1.Shanghai has stated that the main expected goals for the city's economic and social development by 2025 are to increase the city's gross domestic product by about 5%, local general public budget revenue by 2%, urban surveyed unemployment rate within 5%, per capita disposable income growth of residents keeping pace with economic growth, and a consumer price increase of about 2%.
2. According to data released by China Railway Group, on January 15th, the national railway is expected to send 11 million passengers and plans to add 554 passenger trains. On January 14th, the first day of the Spring Festival travel rush, 10.39 million passengers were transported by railways nationwide, ensuring safe, stable, and orderly transportation.
3. Shanghai Municipality stated that it will optimize the spatial layout of the integrated circuit industry, accelerate the innovative development of the biopharmaceutical industry throughout the entire chain, and accelerate the construction of an innovation highland for the artificial intelligence industry. Strengthen the forward-looking, strategic, systematic, and driving research layout around strategic frontiers such as cell gene therapy, brain computer interface, 6G, quantum computing, and fusion energy.
4. According to Xinhua News Agency, since the first takeaway order was completed in 2008, China has become the world's largest takeaway market.The number of online food delivery users in China has reached 545 million, accounting for about 50% of the total number of netizens.
5. China Shipbuilding Corporation announced that on January 15th, the second domestically produced large cruise ship in China completed the full hull connection, marking the beginning of the rapid construction phase of the second domestically produced large cruise ship, which is scheduled to be delivered in 2026.
6. According to data released by the Intellectual Property Office, as of the end of 2024, there were 497000 domestic enterprises with valid invention patents in China, an increase of 69000 compared to the same period last year; We have 3.506 million valid invention patents, accounting for 73.7% of the total number of valid invention patents in China. The industrialization rate of effective invention patents of domestic enterprises has maintained steady growth for five consecutive years.
7. According to CCTV News, in 2024, the fertilizer utilization rate of China's three major grain crops, rice, corn, and wheat, will be 42.6%; The coverage rate of soil testing and formula fertilization technology for the three major grain crops in China exceeds 95%.
8. The National Medical Insurance Bureau stated that in 2024, the direct settlement of cross provincial medical treatment across the country will be basically stable, benefiting 238 million insured people and reducing fund advances by 194.725 billion yuan, an increase of 84.70% and 26.71% year-on-year, respectively.
9. The National Standards Committee announced that the first international standard in the field of new underwater acoustic sensors, "Calibration of Acoustic Vector Receptors in the Frequency Range of 5Hz-10kHz", led by China, has been officially released recently. This standard is also the first international standard in the field of vector hydrophones.
10. TrendForce has released data estimating that the total shipment volume of MLCC suppliers in the first quarter of 2025 will be over 1146.7 billion units, a quarterly decrease of 3%. Looking ahead to 2025, the focus of industrial order demand will still be on AI infrastructure such as AI servers, accelerators, and power management systems, while the growth rate of other ICT industries will remain slow, with an estimated average growth rate of less than 10%.
