The counterattack of fuel vehicles? DJI smart driving access Tiguan L Pro

Recently, a number of car company heads and auto industry bosses have spoken out against the current auto market in different public occasions, and a number of popular opinions have triggered rounds of heated discussions. Whether it is about "rolling prices" or "rolling technology", although the topics discussed are different, there is one thing in common behind it, that is, "oil trucks" are no longer the center of everyone’s discussion, as if oil trucks have disappeared from the public’s attention.

However, just in the past May, the SAIC Volkswagen Tiguan LPro was officially launched under the label of "the smartest fuel car", bringing traditional fuel vehicles back into the market’s attention.

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In fact, if you look at it objectively, there have been two historical moments in the domestic passenger car market in the first half of the year when the market share of fuel vehicles was surpassed by new energy vehicles. Once, in the first half of April this year, the retail penetration rate of domestic new energy vehicles exceeded 50%; another time, in the third week of May this year, the insurance volume of domestic new energy passenger vehicles exceeded that of fuel vehicles, exceeding 50% for the first time, reaching 50.2%. The meaning of exceeding 50% is that fuel vehicles have become a non-mainstream choice in the automobile consumer market.

Compared with Huawei Hongmeng Zhixing (Q Jie, Zhijie), Wei Xiaoli, and BYD, they have been competing in the automotive market in recent years, whether in terms of volume or sales, the entire oil car market has become increasingly quiet.

Lu Xun once said, "If you don’t erupt in silence, you will perish in silence." Right now, traditional fuel vehicles have reached such a moment. And the arrival of Tiguan L Pro, can you heavy the ambition of fuel vehicles to fight back?

How do fuel vehicles break the circle?

Traditional fuel vehicles have come to this point not because they did something wrong. On the contrary, it was the fault of "doing nothing". In the wave of intelligence, traditional fuel vehicles have almost universally chosen to stay out of it. It seems that there is an insulating relationship with "intelligence". Data shows that no matter what price of fuel vehicles, the configuration rate of high-end intelligent driving is close to 0.

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Among them, on the one hand, there are "experts" who have come out to determine that the oil car cannot be intelligent. The reason is that the small battery of the fuel car cannot support the power demand of various sensors of the intelligent driving system; in addition, the mechanical structure of the fuel car also seriously hinders the response speed of the intelligent driving system, so the oil car is classified as an old product that is not suitable for intelligent.

On the other hand, behind the fuel vehicles are large-scale traditional car companies. The accumulated investment in technology, equipment, personnel, and capital in the field of fuel vehicles over the past century has made it not so easy for their elephants to turn around. This also gives the outside world an impression that traditional fuel vehicles have been photographed on the seabed by the current intelligent wave, and have disappeared from the attention of everyone for a long time.

But are oil trucks really not suitable for intelligence? The answer is no.

Some time ago, DJI Automotive proposed "the same wisdom of gasoline and electricity", hoping that technology can benefit "everyone" and achieve true "scientific and technological equality". From the perspective of DJI Automotive, it does not pick the type of power model, that is, whether it is a fuel car, a hybrid car, or a pure electric car, the intelligent driving system can effectively get on the car.

"The electronic architecture of the entire car is actually updated very quickly. For the current mainstream fuel vehicles, as long as it has the basic distributed A DAS, it has basic by-wire control." The person in charge of DJI Automotive once explained whether the fuel vehicle can be equipped with the intelligent driving system. "If a fuel vehicle has not planned the intelligent driving solution in advance, but the electronic architecture meets the needs, it can also be modified, which takes 9 to 18 months."

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Looking at the market, there are still huge users of fuel vehicles. To some extent, although the development iteration of fuel vehicles has slowed down, it has not stopped.

In fact, as early as 2018, Volkswagen and DJI Automotive were exploring how to put the latest high-end intelligent driving system on the car. The concepts of the two parties are very compatible: users still have demand for fuel vehicles, and for these users, they cannot be deprived of the opportunity to enjoy intelligent driving.

Leveraging DJI, Tiguan L Pro made a sample for the oil trucks

At the end of May, Tiguan L Pro stood up and gave samples to all the oil trucks. In short, the core of Tiguan L Pro’s solution is to leverage DJI and cooperate deeply with it to create an IQ. Pilot intelligent driver assistance system.

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Unlike the "LiDAR + high computing power" scheme used by most new energy vehicles, this system uses the inertial navigation binocular scheme. Although it is also classified as a pure vision scheme, unlike Tesla’s pure vision scheme, DJI’s intelligent driving system is based on the principle of parallax imaging, which allows Tiguan L Pro to sense the traffic environment and identify obstacles like human eyes, and then realize the L2 ++ driving auxiliary feature in the range of 0-130km/h.

Of course, as the "result" of joint cooperation, only the system of DJI is not enough. The new MQB EVO intelligent digital architecture behind Tiguan L Pro plays a key role. It is equivalent to providing the soil for the IQ. Pilot intelligent driver assistance system to survive and grow, which is also the key to making "oil and electricity common wisdom" a reality.

It is understood that the new MQB EVO intelligent digital architecture is also the most intelligent intelligence system of Volkswagen to date. The most core functions in the high-level intelligent driver assistance system, such as adaptive cruise, lane keeping, intelligent obstacle avoidance, intelligent parking, collision warning (automatic braking) and other Tiguan L Pro are available.

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In addition, compared with new energy models, the intelligent cockpit of Tiguan L Pro based on the new MQB EVO intelligent digital architecture is no less. First of all, in terms of basic configuration, it is equipped with Qualcomm 8155 car-grade chip (Qualcomm’s flagship chip of the 3rd generation Snapdragon cockpit platform), with 12 GB of memory + 128 GB of memory, and supports 5G communication. On this basis, things like AR navigation, intelligent voice interaction, intelligent joint control car, scene engine, and third-party app are also available.

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Regardless of hardware or software, although Tiguan L Pro is an oil car, it is almost the same as a new energy vehicle in terms of car experience. More importantly, the cost of this system of DJI is much lower than other solutions on the market.

According to the person in charge of DJI, since it does not include lidar, high-precision maps, etc., DJI’s system can be realized at only about 7000 yuan. This is compared with the lidar solution with a hardware cost of 2-30,000 on the market.

In fact, just two days ago, Yu Chengdong once again stressed in public that "Huawei Hongmeng Zhixing 300,000 the following cars, sell one at a loss". From this perspective, compared with the new energy vehicle companies with nine out of ten losses, from traditional oil vehicles to "smart oil vehicles", the cost advantage is also a window of opportunity for oil vehicles to counterattack.

The fuel truck counterattack is imminent

Based on the current development status of the car market, the most urgent thing for the oil trucks is when can they "take the first step"? After all, based on the current development speed of new energy vehicles in the car market, time waits for no one.

Although Tiguan L Pro took the lead in making a sample, this model alone is far from enough. At least, the momentum is far from comparable to the "has the voice over" in the market such as Wei Xiaoli and BYD, which are popular in the market. You know, today’s market consumption of the main crowd is different from five years ago, ten years ago. Actively embrace market demand and change, only earlier is not the earliest.

