Can the delivery staff enter the community freely? Identity verification can be achieved, but the effect remains to be tested

  Our reporter, Peng Wenzhuo

  With the explosive growth of online ordering, it has become the norm for takeaways to enter and exit the community. However, wearing takeaway clothes as a "pass" to enter and exit the community has caused chaos one after another. News such as "men pretending to be takeaway brothers stealing" are common, making takeaway delivery pose a hidden danger to the safety of the community.

  Should the community prohibit takeaway personnel from entering and leaving?

  At 7 PM on January 1, Wang Pengfei had just trotted out of Changhewan Community in the northwest second ring road of Beijing and quickly boarded the electric car to start the next business, because he was delayed for ten minutes.

  Wang Pengfei, a deliveryman at a takeaway platform, said that many communities now do not allow delivery electric vehicles to drive in, so they can only park the car outside and run in by themselves. "There are several common situations where deliverymen deliver takeout to communities: if they are not allowed in, they run in or stuff it in the small fence door; sometimes they just wait for the predecessors to swipe their cards to follow in, or discuss with the doorman to register; and the takeout is placed in the reception hall, and the owner goes downstairs to get it himself."

  For the increasingly strict management system of the community, Wang Pengfei is a little helpless: sometimes because the delivery of food on this road is timed out, this order is equivalent to nothing. For customers, in hot or cold weather, ordering takeout is convenient. If it cannot be delivered directly to the door, satisfaction will decline. In addition, many people usually dress casually at home, and they have to change clothes specially for a takeaway, they will feel inconvenient.

  A pizza brand takeaway worker summed up a food delivery experience to reporters: in general old communities, takeaway delivery is more casual, and you can basically enter with a single word; for commercial housing communities, it is common for takeaway workers to register at the door; for some luxury houses, takeaway workers are generally denied entry. There are also well-managed properties that are confirmed by video phone and then released, and there is a better identity verification mechanism.

  Should the delivery staff be prohibited from entering and leaving the community? Different owners have different views on this. Some people believe that some outsiders pretend to be delivery staff and put up advertisements in the corridors, elevators and other places of the community, and some people knock on the wrong door, etc., to let strangers enter the community. There are also owners who believe that "no entry" makes life inconvenient, and the community should eliminate hidden dangers by strengthening security and identity verification.

  Takeaway clothing can be bought online for safety hazards

  In July last year, a food delivery platform in Chengdu clashed with community security guards, causing a group fight. According to a statement released by Ping An Wenjiang, the point of conflict between the food delivery platform and security guards lies in the management regulations for food delivery personnel entering and leaving the community.

  This reflects the current contradictions between the property and the delivery staff in many places. It is understood that the regulations such as "delivery is not allowed into the community" are not a whim. The news of "man pretending to be a delivery brother to steal" "borrowing delivery points to draw theft routes" "delivery staff burglary" is not uncommon.

  In an interview with reporters, security guards in several neighborhoods on East Jiaotong Road in Beijing believed that the overalls explained the purpose of the visit. The delivery staff are all wearing uniforms, and the clothes they wear on the cars they ride are marked, so they can tell what they are doing at a glance. If the delivery staff are asked to register, they may not cooperate in order to rush for time; if they are not allowed to enter the community, the owners may complain to the property company, so they usually ask the delivery staff who are not wearing delivery clothes to register.

  For many communities, the delivery staff’s uniforms function as "access cards", becoming "passes" for entering and leaving some communities, but those wearing delivery clothes are not necessarily the real delivery staff.

  In August last year, Beijing’s Fengtai district cracked a case of "fake food delivery real theft". According to the confession of the alleged offender, he used to be a delivery worker, but he quit his job because he was tired and had no means of livelihood. So he used a private stash of delivery work clothes as cover, and wandered around the residential area late at night, repeatedly smashing the contents of roadside vehicles.

  According to regulations, only formal food delivery personnel can obtain takeaway clothes, and they need to register on the platform and provide ID cards, health certificates and other documents. The takeaway platform will not issue takeaway clothes to part-time delivery people, and the departing staff must hand over the clothes.

  However, according to media reports, a number of takeaway platforms are selling takeaway clothes online. The reporter logged into a shopping website and entered "takeaway work clothes". The page that popped up had takeaway clothes from a number of takeaway platforms, with prices ranging from tens to hundreds of yuan. In response, a takeaway platform responded that in response to the chaos of takeaway rider clothes, they have communicated with online shopping platforms, hoping that relevant online shopping platforms can remove takeaway clothes from the shelves as soon as possible.

  Entering the community can achieve identity verification, but the effect remains to be tested

  How to prevent criminals wearing takeaway clothes from entering the community? This has become a pain point in many community management.

  Recently, a program called "Community Guard" came out, which aims to solve the dilemma of "last 100 meters" of takeaway delivery: when a takeaway enters the community, the security guard opens the Mini Program or scans its QR code, which can verify the identity and order status in one second, and track its location after entering the community in real time.

  According to the person in charge of the product, this Mini Program has functions such as identity verification, access management, and track tracking. It has been connected to some property communities in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and other cities, and will be applied to shopping malls, hospitals, etc. In the future, it will also be applied to shopping malls, hospitals, etc. After using it, a delivery staff said, "In the past, it took at least 2 to 3 minutes to enter the community to sign, register, and show the certificate. Now it takes’seconds’ to scan with the Mini Program, which saves time and effort."

  For consumers, the opening of identity verification allows takeout to be delivered to their homes, saving waiting time. For security guards, they can monitor the dynamics of takeout personnel in real time, strengthen security management, and reduce security risks. But the actual effect remains to be considered.

  A takeaway worker who ran an order in the area of Jintai Road in Chaoyang District, Beijing, worried that many properties would not necessarily cooperate with such identity verification. "Many security guards ignore the takeaway staff, and you don’t open the door if you call him, so you ask him to take the initiative to scan the code to monitor you, which may not be realized."

  Then how can we prevent criminals posing as food delivery personnel? A takeaway platform staff member said: First of all, we must observe that the delivery staff’s vehicle must be equipped with a delivery box; secondly, we must learn to distinguish. Generally, the delivery staff will not wander between floors when delivering food, and will basically complete the delivery task by trotting. If you encounter suspicious personnel, you should call the police as soon as possible.

  And if the delivery staff committed illegal acts during the delivery process, the staff said that once the delivery staff was complained by consumers and the complaint was true, the delivery platform would blacklist them and share credit information with other delivery platforms.

