2nd Fuel Cell Vehicle Summit in China

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Fuel Cell Vehicles in the Shadow of Booming Electric Vehicles2022 was rather disappointing for the global hydrogen vehicle market: with sales of only 19,000 units growth slowed down compared to previous years. Korea as leading market and China showed growth while US and Japan experienced drop in sales, Europe remained flat.In clear contrast, sales of battery-powered vehicles reached around 8 mio. units in 2022 with China consolidating its dominating position as top global sales market. 𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭-𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 In December 2022 our expert, Daniel Berger, was again invited to join the 2nd China …

Key Success Factor of Influencer Marketing in China – Influencer Matrix

Key Success Factor of Influencer Marketing in China – Influencer MatrixIn China, social media spans a range of features and purposes, such as micro-blogging site Weibo, video-sharing social network Douying, community-based e-commerce platform Little Red Book, question-and-answer site Zhihu etc. Each social media platform has their unique influencers landscape and definition of influencers type.Influencers could be classified into different ranking according to follower counts: mega macro influencers (> a million followers), macro influencers (500K-1 million followers), mid-tier influencers (50K-500K followers), micro influencers (10K-50K followers), nano influencer (1K-10K followers) and Key Opinion Consumers (<1k influencers). Influencer could also be classified into …

China Review 2022 – Unsere Markt- und Wirtschaftseinblicke für Sie.

China Review 2022Wie jedes Jahr haben wir auch diesmal einen „China Review 2022“ für Sie zusammengestellt. Basierend auf den Erkenntnissen und Erfahrungen aus unseren Projekten freuen wir uns, Ihnen unsere Einblicke in den Markt und die Wirtschaft sowie einen ersten Ausblick ins Jahr 2023 zu geben.In unserer mehr als 30-jährigen Beratungserfahrung in China haben wir noch nie eine solche Reihe von politischen und wirtschaftlichen Schockwellen erlebt – sowohl international als auch innerhalb Chinas. Der russische Krieg in der Ukraine, gefolgt von steigenden Energiepreisen, enormer Inflation und zunehmender ideologischer Blockbildung waren nicht nur ungünstige Zutaten, die dem globalen „Krisencocktail“ hinzugefügt wurden, …

China Review 2022 – Our market and industry perspectives for you

China Review 2022As every year, we have complied another review „China in 2022“. Based on our insights from consulting projects, we are more than happy to share our market and industry perspectives and first look into 2023.In our entire China consulting practice, spanning more than 30 years, we have never encountered such a series of political and economic shockwaves – both internationally and within China. The Russian war in Ukraine followed by soaring energy prices, sky-high inflation and the increasing ideological bloc formation as well as escalating geo-political tensions between the US and China leading to a new height of …

Surging Photovoltaics (PV) demand in Europe & Opportunities for European and Chinese Players

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Surging photovoltaics (PV) demand in Europe & Opportunities for European and Chinese PlayersDespite Europe already at the forefront of deploying renewable energy globally, this year European countries, and the rest of the world, are facing the energy crisis. Consequently, Europe has hit record high numbers in generating electricity from the renewables, specifically solar power has shown to be crucial in helping Europe reduce its reliance on gas imports from Russia.According to think tank Ember, between May and August 2022 electricity generation data showed a record high solar power share of 12.2% in the European electricity mix – equal to about …

Green Hydrogen Technology Roadmap Europe – China as Competitor or Partner?

Green Hydrogen Technology Roadmap Europe – China as Competitor or Partner?In its efforts to promote energy transition in Europe and decarbonize the energy system, the Hydrogen Accelerator of the REPowerEU Plan highlighted the updated Green Hydrogen ambition. Upscaling of electrolysis capacities remain therefore as priority and with regards to PEM, European players still hold technology advantages. Which role does China play: Competitor or Partner?Europe formulated ambitious plans to boost green hydrogen This year, in its efforts to promote energy transition in Europe and decarbonize the energy system, the Hydrogen Accelerator of the REPowerEU Plan highlighted the updated Green Hydrogen (GH) …

US Semiconductor Ban on China & Implications for International Companies in China

US Semiconductor Ban on China & Implications for International Companies in ChinaAlongside the Chips and Science Act and a sweeping set of export controls, the US further undermines China’s ability to import, manufacture, and export the semiconductors that run the world. Finely calibrated and applied on most leading-edge chips, consequences are dramatic. International companies operating and banking on China are urged to re-balance and match their China strategy to prepare for de-risking but to stay in the game.US’s further moves to contain China’s semiconductor industry In early October 2022, the US issued nine new rules, detailing export controls on advanced …

2022 Single’s Day in China – Record set with New Players Joining the Frenzy

2022 Single’s Day in China – Record set with New Players Joining the FrenzyThis years’ China Single’s Day, also known as Double Eleven saw a stunning gross merchandising value beyond 1 trillion RMB for the first time. Besides the traditional e-commerce platforms Tmall, JD and Pinduoduo, the frenzy is joined by a variety of new retail platforms. Brands now have access to a much larger pool of consumers across different platforms but are required to refine their promotion strategies. Total GMV from all e-com platforms surpassed 1 trillion According to Syntun, an independent big data monitoring company, the total GMV …

Lokalisierung der globalen ESG-Strategie in China

Lokalisierung der globalen ESG-Strategie in ChinaWeltweit machen immer mehr internationale Unternehmen (MNCs) ESG zu einem zentralen Bestandteil ihrer Konzernstrategie. Als führendes Produktionsland und einer der größten Märkte spielt China für diese MNCs eine wichtige Rolle. China hat jedoch andere Anforderungen, wenn es um die Erfüllung gesetzlicher Vorschriften und die Einführung von ESG-Initiativen geht, da China seine eigene Strategie und Roadmap in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit hat. Dies macht die Lokalisierung der ESG-Strategie zu einer wesentlichen Aufgabe für alle chinesischen Niederlassungen multinationaler Unternehmen.Gemäß der Mission der nationalen Entwicklung und Erneuerung betonte Präsident Xi im Bericht des 20. Nationalkongresses der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas (KPCh) …

Localization of Global ESG Strategy in China

SUSTAINABILITY –Localization of Global ESG Strategy in ChinaHow to adapt your global sustainability strategy to China?Sustainability is taking a core place in current and future policies in China and around the globe. Players in various industries should be well-prepared for upcoming changes. We support your local branches to adapt global sustainability strategies compatible to China.Globally, more and more multi-national companies (MNCs) are putting ESG as a key partof their group strategy. As leading manufacturing country and one of the largestmarkets, China plays an important role for those these MNCs. However, China is quitedifferent if it comes to regulatory fulfillment and …

De-risking China – Corporate Foresight and Risk Mitigation

De-risking China – Corporate Foresight and Risk MitigationIn times of ever-increasing geopolitical tensions China’s communist party held its 20th national congress, from the 16th to the 22nd of October, hinting at an even stronger push for self-sufficiency and preparing its population for challenges ahead in cooperating with the west.Soaring energy prices and a sky-high inflation made the headlines in Europe and beyond this year. The Russian invasion in the Ukraine being one main driver, putting into question an over-dependency on Russian oil and gas. This development as well put into spotlight the increasing mutual dependency of Europe, and especially Germany, …