Today’s data selection: Why this concept stock has soared; Shanghai’s tenth batch of new house supply reaches the highest level this year

Why did this concept stock soar? Multiple departments issued documents to promote "replacing plastic with bamboo"

In recent years, the pace of plastic bans and restrictions in our country has continued to accelerate. Under the "double carbon" goal, reducing plastic products will be the general trend.

On November 2, the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments issued the "Three-Year Action Plan to Accelerate the Development of "Replacing Plastic with Bamboo"". The "Action Plan" clearly states that by 2025, the "Bamboo Replacement of Plastic" industrial system will be initially established, product quality, product types, industrial scale, and comprehensive benefits will be further improved, and the market share of key products will be significantly increased. Compared with 2022, the comprehensive added value of the main products of "Bamboo instead of Plastic" has increased by more than 20%, and the comprehensive utilization rate of bamboo has increased by 20 percentage points. Affected by this, Longzhu Technology's stock price rose sharply, with a single-day increase of 30%.

In the first ten months of Shanghai, 72,000 new housing units were sold, and the tenth batch of supply reached the highest level this year.

According to AI News, on November 2, monitoring data from Shanghai Lianjia Research Institute showed that in October, a total of 4,721 new commercial housing units were transacted in Shanghai, a decrease of 58% month-on-month and a year-on-year decrease of 7%; the transaction amount was 40.8 billion yuan, a month-on-month decrease of 31%. %, a year-on-year increase of 15%; the average total price of a unit was 8.63 million yuan/unit, a month-on-month increase of 63%, a year-on-year increase of 24%; the average transaction price was 72,550 yuan/square meter, a month-on-month increase of 47%, a year-on-year increase of 20%.

Based on the data from the first 10 months of this year, the cumulative transaction value of new commercial housing in Shanghai was 510.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1%, the number of transactions was 72,111 units, a year-on-year increase of 1%, and the average total price of a unit was 7.08 million yuan/unit, a year-on-year decrease of 2%. The average transaction price was 64,763 yuan/square meter, which was the same as the same period last year. Monitoring data from the Shanghai Lianjia Research Institute shows that at the end of the year, the supply of new homes in Shanghai continues to increase, with the tenth batch of supply reaching the largest volume this year. On October 22, the tenth batch of new houses in Shanghai entered the market, supplying a total of 32 projects with a total of 9,240 units and a supply area of ​​approximately 1.033 million square meters. Among them, there are five projects with a unit price of more than 100,000 yuan, which is the same as the ninth batch, and the average price of new supply has increased year-on-month.

An 18-yuan pack of cigarettes contains 5 cents of tobacco leaves and a 9-yuan tax. Scholars recommend raising taxes on tobacco products to 78% by 2030.

In China, for every pack of cigarettes smoked, smokers consume an average of 0.52 yuan of tobacco leaves, pay 0.87 yuan in wages for tobacco industry employees, and pay 9.05 yuan in tax for the country, which means that the tax on a pack of cigarettes accounts for 48.4%.

Recently, the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Tobacco Control and Economic Policy at the University of International Business and Economics released the "Tobacco Consumption Tax Reform and Tobacco Industry Whole Industry Chain Research", which showed that the weighted average retail price of a pack of cigarettes in 2020 was 18.69 yuan, and further analyzed a The tax, cost and profit composition of packaged cigarettes in each link of the industry chain.

According to the aforementioned report, for a pack of cigarettes with an average retail price of 18.69 yuan, the cost is 6.12 yuan, accounting for about 30%; the profit is 3.72 yuan, accounting for about 20%. The report calculated from this that the cost profit margin of a pack of cigarettes is 61%, which means that for every 1 yuan of cost invested in the tobacco industry, it can obtain a main business profit of 0.61 yuan. This is much higher than the average cost and expense profit margin of central enterprises of 7.1%. Tobacco farmers are the least profitable group in the tobacco industry chain. In 2019, there were 1 million tobacco farmers in the country, and the average gross income of each tobacco farmer from each pack of cigarettes was 0.45 yuan. Including all material costs and time costs for tobacco farmers during the planting process.

Passenger Car Association: It is estimated that wholesale sales of new energy passenger vehicles in October will be 890,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 32%

According to data from the Passenger Car Association, wholesale sales of new energy passenger vehicle manufacturers are estimated to be 890,000 units in October, a year-on-year increase of 32% and a month-on-month increase of 7%. From January to October this year, it is preliminary estimated that 6.8 million units were sold in wholesale, a year-on-year increase of 36%.

Could artificial intelligence threaten human society? Sunak and Musk warned

November 2 (Xinhua) According to the British "Guardian" report, on the 2nd local time, British Prime Minister Sunak warned during the first Global Artificial Intelligence Security Summit that AI may bring risks to humans on the scale of nuclear war. Sunak reportedly said he was concerned about the risks advanced AI models pose to the public. "There is reason to believe it could pose risks on the scale of pandemics and nuclear war," he said.

The report also stated that Sunak’s words echoed those of American entrepreneur Musk. Earlier, Musk said at the conference that artificial intelligence is "one of the biggest threats to humanity." According to previous reports, the first Global Artificial Intelligence Security Summit was held at Bletchley Park in the UK from November 1st to 2nd local time. Representatives from the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and other parties discussed the risks and opportunities brought about by the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology during the two-day meeting.