Unmanned shelves are no longer in the limelight, is this the opportunity that "big guy" Ele.me finally got?

In just half a year, from the limelight in the capital markets to the frequent news of bankruptcy, withdrawal, and acquisition. The start-up company in the field of office unmanned shelves does not seem to have a good start in the spring of 2018.
The ability to circle a specific group of people in the office and their time is an important reason for companies that have made efforts in the field of unmanned shelves to bet on this track. But it turns out that the rhythm of point laying, offline BD, operation and maintenance of supply chain and logistics, any failure of any link, may frustrate this "not sexy" business in itself.
What is the attitude of large companies that have not moved much before? At least for now, a group of large companies that are ready to make efforts in the new retail field have not been deterred by the temporary chaos in the industry. Last September, it was reported that Ele.me had incubated the new retail division internally to focus on unmanned shelves.
At present, according to the news leaked by Ele.me, the project is finally named Ele.me Now, and a dedicated team is equipped for this independent brand: CEO Chen Qi was the first supply chain leader of Alibaba’s retail business department, which is also the famous Ali supply department. According to Chen Qi, Ele.me Now has achieved operating profitability in Shanghai, the first city it has settled in, after its launch.
This industry that was once on the cutting edge is rapidly moving towards consolidation. In those crazy days last year, Ele.me Now’s footsteps did not seem so aggressive. Is this area that needs to be refined and operated an opportunity for big companies?
 Prior to this, in addition to the main business of catering takeaway on the Ele.me platform, there have always been retail categories such as snacks, fruits, beverages, flowers, and medicine. In December 2016, the Ele.me new retail division was established. Chen Qi said that the current retail GMV accounts for about 5% to 10% of the total GMV.
According to a research report released by Coatue in 2017, the GMV of Ele.me reached 6.26 billion US dollars. If you use this data to estimate, the GMV of Ele.me’s retail business is about 3-600 million US dollars. Although the proportion is not high, as a business that only started in 2016, the demand and growth are real.
On this basis, compared with the hot start-up companies, Ele.me’s main logic for entering this battlefield is to hope that the office scene will complement and synergize the company’s main takeaway business. Of course, with the company’s original supply chain and logistics resources to support, it also means that Ele.me Now’s business is more confident.
Among them, the supply chain system behind Ele.me new retail BU is responsible for the B2B trading platform Youcai, which has been online since 2016. Youcai provides merchants with drinks, rice noodles, grain and oil, fresh fruits and other categories through the control of the upstream supply chain. At present, Youcai has established cooperation with 5,000 suppliers, including Coca-Cola, COFCO, Yihai Kerry and other brands. This part of the supplier accounts for about 1/3, and the remaining 2/3 of the brand Youcai is also a first-level wholesaler. Youcai also has joint warehousing and distribution systems in many major cities, which can provide distribution from urban Okura to small trunk lines.

Ele. Me Now Unmanned Shelf

At the beginning of sorting out whether to open an unmanned shelf business, Chen Qi and the management of Ele.me believed that Youcai had already entered large-scale operation, and the large warehouses that had been established in various cities in the process could provide support for the expansion of Ele.me shelves. Chen Qi said: "We are not building a system from scratch, but directly paying for it, and with a scale support, our rates will also have better savings."
On the other hand, Ele.me has established a complete hummingbird distribution system, which can also save the cost of unmanned shelves on a large scale. Previously, most start-up companies in the industry were solving distribution and exchange needs through self-construction + outsourcing and front warehouses. There are also companies like Gorilla Convenience and Convenience Bee, which use convenience stores as front warehouses. But it is not easy to establish and manage such a system from scratch. Unlike the traditional logistics where four links and one delivery and flash delivery are located, the logistics distribution of shelf goods shuttles through the middle of office buildings, which is equivalent to entering the end of the city. If the distribution density is not enough, the replenishment cost is very high.
The current common way to replenish goods is by renting Jinbei trucks to tour the city. Chen Qi and his team found that these Jinbei trucks stop every hour, and each time they stop, they need at least 20-35 minutes of waiting time. They can replenish goods at up to 1.5 points, and the value of a single replenishment is about 200-300 yuan. If you add warehouse leasing, vehicle leasing, and labor costs, Chen Qi calculates that the cost of replenishing goods at a single point is around 30 yuan.
Ele.me Now’s approach is to use the hummingbird stations where the riders rest and train as transit points. During times when takeout orders are not too intensive, replenishment vehicles will come to the hummingbird stations all over the city and summon 10-15 riders to skim the goods. The goods are marked with the delivery address and specific needs. Each rider can carry 1-2 points of goods. This is equivalent to turning the distribution system into a radial mesh, and the Jinbei car can support more than 20 points of post-need replenishment per stop.
"This is equivalent to turning the original human resources tandem model into the concurrency of multiple people in their spare time." Chen Qi said that overall, the single replenishment cost of Ele.me Now can be reduced to 16 yuan, as low as 45% of the industry competition, and the comprehensive gross profit is higher than 30%.
In this business that involves too many chains, Chen Qi believes that the biggest advantage of Ele.me is the scale effect that has been established long ago, which can also make this business "throttling". "Including Hummingbird and Youcai, because of the large scale, the management costs can be shared, and the cost structure is better."
According to the data given by Ele.me NOW, there are currently 150-2 million valuable points in the country that are worth laying unmanned shelves. Although the industry has experienced a period of rapid development some time ago, the top players are only concentrated in about 100,000 points. Therefore, in Chen Qi’s opinion, the market space is very large, and the industry is also in a very early stage.
In January 2018, Ele.me began to use the hummingbird system to support the operation of unmanned shelves in a small area in Shanghai. By March, the Shanghai area had all switched to the hummingbird-based replenishment mode. Chen Qi’s plan is to run in for a while and soon replicate this model to other cities across the country.
But the early plan is not to expand without restraint. Ele.me Now cares more about "coordination". At present, the service of food covers T30 cities, which is the 30 cities with the largest takeaway transaction volume of Ele.me, and Ele.me Now will also carry out urban expansion according to this scale and idea. "In the near future, we will not rashly expand cities outside T30. This is essentially a retail business, but we should deepen the density of the single area."
From a strategic perspective, Ele.me’s entry into the unmanned shelves is obviously a supplement to the current main business takeaway market. Although compared with start-up companies, the capital reserves of large companies are relatively loose, but retail is generally a relatively thin profit business. If you blindly expand and launch a subsidy war, if you do not cooperate with refined operations, you will fall into the quagmire of burning money.
"It’s not a blitz, it should be a protracted battle," Chen Qi said.
Ele.me Now CEO Chen Qi was the first head of Alibaba’s China Supply Department
Therefore, while "throttling" operating costs, finding an "open-source" way to achieve profitability as soon as possible is also an issue that operators must consider.
Chen Qi said that Ele.me has been able to achieve profitability in Shanghai single-city outlets. In addition to retail business and back-end gross profit, advertising and traffic can also generate revenue. Since Ele.me’s own brand effect is already very strong, many FMCG or shopping mall brands have already been its advertisers. Previously, Ele.me has reached cooperation with these customers through Ele.me APP exposure, or promotion through Youcai platform, as well as offline marketing, and unmanned shelves have become a new media buying channel. More importantly, Ele.me Now can combine user data that overlap office scene users and takeaway business to provide brands with granularity and finer user portraits to achieve the best delivery effect.
In addition to advertising, Ele.me Now also hopes to monetize offline traffic online. According to Ele.me Now statistics, stable customers currently place orders three times a week, and the transaction frequency and stickiness are very considerable. Chen Qi has started to try group buying business to direct offline customers to online. "For example, if you buy cherries for 20 yuan on the shelf, we will guide users to buy a whole box of cherries online at a unit price of 50 or 60% off. The unit price of customers is higher, which can also drive GMV."
In contrast to Meituan’s expansion strategy of constantly opening up new battlefields, Ele.me CEO Zhang Xuhao has always emphasized that Ele.me’s mission is to "focus and focus". So after ten years of establishment, Ele.me has extended from takeaway platform to retail and established new retail BU, which is the strategy of this strategy. Chen Qi said, "Our core business model is to help merchants on the platform do O2O online business, so whether it is unmanned shelves or the entire Ele.me new retail BU, we want to achieve this goal."

