559.453 – 0908.355.357 for instructions. Regarding the dossier, the person testing the Covid-19 service to exit needs to bring his passport and air ticket (for exiting by air); Passport, letter of guarantee or invitation from the guest to enter and the company’s letter of introduction (if any) when exiting by land. For exiting by water, an additional crew book is required. When going to a medical facility, the person testing must make a medical declaration and wear an N95 mask (bring it by yourself). Sampling time: Between 8am – 11am from Monday to Friday at 957 3/2 Street, Ward 7, District 11. Results will be returned between 8:00am – 10:00am the next day from Monday to Saturday at campus 125/61 Au Duong Lan, Ward 3, District 8. Regarding testing costs, testers pay (directly or by bank transfer) an amount of VND 734,000/test. If you want to get test results on the same day of sampling, pay an additional fee of 116,000 VND for quick test, get results from 5 pm to 6 pm on the same day at 125/61 Au Duong Lan facility, Ward 3, District 8. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other users who have installed Bluezone. If Bluetooth is not already on, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

Zoom application icon. (Photo: AFP / VNA) The wave of selling technology shares continues to hit companies with cloud services most, as investors withdraw their capital from these companies. share the strongest increase in the last year. While index Dow Jones is close to record levels, the index of companies providing cloud services is at its lowest level in six months. Stock price of WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund, a fund that tracks the index of cloud services companies, includes 56 shares, down 2.4%, the seventh day of decrease in the past eight days (as of 10 / 5). Technology stocks began to sell out in February and sold out faster in the past few weeks. The main cause of the market’s diversion is concern about the possibility of an interest rate rise as this will normally negatively impact high-growth firms, combined with the attractiveness of stocks that are often beneficial. so when inflation is as high as finance, goods and industry. Compared to a year ago, the index of cloud services companies fell 15%, while the Dow Jones Index rose 14% and the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 4%. In the last year, a sharp increase in the cloud service provider’s index thanks to an unexpectedly fast transition to remote work, forcing businesses to use products that enable employees to coordinate. remote and access to data stored in data centers. From Zoom for video chat and Twilio to text exchanges to CrowdStrike and Zscaler’s security tools, large businesses have had to buy new technologies for widespread use. Global X analyst Pedro Palandrani, who manages venture funds, says 2020 is a phenomenal year for companies providing cloud services by working remotely. He said it would be a mistake to reopen the economy to stop everyone from using computing solutions. cloud Twilio said last week that the first quarter of 2021 revenue increased 62%, exceeding the forecast of analysts. ServiceNow also outperformed the forecast with a 30% increase in revenue. Zoom had three consecutive quarters of growth of over 300% and an estimated increase of over 175% in the first quarter.

Microsoft redesigned its Azure cloud services icon Azure is cloud computing service developed in 2010, it is one of Microsoft’s online services. The new Azure logo represents the unity of Azure among Microsoft’s major product icons. It’s part of Microsoft’s intelligent design system that was launched in 2017 as Microsoft Project NEON. With 5 main areas identified by Microsoft that will create a new visual experience for users in Windows 10, including light, depth, motion, matter and scale. The logos in the intelligent design system are carefully crafted to create icons that look familiar to what customers know and love, and represent the future of Microsoft’s services development. Microsoft believes that the cloud industry’s continued growth and the business needs of businesses are inspiring. It leverages Microsoft to provide products and services that support user growth and adapt to changing requirements. User feedback is invaluable for identifying and prioritizing new updates. Microsoft is also looking forward to receiving user feedback on this new design. This isn’t the first time Microsoft has redesigned its service icon, as 2018 Office mobile apps including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint have been redesigned. In 2019, Microsoft revealed more colorful new icons and showed off the new Windows 10 logo.

