Today's data selection: Hong Kong property prices have dropped for two consecutive years; the report says that people with a monthly salary of less than 10,000 yuan like to just leave

Hong Kong property prices have fallen for two consecutive years. Hong Kong property prices will fall by approximately 6.8% in 2023.

The Rating and Valuation Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government announced on the 29th that Hong Kong’s private residential property price index dropped by approximately 6.8% in 2023, falling for two consecutive years. Looking ahead to the new year, internal and external factors such as interest rate cuts and the influx of professionals to Hong Kong will bring benefits to the Hong Kong property market. Industry insiders predict that even if interest rates begin to be cut in the periphery, the high interest rate environment will remain for a period of time. However, the burden of property mortgage payments on property owners will not increase further, which will bring positive impact and expectations to the property market.

National lottery sales fell 13.8% in December

On January 29, according to the website of the Ministry of Finance, national lottery sales in December 2023.

In December, a total of 53.284 billion yuan in lottery tickets was sold across the country, a year-on-year decrease of 8.565 billion yuan or 13.8%. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 17.476 billion yuan, an increase of 5.646 billion yuan or 47.7% year-on-year; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 35.808 billion yuan, a decrease of 14.211 billion yuan or 28.4% year-on-year. The main reason is that the base number was higher during the same period last year due to factors driven by the Football World Cup.

From January to December, a total of 579.696 billion yuan in lottery tickets were sold across the country, a year-on-year increase of 155.044 billion yuan or 36.5%. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 194.441 billion yuan, an increase of 46.311 billion yuan or 31.3% year-on-year; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 385.255 billion yuan, an increase of 108.733 billion yuan or 39.3% year-on-year.

On January 29, the data analysis company SensorTower, the Game Working Committee of the China Music and Digital Association, and Gamma Data released the 2023 annual report on China’s overseas games on the same day. Macroscopically, the global game market is gradually recovering, but Chinese manufacturers’ overseas revenue has ranked second in a row. year-on-year decline; microscopically, MiHoYo continues to rank first among publishers in terms of overseas revenue, followed by Tencent, with both leaders seeing growth of more than 10% in 2023.

After domestic growth slows down, overseas markets have become a must for domestic game manufacturers. However, from the perspective of the global game market, the challenges faced will intensify. According to videogamelayoff, a gaming industry layoff statistics platform, more than 10,000 people were laid off in the global gaming industry in 2023. In less than a month since 2024, the global gaming industry has laid off about 5,600 people. Recently, Microsoft's Activision Blizzard and Tencent's Riot Games have laid off There is news of layoffs.

On January 29, Tencent CEO Ma Huateng mentioned the overseas expansion of games at the company’s annual meeting, saying that this was the company’s greatest hope for internationalization. Xue Jian, head of data.ai Greater China, believes that the overseas expansion of games has entered deep waters, and there is a Matthew effect in which good things get better and bad things get worse. However, there are still opportunities to disrupt the game in the future. Generative AI may provide a new opportunity for the game industry. bring revolutionary impact.

Consumption has become the main engine that promotes my country's economic growth. Among them, the leading role of central cities is very critical. Which cities have larger total consumption?

Data shows that by 2023, there will be 6 cities in my country with total retail sales of consumer goods exceeding one trillion yuan, namely Shanghai, Chongqing, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chengdu, an increase of 2 from the previous year. The new cities are Shenzhen and Chengdu.

Data shows that for the whole of 2022, the total retail sales of consumer goods in Shenzhen will be 970.828 billion yuan, less than 30 billion yuan away from the trillion mark, which can be said to be very close. Since 2023, Shenzhen has continued to promote consumption, improve consumption levels, expand consumption channels, cultivate new consumption formats, and build new consumption carriers. The Shenzhen consumer market continues to recover and is full of vitality.

Another city where social consumption has exceeded one trillion yuan is Chengdu. According to information from the official website of the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Statistics, in 2023, Chengdu will focus on the construction of an international consumption center city, fully implement the national 20 measures to restore and expand consumption, continue to stimulate consumption vitality, and achieve a total retail sales of consumer goods of 1,000.16 billion yuan, an increase of 10.0% over the previous year.

Before Chengdu and Shenzhen, my country had four trillion-dollar consumer cities: Shanghai, Chongqing, Beijing and Guangzhou. Among them, in 2023, Shanghai's total retail sales of consumer goods will be 1,851.55 billion yuan, ranking first in the country. As the city with the largest total GDP and urban population in my country, Shanghai is also the city with the largest per capita disposable income and per capita consumption expenditure of residents in my country. The city itself has a strong consumption base and momentum. In recent years, the construction and development of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone has greatly promoted social consumption in Shanghai.

The report says that people with a monthly salary of less than 10,000 yuan like to just leave at the drop of a hat.

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