In March this year, it was reported that Ali would spend a lot of money to acquire Ele.me and integrate it with word-of-mouth to become an important chain in its new retail business. In 2017, a start-up company asserted that the "war" on unmanned shelves would be won and lost in 2018. In the current situation, the big man with more resources and good at "opening up sources and cutting costs" may enter the market late, but he may have longer vitality. 

Edited by: sleeper

Image source: Ele.me

Li Yuchun denied leaving Tianyu to become the boss, wearing a skirt to play rock at concerts

        On March 10, Li Yuchun’s 26th birthday, Long Danni, the president of Tianyu Media, specially sent a massage chair to express her wishes. Li Yuchun, who was busy with work, had problems with his cervical spine, so he was naturally very happy to receive this generous gift, so he sat up and "enjoyed". Of course, the birthday cannot be without cakes, and the appearance of five green cakes with five letters of "WhyMe" written on them also made Li Yuchun overjoyed. After blowing the candles, the five cakes were immediately divided up by many enthusiastic fans at the scene.

Nanjing started singing, wearing skirts and playing rock, and Li Yuchun became a "director" for the first time.

        At the press conference, Li Yuchun, who was wearing a small gray suit, continued his handsome and capable style. However, in the exposed concert posters, Li Yuchun, who was barefoot in a white dress and black dress, was a bit sexy. Li Yuchun was very generous about trying the skirt style again, "I don’t think it’s necessary to cover up wearing a skirt now. This style was actually discovered inadvertently, but it suits me very well." In the previous concerts, the dance part accounted for a large proportion. This time, Li Yuchun said that he would have a rock style and would invite guests accordingly.

Development and Reform Commission: Beijing and other seven provinces and cities will not adjust the price of passenger taxis for the time being

     

    [Content overview]Since November 1st, the ex-factory price of domestic gasoline and diesel has increased by 500 yuan per ton respectively, which has a great impact on the transportation industry. According to the characteristics of different transportation industries and local actual conditions, local price authorities have actively studied and taken measures to timely channel the impact of refined oil price adjustment.


    China News Service, November 15th, according to the website of the National Development and Reform Commission, since November 1st, the ex-factory prices of domestic gasoline and diesel have increased by 500 yuan per ton, which has a great impact on the transportation industry. According to the characteristics of different transportation industries and local actual conditions, local price authorities have actively studied and taken measures to timely ease the impact of refined oil price adjustment.


    First, road passenger transportation prices


    Nine provinces and municipalities, including Hebei, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and Shaanxi, have taken measures to reduce prices. Among them, Guizhou has increased the fuel surcharge standard by 0.004 yuan per person-kilometer, Hunan has increased the fuel surcharge standard by 0.5 yuan per person-kilometer, Fujian has introduced a fuel surcharge of 0.01 yuan per person-kilometer, and Shaanxi has introduced a fuel surcharge of 1 yuan per person-kilometer. Hebei, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi have issued documents or according to the existing oil transportation linkage mechanism, allowing cities or transportation enterprises to appropriately adjust the road passenger transportation price within the floating range of the government’s benchmark price according to the actual situation.


    Ten provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, including Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, Hainan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Gansu and Xinjiang, plan to adopt price-plus measures. Among them, Yunnan plans to implement a fuel surcharge plan on November 23. Shandong, Henan, Hainan, Chongqing and Gansu plan to study and approve the collection of fuel surcharges. Jilin and Inner Mongolia plan to issue documents requiring all cities and states to adjust freight rates or introduce fuel surcharge plans according to the actual situation in accordance with the established linkage plan. Some regions in Jiangsu and Xinjiang consider choosing an opportunity to increase freight rates.


    Six provinces and municipalities including Tianjin, Shanxi, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Sichuan and Qinghai have explicitly not adjusted freight rates this time. Among them, Heilongjiang, Hubei and Sichuan have introduced fuel additions to passenger fares last year, which have eased the pressure of rising oil prices to a certain extent, and will not increase fares this time. Tianjin, Shanxi and Qinghai also do not plan to adjust road passenger fares for the time being.


    Due to the intense competition in road passenger transportation in Liaoning and Guangdong provinces, enterprises are concerned that the increase in fares will affect the passenger source, so they do not recommend adjusting fares. At present, road passenger fares are relatively stable, and the price authorities are strengthening market freight monitoring. Whether to increase fuel surcharges is still being studied.


    The price of passenger transport in Tibet and Ningxia is regulated by the market, and it is understood that passenger transport companies plan to increase fares by 10-15%.