SAIC Volkswagen, Tiguan L 2024 PRO 330TSI two-wheel drive R-Line Zhizun Edition

"Tiguan L Pro"

Especially when the measured cruising range of plug-in hybrid models is already close to 2,000 kilometers, the market position of traditional fuel vehicles has become more subtle. For now, the only way to break the inherent thinking is to break through. Too many cases show that under the torrent of the development of the times, if you do not take the initiative to change to adapt to the times, the outcome is often only waiting to be eliminated by the times.

Of course, in addition to time, another key point in the turnaround opportunity of the oil car is the unblocking of the overall operation thinking of the car companies. This is also another layer of thinking brought by Tiguan L Pro.

At the Tiguan L Pro launch conference, in addition to releasing the price of the new car, SAIC Volkswagen also launched a repurchase interest. The launch of this interest means that in this oil car counterattack, Tiguan L Pro cleverly fought back against the "unintelligent oil car" and accurately attacked the life door of the tram "not preserving value". In the context of the continuous backstabbing of old car owners in the price of new energy vehicles, this will undoubtedly affect the decision-making of some consumers when purchasing vehicles, and put the oil car back on the car purchase list.

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But for the current oil vehicle market, what needs to be clarified is how many oil vehicles will follow in a short period of time after Tiguan L Pro? Or how many oil vehicles can be close to or enter the same competitive dimension as new energy vehicles in the field of intelligence?

It is understood that in addition to launching the smartest fuel car – Tiguan L Pro, SAIC Volkswagen is also working with Intel and other companies to create a smart travel ecosystem. In the opinion of Yu Jingmin, executive vice general manager of SAIC Volkswagen’s sales and marketing, "fuel" and "intelligence" are not mutually exclusive. In the field of intelligence, fuel cars can also make a big difference.

Although the growth rate of the new energy vehicle market is rapid, in terms of absolute sales and market user stock, the oil car is definitely the mainstream. Before the Tiguan L Pro, for those users who like intelligent products, there was no choice in the market except for new energy models. The arrival of the Tiguan L Pro at least allows the oil car to regain the opportunity to be selected.

The counterattack of traditional fuel vehicles has just begun.

Sailis Automobile’s many technical achievements were unveiled at the Smart Expo to demonstrate its profound technical strength

On June 20, the World Intelligent Industry Expo with the theme of "Smart World Powering the Future" opened, and the most cutting-edge new technologies and new products from all over the world were showcased. As a hot topic of this Smart Expo, Cyrus not only brought AITO series models, but also showcased a number of core technical achievements including the innovative self-developed Cyrus Mofang, 9000T integrated die-casting body, all-in-one super range extension assembly, and highly integrated electric drive seven-in-one assembly, fully demonstrating its profound accumulation and technical strength in the field of new energy.

Mofang is a highlight of the Cyrus booth. The platform is characterized by "intelligent safety, multi-power, changeable space, and intelligent leadership". It can achieve cross-domain integration of safety, power, chassis, and software, and aims to bring users a "easy to drive, easy to use, and super safe" car experience.

Adhering to the concept of "safety is the greatest luxury", Sailis Motors applies the industry-first "intelligent safety" system on Mofang, which runs through the whole life cycle of the user’s car, and combines hardware and software to make the driver feel more at ease. In terms of power, the platform can also take into account the application of different power forms such as super-increase, pure electric, and super-hybrid. It is the first and only development platform in the industry that can be compatible with three new energy power modes: super-increase, pure electric, and super-hybrid.

As one of the core technologies of Sailis Automotive’s intelligent manufacturing, the industry-leading 9000T integrated die-casting process not only makes products lighter, stronger and safer, but also leads the upward development of new automotive manufacturing technologies. Through this technology, Sailis Automotive can integrate 87 parts into one, achieving the highest degree of integration among integrated die-casting parts on the market, effectively improving the torsional stiffness of the body, reducing the total weight of the body, reducing the complexity of manufacturing, and greatly improving the efficiency and reliability of automobile manufacturing.

The new generation of all-in-one super range extension assembly launched by Cyrus Automobile has achieved excellent performance of high efficiency, environmental protection, tranquility and super intelligence with the characteristics of high integration, platformization and lightweight. In 2016, Cyrus Automobile began the layout of range extension technology. Relying on the continuous exploration of range extension technology, the thermal efficiency of the Cyrus range extension 5.0 system reached 45%, and the oil-electric conversion efficiency was as high as 3.65kWh/L, which is equivalent to 1.L of oil can generate 3.65 degrees. It is a well-deserved pioneer and leader in range extension technology

At the same time, the exhibition of the highly integrated electric drive seven-in-one assembly also demonstrated its leading strength in the integration of electric drive systems. Its electronic control volume was reduced by 30%, the weight of the whole machine was reduced by 15%, and the maximum system efficiency reached 96%. This effectively improved vehicle performance and battery life, providing users with a more efficient and relaxed driving experience.

Sailis Automobile, as a pioneer brand of Guochao innovation model, made a wonderful appearance at the World Intelligent Industry Expo, fully demonstrating its technological innovation capabilities and industry forward-looking vision. It is believed that it will definitely promote the faster and better development of the automotive industry in the future.

Provincial Future Factory! Wencheng Wahaha is very "wow"!

Recently, the official of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology announced a "List of Future Factories in Zhejiang Province in 2023", identifying 213 factory/workshop projects in Zhejiang Province as provincial future factories, smart factories, and digital workshops in 2023. Among them, Wencheng Wahaha Hongzhen Food Technology Co., Ltd. was listed and successfully awarded the "Future Factory in Zhejiang Province in 2023".

Wencheng Wahaha Hongzhen Food Technology Co., Ltd. is the unit of Wencheng Wahaha Beverage Future Factory. This "factory in the mountains", which has attracted much attention since the start of construction two and a half years ago, has also been regarded as the latest thinking and exploration of Wahaha Group in the field of intelligent manufacturing.

"Factory of the Future" in the mountains

Drive rural revitalization and high-quality take-off

Wencheng Wahaha Beverage Future Factory is located in Bailuzhou Water Economy Industrial Park, Wencheng County, Wenzhou City. It is the fourth factory invested and built by Wahaha in 26 counties in mountainous areas of Zhejiang Province, and one of the 76 branch factories established by Wahaha in less developed areas across the country in the past 37 years. Wencheng Base covers an area of about 120 acres and mainly produces innovative beverage knock-out products such as Wahaha AD calcium milk, eight-treasure porridge, high-calcium multi-dimensional milk drinks, and coconut milk.

It took only 15 days from negotiation to signing, only 2 months from signing to land supply, only 11 working days from land supply to construction project planning license, and only 7 months from starting construction to commissioning and production of the first production line… To be officially certified as a "factory of the future", the construction of Wencheng Wahaha Beverage Future Factory is not only a vivid example of industrial co-prosperity in 26 counties in mountainous areas of Zhejiang, but also runs out of the "Wahaha speed" of intelligent manufacturing project construction.