180 excellent IT platforms, services and solutions have just been awarded Sao Khue Prize 2021. Photo: HQ On April 24, in Hanoi, Vietnam Software and Information Technology Services (VINASA) held a ceremony to announce and award Sao Khue Prize 2021. Speaking at the awards ceremony, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications (TT&TT) Phan Tam said that 2021 is the first year of implementing the national strategies of the ICT industry: digital infrastructure development strategy, strategy postal infrastructure development, digital enterprise development strategy, digital government development strategy, digital society and digital society development strategy, national cybersecurity strategy, transformation strategy change of press number. “These strategies, the Ministry of Information and Communications will strive to submit to the Government for promulgation in 2021. Enterprises and associations in the industry including VINASA will join hands to build and implement” – Deputy Minister said. The Deputy Minister appreciated that the Organizing Committee quickly added the criteria of technology 4.0, digital transformation into the criteria system of the award, in accordance with the policies of the Party, State and Ministry of Information and Communications. Sao Khue Award 2021 has set a “record” with nearly 300 nominations from 161 enterprises, an increase of 57.8% compared to 2020. This is the largest number of nominations and registered businesses. since the program was born to present. As a result, through 3 evaluation rounds, the jury selected 180 excellent IT platforms, services and solutions to award Sao Khue Prize 2021. According to the statistics of the organizers, 9 enterprises owning the Top 10 nominations of 2021 awards have a total revenue of 367,450 billion VND in 2020, equivalent to nearly 16 billion USD, and create jobs for 63,453 employees. Particularly, sales of 10 products and solutions are over 2,100 billion VND. In addition to the excellent technology, methodical investment, and clear business development strategy, most of the Top 10 Sao Khue 2021 are considered and appreciated for the creation of new services, values. new for the organization, for customers and for society. Mr. Truong Gia Binh – Chairman of VINASA Founding Council, Head of the Prize Organizing Committee said that in general, products and services participating in Sao Khue 2021 have growth and innovation in investment and development. products, most of which are raised to a new level with new technologies: AI, Cloud, Big Data, IoT, Blockchain … “Many digital technology products and services with the right trends and market demands of key economic sectors have achieved very high revenue growth of hundreds or even thousands of% in 2020. This These are the bright spots that have a spillover effect of the digital economy, contributing to Vietnam’s impressive growth performance in the past year, which is highly appreciated by the world “- Mr. Binh information./.

Promote the provision of online public services According to the Ministry of Information and Communications, by the end of 2020, the average rate of level 4 service delivery nationwide is 30.86%, reaching the target of 2020. However, in order to develop e-Government towards digital government in the new phase, the provision of public services remains a top priority task. Therefore, the Ministry of Information and Communications recommends ministries continue to drastically and effectively implement solutions to achieve the goal of providing 100% of eligible public services to level 4 online in 2021. . For public services that do not qualify for online posting level 4, it is necessary to thoroughly apply technical solutions to maximize public service delivery activities on the network environment, from the submission process, receive and settle administrative procedures dossiers until the results are returned to the people and enterprises. The Ministry of Information and Communications also requested ministries and branches to assign the specialized agencies in charge of information technology of the ministries and branches to develop a plan to implement the level 4 public service delivery service, in which the following contents should be clearly shown: Target to provide 100% qualifying public services to level 4 online by 2021 month by month; A list of public services that are eligible to go online to level 4 in 2021 and a list of public services ineligible for level 4 online (with an explanation of the cause of ineligibility) should be sent to the Department. TT-TT before April 29, 2021. Every month, the ministries and branches send reports on the provision of electronic services to the Ministry of Information and Communications through the digital transformation evaluation system at: https://dti.gov.vn for synthesis. At the same time, the information collection and evaluation system and the information service (EMC System) built by the Ministry of Information and Communications when connected to the public service portal and the ministerial electronic one-door system will monitor the reality. implementation of the provision of public services by ministries and branches.