    The fares set by the provinces opposite Beijing’s highway passenger transportation will be implemented in accordance with the policies determined by the relevant provinces.


    Taxi fare


    Six provinces including Hebei, Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Guangdong and Guizhou have formulated measures to reduce the price of refined oil. Documents are being drafted or have been issued to allow cities to raise taxi prices, raise the starting price or charge fuel surcharges according to the linkage mechanism of oil transportation prices to ease the contradiction between refined oil prices. The Xiamen Price Bureau of Fujian has reported the plan to collect fuel surcharges to the municipal government, waiting for approval.


    Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Shandong, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and other 13 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government plan to introduce price-matching measures. Among them, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Shandong, Hubei, Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai and other places plan to require all localities to adjust freight rates or charge fuel surcharges in the form of easing conflicting prices of taxi freight rates in accordance with existing policies and local conditions. The specific issue of taxi price adjustment is decided by the localities. Some cities in Zhejiang plan to adjust taxi freight rates or introduce fuel surcharges in the near future. Shanghai is formulating measures and studying and calculating the linkage plan in accordance with the established linkage plan. Sichuan and Shaanxi plan to uniformly charge taxis for fuel surcharges after adjusting natural gas prices at the end of the year or early next year. Shanxi province plans to start a linkage mechanism for taxi fuel prices in 2008. Chongqing is observing market reactions and studying freight rate reform plans.


    The prices of passenger taxis and Shanghai freight taxis in seven provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, including Beijing, Tianjin, Hunan, Guangxi, Hainan, Tibet and Ningxia, will not be adjusted this time. Among them, passenger taxis in Beijing, Tianjin, Hainan and Ningxia and Shanghai freight taxis will not be adjusted for the time being considering the market’s affordability. Hunan and Guangxi have introduced fuel surcharges for taxis in 2006. This time, the existing fuel surcharge plan will be implemented, and no additional fuel surcharges will be charged. Tibet has introduced a measure to reduce road maintenance fees by 30 yuan per month for taxis in the second two months of this year, without adjusting the freight rate.


    Liaoning, Jilin, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Xinjiang and other five provinces and autonomous regions reported that taxi drivers are currently calm, and the price authorities plan to strengthen monitoring and decide on further measures after observing the market.


    III. Urban public transportation and rural public transportation prices


    In strict accordance with relevant state regulations, all localities will distribute state subsidies for urban public transportation and rural public transportation to relevant business units to make up for the impact of rising refined oil products on cost increases and maintain the stability of urban public transportation and rural public transportation prices.


    IV. Local railway freight rates


    Hunan Province has adjusted local railway freight rates according to the national railway practice.


    Local railway enterprises in Hebei, Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces and autonomous regions have reported that they have been greatly affected by the rise in oil prices, and require appropriate increases in local railway freight rates in accordance with the national railway practice.


    V. Road freight and water freight prices


    Road freight and water freight rates have been subject to market-adjusted prices, and the price level is mainly determined by market supply and demand. However, in the long run, if the price of refined oil rises sharply or remains high for a long time, it is difficult for operating companies to digest the cost increase factors, and they will still pass the burden downstream by increasing freight rates. At present, the freight rates of some road freight lines in Zhejiang have risen.


    VI. Financial subsidies


    Local price authorities have actively cooperated with relevant departments to implement financial subsidy measures. At present, central financial subsidies in Tianjin, Heilongjiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other places have been in place. All localities have started to formulate subsidy distribution plans or have allocated subsidies to industry authorities. All departments have actively implemented subsidy distribution work.


    In addition to providing financial subsidies for urban public transportation and rural passenger transportation according to regulations, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Ningxia, Qinghai and other places have also introduced subsidy measures for taxis. Among them, Beijing requires the government, enterprises and drivers to jointly bear the impact of the rise in oil prices in a ratio of 4:4:2, and the government and enterprises will jointly give drivers a monthly subsidy of 110 yuan. Before the implementation of the linkage mechanism in Shanghai, the government and enterprises will give temporary subsidies to taxi drivers respectively. Anhui Provincial Finance provided 11 million yuan to subsidize taxis. Ningxia gave a monthly government subsidy of 246 yuan per taxi. Fujian, Hubei and Qinghai asked cities and counties to give temporary subsidies to taxis. Tianjin’s finance department is calculating the amount of subsidies and will issue them before the end of the year.


    VII. Main problems existing


    At present, the main problems encountered by local price authorities in guiding freight contradictions are:


    For example, Guangzhou and other regions reflect that taxi prices are already relatively high, and it is easy to lose taxi passengers and increase drivers’ operational difficulties by adjusting taxi transportation prices or increasing fuel surcharges. For example, some regions plan to channel the impact of rising oil prices on road passenger transportation within the floating range of government-guided prices, but due to intense market competition, the actual fare level is difficult to increase, and operators bear all the impact of rising oil prices.


    The second is that the amount of subsidies for rural road and rural waterway passenger transportation is insufficient. Some places report that rural road and waterway passenger transportation service targets are basically farmers, and their affordability is weak. It is difficult to channel the cost increase caused by the increase in fuel prices through raising fares. The state also requires this part of the freight price to remain stable. However, the central government only subsidizes 50% of the cost increase. It is very difficult to raise and implement local financial matching subsidies, and operators are facing difficulties. The operators of inter-island waterway passenger transportation in Zhejiang Province have put forward price adjustment requirements to the government.


    Third, the increase in the price of refined oil has increased the difficulty of stabilizing the Spring Festival fares. During the 2007 Spring Festival travel period, measures were introduced that did not achieve good results in road passenger fares, which were widely welcomed by all walks of life. After the adjustment of refined oil prices, operator costs have generally increased, and it is difficult for Spring Festival fares in 2008 to remain at the 2007 level.


    In response to the above-mentioned problems, the price authorities at all levels should continue to take into account the actual local situation, under the unified leadership of the local party committee and government, work closely with relevant departments, and take comprehensive measures to reduce the burden on operators, resolve the impact of rising refined oil prices on the transportation industry, strictly control the increase in transportation prices, and maintain industry and social stability.


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"The King of New Comedy" Zhou Xingchi on the use of Wang Baoqiang: He is a superstar

1905 movie network news On the afternoon of January 11, the movie "The New King of Comedy" held a press conference in Beijing. In addition to announcing the theme song "Gale" sung by the Gale Girls Limited Group, director Stephen Chow and star Wang Baoqiang also came to the scene. On why Wang Baoqiang was used in the movie, Zhou Xingchi said: "I want to find a big star, and I have the experience of running through the dragon trap. So it can only be Mr. Wang."