At present, Wencheng Wahaha Beverage Future Factory has completed multiple rounds of recruitment, with nearly 200 employees, the vast majority of whom are locals in Wencheng County. Wencheng Wahaha Beverage Future Factory continues to "generate blood for the local area in terms of providing employment, purchasing raw materials, and driving logistics."

Cleaner and more efficient

Green production escort mountains blue water green

Looking down from the factory, patches of gray-black photovoltaic panels cover the factory roof like scales.

In response to the national 3060 double carbon policy, Wahaha actively promotes the installation of distributed photovoltaic power generation devices to gradually establish a multi-energy complementary, optimized combination of fossil energy and new energy, and then establish a low-carbon green power system with renewable energy as the main body. Wencheng Wahaha Beverage’s future factory has installed a total of 4.5MW of distributed photovoltaics, with a total power generation area equivalent to 14.69 standard football fields. The annual power generation and consumption are about 1.30 million degrees, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1020.5 tons.

Wencheng Wahaha Beverage’s future factory practices green production, reducing water consumption and wastewater discharge and improving water resource utilization through steam condensate recovery, RO concentrated water recovery, water-saving management at key water points, and odor biological purification treatment technology in the wastewater treatment process. Through the application of a series of green water-saving technologies, it can save more than 10,000 tons of water annually.

What’s more worth mentioning is that the future factory of Wencheng Wahaha Beverage has applied the flexible and intelligent low-emission CIP system independently developed by Wahaha for the first time. Each process pipeline in production can automatically call the corresponding cleaning program, cleaning parameters, and customized cleaning according to the different products and processes of production. To ensure that each pipeline has the shortest cleaning time, the best effect and the lowest energy consumption. Special recycling treatment and reuse technology is adopted for the acid and alkali used for cleaning. Some of the cleaning water is recycled after special process treatment, which greatly reduces water consumption and sewage discharge. After the implementation of the project, Wencheng factory will reduce the discharge of cleaning water and sewage by 52% every year, and reduce the consumption of acid and alkali by 30%.

Environmentally friendly has always been an inseparable goal of industrialization. Wencheng Wahaha Beverage Future Factory realizes intelligent energy management, improves energy utilization efficiency, and establishes a high-standard and highly integrated smart energy management system to promote industrial development while caring for greener mountains and greener water.

Smarter and more flexible

Full-link upgrade leads the era of Industry 4.0

Today’s Wencheng Future Factory is fully confirming Wahaha’s latest practice of intelligent manufacturing. Relying on the WERP platform, Wencheng Wahaha Beverage Future Factory can quickly realize the interconnection and interoperability of resources, information and data with the group, integrate the most advanced aseptic intelligent manufacturing equipment and modular production process in the application industry, "one-click intelligent control" ingredient center, intelligent visual inspection, 5G intelligent warehousing, intelligent logistics platform and other advanced technologies to achieve comprehensive improvement of efficiency, cost, quality and other indicators, leading the future factory construction of the food and beverage industry.

This also means that the future factory of Wencheng Wahaha Beverage has been completely different from the Industry 3.0 format, but through the Internet of Things to connect automation equipment with orders, materials, networks, and data, and perform full-link information processing and calculation. Ultimately, with the least waste, the easiest and most effective communication, reducing intermediate participation links, and realizing the efficiency and energy conservation of Industry 4.0 production.

Original title: "Provincial Future Factory! Wencheng Wahaha is very" wow "!"

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NIO announced: the whole system price reduction 30,000!

Red Star Capital Bureau news on June 12, NIO announced today: From June 12, 2023, the starting price of all new NIO cars will be reduced by 30,000 yuan.

According to the NIO announcement, from June 12, 2023, the deposit will be paid to buy all NIO new cars. The first owner’s car rights will be adjusted to 6 years or 150,000 kilometers of vehicle quality assurance, and the three-power system will have 10 years of unlimited mileage quality assurance. At the same time, the free power exchange service will no longer be used as the basic car rights, and users can choose to pay for a single power exchange. NIO will then launch a flexible charging and changing service package.

According to the NIO official account

After the announcement of NIO’s price cut was released, it caused a lot of heated discussions. There are voices in the industry that the latest financial report shows that NIO is in a state of loss. Will the price cut further reduce the gross profit margin and make the loss more serious?

Red Star Capital Bureau noted that NIO’s entire system reduced by 30,000 yuan, which is different from Tesla’s previous simple price reduction. It is a package of rights and interests worth about 30,000 yuan for the new car. It is a lifetime free power exchange, vehicle quality assurance years and other rights and interests. NIO’s move will untie the rights and interests of power exchange and vehicle prices, bringing lower vehicle purchase prices.

For the vast majority of car buyers, it is a cost-effective deal to exchange 30,000 cash with the lifetime free power replacement rights 4 times a month. NIO users said that they have driven a NIO car with a 75-degree battery for one year, and they run almost 400 kilometers after each power change. The monthly power change cost is about 400 yuan, and the price reduction of 30,000 yuan is basically equivalent to the power change cost of 6 years. For users who have the conditions to install household charging piles, they can rely on low electricity prices (about 0.5 yuan/kWh for civilian valley power) to cover almost all charging needs. This 30,000 yuan is the cash saved directly.

From a financial standpoint, users were previously equivalent to paying off the rights and interests of free electricity replacement for life at one time, but NIO cannot immediately recognize this part of the amount as income, but can only amortize it over several years. In the financial report, this part of the income and gross profit cannot be visualized. Previously, NIO users had four free electricity replacement rights per month. After August 1, NIO will charge new users for electricity replacement, with an average cost of about 80-100 yuan per time, which will undoubtedly increase NIO’s income in electricity replacement. After excluding those owners who have owned cars for a long time and changed electricity a lot, the overall gross profit of NIO may increase.

Li Bin, founder, chairperson and CEO of NIO, once said: "With the delivery of higher-priced products in the second and third quarters of this year, the average transaction price and gross profit margin of bicycles will also recover. NIO is confident that it will achieve double-digit gross profit margin in the third quarter of this year and exceed 15% in the fourth quarter. At the same time, benefiting from the cost advantage brought by technology self-research and innovative supply chain, the gross profit target of the second-generation technology platform model remains at 20%."

The Red Star Capital Bureau noticed that in response to the news of the price reduction, Li Bin responded on the NIO APP: This adjustment has been discussed internally for a long time, and some users’ opinions and suggestions have also been listened to. There are too many aspects to consider, and they are still deliberating at three o’clock today. Now is the most appropriate time to release, and there must be some thoughtless aspects, and it is impossible to satisfy everyone.

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On the evening of June 9, NIO announced the 2023 Quarter 1 financial report. Total revenue was 10.6765 billion yuan, an increase of 7.7% year-on-year and a decrease of 33.5% month-on-month. Net loss was 4.7395 billion yuan, an increase of 165.9% year-on-year and a decrease of 18.1% month-on-month.

As of press time, NIO-SW reported HK $63.8/share, up 5.8%, and its market value 106.50 billion HK $.

