Today's data selection: Global chocolate prices have risen by 14%; A cup of milk tea generates 87 data budgets | nationwide | global
What is the reason for the year-on-year increase of approximately 33% in national fiscal revenue in May?
In the first five months of this year, the national general public budget revenue approached 10 trillion yuan, maintaining a double-digit high growth rate, which is related to economic recovery and special factors such as a low base in the same period last year. In May, the Chinese economy continued to recover, but many economic indicators weakened. However, due to the low base in the previous period, fiscal revenue still maintained high growth. On June 16th, the Ministry of Finance announced the financial revenue and expenditure situation for May 2023. According to data from the Ministry of Finance, the national general public budget revenue in May this year was 1652.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of about 33%.
In May, the national general public budget revenue maintained a double-digit high growth rate, mainly due to the low base in the same period last year. Since April last year, China has implemented a new policy of large-scale value-added tax deduction and refund, resulting in a significant decrease in value-added tax revenue. According to official data, the scale of value-added tax deduction and refund in April was as high as 801 billion yuan, and in May it was about 538.5 billion yuan. This is reflected in the fiscal ledger as a similar scale of reduction in revenue, which also led to a double-digit decline in the national general public budget revenue in April and May last year. With the resumption of normal value-added tax retention and refund this year, the impact of income reduction has significantly decreased. Under the low base of the same period last year, the general public budget revenue in April and May of this year increased by about 70% and 33% year-on-year, respectively. Therefore, it is necessary to have a rational view of the significant increase in fiscal revenue in April and May. If the factors of tax deductions and refunds are excluded, the growth of fiscal revenue is similar to economic growth and relatively stable.
The Chinese AR industry is experiencing a development boom, and the future prospects are promising
Statistics show that China has formed a complete AR industry chain, including hardware, software, content, and applications, and has been preliminarily integrated and applied in industries, tourism, services, education, and other fields. Especially after entering 2023, the arrival of the wave of artificial intelligence technology, coupled with policy dividends, has ushered in a development window period for China's AR industry.
According to the 2022 AR global shipment data released by IDC, the global shipment of AR equipment in 2022 was 270000 units, including 170000 units of consumer grade AR brands. XREAL holds a 37% share of the global AR market with a shipment volume of 98000 units, making it the brand with the largest shipment volume in the AR industry in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 717%.
It is worth mentioning that in the consumer market, Chinese brands have a clear advantageous position. In terms of policy driving, virtual reality was mentioned for the first time in the 13th Five Year Plan, and was listed as one of the key industries of the digital economy in the 14th Five Year Plan. From initially focusing only on technology research and development to encouraging multi industry integration and innovation. Under the trend of digital economy development, China's AR industry is gradually extending towards the consumer market.
Who "stole" my information: A cup of milk tea produces 87 pieces of data
Can you imagine that a cup of internet famous milk tea would generate 87 pieces of data! In March of this year, the Shanghai Consumer Protection Commission conducted secret investigations on 29 well-known milk tea and fast food restaurants in Shanghai, including "CoCo", "Shen Dacheng", "Tea Baidao", "7 Fentian", and "Honey Snow Ice City". Afterwards, after investigation by the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee's Cyberspace Administration, it was found that for every order received by a well-known chain milk tea brand, 87 pieces of data were generated. As of March this year, it has accumulated over 10 billion pieces of data. Among them, there are 670 million sensitive personal information related to consumer names, phone numbers, shipping addresses, latitude and longitude.
The staff stated that most consumers have developed authorization habits and generally do not feel averse to the authorization requirements of the mini program. Merchants can induce users to leave personal information by setting no threshold consumption vouchers, providing stored value discounts, and other methods. "As long as they want to use coupons, they must fill it out." The staff also sent reporters a template system account. Login and click on the "User Management" column to view the user's phone number, shipping address, and other information. By clicking on the user profile picture, you can also view the user's trajectory, including the precise time and IP address of each login to the mini program.
Where may the personal information collected by restaurants ultimately flow? Lawyer Liu Xinyu from Zhonglun Law Firm previously conducted research on the privacy policies of some catering enterprises in the market and found that catering enterprises may provide user personal information to four types of suppliers: third-party technology service providers, data analysis service providers, payment service providers, or third-party cooperation platforms. And these channels all carry the risk of information leakage.
Chocolate will become increasingly expensive
Chocolate enthusiasts may find it troublesome that as cocoa prices rise, chocolate will become increasingly expensive. Last Friday, cocoa prices soared to $3160 per metric ton, the highest level since May 5, 2016. On June 12th, the latest data from consumer intelligence data company NielsenIQ showed that global chocolate prices increased by 14% in 2022.
42.7% of graduates' rent comes from parental support
Another graduation season is approaching, and a large number of graduates are starting to leave the campus. Renting a house has become the first test for many people entering society. 58.com and Anjuke released the "2023 Graduates Rental Report" on the 16th, conducting research and analysis on the rental situation and demands of graduates. It is understood that the survey targets 2023 graduates from technical schools, vocational colleges, undergraduate programs, and graduate programs with a birth year between 1993 and 2005. The proportion of male and female respondents in this survey is balanced, with a higher proportion of those born in the 2000s. Over 80% of the respondents have the highest education level as a bachelor's degree.
The report shows that 42.7% of graduates receive rent from their parents; Next is personal salary, accounting for 39.3%; In addition, 17.8% of respondents would choose to solve the rental problem through credit. The respondents who have already rented or plan to rent mainly pay/plan to pay rent between 801 yuan and 3500 yuan, with the highest proportion of rent between 1501 yuan and 2500 yuan, reaching 29.0%.
The report shows that more graduates choose to rent together, accounting for 54.7%. In terms of decoration, graduates tend to choose simple decoration as their preferred method of renting, accounting for 60.6%.