Blue Lotus China New Economy Research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Eric Wen

Blue Lotus China New Economy Research

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

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<li>Macro: Central Government Focuses on Improving People's Livelihoods to Stimulate Consumption, But Short-term Impact Unlikely(+)</li>
<li>Macro: Our Take on the Chinese Government Housing Provident Fund 2024 Annual Report(/)</li>
<li>1211 HK/LI US/ NIO US/XPEV US/1810 HK: 2025 June 2 – June 8 NEV Delivery Rankings(/)</li>
</ul>


Macro: Central Government Focuses on Improving People's Livelihoods to Stimulate Consumption, But Short-term Impact Unlikely(+)
Macro: Our Take on the Chinese Government Housing Provident Fund 2024 Annual Report(/)
1211 HK/LI US/ NIO US/XPEV US/1810 HK: 2025 June 2 – June 8 NEV Delivery Rankings(/)


[Blue Lotus Daily]:1211 HK/LI US/ NIO US/XPEV US/1810 HK/CHA US/2589 HK/2555 HK/Macro

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

<ul><li>We summarize the May 2025 price discounts at dealers for major automakers in this report.</li><li>Note that May discounts for each automaker are calculated based on the weighted average of Apr 2025 retail sales volume for each model, as May 2025 retail sales volume data have not been released yet.</li><li>The industrywide average discounts rose 0.7ppts MoM to about 15% in May 2025, based on our calculations, mainly driven by German brands (VW, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, etc.). </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

We summarize the May 2025 price discounts at dealers for major automakers in this report.Note that May discounts for each automaker are calculated based on the weighted average of Apr 2025 retail sales volume for each model, as May 2025 retail sales volume data have not been released yet.The industrywide average discounts rose 0.7ppts MoM to about 15% in May 2025, based on our calculations, mainly driven by German brands (VW, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, etc.). Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Auto - New Models to Stabilize Chinese OEMs’ Discounts

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

Zhejiang Sanhua Intellignt Controls / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhejiang-sanhua-intellignt-controls-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12940:1" rel="noopener">Zhejiang Sanhua Intellignt Controls Co., Ltd. (002050 CH)</a> (ZSIC), a manufacturer of refrigeration and air-conditioning control components, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>ZSIC is a market leader in a number of products, with commanding market share both domestically and globally.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous note. In this note, we look at the PHIP updates and talk about the likely A/H premium.</li>
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Zhejiang Sanhua Intellignt Controls Co., Ltd. (002050 CH) (ZSIC), a manufacturer of refrigeration and air-conditioning control components, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing.
ZSIC is a market leader in a number of products, with commanding market share both domestically and globally.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous note. In this note, we look at the PHIP updates and talk about the likely A/H premium.


Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls A/H Listing - PHIP Updates and Thoughts on A/H Premium

<ul>
<li>XPEV US : The new Xiaopeng car will collaborate on the development of Huawei's HUD solution (+)</li>
<li>NIO US: Onvo to Provide Ride-Hailing Vehicles for Didi (-)</li>
<li>New Energy Vehicle: 2025 May 26 – June 1 NEV Delivery Rankings(/)</li>
</ul>


XPEV US : The new Xiaopeng car will collaborate on the development of Huawei's HUD solution (+)
NIO US: Onvo to Provide Ride-Hailing Vehicles for Didi (-)
New Energy Vehicle: 2025 May 26 – June 1 NEV Delivery Rankings(/)


[Blue Lotus Daily]:XPEV US/NIO US/New Energy Vehicle

Articles from Caixin Global, Caixin Global

Caixin Global

Articles from Caixin Global

Caixin is a media group dedicated to providing financial and business news through periodicals, online content, mobile apps, conferences, books and TV/video programs. Caixin aims to blaze a trail that helps traditional media prosper in the new media age through integrated multimedia platforms.