In 2030, a network of 300 satellites will be in operation — decoding the ultra-low orbit and remote integration satellite constellation

  Xinhua News Agency, Wuhan, July 12 Question: In 2030, a network of 300 stars will be in operation – decoding the ultra-low orbit and remote integrated satellite constellation

  Xinhua News Agency reporters Hu Zhe, Tan Yuanbin, Song Chen

  Low-orbit constellation construction is an important part of national strategic science and technology, and is of great significance for promoting economic development. With the development of society and the improvement of people’s living standards, the demand for satellite communication, navigation, remote sensing and other functions continues to increase. Low-orbit constellation construction can provide more accurate, real-time and efficient services to meet the needs of all parties.

  On July 12, at the 9th China (International) Commercial Aerospace Summit Forum opened in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation announced the official launch of the ultra-low orbit and remote satellite constellation, and the first satellite is planned to be launched in December. What is the background of the construction of this satellite constellation? What are the main features?

  Open up a new track for the progress of aerospace science and technology

  Ultra-low orbit refers to an orbit with an orbit altitude of less than 300 kilometers, which reduces the satellite from the traditional low-Earth orbit to less than 300 kilometers, so that its "remote sensing" to the earth becomes "near-end", so that it has the advantages of low payload cost, small communication delay, and miniaturization of user end points.

  Li Yanbin, deputy general manager of the general department of space engineering of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, said that by building an open distributed intelligent networked ultra-low orbit space foundation base, by carrying different loads, supplemented by advanced on-board intelligent processing, satellite terminal direct connection, and inter-satellite communication technology, space information can be quickly and accurately obtained, serving the urgent needs of governments, enterprises, and even individuals for higher precision, high timeliness, and high reliability of space decision-making information, which can stimulate the huge potential of the commercial remote sensing market, open up a new track for the progress of aerospace science and technology, and shape the development of the space information industry.

  Unlike traditional orbits, ultra-low orbit has a complex dynamic environment, with rarefied atmospheric drag and atomic oxygen flux increasing with a nearly logarithmic law as the orbit decreases. To maintain long-term stable and reliable operation of satellites, it is necessary to offset the rapid decay of satellite orbits due to higher atmospheric drag. Although long-term operation in ultra-low orbit requires many technical challenges, the investment value is huge. The United States, Japan and Europe have all launched relevant commercial or scientific sounding activities.

  See better, faster, understand better

  The ultra-low orbit and remote integrated satellite constellation aims to develop a large-scale real-time intelligent remote sensing service system in ultra-low orbit, give full play to the natural advantages of proximity, low delay and small road loss, and create an ultra-low orbit and remote integrated satellite constellation and its application system with "small but fine", "fast and smart" and "many and cheap" as differentiated characteristics. It incubates a new domain and new quality space infrastructure for direct connection to user sensing, transmission and calculation, and establishes a new digital economy format for satellite direct connection to mass users.

  Zhang Nan, the chief designer of the ultra-low orbit remote integrated satellite constellation, introduced that the ultra-low orbit remote integrated satellite constellation mainly has the following characteristics: first, it can see more clearly, and the spatial resolution will reach 0.5 meters; second, it can see faster, and the spatial information will reach the user within 15 minutes; third, it can be seen more clearly. Through intelligent processing on the satellite, direct connection to the star terminal, and inter-satellite communication, the ground centralized processing data link is omitted, and the spatial information can be directly reached to the user end point. At the same time, the cost of a single satellite of the ultra-low orbit remote integrated satellite constellation will be lower, and the optical load weight and cost will be reduced by 50% under the same resolution.

  Facing the future, the construction of the ultra-low orbit remote integrated satellite constellation will be implemented step by step, including three stages:

  In the technical and business verification stage, complete the key technology verification of ultra-low orbit satellites, carry out on-orbit technical tests and business verification; in 2024, complete the launch of a 9-star business verification star cluster; in 2025, build a real-time remote sensing business application demonstration system to provide 1-day service response capability.

  In the stage of large-scale networking, it will be widely used in the industry to form large-scale networking and achieve half-hour response capability. It is planned to complete the operation of 300 satellite networking in 2030, providing a visible light, synthetic aperture radar, hyperspectral, and infrared multi-type OurHours remote sensing service system to form a global 15-minute response capability.

  In the integrated development stage, complete the comprehensive construction of the business system, achieve instant business response capabilities within 10 minutes worldwide, and provide complete instant perception services.

  Satellites are becoming more "intelligent"

  The construction of the ultra-low-orbit remote satellite constellation not only shows our country’s latest strength in the aerospace field, but also breaks through a number of key technologies, providing more opportunities and challenges. According to reports, the satellite will achieve multi-satellite coordination through inter-satellite links, such as the first satellite receives user requests, the second satellite shoots the required information, and the third satellite completes intelligent processing. At the same time, the satellite will also become more "intelligent", capable of real-time processing and intelligent recognition of image data in orbit, and fast distribution of results through inter-satellite links.

  In the face of the needs of the field of emergency rescue, the ultra-low orbit remote integrated satellite constellation can provide high-efficiency disaster information, which can provide effective data and capability support for emergency rescue, fire monitoring, disaster prevention and mitigation. The satellite application service platform provides users with normalized disaster monitoring and early warning. After an emergency incident occurs, inter-satellite transmission and on-board intelligent processing can efficiently shoot and extract key information, relying on the network to directly transmit to the vehicle or portable end point, within 15 minutes for the first-line disposal unit and front-line command agencies Provide high-efficiency disaster area scene images, efficiently support emergency rescue and auxiliary decision-making.

  With such a huge constellation construction, how to make a profit is also a topic of concern to everyone. Li Yanbin introduced that on the one hand, commercial profits can be obtained by selling satellites and user end point products (including software), spatial data products and value-added services; on the other hand, by building an ultra-low orbit space base to create a new quality and new domain industrial ecology, and collect payloads for the society to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

Geely Galaxy L7 won the Best SUV of the Year at CCTV China Automobile Festival, becoming the first domestic new energy brand to receive this honor

  On the evening of January 28, Geely Galaxy L7 won the Best SUV Award of the Year at the 4th "China Automobile Festival"! After multiple rounds of assessment by a professional jury, Geely Galaxy L7 passed all the way, becoming the first independent new energy brand to receive this honor, making domestic new energy vehicles shine on the CCTV stage!

Geely Galaxy L7 won the best SUV of the year at CCTV China Automobile Festival, becoming the first domestic new energy brand to win this honor _fororder_image001

  The "China Automobile Festival" is an annual automotive event organized by the China Central Radio and Television Station and specially planned by the Financial Program Center of the Central Radio and Television Station. It aims to select outstanding automotive products of the year with super product strength and market foresight, and is praised by the industry as the "Oscars of China’s automotive industry".

