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<ul><li>Media reported that Huawei may launch self-developed ERP (MetaERP) in Apr.</li><li>This is negative to the China ERP market as competition heats up but the impacts to Yonyou and Inspur will be larger than Kingdee as the formers are more largeenterprises/ SOEs focused.</li><li>Also, Huawei has to consider the potential implications to its Cloud business as Kingdee/ Yonyou/ Inspur may scale down their cloud resources usage with Huawei Cloud given direct competition in ERP.</li></ul>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.

Media reported that Huawei may launch self-developed ERP (MetaERP) in Apr.This is negative to the China ERP market as competition heats up but the impacts to Yonyou and Inspur will be larger than Kingdee as the formers are more largeenterprises/ SOEs focused.Also, Huawei has to consider the potential implications to its Cloud business as Kingdee/ Yonyou/ Inspur may scale down their cloud resources usage with Huawei Cloud given direct competition in ERP.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.

China Software & IT Services – Implications of Huawei MetaERP

<ul><li>We recently talked to some software and IT services companies regarding FY23E business outlook.</li><li>While most companies are encouraged by China reopening and lifting of COVID restrictions, the pace of business recovery is likely to be slow.</li><li>We suggest investors to focus on the localization theme. Horizontal SaaS and IT services companies with government/ telecom/ financial customer exposure are likely to benefit.</li></ul>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.

We recently talked to some software and IT services companies regarding FY23E business outlook.While most companies are encouraged by China reopening and lifting of COVID restrictions, the pace of business recovery is likely to be slow.We suggest investors to focus on the localization theme. Horizontal SaaS and IT services companies with government/ telecom/ financial customer exposure are likely to benefit.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.

China Software & IT Services – Year of rabbit: still about localization

<ul><li>China IaaS + PaaS market grew 30.7% YoY in 1H22, according to IDC data.</li><li>However, this may have slowed to 10-20% YoY in 3Q22, reflected by China Telecom/ China Mobile sluggish cloud revenue growth. </li><li>China cloud spending in 2023E could remain conservative with structural changes</li></ul>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.

China IaaS + PaaS market grew 30.7% YoY in 1H22, according to IDC data.However, this may have slowed to 10-20% YoY in 3Q22, reflected by China Telecom/ China Mobile sluggish cloud revenue growth. China cloud spending in 2023E could remain conservative with structural changesContent 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.

China Software & IT Services – China IaaS + PaaS growth slowed further in 3Q22

<div><ul><li>Structural changes in China cloud market. There are three structural changes in China cloud market since the internet sector crackdown in 2021.</li><li>China cloud development roadmap is different compared to the US</li><li>Cloud supply chain turmoil amid rising geopolitical tension.</li></ul></div>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.

Structural changes in China cloud market. There are three structural changes in China cloud market since the internet sector crackdown in 2021.China cloud development roadmap is different compared to the USCloud supply chain turmoil amid rising geopolitical tension.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.

China Software & IT Services – A mixed outlook for China cloud amid rising China-US tension

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Chinasoft International / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Chinasoft delivered a weak set of FY22 results with revenue of RMB20.0bn (+9% YoY) and net profit of RMB759mn (-33% YoY) mainly due to GPM erosion (-3.7 ppts to 23.0%) despite better opex control (opex -2% YoY).</li><li>We think the road to recovery will be slow but 1) lower reliance on Huawei (49% of FY22 revenue vs. 54% in FY21), 2) continued workforce restructuring (-11% YoY in FY22) will help margin recovery.</li><li>Key catalyst being Huawei’s new product launch related to MetaERP and Pangu large AI model. Maintain BUY.</li></ul>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.

Chinasoft delivered a weak set of FY22 results with revenue of RMB20.0bn (+9% YoY) and net profit of RMB759mn (-33% YoY) mainly due to GPM erosion (-3.7 ppts to 23.0%) despite better opex control (opex -2% YoY).We think the road to recovery will be slow but 1) lower reliance on Huawei (49% of FY22 revenue vs. 54% in FY21), 2) continued workforce restructuring (-11% YoY in FY22) will help margin recovery.Key catalyst being Huawei’s new product launch related to MetaERP and Pangu large AI model. Maintain BUY.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.

Chinasoft (354 HK) – On a slow road to recovery

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Chinasoft International is a global software and information technology services company, providing application development, cloud computing, big data analytics, and business process outsourcing. It offers solutions like the JointPilot platform, HOJI software project management platform, and CloudEasy Series products. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

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China Software & IT Services – Implications of Huawei MetaERP

This is negative to the China ERP market as competition heats up but the impacts to Yonyou and Inspur will be larger than Kingdee as the formers...

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China Software & IT Services – Year of rabbit: still about localization

While most companies are encouraged by China reopening and lifting of COVID restrictions, the pace of business recovery is likely to be slow.

CMB International

China Software & IT Services – China IaaS + PaaS growth slowed further in 3Q22

China IaaS + PaaS market grew 30.7% YoY in 1H22, according to IDC data. However, this may have slowed to 10-20% YoY in 3Q22, reflected by China...

CMB International

China Software & IT Services – A mixed outlook for China cloud amid rising China-US tension

Structural changes in China cloud market. There are three structural changes in China cloud market since the internet sector crackdown in 2021.

CMB International

Chinasoft (354 HK) – On a slow road to recovery

Chinasoft delivered a weak set of FY22 results with revenue of RMB20.0bn (+9% YoY) and net profit of RMB759mn (-33% YoY) mainly due to GPM erosion...

CMB International

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