 

The press conference was opened by a limited group of "Gale Girls" selected by Zhou Xingchi, including Li Zixuan and Liu Renyu. When it came to why they were selected, Zhou Xingchi said that these people have the experience of participating in the competition and failing. Speaking of the rise, Zhou Xingchi also learned the "square dance" dance moves in the MV from Li Zixuan on the spot. After a set of moves, Zhou Xingchi boasted: "I am still quite talented."

 

This time, "The New King of Comedy" is still a walk-on story. Zhou Xingchi said that it is in the same direction as "The King of Comedy". He revealed that because of this reason, he wanted to find a big star with walk-on experience: "Except for Mr. Wang (Baoqiang), I can’t think of anyone else. He is both a superstar and has run a dragon trap." Wang Baoqiang immediately said next to him: "So I am a dragon trap superstar."

 

Although the two did not disclose the plot of the film at the scene, Wang Baoqiang said that he is the heroine of the film. Speaking of the cooperation with Zhou Xingchi, Wang Baoqiang said: "He has high requirements for every actor in the scene. He will communicate with the actors, give the actors a lot of inspiration, and through guidance, you will not have a sense of urgency."

 

The pair recalled a scene in which Wang Baoqiang had sex with a foreign actor. Wang Baoqiang said that 50 scenes were taken in one day, breaking the record since his acting. Zhou Xingchi said that the repetition of so many scenes was because the two were stuck in language. Wang Baoqiang said: "I think as an actor, I am very lucky. Not all directors can give you so many opportunities, so much time, so many times for you to act again and again."

 

As the classic line of "King of Comedy", "Work hard! Fight!" appeared frequently on the scene. Zhou Xingchi not only gave this sentence to "Gale Girl", but Gale Girl also shouted this sentence to all dream chasers. The movie "New King of Comedy" will be officially released on February 5, 2019.


Send to the hospital quickly! A woman was injured in a car accident on the taxi road and the injured were sent to the hospital in 5 minutes

  Rescue:

  ■ "Hurry up and see if you can save someone’s life."

  ■ "Rescue is better than a few minutes later."

  Send to the hospital:

  The maximum speed of taxis is almost 100 kilometers per hour

  ■ and leading pickup trucks running red lights, speeding and going in the opposite direction

  Return:

  ■ "Do our best in professional ethics"

  ■ The video was taken, "This is a good thing, what are you afraid of?"

  When he encountered a car accident, the taxi driver Tang Qi’s first reaction was to "hurry up and see if he can save someone’s life." On the afternoon of May 4, on his way to Pengzhou, he saw a car accident and a woman unconscious. He carried the injured into the taxi and prepared to send them to the hospital. Because he was not familiar with the road conditions, a small truck at the scene also joined in: turning on the double flash and guiding the taxi all the way to the hospital gate. During the period, the two cars ran red lights, speeding, and at one point going retrograde. Five minutes later, the injured were sent to the hospital for treatment.

  "We’ve done our best, brother Liu," Tang Qi said to his car companion Liu Gongyong as he left the hospital. Noticing that someone was filming the scene and thinking that it might be posted online, Liu Gongyong said: "Just send it, it’s a good thing, what are you afraid of?"

  In a car accident on the road, the taxi driver stops to save people

  On the afternoon of the 4th, the taxi master Tang Qi picked up the car and prepared to go to Pengzhou, "to buy a dog for Guanghan’s friend." On the way, he met another taxi master in the same community, Liu Gongyong, "He just finished work, so I called him to go with him." After buying, Tang Qi drove to Guanghan, and Liu Gongyong sat in the co-pilot.

  "There was a bit of a traffic jam when we were about to reach Sunshine," Tang Qi recalled, and after driving slowly for a while, he noticed that there was a small car on the road ahead, the rear of the car was facing the middle of the road, and the front of the car was damaged – obviously there was a collision. "There were still people watching."

  "Is it bad to see people?" Tang Qi said in the car video. He tried to look in the direction of the accident car a few times, and when he heard his companion in the co-pilot say, "It’s possible that the person has been fixed," Tang Qi blurted out, "Let’s go and take a look." Then, he pulled the car forward and stopped. "Hurry up and see if you can save someone’s life," Tang Qi said when he loosened the seat belt and got out of the car.

  "The driver was a man," Tang Qi told reporters. The driver and the woman in the back were fine, except that a young woman in the passenger seat was unconscious. "Her eyes are a little white, and there is blood around her mouth." He remembered that it was not easy to open the door. Some people at the scene said to wait for 120 to come, and some people said not to move easily. "I said at the time that it is now time, and the rescue is better than a few minutes later."

  "In the past, when I studied theory, my teacher also said what to do when I encounter this situation on the road, so I probably know a little bit." In a rush of "hurry up, hurry up", Tang Qi carried the unconscious woman to the back seat, ready to go to the hospital, and another woman with him also got into the car. In the video, Master Tang did not forget to shout to the woman "Hold on".

  5 minutes to the hospital, two cars running red lights, speeding and going retrograde

  "We are not familiar with that side and don’t know where the nearest hospital is," Tang Qi said, at the time he also shouted "Does anyone know where there is a hospital nearby?" "There was a pickup truck parked on the side of the road ahead, and he said he would show us the way." At 18:04, the two cars drove in double flashes, and the on-board monitoring showed that the top speed of Mr. Tang’s taxis was almost 100 kilometers per hour.

  "I asked her friend to pinch her." As Master Tang drove, he didn’t forget to tell the back row, "and asked her friend to call her name loudly, don’t let her fall asleep." After 20 seconds, the two cars came to an intersection, and there was still half a minute before the red light, but they still rushed over. Liu Gongyong said from the side: "Don’t be afraid, just ask them to help prove it when the time comes."

  The woman in the back row never responded, and her friend cried again. Tang Qi and Liu Gongyong were also a little anxious. At one point, Liu Gongyong shouted "pull over to the side" at the motorcycle on the road. The minivan was blocked by the big car in front, and its speed slowed down. Liu Gongyong took out his mobile phone and shouted "nearby hospital" to the mobile phone, searching for route navigation. At 18:07, the taxi followed the minivan across the double solid line, borrowed the opposite lane and passed the car. At an intersection two minutes later, the two cars turned left almost as soon as the signal light turned red. At 18:09, the taxi arrived at the Second People’s Hospital of Pengzhou City. As soon as the car stopped, Tang Qi got out of the car and picked up the unconscious woman and ran to the emergency department.