Geely Galaxy L7 won the best SUV of the year at CCTV China Automobile Festival, becoming the first domestic new energy brand to win this honor _fororder_image002

  As Geely Galaxy’s first smart electric hybrid SUV, Geely Galaxy L7 broke the record for the fastest sales of domestic new energy single models in less than two months after its launch, meeting the expectations of the majority of the public for a good new energy car, and refreshed the new height of domestic hybrid with "Galaxy Speed". Geely Galaxy L7 came to protect the intelligent travel of Chinese families. In the selection, it was screened by an expert jury layer by layer. It passed the centralized assessment of vehicle performance, safety performance, intelligence and other indicators, and finally won the grand prize. It is well deserved!

Geely Galaxy L7 won the best SUV of the year at CCTV China Automobile Festival, becoming the first domestic new energy brand to win this honor _fororder_image003

  With a new generation of electric hybrid technology, a new generation of Aegis safety, a new generation of technology cockpit, and a new generation of comfortable experience, Geely Galaxy L7 has been recognized by the whole industry and redefined the new standard of electric hybrid in China.

Geely Galaxy L7 won the best SUV of the year at CCTV China Automobile Festival, becoming the first domestic new energy brand to win this honor _fororder_image004

  "Building a smart boutique car for everyone" is Geely Galaxy’s original intention of building a car. In 2023, Geely Galaxy will fully open the "Galaxy Era", and will continue to adhere to its original intention, practice its mission, and continue to lead China’s new energy towards quality war, experience war, and value war, so that China’s new energy "can not only imagine, but also experience". (Source: Geely Galaxy)

Foreign experts show you the achievement exhibition: an interactive experience that is refreshing

  CCTV News:The "Five Years of Forging Forward" exhibition showcasing China’s great achievements in the past five years was held at the Beijing Exhibition Center from September 26 to November 26. The exhibition attracted many visitors and showcased China’s many achievements in the fields of science and technology, medical care, culture and anti-corruption in the past five years.

  Walking into the exhibition hall, we can see many successful examples of new rural construction. After the Chinese government has increased infrastructure building and taken various poverty alleviation measures, local people’s living standards have improved and the economy has become prosperous. In addition, through the exhibition, we can also learn about the rapid progress of China’s science and technology field, such as the large fire extinguishing/water rescue AG600 amphibious aircraft, as well as unmanned cars and artificial intelligence robots. China’s self-developed Beidou satellite navigation system (BDS) is impressive, and the demonstration of intelligent health service robots and medical examination systems and 3D printers is also refreshing.

  An interactive experience that allows you to experience the power of the Beidou satellite navigation system 

  Beidou satellite navigation system is one of the most advanced satellite navigation systems in the world. The exhibition area provides interactive experience equipment such as flying emulator and car driving emulator equipped with Beidou satellite navigation system, which allows visitors to experience the clarity and accuracy of Beidou system firsthand. Visitors can also understand the super scale and super functions of Beidou system through the Beidou system model and brief introduction in the exhibition area.

  As a mature satellite navigation system, the Beidou system has been widely used. As early as the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake disaster, the Beidou-1 system has played an important role in disaster relief. Affected by the earthquake, local communications, electricity and transportation were almost completely destroyed, and the disaster area was completely lost from the outside world. The Beidou Central Control System and the Beidou Navigation Emergency Team established to deal with the disaster have provided reliable and real-time large amounts of data for rescue operations. In addition, since 2010, the border guards in Yunnan Province have been fully equipped with the Beidou-1 positioning system, which is used to strengthen border patrols and combat border crimes.

  According to the plan, by 2020, China will complete the network of 35 Beidou-3 satellites, building a Beidou global system that rivals and surpasses GPS in some indicators, and can provide services to the world. At that time, Beidou will achieve even greater achievements. Of course, it is believed that there will also be rich profits. According to reports, the annual turnover of the Beidou system has reached 31.50 billion US dollars.

  "Intelligent Health Service Robot" invites you to take a quick physical examination

  Another highlight of the exhibition is the "intelligent health service robot" that is already being used in remote areas of China. Visitors can experience a free quick medical examination on the spot. Visitors simply put their ID card on the robot’s scanner, and it can identify your personal information. Then the person in need of the medical examination stands on a scale, reaches his left arm into a blood pressure meter, and holds another test instrument in his left hand. The robot can quickly analyze some basic indicators to detect whether the person has a problem. The test results can also be transmitted electronically to the designated hospital.

  The device was developed and produced by a company in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, and has been in use for more than a year. It is mainly used in Qinghai and Gansu provinces in northwest China. It is especially suitable for the elderly who live in rural areas and are not very convenient to go to large hospitals for medical examinations. With a large rural population and many still living in areas with inconvenient transportation, this kind of medical examination method that can provide door-to-door service, coupled with reasonable price, can indeed bring convenience to villagers in need, so there should be a very broad market prospect.

  3D printing technology is refreshing

  Another popular exhibit is a 3D printer. The staff in the exhibition area can print beautifully designed and complex three-dimensional patterns on the spot with slurry made from mashed potatoes. Although the exhibition area demonstrates only the "small tricks" in 3D printing, we can also see the advantages and future trends of 3D printing. China, one of the world’s largest manufacturing countries, has enthusiastically embraced the technology of 3D printing. Sales of 3D printers in China have increased year by year in the past few years, and sales are expected to exceed 20,000 units by 2020.

  While the industry is still in its infancy in China, companies across the country are already using 3D printing in innovative ways. In early 2017, Blu-ray Innox in Chengdu, Sichuan, used 3D bioprinting technology to successfully print blood vessels and transplant them into rhesus monkeys. The success of this test is an important breakthrough in 3D printing medicine and the first step in the history of 3D printing of human organs. (Author: Colin Robinson, British, CCTV foreign expert)

Ele.me "Open a branch"

Article | "China Entrepreneur" reporter Wang Xueqi

Editing | Ma Yue

"It used to be a cooperation between relatives, now it is a cooperation with brothers and sisters." Zhong Xianwen, vice president of Ele.me, made such an analogy about the relationship between Ele.me and other departments of Alibaba. In April this year, Alibaba announced a full acquisition of Ele.me at a valuation of $9.50 billion. Previously, Alibaba and Ant Financial already owned 43% of Ele.me. Zhong Xianwen is a veteran of Ele.me and is currently responsible for traffic and user operations related to the Ele.me APP.

Before the acquisition, Ele.me had already begun to cooperate with various applications under Ali, and had cooperated with Taobao Ticket, and the Alipay interface had also been established. In Zhong Xianwen’s opinion, the relative cooperation was still based on the business model of rights replacement. After becoming a family, the efficiency of cooperation and communication improved a lot.

In the past five months, Ele.me has undergone changes, some of which are visible and some of which are hidden behind the scenes.

After Ele.me acquired Baidu takeaway in August last year, the takeaway market officially formed a situation where Ele.me and Meituan were divided. But Ele.me’s market share was not satisfactory. According to the "China Mobile Internet Industry Analysis and Development Report for the First Half of 2018" released by Trustdata big data, Meituan, Ele.me, and Baidu takeaway accounted for 59%, 36%, and 3% of the transaction volume in the takeaway market, respectively. Lack of traffic is considered to be the main reason why Ele.me is at a disadvantage.