(Source: design-paprika.com) According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Seoul, the Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) on April 22, said that it began to be put into test operation from December 2020, until now the flying product ” International travel without landing “of” land of Kimchi “has shown high efficiency. Therefore, the 7 domestic Korean airlines will increase the number of flights of this type from 19 flights in April to a total of 56 flights from next May, an increase of 194%. According to MOLIT, the “Non-Landing International Tourism” flight product was initially only made at Incheon International Airport. However, starting next May, the project is approved to expand operations at other international airports such as Gimpo, Daegu and Gimhae. This is also considered as a way to help domestic airlines expand supply in the context of increased demand as visitors participating in this travel package can make duty-free shopping similar to tourists foreign common sense. It is expected that in next May, 7 Korean domestic airlines will declare another 23 flights at Incheon International Airport, 18 flights at Gimpo International Airport, 13 flights at Gimhae International Airport and 2 flights. at Daegu International Airport. MOLIT data also shows that as of March, domestic airlines have deployed a total of 75 flights, welcoming more than 8,000 passengers. The number of “International Non-Landing Travel” flights was cut in January due to a recurring outbreak of COVID-19 but has recently been reopened. The proportion of passengers attending this type in December 2020 reached 49%, then exceeded expectations at 73.5% in the following months. Revenue (from ticket sales only) is estimated to range from 20 million won (17,905 USD) to 98.2 million won (87,930 USD) / trip. According to MOLIT, when using this service, passengers do not have to go through the immigration / immigration process, will have to sit on the aircraft for a certain period of time and the aircraft will fly over the airspace of another country without landing. that country and back to Korea. Passengers traveling on the plane will be eligible for tax-free purchases like regular travelers, meaning each person can buy duty free goods under 600 USD (maximum 1 liter of wine, 200 cigarettes, 1 bottle of perfume). However, passengers will have to book a ticket in advance, when getting on or off the plane must go through a private path and only use the provided transport vehicle. Required passenger wear the mask during the journey and do not have to quarantine yourself after returning to Korea./.

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Text / Huang Ting Zhou Cong On April 22, the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Guangdong Province (Guangdong Province “Cantonese Cuisine Master”, “Guangdong Technician” and “Southern Guangdong Housekeeping” Three Project Leading Group Office) and the Guangdong Provincial Branch of the Bank of China jointly issued the “Boosting” Cantonese Cuisine The “Master”, “Guangdong Technician” and “Nan Yue Housekeeping” project implemented the exclusive financing service plan for promoting employment and entrepreneurship. The first 9 customers who landed signed contracts and awarded licenses on site. Comrade Chen Yiwei, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Guangdong Province, and Comrade Li Ruiqiang, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the Bank of China Guangdong Branch, attended the meeting. The Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Guangdong Province and the Guangdong Branch of Bank of China jointly issued the “Promoting “Cantonese Cuisine Masters”, “Guangdong Technicians” and “Southern Guangdong Housekeeping” Projects to Implement Exclusive Financing Service Plans to Promote Employment and Entrepreneurship. The policies, resources and wisdom of banks, associations, leading enterprises, etc., provide precise services for skilled talents and related service organizations. Both the government and the bank will strengthen the sharing of information about skilled talents and related service organizations’ financing needs, financial rewards and qualifications, and support rapid Submit for review and approval to ensure that skilled talents and related service organizations obtain loans efficiently. The launch of the “Service Plan” will create targeted financial services for skilled talents and their service organizations, meet the funding needs of various types of high-skilled talents and related service organizations at all levels in Guangdong Province in the process of innovation and entrepreneurship, and create a “work and enjoyment” The good atmosphere of “only good use, technical expertise, and old-age care” will better promote skill innovation, skill employment, and skill enrichment. At the event site, the first nine customers who landed were invited to sign contracts and award licenses. Chen Guanzhong, an entrepreneur of the “Zhongji Yunlai” store in Zhengguo Town, Zengcheng District, Guangzhou, said that he opened a store in the town last year, but due to insufficient funds, only 1/3 of the store was used. The catering industry is operated on a small scale without mortgage. In the past, it was difficult to borrow money from the bank. Now with the exclusive financing plan jointly launched by the Human Resources and Social Security Department and the Bank of China, it will quickly receive financial support, which will further expand the store and have more confidence in future development. Yang Bo, chairman of the Guangdong Association of Elderly Service Industry, also said frankly that despite the high level of social attention in the elder care industry in recent years, financing for elder care institutions is not easy. This exclusive plan can not only solve the financing problems of the organization, but also solve the financial needs of home ownership, study and further education, and children’s education for excellent domestic employees. It is really considerate.