  Five minutes later, after cleaning up the dog food that had been spilled in the back seat in a panic, Tang Qi and Liu Gongyong returned to the car and started the vehicle to leave.

  Accident Injuries:

  I fell asleep in the passenger seat.

  Thank you very much, taxi driver.

  The reporter found the injured woman in the incident, Ms. Liang. After five days in the hospital, she has gone home to recuperate. "We were returning to Guanghan from Pengzhou, and I fell asleep in the passenger seat. I don’t know what happened later." She suffered multiple bumps and a minor concussion. "I really appreciate the taxi driver," she said. Ms. Liang also said that she was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the incident, "I must wear it in the future."

  Ms. Liang’s boyfriend, Feng Xiansheng, recalled that the speed of the car was about 60 kilometers at the time. "I forgot whether there was a person or an animal on the road, and when I was avoiding, I took a direction and hit a tree on the side of the road." After waiting for the traffic police to deal with the accident, he rushed to the hospital. "The two masters have already left." For their kindness, "I am very touched and very grateful." Mr. Feng also said that he would cooperate with the handling of vehicle violations in the incident. "In this case, there will be more good deeds like this in the future."

  "They are all good people," said Ms. Zhang, Ms. Liang’s companion that day. The pickup truck that led the way didn’t even give them contact information, she said. "They should have left when they got to the hospital."

  Taxi driver:

  "Doing a favor is also a good thing"

  "We have done our best."

  Tang Qi is the brother of Chengdu Chengfeng Taxi Company and has been driving taxis for nearly two years now; Liu Gongyong is from Chengdu Zhonghe Taxi Co., Ltd.

  Tang Qi recalled that he had encountered a car accident on the road near the botanical garden, and he also sent people to the nearby hospital for free. "If you hurt someone, you have to do it first," he said.

  Tang Qi felt that even though he had something to do at the time of the incident, others were "a matter of life", and his own business was nothing.

  On the evening of the 4th, when he left the hospital, Tang Qi noticed that the left shoulder of his clothes was stained with blood. In the video, he and Liu Gongyong chatted easily.

  "It’s nothing, it’s a good thing to do a favor." Liu Gongyong said.

  "We’ve done our best, Ka, Brother Liu." Tang Qi also answered.

  Someone at the scene took a video of Tang Qi and Liu Gongyong rescuing the injured and sent it to Douyin. The reporter noticed that the video had more than 600 likes. Tang Qi and Liu Gongyong also noticed that someone was filming, thinking that it might be posted online. In the chat on the return journey, Liu Gongyong said: "This is a good thing, what are you afraid of?"

  Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter Peng Liang, the picture shows a screenshot of the video

Li Liang: How can the East and the West communicate and dialogue under the same starry sky?

  China News Agency, Beijing, October 26th: Under the same starry sky, how can the East and the West carry out exchanges and dialogues?

  - Interview with Li Liang, a researcher at the Institute of Natural Science History of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

  Authors, Xu Jing, Du Yan

  From ancient times to the present, the mysterious and magnificent vast starry sky has attracted the attention of different human civilizations on earth. "Chasing dreams and galaxies" is not only the romantic feelings of ordinary people, but also the pursuit of people’s careers for thousands of years. "The calendar is like the sun, moon and stars, and the time of the people is honored". People’s observation activities of the starry sky are closely related to production and life, resulting in a number of great inventions, which promote the development of science and technology.

  Li Liang, a researcher at the Institute of Natural Science History of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently accepted an exclusive interview with China News Agency’s "East-West Question", tracing how human beings go from looking up at the starry sky to space step by step, telling how the East and the West communicate and dialogue around the same starry sky, explaining the role of "looking up at the starry sky" in promoting scientific progress and the development of civilization for thousands of years, and why human beings will continue their journey to the sea of stars to explore the boundless universe.

  A summary of the interview is as follows:

  China News Agency reporter: Why do humans observe the starry sky? When did astronomical records begin?

  Li Liang:The history of humans looking up at the starry sky is very early, dating back thousands or even tens of thousands of years. Astronomical observations can be said to have originated from some of the most basic human questions, such as "who are we" and "where do we come from".

  Archaeological evidence suggests that ancient Chinese astronomical observation activities date back at least to the Neolithic period. In the 1970s, a batch of Neolithic painted pottery with patterns of the sun, moon and stars was unearthed in Dahe Village, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, which was determined to be about 4,000 to 6,000 years ago. The discovery of the site of the Tao Temple Observatory in Shanxi Province confirms that there was an official observatory in China at least 4,000 years ago. It is currently one of the earliest observatories in the world discovered by archaeology.

Astronomers photograph a partial solar eclipse at the Beijing Ancient Observatory. Photo by Sudan
Astronomers photograph a partial solar eclipse at the Beijing Ancient Observatory. Photo by Sudan

  From the existing archaeological and historical data, it can be seen that since about the 8th century BC, humans have had a relatively systematic celestial record.

  The magnificent starry sky has always attracted the attention of different human civilizations on earth, but only ancient Babylon, ancient China, and European and Arab civilizations after the Middle Ages have left a rich legacy of astronomical records. Especially after the decline of ancient Babylon, between 50 BC and 800 AD, China became almost the only country that has been diligent in observing and recording celestial phenomena for a long time. Most of the surviving celestial records from this period also came from China.

  Astronomy has many applications and is a very useful science. From a modern perspective, the accuracy and complexity achieved by ancient astronomy far exceeded that of other ancient natural sciences.

  China News Agency reporter: Why does the same starry sky form different constellations in the east and the west? Why is the star map called "the epitome of the world at that time"?

  Li Liang:For thousands of years, people in different regions have looked up at the same starry sky, but have their own understanding and interpretation of the starry sky.

  Almost every ancient civilization had its own constellation system. The modern constellation system we still use today originated in Mesopotamia 5,000 years ago. At that time, the Sumerians had learned how to use stars to distinguish time and season. Gradually, in order to facilitate memory, they connected different stars and imagined familiar patterns. This is the origin of constellations. Later, constellation observations here were further developed, spreading to the surrounding areas such as ancient Greece and ancient Egypt, and influencing the surrounding civilizations. In the 2nd century AD, the ancient Greek astronomer Ptolemy summed up 48 constellations on the basis of his predecessors. This is the basic prototype of the modern constellation system. It can be said that Western traditional constellations were produced on the basis of long-term mutual exchanges and integration of multiple civilizations, and are the crystallization of the wisdom of early agricultural and animal husbandry civilizations and maritime civilizations.