This summer, Ele.me CEO Wang Lei told Reuters that he would invest 3 billion yuan between July and September, aiming to increase the market share to more than 50%. At the same time, Ele.me has also become an important player in the two major projects of World Cup marketing and 88VIP, which have linked multiple departments of Ali.

In August, Ali disclosed the establishment of a holding company in the second quarter of 2018. The company has two major businesses, Ele.me and Koubei, and will serve as the flagship of local life services in the future. It has received investment commitments of more than $3 billion from investors such as Alibaba and SoftBank Group.

Inside Ele.me, the model of "small front desk, big middle desk" has been promoted, and Ali-style transformation has been carried out from the organizational structure level. Ele.me is establishing a two-way empower relationship with Ali. On the one hand, Ali’s new retail stores are actively connected to the Hummingbird distribution system to improve their own capacity level. On the other hand, Ele.me connects to Ali’s handao and other super applications to obtain traffic empower.

All the changes are sending a signal that Ele.me is actively looking for various poses to integrate with Ali.

Since its establishment in 2008, Ele.me has spent its first decade fighting alone and exploring the market, with a cliff behind it and only a path forward. At the beginning of the second decade, this unicorn that grew up in the jungle of extensive growth has to learn how to integrate into a giant with its own system and complete methodology. This may be a story from the jungle to the city.

"It’s more tiring than starting a business," Xiong Bin, vice president of new retail at Ele.me, describes his current job status.

Xiong Bin (left), Vice President of Ele.me, Zhong Xianwen (right), Vice President of Ele.me. Source: Photo provided by the interviewee

Xiong Bin is an Ali veteran. After joining Alibaba in 2002, he went through B2B, Taobao, Taodiandian and other departments. He left Alibaba in 2015 and chose to start a business in the local life service field. Ali’s acquisition of Ele.me made him decide to sell his company and return to Ele.me with his team for a second venture.

In Xiong Bin’s eyes, in the past few years, the local life service market was still in a state of savage growth, and everyone was actively expanding. "Everyone is competing with who has the fastest financing, who has the most savage war, and can quickly complete urban expansion."

In 2014 and 2015, large and small giants have successively flooded into the O2O takeaway market. For a period of time, there were as many as a dozen takeaway platforms, competing to subsidize and burn money to compete for users. The takeaway market has encountered frequent problems in the process of brutal growth. Many platforms have removed unqualified merchants due to the lack of relevant catering qualifications.

With the acquisition of Baidu takeout by Ele.me and the merger of Meituan and Dianping, the once-blank market has been divided up by several giants and has begun to enter the era of intensive cultivation. "In the past, we emphasized how many resources to give in the local living market, how many cities to open, and how many businesses to expand. Now the focus is on using an overall plan to connect all levels of logistics, marketing, and membership to improve the user experience," Xiong Bin said.

In the era of intensive farming, user experience is placed in an increasingly important position. Compared with other sectors of Ali’s new retail, Ele.me’s hummingbird distribution system is a very important supplement to the offline scene. According to a city manager in East China of Ele.me, after the completion of the acquisition, Ele.me has invested more and more energy in the logistics side, and the company has repeatedly emphasized the need to form a closed loop between Ali’s new retail stores and Ele.me logistics.

Delivery speed has a significant impact on the experience of e-commerce users. From the first seven days of arrival to the 211 time limit proposed by JD.com, the upgrade of delivery speed is also accompanied by the improvement of user experience. However, the transformation of logistics capacity is time-consuming and labor-intensive, not a day’s work. Zhong Xianwen said that the standard of Hummingbird delivery is 30 minutes. If the merchant of Tmall and Taobao completes the connection in the future, it will bring important empowerment to the latter.

After the acquisition was completed, Hummingbird Distribution quickly connected with other business departments, connected to RT-Mart Supermarket’s order delivery in June, and cooperated with Retail and Ali Health in July to provide 24-hour local timely delivery services.

In the proposition of improving user experience, Meituan, the biggest competitor of Ele.me, is also not slack. In February this year, Meituan cooperated with Heilan Home to use a 1-hour timely delivery service. In July, it launched a flash sale business, striving to achieve 30-minute door-to-door delivery in categories such as supermarket fruits and vegetables.

But Xiong Bin disagrees, saying that the exploration in the field of clothing should not start from sales, but first establish scenarios such as mobile fitting that can really improve the user experience, "rather than doing gimmicks". In the face of the flash sale attack, Ali’s new retail business is also combining with the local life service business of Ele.me. "We like to see that the opponent has these business layouts, and after they do it, many merchants are also queuing up to cooperate with us."

Regarding the competition between Ele.me and Meituan, Zhang Yong once joked when acquiring Ele.me: Meituan is playing the second floor on Ele.me, and with Ali’s blessing, Ele.me is playing the second floor on Meituan.

However, Ele.me has Ali, Meituan also stands behind Tencent, 6th floor and 2nd floor, which may not be accurate. Xiong Bin bluntly said that he will keep an eye on the connection and empowerment between Tencent and Meituan, but the relationship between Ali and Ele.me can be said to be in harmony. In terms of closeness, Meituan is far inferior to Tencent, and Ali’s accumulation in the new retail field is also more profound. Xiong Bin said that he has set a very high KPI for himself, and smooth integration is the guarantee for the completion of this KPI.

The number of floors may be controversial, but Ele.me does stand taller than it did before it was acquired.

"In the past, when we fought with Meituan, Ele.me suffered the most because the other party fought in groups, and we fought alone, and one person could not beat ten people." Zhong Xianwen said so. As the person in charge of user operations, his anxiety was relieved by the arrival of helpers. Survival anxiety was relieved, and he thought more long-term about the business, focusing more on the nature of business.

From the cliff behind him to Ali behind him, Ele.me began to face new questions about how to better integrate into Ali.

Ele.me needs traffic, Ali has traffic, Alipay, Taobao, Youku, each of which is a large traffic user. The problem lies in the transmission of traffic.

In the past year, Zhong Xianwen has completed two major projects, connecting Ele.me to Alipay and Taobao. In the summer of 2017, Ele.me began to connect with Alipay, and in mid-October it was officially connected to Alipay. The "takeaway" icon on the Alipay page has also changed to "Ele.me takeaway".

Only with the interface, traffic did not flow in, because the user’s mind had not changed. For users, Alipay is a payment tool and a financial tool, and it is difficult to immediately form the habit of ordering takeout here. In order to change users’ usage habits, Zhong Xianwen and the team tried many methods, "to constantly adjust the posture and find the best entry point". After the team found that the "hard access" with only the interface and no operation was obviously not working, they began to consider the "soft access" method of leveraging users with marketing activities.

In early December, Ele.me and Alipay launched the "Alipay Takeaway Festival" activity, mobilizing millions of merchants to launch discount activities. In order to leverage the resources of merchants and Alipay, the operation team used the narrative of "opening a branch". Ele.me opened a branch in Alipay, and the opening promotion of the new store was reasonable. After the takeaway festival, the order volume generated by Ele.me on the Alipay interface increased by 300% compared with a month and a half ago.