It is understood that the “Service Plan” has three series of exclusive financing products: “Cantonese Cuisine Master”, “Guangdong Technician” and “Nan Yue Housekeeping”, closely linking the three projects of “Cantonese Cuisine Master”, “Guangdong Technician” and “Nan Yue Housekeeping”. The service targets include not only individual skilled talents and innovative entrepreneurial entities of skilled talents, but also market entities, vocational skill training institutions, schools, etc. that establish employment relationships with skilled talents. For corporate loans, the maximum limit of a single corporate mortgage-free guarantee loan is 10 million yuan; the corporate loan period is up to 5 years, and the grace period for repayment can be set in accordance with the actual situation. The Bank of China corporate E-loan business can also be borrowed and repaid on the line. Interest is calculated on a daily basis. For personal loans, the maximum amount of personal business mortgage guaranteed loans is 10 million yuan, the maximum amount of personal business mortgage-free guaranteed loans is 2 million yuan, the maximum personal consumption mortgage-free guaranteed loan amount is 300,000 yuan, and the maximum period of personal business loans is 10 years. People who apply for personal consumption loans can also be given preferential treatment.

The three projects of Guangdong Province’s “Cantonese Cuisine Master”, “Guangdong Technician” and “Southern Guangdong Housekeeping” are the provincial party committee and the provincial government implementing the important speech and important instructions of General Secretary Jin Ping to Guangdong, focusing on meeting the needs of the people for a better life and supporting high-quality development. Major livelihood projects deployed. The provincial party committee and the provincial government put the three projects in an important position, and made every effort to build a strategic brand in Guangdong, and achieved obvious results.

At present, there are 13.32 million skilled talents in the province, of which 4.45 million are high-skilled talents. The province’s 184 technical colleges and vocational colleges have opened Cantonese cuisine-related majors, and built 100 provincial training bases and master studios. “Cantonese cuisine masters” trained 154,000; currently, the basic information of housekeeping attendants collected on the national and provincial housekeeping platforms exceeds 700,000 person-times, four major training programs for mothers and infants, home, elderly care, and medical care have been implemented, and 696,100 person-times of “South Guangdong Housekeeping” training have been carried out. . The in-depth implementation of the three projects has provided important technical talent support for the high-quality development of Guangdong’s economy and society. This time, the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Guangdong Province and the Guangdong Provincial Branch of the Bank of China jointly launched an exclusive financing service plan, introduced financial water, and improved preferential support policies, which will help high-skilled talents innovate and start businesses, and help build Guangdong “Cantonese cuisine master” “Guangdong Technician” and “Southern Guangdong Housekeeping” are the golden signs of the three projects.

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Features of exclusive financing services

“Promoting “Cantonese Cuisine Master”, “Guangdong Skilled Workers”, and “Southern Guangdong Housekeeping” Projects Implement Exclusive Financing Service Programs to Promote Employment and Entrepreneurship” includes a series of financing plans for “Cantonese Cuisine Master”, “Guangdong Skilled Workers” and “Southern Guangdong Housekeeping”, which brings together the government, The policies, resources and wisdom of banks, associations, leading enterprises and other parties provide precise services to skilled talents and related service organizations, which have distinct characteristics:

One, strong pertinence

The “Service Plan” uses three series of exclusive financing products: “Cantonese Cuisine Master”, “Guangdong Technician” and “Southern Guangdong Housekeeping”, closely linking the three projects of “Cantonese Cuisine Master”, “Guangdong Technician” and “Southern Guangdong Housekeeping”. The service objects include not only Individual skilled talents and innovative entrepreneurship entities of skilled talents also cover market entities that establish labor relations with skilled talents, vocational skill training institutions, schools, etc.

1. Strong support

   (1) Corporate loans. The maximum amount of a single enterprise mortgage-free guaranteed loan is 10 million yuan; the enterprise loan period is up to 5 years, and the grace period for repayment can be set according to the actual situation. The bank can also borrow and repay the loan on the whole line, and the interest is calculated on a daily basis. .