The drones launched in Wuxi, Jiangsu form a constellation pattern. Photo by Yang Bo
The drones launched in Wuxi, Jiangsu form a constellation pattern. Photo by Yang Bo

  Among the four ancient civilizations, only the Chinese civilization has continued to this day. Ancient China had its own theoretical system for dividing and naming the sky, and the constellations were usually called "star officials". The star official system took shape at the latest in the Warring States period, which was composed of the North Star and the Big Dipper, as well as the twenty-eight constellations in the Yellow Equatorial Belt. During the Three Kingdoms period, Chen Zhuo further determined the star official system of 283 star officials and 1,464 stars, which became the standard for the star official system in ancient China in the future. In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, people added some constellations translated from the West, and eventually formed about 300 star officials.

  Unlike traditional Western constellations, which are mainly based on myths and legends, the ancient Chinese star official system can be said to be a reflection of society and culture in the sky, with unique cultural connotations. When Zhang Heng described ancient star officials in the Eastern Han Dynasty, he believed: "In the wild elephants, in the court elephants, in officials, in people and things, so it is ready." Therefore, most of China’s star names are named after artifacts, official names, and personnel, and the sky has become a microcosm of all aspects of the ancient world, social systems, and humanistic customs.

  In order to use and spread constellations, the ancients drew them on different materials, gradually forming the later star map. Star maps are not only a way for people to understand and record the starry sky, but also an important tool for studying and learning astronomy. They contain the infinite wisdom and imagination of human beings and are a microcosm of human exploration of the universe.

  Star maps were also known as astronomical maps in ancient China. There were many types of star maps in ancient China, which were exquisitely and meticulously drawn. They were an important achievement of scientific civilization and were rare in world history.

Astronomical map of Mongolian stone carvings in Wuta Temple, Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia. Photo by Liu Wenhua
Astronomical map of Mongolian stone carvings in Wuta Temple, Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia. Photo by Liu Wenhua

  China News Agency: As an important part of science, has Chinese and foreign astronomy exchanged ideas and learned from each other in the process of development?

  Li Liang:Astronomy has been a very important subject since ancient times. Among the four major sciences of heaven, arithmetic, agriculture and medicine in ancient China, astronomy was responsible for the important task of "chronicling the sun, moon and stars, and honoring the time of the people", which was closely related to production and life.

  The astronomical calendar occupied a pivotal position in the political system of ancient China, and was even enshrined as an official "orthodox" school for a long time. Therefore, official institutions dedicated to observing celestial phenomena and compiling calendars emerged. This way of operation played a positive role in promoting the development of Chinese astronomy, making China a country where astronomical observation activities have never been interrupted among many ancient civilizations, thus leaving a rich astronomical heritage.

  In his History of Science and Technology in China, Joseph Needham, a British historian of science, quoted Sutton and other historians of science: "From the Middle Ages until the end of the 14th century, there was no star map other than China."

  The ancient Chinese star map spread to Japan and the Korean Peninsula, forming a unique astrological system shared by the entire East Asia region. It was also one of the important links for the dissemination of ancient science and culture. In addition, the Xuanming Calendar of the Tang Dynasty was used in Japan for 823 years, making it one of the longest-lived calendars in history. The official calendar of the Korean Sejong period (1418-1450), the "Seven Political Calculations", was compiled on the basis of the "Giving Time Calendar" of the Yuan Dynasty and the "Datong Calendar" of the Ming Dynasty.

  It can be said that under the historical and social background of "books and texts", ancient China developed an "Eastern astronomy system" that was different from that of the West, and formed a strong cultural identity in East Asia and other regions. At the same time, the astronomical exchanges and exchanges among Eastern civilizations further promoted the formation and development of Eastern astronomy traditions.

Visitors learn about the Yi people's "October Solar Calendar" at the Yi October Solar Calendar Cultural Park in Chuxiong City, Yunnan Province. The Yi people's "October Solar Calendar" is inspired by the "ten-pole photogrammetry" method, which integrates the traditional Chinese scale and flat sundial system to visually and vividly represent the Sunday and anniversary movements of the sun. Photo by Hou Yu
Visitors learn about the Yi people’s "October Solar Calendar" at the Yi October Solar Calendar Cultural Park in Chuxiong City, Yunnan Province. The Yi people’s "October Solar Calendar" is inspired by the "ten-pole photogrammetry" method, which integrates the traditional Chinese scale and flat sundial system to visually and vividly represent the Sunday and anniversary movements of the sun. Photo by Hou Yu

  Civilizations are colorful because of exchanges, and civilizations are enriched because of mutual learning. In the course of the development of astronomy, China has its own continuous export and special contribution, and has always been a broad-minded and inclusive of all kinds of excellent foreign science and culture. China has also introduced astronomy knowledge from outside the region many times in history, three of which are relatively large. Liang Qichao pointed out in "The Academic History of China in the Near Three Hundred Years": "Arithmetic is very developed in China in ancient times, but it has been improved every time under the influence of foreign countries. The first is the Brahman method in the Tang Dynasty, the second is the Huihui method in the Yuan Dynasty, and the third is the Western method passed down by the Jesuits in the Ming and Qing Dynasties."

  China News Agency reporter: What role does ancient Chinese astronomical records play today? What impact does the development of astronomy have on the development of human society?

  Li Liang:Ancient China had made brilliant achievements in astronomical observation and accumulated a large amount of astronomical data. Needham once commented: "The Chinese astronomical records show that the Chinese were the most persistent and accurate astronomical observers in the world before the Arabs." "Modern astronomers have turned to these Chinese astronomical records on many occasions to obtain valuable results."

  Among the objects of modern astronomy research, many are about the evolution of celestial bodies and the universe, and the time range involved is extremely long. The precious historical materials we have accumulated are of great value. For example, there are thousands of records of solar and lunar eclipses in ancient China, which are very valuable for studying the changes in the speed of the earth’s rotation. For example, ancient Chinese records of comets, novae and supernovae, as well as sunspots, played an irreplaceable role. In the 1950s, Xi Zezong, one of the pioneers of the history of Chinese science, published the "New Table of Ancient Novae", which took full advantage of the great superiority of ancient China in complete, continuous and accurate astronomical observation data, and recorded the record of nova and supernova explosions in Chinese history, which won a reputation for the history of Chinese astronomy, the history of science and even the Chinese people.