In August this year, Ele.me officially connected to the mobile phone Taobao. Zhong Xianwen said that the consumption habits of handmade Amoy users are non-instant consumption, which is completely different from the takeaway consumption model. The operation team has tried a variety of access solutions, and there will be activities launched during Double Eleven, but it is not convenient to disclose for the time being.

Externally, it is necessary to change the user’s mindset, and internally, it is also necessary to adjust the operation concept according to the characteristics of the cooperation department.

"Alipay is a service, handshopping is a seller, and the business form is different, and the integration mode is also different." Zhong Xianwen further explained that Alipay regards Ele.me as a super large merchant, and the interface is also listed under the label of "third-party service". But Taobao, which is dominated by e-commerce genes, sees the merchants behind Ele.me, and wants to directly introduce merchants into the Taobao system.

Zhong Xianwen pointed out that finding the best entry point with Taobao needs to give Ele.me a stronger "goods" attribute. "For example, we can make a group buying coupon for a certain hamburger from KFC and sell it on Taobao, and the hamburger will become goods. This kind of thinking is not easy to understand when placed on Alipay."

In addition to the system that is more biased towards the underlying construction, there is another more direct way to empower traffic, the membership system.

On August 8 this year, Alibaba launched 88VIP membership. Super members with a naughty value higher than 1000 can spend 88 yuan in annual membership fees and receive membership benefits in multiple business categories under Alibaba, such as Ele.me Super Member and Youku VIP Member.

For Ele.me, the opening up of the membership system means that it can provide users with more accurate products and services.

Since Alibaba acquired Ele.me, almost everyone interviewed has mentioned the high degree of convergence in corporate culture between Ele.me and Alibaba.

"Ele.me is particularly hard-working and aggressive, like a young version of Ali. The average age of the employees is only 27 years old. When we joined Alibaba, the average age was about the same." Xiong Bin said that after coming to Ele.me, the pace of work is faster than when he started his own business. Sometimes after a meeting with the team at 6 or 7 pm, he received a plan early the next morning.

Under the premise of cultural convergence, Ali’s first task in transforming Ele.me was to transform the guerrillas into a regular army.

Xiong Bin implemented the organizational structure of Ali’s "large, medium and small front desk" in the Ele.me new retail department, and horizontally connected functional sectors such as data analytics to form a model of large, medium and small front desk. The front desk goes to the front line as an independent unit to fight, and the middle desk provides a complete system. "Ele.me used to talk about rapid innovation, and this process requires the establishment of a relatively independent organization, but it may affect the efficiency. Now integrate all these independent organizations, and it can adapt to the entire process of ecological integration."

Alibaba has also introduced new methodologies, such as a cross-team project management approach based on the three elements of "goals, strategy, and resources". This methodology is designed to enable employees to develop a consistent and comprehensive way of thinking when facing specific projects.

When asked whether these changes will affect Ele.me’s innovation ability, Xiong Bin responded that since the transformation, the innovation efficiency is at least not slow, and the response to market changes is not lagging behind. After the technology department is connected, some products do not need to be developed repeatedly, but the efficiency of the bottom layer has been improved.

In all kinds of internal and external changes, personnel stability is particularly important. When the acquisition was just completed, the chief human resources officer from Ali was worried that there would be a large-scale departure. But the situation was the opposite. Not many Ele.me employees chose to leave, but many Ali employees wanted to come. They felt that this was a brand new business with a lot of room for development. "Instead, we have to have some control over this matter. Most of the Ali employees who come here are responsible for communication and bridging between the two sides."

car change

□ Cao Xianbin

At the age of 12, I was admitted to Laowuji Junior High School from the remote primary school in Dashan Village, Lichuan. My father took me to school with an old bed of cotton wool and a wooden box. At that time, the mountain road was winding and winding, going up dirt slopes and down stone stairs. It took 17 or 8 miles to get to school. The journey was by walking, and everyone laughed at the "No. 11" bicycle.

In the three years of junior high school, every time I passed the road section of the old house, I saw more carro?as, one person pulling in front, and two or three people pushing in the back. Occasionally, I saw bicycles and tractors that made "chug chug chug" sounds to transport items, and I longed for it, thinking about when I could get on the scenery!

After graduating from junior high school, I was admitted to the city to go to school, and only then did I know that there was a bus that shuttled between Zhonglu Road and Lichuan. At that time, if you wanted to go to Lichuan by car, you had to wait by the old house road in advance. I still clearly remember that the first time I took a bus was chasing after my classmates, clutching the window at a turning slope, and being dragged in by a kind adult.

At that time, the school I was studying at was on the outskirts of the city. Every weekend, I would make an appointment with my classmates to go to the city to watch movies and go shopping. When I got tired of shopping, a few classmates pooled together money to occasionally take the "Tu Ma" or ride the bicycles of wealthy classmates back to school.

In the late 1980s, I started working. The village where I was located had a wide plowing road, and I often saw tractors, bicycles, motorcycles, etc. going back and forth. In a few years, the villagers rushed to go out to "work" or "go to the sea", and three-wheeled motorcycles, "double-row seats", and Changan automobiles gradually entered every household. Passenger transportation, electric numbness, etc., as long as you are willing to pay, you can go to the market, visit relatives and friends, and take you anywhere you want.

At that time, I saved up a year’s salary to buy a motorcycle. In my spare time, I made friends and rode my beloved motorcycle out for drag racing, and the "riding" was endless fun.

In the early 20th century, during the summer vacation, I occasionally went to Wuhan for training. I had to take a bus one day and one night in advance, and then take a few buses or taxis to arrive.

In 2010, the Lichuan Railway Station opened. When my son was in college, our family took the green leather train from Lichuan to Changsha, which swayed for a day and a night to reach the destination. Today, it only takes 4.5 hours to reach Wuhan by train, and it only takes seven or eight hours to change trains halfway to Changsha.

My family’s "Buick" car 10 years ago has now been replaced by a "Mercedes-Benz" off-road vehicle. During the holidays, my wife takes our family of four to visit relatives and friends, and to visit the mountains and rivers.

Returning to my hometown during the Spring Festival this year, I found cars parked on both sides of the highway and in the courtyards of every household, which became a beautiful scenery in the mountains and villages.

The motherland is taking off and my hometown is developing. The change of cars has witnessed the rapid changes in urban and rural areas and the change of transportation means in our state over the past 40 years. I am extremely proud to live in such a country and such an era.

As of June this year, China’s online takeaway users have reached 469 million

  At the Cross Street Store of BBK Supermarket, Yongding District, Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province, takeaway workers are queuing up to pick up goods ordered by citizens. Xinhua News Agency reporter, Chen Sihan

  From three meals a day to fresh vegetables, from general merchandise to drugs and sundries, takeaway services now cover many aspects of people’s lives. According to the 48th Statistical Report on the Development of China’s Internet Network recently released by China Internet Network Information Center, as of June 2021, the scale of online takeaway users in China reached 469 million, an increase of 49.76 million compared with December 2020, and the growth rate was the most obvious in various survey applications. With China’s economy stabilizing and improving and the supervision of the takeaway industry further strengthened, the digitalization level of the takeaway industry continues to improve, new consumption trends are highlighted, and the industry coverage is more diverse.