   (2) Personal loans. Personal business mortgage guarantee loan line is up to 10 million yuan, personal business mortgage-free secured loan line is up to 2 million yuan, personal consumption mortgage-free secured loan line is up to 300,000 yuan, personal business loan line is up to 10 years, and skilled talents apply for personal consumption Loans can also be given preferential interest rates.

   Guangdong Bank of China and its institutions provide green approval and fund issuance channels, and the use of funds is complete and the funds can be released within one day as soon as possible.

2. Wide use of funds

   (1) Enterprise loan funds can be used for raw material procurement, special equipment purchase, venue rent payment, business premises renovation, brand promotion, payment of employee salaries, online and offline training platform construction, course research and development, skills training, etc.

   (2) Personal business loan funds can be used for skills talents’ entrepreneurship, business turnover, skills training, and further studies; personal consumption loans can be used for personal skills training, study and further education, children’s education, etc., to support the reasonable consumption needs of skilled talents.

3. Multiple application channels

   Eligible companies and individuals can apply for and handle corporate E loans online through Bank of China Corporate Online Banking and Bank of China Mobile Banking from institutions under the jurisdiction of Bank of China Guangdong. They can also use the Guangdong Bank of China Pratt & Whitney Network Tongbao platform, and “Xinyidai”, You can submit comprehensive loan requirements online through platforms such as “Yuexinrong” and channels such as hotlines, and you can also go to the nearest Bank of China branch for consultation. Guangdong Bank of China and its affiliated institutions will respond in a timely manner, provide green approval and fund distribution channels, and complete payment information Loan within 1 day as soon as possible.

   

Artificial diamond planting technology allows the ashes to turn into diamonds. Diamonds The condition for carbon smelting into artificial diamond is an environment of 1.5 million pounds / inch2 pressure and 1,500 degrees Celsius. Since 1954, General Electric Corporation (USA) has successfully installed diamond compression chambers. artificial. Starting in the 1980s, artificial diamond jewelry appeared on the market. In recent years, thanks to Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), an innovative artificial diamond product comparable to that of a natural diamond has been created. In the US, some cremation companies incorporate artificial diamond smelting technology. They introduce a service that turns the ashes of the dead into diamonds. Diamonds are artificial diamonds forged in a compression chamber with cremated ashes. After cremating the dead body, the crematorium took the ashes to extract carbon. They put this carbon into the diamond implantation chamber, refining the gemstone. Polygonal and polymorphic Diamonds meet all styles and colors. From the ecological perspective, turning the dead body into diamonds is a solution of “green” burial. Because, it contributes to CO2 reduction. “Carbon from the deceased’s body only meets 10% of the amount
carbon needed, ”said Adelle Archer – co-founder and CEO of Eterneva, a cremation company based in Texas. The crematorium needs to bring the remaining 90% in from the outside. CO2 is one of the richest sources of carbon. Modern science has also succeeded in separating carbon from this exhaust. Observing the diamond smelting process shows that carbon ashes play a role as grains of sand in the scallops body. It continuously absorbs the added carbon, eventually forming a gemstone, exactly the same way a pearl is born. The crematorium also provides a color selection service for the diamond. Regardless of what color is required by a deceased relative, they can do so by adding the corresponding element, such as nitrogen (giving a yellow diamond), boron (giving a blue diamond), etc. After the color, they allow their relatives to lose the choice of a diamond shape, design a memorial jewelry to store or wear on the body. Diamonds have the same value as artificial diamonds. Currently, the price of artificial diamonds is about 3,000 USD / carat (about 70 million VND). The future of burial? Diamond jewelry to ease the pain of losing a relative. Diamonds act as the embodiment of the deceased. “It comforts people who stay behind, ease pain and lift their spirits by thinking, the deceased is still with us,” Archer said. In early 2021, ecologist Tessie Offner (Florida) suddenly lost her father. In the midst of a pandemic, she was forced to choose a cremation for him. As soon as he learned that the crematorium had a service to turn the ashes into diamonds, Offner immediately found out. She is known that the diamond training time from ashes can last from 3 weeks to 2 months (depending on the color choice). During this time, Offner is authorized to monitor every step of the process. She also has more time to collect money and pay bills. As an ecologist, Offner appreciated the “diamond burial” solution. She is also satisfied with the lightness, mobility, and toughness of the diamond. However, not everyone agrees with Offner. Professor Tim Cupery (Fresno) said that he does not have the habit of sticking with things. Although recently, Cupery’s wife accidentally dropped her heirloom ring, but he did not blame or be upset. Cupery had no thought of turning the ashes of his relatives into diamonds, keeping them with him. Dancer Barbara McAlister (Texas) does not like the crematorium to bring in too much carbon from the outside. She feels that only 10% of a human diamond is a corpse that does not function as a substitute. “If it could be 50 percent or more, I would think,” McAlister said. Besides, the crematorium also does not limit the number of diamonds. Based on the available carbon source, they meet any quantity requirement. Many people are concerned that this is just a disguised artificial diamond trade. Although not popular, diamonds ashes are expected to become a green and aesthetic burial. Cremators in the US are very transparent in this practice. They publish detailed price lists, allowing funerals to choose services with financial conditions.