  No matter in ancient times or modern times, astronomy is the "vanguard" of scientific development. The countless questions that humans look up at the starry sky have not only promoted the development of astronomy, but also promoted the development of science and technology and civilization.

China Sky Eye (FAST), the world's largest single-aperture radio telescope, is located in Dawodang, Pingtang County, Guizhou Province. Photo by Qu Honglun
China Sky Eye (FAST), the world’s largest single-aperture radio telescope, is located in Dawodang, Pingtang County, Guizhou Province. Photo by Qu Honglun

  In recent years, a number of new achievements have emerged in Chinese astronomy: the "Guo Shoujing Telescope" has helped reveal more mysteries about the Milky Way, and the "China Sky Eye" has played an important role in neutral hydrogen universe research, pulsar search and physics research. Currently, the China Sky Survey Space Telescope, the "Taiji Project", and the Square Kilometer Array Radio Telescope are advancing.

  Once upon a time, "Yi invited the medicine of immortality to the Queen Mother of the West, and Huo’e stole it to fly to the moon." Today, the moon has become an important exploration target in China’s aerospace field, with a very romantic name – "Chang’e Project"; once, Qu Yuan used a series of questions in "Tianwen" to ask and think about the origin of the entire universe. Now, the "Tianwen 1" probe and the "Zhurong" rover are providing important scientific basis for in-depth understanding of Mars; once, "Kuafu exceeded his strength and wanted to chase the sun." Now, China’s comprehensive solar exploration satellite "Kuafu 1" has been launched into space, starting a journey to explore the sun.

  The above results demonstrate that some of the major developments China has made in the fields of astronomy and aerospace have reached the international advanced or leading level.

  There are still many unsolved mysteries in the universe waiting to be explored. In distant places, there are pioneers of human civilization who represent the curiosity of human civilization and move forward all the way. In the future, China and other countries in the world will face the same sea of stars and trace the origin of mankind and the universe through the joint efforts of generations. (End)

  Interviewee profile:

  Li Liang, a researcher at the Institute of History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Photo by interviewee

Li Liang, a researcher at the Institute of History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Photo by interviewee

  Li Liang is a researcher at the Institute of Natural Science History of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and deputy director of the Research Office of Ancient Science and Technology History. Editorial board member of the English journal Journal for the History of Astronomy and the Chinese journal Journal of Chinese Science and Technology History, and a member of the "Youth Innovation Promotion Association" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is the author of "Research on the Unified Calendar", "Splendid Galaxy: Ancient Chinese Star Map", "Rise and Fall of the Ancient Calendar – Calendar and the Unified Calendar", and translations of "4000 Years of Chinese Astronomical History". He has published more than 40 academic papers in Chinese and English, and has presided over projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Social Science Foundation. He has won awards such as the Dean’s Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the "Doctoral Academic Newcomer Award" of the Ministry of Education. He has also published popular science works such as "Theory of Celestial Movement (Children’s Painted Edition) " "Astronomical Observation, Sun, Moon and Stars" "Sky Territory: Stories in the Star Map" and "A Brief History of Ancient Chinese Science and Technology for Children (Astronomical Volume) ".

NIO received hundreds of millions of dollars in financing led by Tencent and Baidu

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On March 15th late night news, the Internet emerging car company NIO completed hundreds of millions of dollars in financing, according to sources, the amount is as high as 600 million US dollars. Smart things to NIO related people to verify, the other side said that the specific results have not been finally announced, the exact number to be officially confirmed. The financing led by Tencent, Baidu Capital, a number of institutions followed. After the completion of this round of financing, NIO valuation will reach 20 billion yuan.

Founded in late 2014 by the founder and CEO of Yuanyi, NIO launched the electric supercar EP9 last year after two years of research and development, and recently set a speed record of 257km/h for autonomous vehicles on the driverless track.

The picture shows the NIO electric supercar EP9

Recently, NIO has just released the new electric autonomous driving concept car EVE at the South by Southwest conference in the United States. The mass production model of this car will be launched for middle-class families in the United States, with the intention of entering the US electric vehicle market in 2020.

NIO concept car EVE

At the upcoming Shanghai Auto Show in April, NIO is understood to be unveiling its first production car for China – an electric SUV with L2 to L3 autonomous driving capabilities. Li Bin, NIO’s founder and chairperson, said the production car would be officially delivered in the first half of 2018.

Behind the production schedule is NIO’s frequent actions in R & D team and capacity building. NIO has established design, R & D, production and commercial institutions in 12 places including Shanghai, San Jose, Munich and London, with more than 2,000 employees. In the production of complete vehicles, NIO chose to cooperate with Jianghuai Automobile for its first production vehicle.

In April 2016, NIO reached a strategic cooperation with the Nanjing Municipal Government and invested 3 billion to build a high-performance motor and electronic control system production base in Nanjing. In December 2016, NIO also reached a strategic cooperation with Hubei Province and planned to invest 10 billion yuan to build NIO New Energy Vehicle Industrial Park in Wuhan Optics Valley.

The reason why NIO has been able to continuously demonstrate its generosity is the continuous support of capital.

In 2015, NIO was jointly invested by Tencent, JD.com, High-collar Capital, Shunwei Capital, and Li Xiang, founder of Autohome.

At the end of the same year, NIO completed a $500 million financing, with investors including Sequoia Capital and Joy Capital.

In the summer of 2016, NIO completed another round of financing worth hundreds of millions of dollars, led by Temasek Holdings and joined by TPG and Lenovo.

Regarding the lead investor in this financing, Tencent, as one of the early investors in NIO, has made investments shortly after Li Bin established the company, and has maintained its investment in NIO since then.

Baidu is a new investor. It is reported that this is also the first investment project after the establishment of Baidu Capital. It has been reported that Baidu plans to invest $100 million in NIO to cooperate with NIO in the field of autonomous driving. Analysis said that Baidu’s investment in NIO is intended to accelerate its autonomous driving pace and increase its own voice over autonomous driving through cooperation with emerging automakers.

Other investors this time include Warburg Pincus, IDG, Hopu, Lenovo, Hillhouse, Industrial, GIC, TPG, CICC, Capital Today, Haitong International and other well-known investment institutions.