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<ul><li>Nearly six out of 10 of China’s trust companies saw their revenue and profit decline in the first half of 2024, reflecting challenges amid a regulator crackdown on an industry plagued by scandals.</li><li>Among the 53 trust companies that have published their unaudited first half financial results, 13 reported net profits of less than 100 million yuan ($13.8 million) and three posted net losses.</li><li>About 60% of trust companies saw year-on-year declines in operating revenue, total profit and net profit in the first half, underscoring significant business pressure and performance disparities among companies, according to a research report by China Credit Trust Co.</li></ul>

Nearly six out of 10 of China’s trust companies saw their revenue and profit decline in the first half of 2024, reflecting challenges amid a regulator crackdown on an industry plagued by scandals.Among the 53 trust companies that have published their unaudited first half financial results, 13 reported net profits of less than 100 million yuan ($13.8 million) and three posted net losses.About 60% of trust companies saw year-on-year declines in operating revenue, total profit and net profit in the first half, underscoring significant business pressure and performance disparities among companies, according to a research report by China Credit Trust Co.

Challenging Time for Trust Firms as Six Out of 10 Report Weaker Results 

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul><li>Debt /: China’s macro leverage ratio edges up to fresh record</li><li>China-Ukraine /: China supports Russia-Ukraine peace talks, but conditions aren’t yet ‘ripe,’ Beijing says</li><li>Borrowing /: China encourages ‘high quality’ companies to seek borrowing overseas</li></ul>

Debt /: China’s macro leverage ratio edges up to fresh recordChina-Ukraine /: China supports Russia-Ukraine peace talks, but conditions aren’t yet ‘ripe,’ Beijing saysBorrowing /: China encourages ‘high quality’ companies to seek borrowing overseas

CX Daily: China’s Macro Leverage Ratio Edges Up to Fresh Record 

<ul><li>Industry executives attending the World AI Conference in Shanghai expressed concerns about recurring technological issues in the development of large language models (LLMs) and offered possible solutions, as demand for more reliable artificial intelligence (AI) models designed for sector-specific software grows stronger.</li><li>The issues also come as China’s tech titans have kicked off a new round of price cuts for their AI models, extending a fierce price war in an effort not to lead the industry but to gain more users for their cloud businesses — a key resource for AI developers.</li><li>Xu Li, CEO of Chinese facial recognition and AI specialist SenseTime Group Inc.</li></ul>

Industry executives attending the World AI Conference in Shanghai expressed concerns about recurring technological issues in the development of large language models (LLMs) and offered possible solutions, as demand for more reliable artificial intelligence (AI) models designed for sector-specific software grows stronger.The issues also come as China’s tech titans have kicked off a new round of price cuts for their AI models, extending a fierce price war in an effort not to lead the industry but to gain more users for their cloud businesses — a key resource for AI developers.Xu Li, CEO of Chinese facial recognition and AI specialist SenseTime Group Inc.

China’s AI Models Struggle to Bring Transformative Use, Executive Says 

<ul><li>China is expected to be the largest national market for commercial airplane deliveries through 2043, Boeing Co. said, as the U.S. company resumed deliveries of its cash-cow 737 Max jets to Chinese airlines after a two-month pause.</li><li>Boeing predicts 43,975 new commercial airplanes will be delivered globally over the next 20 years, according to its 2024 Commercial Market Outlook released Friday. That’s up from last year’s forecast of 42,595 aircraft.</li><li>The manufacturer raised its forecast because it believes that air travel will have fully recovered from its pandemic-era slump by then, with demand even surpassing pre-pandemic levels, according to a press release about the Outlook.</li></ul>

China is expected to be the largest national market for commercial airplane deliveries through 2043, Boeing Co. said, as the U.S. company resumed deliveries of its cash-cow 737 Max jets to Chinese airlines after a two-month pause.Boeing predicts 43,975 new commercial airplanes will be delivered globally over the next 20 years, according to its 2024 Commercial Market Outlook released Friday. That’s up from last year’s forecast of 42,595 aircraft.The manufacturer raised its forecast because it believes that air travel will have fully recovered from its pandemic-era slump by then, with demand even surpassing pre-pandemic levels, according to a press release about the Outlook.

China to Be Top National Market for Aircraft in the Coming Two Decades, Boeing Predicts

<ul><li>Insurers / In Depth: Electric cars are draining the batteries of China’s insurers</li><li>Plenum /Plenum Explained: China to combat cross-border corruption, improve constitutional review</li><li>Personnel /: Communist Party creates financial graft-busting committee</li></ul>

Insurers / In Depth: Electric cars are draining the batteries of China’s insurersPlenum /Plenum Explained: China to combat cross-border corruption, improve constitutional reviewPersonnel /: Communist Party creates financial graft-busting committee

CX Daily: Electric Cars Are Draining the Batteries of China’s Insurers 