Benefiting from multiple mergers and acquisitions business expansion and scale improvement, Country Garden’s performance continued to rise, but the company’s revenue growth rate fell for the first time in three years, and the growth rate of net profit attributable to the parent company declined for two consecutive years. In addition, subject to the integration of mergers and acquisitions, the company’s urban service business gross profit margin has also declined.

Since the company went public in 2018, Country Garden Services’ stock price has risen more than 8 times. As of April 22, the company’s total market value reached 231.38 billion Hong Kong dollars, surpassing the parent company Country Garden. As a “first listed property company”, behind the frequent acquisitions of Country Garden Services, it is not difficult to see that scale is still the core demand for the development of property companies at this stage, and the property management industry may enter the peak of mergers and acquisitions in the future.

Although mergers and acquisitions are an effective way to accelerate expansion, this kind of performance growth brought about by acquisitions cannot be replicated. Under the sustained rapid growth in recent years, for Country Garden’s services, which have formed a relatively high base in various indicators, how to maintain “quality” while pursuing “quantity” is a bigger problem.

It is worth noting that the major shareholder of Country Garden Services JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the company’s president Li Changjiang have successively reduced their holdings of Country Garden Services stocks since 2021, and the two have reduced their holdings by more than 10 million shares in total.

Scale expansion, performance growth, revenue and profit growth slowdown

During the reporting period, in addition to the “three supply and one industry” business, Country Garden’s service property contract management area reached 821 million square meters, an increase of 136 million square meters from the end of 2019; the property charge management area reached 377 million square meters, which was newer than the end of 2019 An increase of 101 million square meters. As of December 31, 2020, the company managed a total of 3277 properties, a year-on-year increase of 36.26%.

Benefited from the expansion of the scale of property management, the company’s performance continued to rise, but the growth rate has slowed down. The annual report shows that the company’s operating income in 2020 was 15.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 61.75%; the net profit attributable to the parent was 2.686 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 60.78%. Among them, the company’s revenue growth rate fell for the first time in three years, and the revenue growth rate fell by about 40% year-on-year; the net profit growth rate attributable to the parent fell by about 20% year-on-year, which has been declining for two consecutive years.

The proportion of revenue from basic property management services declines and focuses on businesses outside the concept of traditional real estate

From the perspective of changes in the revenue structure in the past three years, property management services are the main source of income for Country Garden services. In the past three years, the proportion of revenue from this business has exceeded 50%, but the proportion has been declining year by year, from 73.7% in 2018 to 55.17% in 2020.

Among them, income from properties developed by Country Garden Group accounted for approximately 72% of total property management service income, and income from properties developed by independent third-party developers accounted for 28% of total property management service income, an increase of 3.7% from the same period last year and compared with 2018 An increase of 16.6%. In the company’s total new contract area, brand expansion accounted for 53.3%, while the area from the Country Garden system accounted for 35.1%. The company’s dependence on the parent company’s residential incremental market has decreased.