News from Caixin

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul><li>AI / In Depth: AI video is becoming a sector to watch in China, but don’t get out the popcorn yet Video generation tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI) have become one of the hottest investments for China’s big tech companies as they look to broaden their revenue streams.</li><li>Since ChatGPT developer OpenAI surprised the world with its text-to-video model Sora in February 2024, Chinese companies have rapidly rolled out similar tools that have been used to make short films and video series.</li><li>Law / China bolsters graft watchdog with new powers China is set to grant its powerful anti-corruption watchdog new investigative powers and significantly extend detention limits for suspects, signaling a further toughening of President Xi Jinping’s signature anti-graft campaign.</li></ul>

AI / In Depth: AI video is becoming a sector to watch in China, but don’t get out the popcorn yet Video generation tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI) have become one of the hottest investments for China’s big tech companies as they look to broaden their revenue streams.Since ChatGPT developer OpenAI surprised the world with its text-to-video model Sora in February 2024, Chinese companies have rapidly rolled out similar tools that have been used to make short films and video series.Law / China bolsters graft watchdog with new powers China is set to grant its powerful anti-corruption watchdog new investigative powers and significantly extend detention limits for suspects, signaling a further toughening of President Xi Jinping’s signature anti-graft campaign.

CX Daily: AI Video Is Becoming a Sector to Watch in China, but Don’t Get Out the Popcorn Yet 

China

NIO Inc. manufactures and sells automobiles. The Company offers electric vehicles and parts, as well as provides battery charging services. NIO serves customers worldwide.

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[Blue Lotus Daily]:1211 HK/LI US/ NIO US/XPEV US/1810 HK/CHA US/2589 HK/2555 HK/Macro

Central government focuses on improving livelihoods to boost consumption, but short-term impact unlikely. Our analysis of Chinese government...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Auto - New Models to Stabilize Chinese OEMs’ Discounts

The industrywide average discounts rose 0.7ppts MoM to about 15% in May 2025, based on our calculations, mainly driven by German brands (VW,...

CMB International

Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls A/H Listing - PHIP Updates and Thoughts on A/H Premium

Zhejiang Sanhua Intellignt Controls Co., Ltd. (002050 CH) (ZSIC), a manufacturer of refrigeration and air-conditioning control components, aims to...

Sumeet Singh

[Blue Lotus Daily]:XPEV US/NIO US/New Energy Vehicle

Xiaopeng car partners with Huawei for HUD solution, Onvo to supply vehicles for Didi ride-hailing, NEV delivery rankings for May 26 - June 1.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

CX Daily: AI Video Is Becoming a Sector to Watch in China, but Don’t Get Out the Popcorn Yet

AI / In Depth: AI video is becoming a sector to watch in China, but don’t get out the popcorn yet Video generation tools powered by...

Caixin Global

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[Blue Lotus Daily]:1211 HK/LI US/ NIO US/XPEV US/1810 HK/CHA US/2589 HK/2555 HK/Macro

​Central government focuses on improving livelihoods to boost consumption, but short-term impact unlikely. Our analysis of Chinese government...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Auto - New Models to Stabilize Chinese OEMs’ Discounts

The industrywide average discounts rose 0.7ppts MoM to about 15% in May 2025, based on our calculations, mainly driven by German brands (VW,...

CMB International

Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls A/H Listing - PHIP Updates and Thoughts on A/H Premium

Zhejiang Sanhua Intellignt Controls Co., Ltd. (002050 CH) (ZSIC), a manufacturer of refrigeration and air-conditioning control components, aims to...

Sumeet Singh

[Blue Lotus Daily]:XPEV US/NIO US/New Energy Vehicle

​Xiaopeng car partners with Huawei for HUD solution, Onvo to supply vehicles for Didi ride-hailing, NEV delivery rankings for May 26 - June 1.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

CX Daily: AI Video Is Becoming a Sector to Watch in China, but Don’t Get Out the Popcorn Yet

AI / In Depth: AI video is becoming a sector to watch in China, but don’t get out the popcorn yet Video generation tools powered by...

Caixin Global

Central government focuses on improving livelihoods to boost consumption, but short-term impact unlikely. Our analysis of Chinese government...

Xiaopeng car partners with Huawei for HUD solution, Onvo to supply vehicles for Didi ride-hailing, NEV delivery rankings for May 26 - June 1.