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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.

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<ul><li>Nine Chinese automakers including BYD, Great Wall Motor, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Neta and Leap reported their Jul 2023 sales volumes on 1 Aug 2023.</li><li>Sales volume of the nine automakers combined rose 67% YoY (ranged from -28% to +228%) and 6% MoM (ranged from -17% to +91%) in Jul 2023.</li><li>NEV trio all beat our expectation by 1,000-2,000 units. Li Auto recorded a sales volume of more than 34,000 units in Jul 2023, stronger than our previous forecast.</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.

Nine Chinese automakers including BYD, Great Wall Motor, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Neta and Leap reported their Jul 2023 sales volumes on 1 Aug 2023.Sales volume of the nine automakers combined rose 67% YoY (ranged from -28% to +228%) and 6% MoM (ranged from -17% to +91%) in Jul 2023.NEV trio all beat our expectation by 1,000-2,000 units. Li Auto recorded a sales volume of more than 34,000 units in Jul 2023, stronger than our previous forecast.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 Auto Sector – Jul NEV: All-time high sales for seven brands

<ul><li>China’s passenger-vehicle (PV) retail sales volume rose 2% YoY and 12% MoM in Jun 2023 amid high base, 5% higher than our prior forecast, driving the 1H23 retail sales volume 5% higher than a year ago.</li><li>Wholesale volume rose 2% YoY and 11% MoM to 2.27mn units in Jun 2023, the highest Jun in history, and 9% higher than our prior forecast.</li><li>Wholesale volume rose 9% YoY (or +0.41mn units YoY) in 1H23, aided by 88% YoY growth (or +0.83mn units YoY) of exports.</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’s passenger-vehicle (PV) retail sales volume rose 2% YoY and 12% MoM in Jun 2023 amid high base, 5% higher than our prior forecast, driving the 1H23 retail sales volume 5% higher than a year ago.Wholesale volume rose 2% YoY and 11% MoM to 2.27mn units in Jun 2023, the highest Jun in history, and 9% higher than our prior forecast.Wholesale volume rose 9% YoY (or +0.41mn units YoY) in 1H23, aided by 88% YoY growth (or +0.83mn units YoY) of exports.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 Auto Sector – Strong June provides more confidence for 2H23

<ul><li>We project Li Auto’s net profit to rise 27% QoQ to RMB 1.2bn in 2Q23E. Profitability in FY24E could also beat expectation on greater economies of scale.</li><li>Apart from its products, we like the Company’s high self-discipline in costs and business expansion even as it is much more resourceful than before.</li><li>We project Li Auto’s 2Q23E revenue to more than triple YoY to RMB 27.9bn, as its sales volume beat guidance.</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 project Li Auto’s net profit to rise 27% QoQ to RMB 1.2bn in 2Q23E. Profitability in FY24E could also beat expectation on greater economies of scale.Apart from its products, we like the Company’s high self-discipline in costs and business expansion even as it is much more resourceful than before.We project Li Auto’s 2Q23E revenue to more than triple YoY to RMB 27.9bn, as its sales volume beat guidance.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.

CMBI Research Focus List (July Edition) – Our best high conviction stock ideas

<ul><li>We summarize the Jun 2023 price discounts at dealers for major automakers in this report.</li><li>Note that such discounts for each automaker are calculated based on weighted average of May 2023 retail sales volume for each model, as Jun retail sales volume data have not been released yet.</li><li>Most automakers’ discounts widened MoM in Jun 2023 to rush for 1H23 targets and cut inventories, as we had expected. </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 summarize the Jun 2023 price discounts at dealers for major automakers in this report.Note that such discounts for each automaker are calculated based on weighted average of May 2023 retail sales volume for each model, as Jun retail sales volume data have not been released yet.Most automakers’ discounts widened MoM in Jun 2023 to rush for 1H23 targets and cut inventories, as we had expected. 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 Auto Sector – When will discounts peak after rising for 8 months

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<ul><li>We expect Great Wall’s FY23E net profit to be significantly lower than current consensus, dragged by rising PHEV sales starting from 2Q23.</li><li>More importantly, we raise our FY23E NEV sales volume forecast for Great Wall to 0.32mn units despite the ORA miss, and expect its NEV market share to surpass the industry average in 4Q23E, which could be a positive catalyst for its share price.</li><li>We project Great Wall’s revenue to rise 45% YoY in 2Q23E, driven by 29% YoY sales-volume growth and 12% YoY ASP increase.</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 expect Great Wall’s FY23E net profit to be significantly lower than current consensus, dragged by rising PHEV sales starting from 2Q23.More importantly, we raise our FY23E NEV sales volume forecast for Great Wall to 0.32mn units despite the ORA miss, and expect its NEV market share to surpass the industry average in 4Q23E, which could be a positive catalyst for its share price.We project Great Wall’s revenue to rise 45% YoY in 2Q23E, driven by 29% YoY sales-volume growth and 12% YoY ASP increase.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.

Great Wall Motor (2333 HK) – Surging PHEV Sales at Cost of FY23E Net Profit

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Great Wall Motor Company Limited, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells pick-up trucks and sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) in China under branded names. The Company also researches and manufactures principal automotive parts and components for use in the assembly of pick-up trucks and SUVs. Great Wall Motor conducts business in China, USA, Japan, Canada, Korea, and other regions.

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China Auto Sector – Jul NEV: All-time high sales for seven brands

Nine Chinese automakers including BYD, Great Wall Motor, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Neta and Leap reported their Jul 2023 sales volumes on 1...

CMB International

China Auto Sector – Strong June provides more confidence for 2H23

China’s passenger-vehicle (PV) retail sales volume rose 2% YoY and 12% MoM in Jun 2023 amid high base, 5% higher than our prior forecast

CMB International

CMBI Research Focus List (July Edition) – Our best high conviction stock ideas

We project Li Auto’s net profit to rise 27% QoQ to RMB 1.2bn in 2Q23E. Profitability in FY24E could also beat expectation on greater economies of...

CMB International

China Auto Sector – When will discounts peak after rising for 8 months

Note that such discounts for each automaker are calculated based on weighted average of May 2023 retail sales volume for each model

CMB International

Great Wall Motor (2333 HK) – Surging PHEV Sales at Cost of FY23E Net Profit

We expect Great Wall’s FY23E net profit to be significantly lower than current consensus, dragged by rising PHEV sales starting from 2Q23.

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