In addition, Country Garden Services has developed many businesses beyond the traditional concept of real estate, including commercial asset operations, urban services, community group purchases, community media, house leasing, insurance brokerage, etc.

The annual report shows that the company’s urban service business has increased significantly. The company’s urban service business revenue increased from 68 million yuan in 2019 to 884 million yuan in 2020, with a revenue share of 5.67% (approximately 0.71% in the same period in 2019), an increase of 1192.5%, mainly due to business growth brought about by acquisitions To.

In 2020, the company’s community value-added service revenue will be 1.731 billion yuan, and the total revenue will account for 11.1%. The amount of revenue will increase by 100.10% year-on-year, becoming the company’s second largest revenue growth point. Among them, the company’s value-added service innovation business revenue increased by 268.6% year-on-year, and community media service revenue increased by 273.6% year-on-year.

It is worth noting that the company’s revenue from non-owner value-added services has declined. Revenue from this business dropped from 1.422 billion yuan in 2019 to 1.370 billion yuan in 2020, a year-on-year decline of about 3.7%. The company stated that it was mainly due to the change in the consulting service business model in this service.

Mergers and acquisitions “double-edged sword”: urban service gross margin declines due to accelerated expansion, adding more than 3 billion goodwill

In response to high-performance plans and high-growth demands, Country Garden Services has made multiple mergers and acquisitions in the past year, with the intention of increasing scale and expanding its business.

According to data, in September 2020, the company acquired 65% of the equity of City Zongheng (Shanghai) Culture Media Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “City Zongheng”) to increase its community media service business. In October of the same year, the company acquired 70% of the equity of Country Garden Manguo Environmental Technology Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Manguo”) and 60% of Fujian Dongfei Environmental Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Dongfei”), a leading company in the sanitation industry. Equity. In addition, the company also acquired Wenjin International Insurance Brokers Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Wenjin Insurance Brokers”) and several other property management companies.

Since 2021, Country Garden’s service has continued to increase its size on the material enterprise track. On April 13, Country Garden Services announced the acquisition of four commercial management subsidiaries of Country Garden Holdings for 20 million yuan. On April 19, the company spent over 4 billion yuan to complete the acquisition of 71.17% shares of Blu-ray Garbo Services.

It is worth noting that although mergers and acquisitions are an effective way to accelerate expansion, this kind of performance growth brought about by acquisitions cannot be replicated. In addition, subject to third-party acquisitions and acquisitions of the target asset quality, the future profitability of property companies will also be affected. Data shows that with the company’s overall gross profit margin growth, the company’s gross margins in community value-added services, “three supplies and one industry” business, and urban service segments all declined. Among them, due to the low gross profit margin of the Manchuria and Dongfei businesses acquired during the year, the gross profit margin of the company’s urban service segment decreased from 38.7% in 2019 to 32.5%.

In addition, due to multiple acquisitions of Country Garden Services in 2020, the company’s new intangible assets will reach 4.672 billion yuan, including 3.145 billion yuan in new goodwill. If the performance of the acquired target in the later period is not as good as expected, Country Garden Services will have a certain risk of goodwill impairment.

Increase in income tax rate affects profits, important shareholders successively reduce their holdings

In 2020, the income tax rate of Country Garden’s main subsidiary of Country Garden Services will be changed from the preferential tax rate of 15% in the same period of the previous year to 25%. Corporate income tax expenses rose from 358 million yuan in 2019 to 933 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of approximately 160.84%. If the 25% income tax rate continues in the future, the profitability index of Country Garden Services will also be under pressure as the scale grows.

In addition, WIND data shows that since the beginning of this year, all shareholders have reduced their holdings of 11.508 million shares of the company. Among them, President Li Changjiang reduced his holdings of 240,000 shares on April 1, with an average price of about 80 Hong Kong dollars per share; the third largest shareholder JPMorgan Chase & Co. successively reduced their holdings of 11.2608 million shares. In the past year, Li Changjiang has reduced his holdings of 2.12 million shares, and has cashed out approximately HK$87,277,400.