  "Running errands" service is very popular

  Go home and prepare to watch a TV show, order a box of fresh cut fruit first; forget to bring a power bank when you go on a business trip, order takeaway and buy one quickly, and don’t panic if you have an electric phone… Nowadays, the extension of the concept of "takeaway" continues to expand, and the industry coverage is more diverse.

  Open Meituan takeaway and choose Meituan flash sale. Drinks and snacks, fresh fruits and vegetables, flowers and green plants, pets and mothers, medicine, digital books and other categories can be delivered to home within 30 minutes to 2 hours. Data show that in the second quarter of this year, Meituan flash sale transactions and transaction amounts increased by more than 140% year-on-year. Among them, flowers and medicines maintained a high growth momentum and continued to outperform other categories. In addition to delivering goods, services can also be delivered. It is reported that Meituan’s errand service is divided into two parts: "help pick up and deliver" and "help buy". It hopes to provide users with instant delivery services within the same city when they are unable to get away, anxious, and need to save time, trouble and effort, freeing people who do not have much leisure time from trivial matters and making life more worry-free.

  On the Ele.me platform, the number of orders for takeaway drugs increased by 10% in July and August this year, an increase of 130% year-on-year. Ele.me and major pharmacies launched the "Small Late Night Pharmacy" activity, and nearly 5,000 pharmacies in more than 500 cities across the country achieved 24-hour health and urgent delivery services, meeting the needs of users for late-night medication.

  The instant home business of providing consumers with food and beverages, vegetables and fruits, flower cakes, medicine and health, household daily necessities, and digital goods by the Internet retail platform is also known as instant retail. Usually, riders can deliver to their door within 30 minutes to 2 hours after users place an order.

  During the epidemic prevention period, the instant delivery business represented by fresh food and medicine has developed rapidly, and together with food and beverage takeaway, it has helped to benefit people’s lives and stabilize the economy. According to the "2021 China Instant Retail Industry Research Report" released by iResearch Consulting, from the demand side, consumers expect to buy a relatively balanced proportion of categories on the instant retail e-commerce platform, and there is immediate consumption demand for all kinds of goods; from the supply side, the current local life services have extended from food and beverage takeaway to fresh fruits, household daily necessities, flowers and gifts, medicine and health, book merchandise and other goods. The instant retail scene also covers supermarkets, convenience stores, pharmacies, bookstores and other offline places.

  Technology improvement, accurate delivery

  "In the past, I was most worried about the surge in takeaway orders during the midday rush hour. Almost every day, there would be missed orders and wrong orders. Especially when I was busy, I couldn’t take care of operating my mobile phone. As a result, there was no rider to pick up the meal when the meal was ready. Sometimes the meal time was not allowed and it was easy to have conflicts." Mr. Li, the owner of a takeaway restaurant in Wuhan, Hubei Province, lamented. "After using the digital store opening aid, there will be no rush during the lunch and dinner peak periods, and the takeaway business will be even more prosperous."

  The digital store opening aids mentioned by Mr. Li are cloud printers and "food delivery assistants", developed by the takeaway platform. The cloud printer is a takeaway order printer that can automatically receive orders and print quickly, which can automatically print orders stored in the cloud; "food delivery assistant" is a new type of intelligent scanning code device. Scanning the takeaway order number can immediately report the status of "food delivery" and notify the rider to deliver to the store.

  "We have been using it for a while, and we feel that the operation is quite convenient. The cloud printer can automatically accept orders, and there will be no more cases of missing orders during peak periods. The’food delivery assistant ‘allows riders to judge the time of picking up meals more accurately," Mr. Li said.

  At present, more and more small and medium-sized catering merchants have opened the takeaway model, quickly and without omission to accept orders and timely docking rider delivery, which has become the biggest demand of merchants. The auxiliary tools provided by the takeaway platform can effectively improve the digital management level of small and medium-sized merchants.

  Some store owners pointed out that in addition to the improvement of digital hardware, instant retail e-commerce also helps retail stores in many ways. For example, retail stores are small in scale and large in number, mainly mom-and-pop stores, with traditional sales methods, lack of direct grasp of consumer data, and cannot accurately judge consumer needs. After connecting to the online takeaway platform, instant retail e-commerce can rely on technical capabilities and big data advantages to accurately understand consumer behavior, provide consumer portraits and consumer needs for small stores, help retail stores select products, and empower retail stores to digitally upgrade.

  Industry insiders believe that the digitalization of the service industry is an emerging track. Apps like Ele.me and other life services continue to focus on the user’s "side economy" at the front end to meet user requests; at the back end, it is the continuous digitalization of merchants to help merchants better acquire and manage users and improve operational efficiency.

  Industry supervision is gradually improving

  You can see the processing environment and production process of takeaway food, and display the order volume and other data on the takeaway platform in real time – this is the digital takeaway supervision system "Zhejiang Takeaway Online" that was officially launched recently. Zhang Genming, director of the Zhejiang Provincial Market Supervision Bureau, introduced that in response to the characteristics of the new economy and new business models, "Zhejiang Takeaway Online" creatively launched scenarios such as "reasonable time" for takeaway delivery, "AI inspection" in the kitchen, "data portrait" on the platform, and "business risk perception" for merchants. For example, the system calculates the riding time and walking food delivery time for the rider, and then automatically generates a "reasonable time" for takeaway delivery after considering traffic congestion and weather conditions. The rider completes the delivery task within this time period, and the platform cannot deduct its performance. Consumers cannot arbitrarily give bad reviews.

  It is reported that since the practice run, "Zhejiang takeaway online" has completed the information verification of 293,000 merchants on the online ordering platform, confirmed that the main body of catering registration 205,000, online access to more than 6,000 Sunshine Kitchen, and promoted more than 7,000 takeaway merchants to commit to using takeaway seals, 3372 takeaway merchants committed to using plastic-limited packaging, accessed 339,000 takeaway rider data, and jointly promoted the coordinated governance of takeaway platforms.

  In recent years, the takeaway industry has developed rapidly, resulting in problems such as plastic pollution, algorithm hegemony, rider violations, food safety, and after-sales disputation. Actions to standardize the management of the takeaway industry are continuing to follow up. State Regulation for Market Regulation and other seven departments recently jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Implementing the Responsibility of Online Catering Platforms and Effectively Safeguarding the Rights and Interests of Takeaway Deliverymen", which put forward all-round requirements for protecting the legitimate rights and interests of takeaway deliverymen such as labor income, labor safety, social security, and employment environment. Previously, State Regulation for Market Regulation investigated and dealt with suspected monopolistic behaviors such as "choosing one of the two" on takeout platforms in accordance

  With the significant strengthening of industry supervision, the social security of flexible employment groups, including food delivery riders, has received more attention. Relevant improvements and sound measures will promote the development of online food delivery in the direction of healthy norms.