The actions of leading companies are the vane of industry development. From the annual report of Country Garden Services, it can be seen that the current mergers, acquisitions, outsourcing and multi-format simultaneous development are still the new trends of the current property management industry, and the industry may enter the era of great integration in the future.

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IT Home learned that Apple said that in order to facilitate those apps that are affected by COVID-19 and convert offline services to online services, this regulation was suspended last year. At present, the global epidemic has not completely improved, and there are still some apps that need to continue to provide online group activity services. To provide convenience,The restoration time of this regulation will be postponed to December 31, 2021.

Apple reminded that according to the guidelines, if the App provides real-time one-to-one services between two people (such as teaching counseling, medical consultation, house viewing services, or fitness training), payment can be collected through methods other than in-app purchases.

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1. Amazon UK announced that self-delivery sellers can now purchase Royal Mail shipping services and print labels through “Buy Shipping”.

2. The Indian government issued new regulations. From April 14 to May 1, the sales and transportation of non-essential products on e-commerce platforms such as Amazon and Flipkart will be restricted, and essential products will not be affected.

3. eBay announced that it has officially opened the management payment service, which provides buyers with more options for payment methods and helps sellers manage their business more easily and conveniently.

4. Finaria Research predicts that European e-commerce sales will reach 465 billion US dollars in 2021, of which the fashion category and electronic product market will maintain rapid growth.

5. Due to potential safety hazards, more than 100,000 baby products on Target were recalled by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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Mr. Nguyen Hoang Duong – Deputy Director of Finance Department of Banks and Financial Institutions (Ministry of Finance) gave opening speech at the conference. Photo Do Doan

April 16 in the city. Ho Chi Minh, the Ministry of Finance cooperates with the Asian Development Bank to hold a Conference on Development of credit rating activities in Vietnam. The event is part of a series of conferences of the Ministry of Finance to disseminate, train and provide information to businesses (DN), investors (investors), and participants in the financial market about rating activities. credibility in Vietnam.

Credit rating plays an important role in the development of the financial market in general and the bond market in particular. Through the determination of the credit rating, investors have more information to evaluate the financial ability, solvency of the creditors, of the financial products rated by credit, as well as the risks involved.

Speaking at the opening of the conference, Mr. Nguyen Hoang Duong – Deputy Director of Finance Department of Banks and Financial Institutions (Ministry of Finance) said, to develop credit rating activities in Vietnam, Ministry of Finance submitted to the Government for promulgation Decree No. 88/2014 / ND-CP on credit rating services, which fully regulates the contents of organization, operation, service provision, and information disclosure of the organization. credit rating organization.

Enterprises discuss with international financial experts about credit rating services. Photo: Do ​​Doan

The Securities Law 2019 and guiding documents have specific provisions on cases where enterprises issue bonds to the public must be rated with credit ratings and implementation roadmap, and at the same time encourage businesses to issue bonds. Private corporate bonds (corporate bonds) use this service to enhance the publicity and transparency of the corporate bond market.

“The Ministry of Finance is also studying to associate the regulations on credit rating results with regulations on classification and investment criteria for some particular financial institutions or using credit rating results. when calculating the indicators of capital safety and assets of organizations in the financial market “- Mr. Nguyen Hoang Duong said.

At the conference, experts from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, international rating organizations S&P, Moody’s and the credit rating agency Fiin of Vietnam presented about the role of the rating agency. credit rating in the financial market, credit rating methods and processes, factors affecting the credit rating of enterprises, the contents to be noted to improve ratings and the impact of results. credit rating results for decisions of investors.

In general, the contents of the conference are intended to provide full information on the development of credit rating activities in Vietnam and to raise market awareness about this activity.

It is known that, according to Decision No. 570 / QD-TTg dated April 17, 2015 of the Prime Minister approving the Plan for development of credit rating services to 2020 and a vision to 2030, the Ministry of Finance will see review and grant certificates of eligibility for business in credit rating services for up to 5 enterprises.

Up to now, 2 Vietnamese enterprises have been granted business eligibility certificates and are providing credit rating services in the market. The Ministry of Finance has also received a request for attention from a number of reputable international credit rating organizations and will consider and appraise it in accordance with the law./.

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