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Macro2

Macro29 Jul, 19:58positive

Shenzhen Aims for Strategic Emerging Industries to Hit 2.3 Trillion Yuan, 45% of GDP by 2030

Shenzhen's municipal authorities have issued a plan to develop new quality productive forces and cultivate strategic emerging industries and future industries. By 2030, the city aims for the value-added of strategic emerging industries to reach RMB 2.3 trillion, accounting for 45% of its gross domestic product, with advanced manufacturing as the backbone of a modern industrial system.

Effective: +35
Intensity: 80
Confidence: 70%
Horizon: Long term

Macro29 Jul, 18:34positive

Shanghai Guotou Xian Dao Fund: 900 Billion Yuan Mother Funds Invest 565 Billion Yuan

At the 2026 Science and Technology Innovation Industry Integration Development Conference, Wen Zhi, General Manager of Shanghai Guotou Xian Dao Fund, stated that the three major leading industry mother funds total RMB 900 billion, with cumulative investment decisions of RMB 565 billion and disbursements of RMB 340 billion, leveraging over RMB 2.5 trillion in social capital. Direct investments exceed 70% into early-stage and small enterprises, while 55 sub-funds allocate over 80% to such projects. Wen Zhi outlined four practices addressing the challenges of early-stage investing, supported by policies from 2025 and 2026.

Effective: +32
Intensity: 60
Confidence: 80%
Horizon: Long term

Industries1

Industries27 Jul, 10:01positive

Google to Launch Pixel 11 Series with Tensor G6 on TSMC 2nm GAA, Base Prices Up $100

Google will officially launch the Pixel 11 series on August 12, featuring the in-house Tensor G6 chip built on TSMC's first-generation 2nm N2 process, the company's first node using GAA transistor technology. Compared to N3E, N2 delivers 10-15% higher performance at the same power or 25-30% lower power at the same performance. TSMC's 2nm wafers cost nearly $30,000 each, up 50-66% from 3nm, and the foundry will raise prices further in early 2027. Combined with soaring memory costs, Google is raising base prices by $100 across the Pixel 11 lineup, including the Pixel 11 Pro XL and Pixel 11 Pro Fold, while removing 128GB storage options for the Pixel 11 and Pixel 11 Pro.

Effective: +33
Intensity: 70
Confidence: 80%
Horizon: Medium term

Companies7

Companies15 Jul, 12:27positive

CXMT Prices STAR Market IPO at 8.66 Yuan, Implied Market Cap of 579.2 Billion Yuan

CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) priced its initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market at 8.66 yuan per share. The company will issue 6.69 billion shares, with online and offline subscriptions scheduled for July 16. The implied market capitalization after listing is approximately 579.2 billion yuan. Based on the offering price, the diluted price-to-earnings ratio for 2025 is 308.92 times. Founded in 2016, CXMT designs, develops, and manufactures DRAM chips for smartphones, PCs, tablets, servers, and other devices, with products including DDR4, DDR5, LPDDR4X, and LPDDR5X memory.

Effective: +35
Intensity: 75
Confidence: 80%
Horizon: Medium term

Companies31 Jul, 17:28positive

GigaDevice Plans RMB 1-2 Billion Share Buyback for Cancellation, Chairman Proposes Increase

GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986. SH) plans to repurchase A-shares worth RMB 1 billion to RMB 2 billion for cancellation, funded by its own or borrowed funds. Chairman Zhu Yiming proposed the buyback and plans to increase his holdings by at least RMB 1 billion. The buyback represents up to 7.2% of total assets, 7.91% of net assets, and 13.61% of cash. Separately, Zhongchuang Zhiling announced a buyback of RMB 300-400 million, with 50% for cancellation and 50% for equity incentives.

Effective: +33
Intensity: 60
Confidence: 80%
Horizon: Short term

Companies31 Jul, 08:58positive

Apple CEO Cook Says Storage Chip Price Hikes Raise Costs, Evaluating Procurement Options

Apple CEO Tim Cook said on July 30 during an earnings call that rising storage chip prices are increasing costs, prompting the company to evaluate all available options. He noted that the DRAM market is dominated by three suppliers, and a broader supplier base could improve supply and positively influence product pricing.

Effective: +33
Intensity: 60
Confidence: 80%
Horizon: Short term

Companies28 Jul, 11:17positive

Xinhe Semiconductor and Lenovo Launch EDA Agent, Boosting PCB Library Building by 50% and Simulation by 80%

Xinhe Semiconductor and Lenovo Group released an EDA Agent at the 2026 Design Automation Conference (DAC) that achieves a full AI closed-loop for PCB design. The tool has been implemented in Lenovo's AI PC motherboard, boosting automated library building efficiency by 50% and SERDES simulation optimization efficiency by over 80%.

Effective: +33
Intensity: 60
Confidence: 85%
Horizon: Medium term

Companies27 Jul, 08:51positive

Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5, Deploys AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs, Secures Up to $5 Billion Investment

Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 on July 25, positioning it as a pragmatic model for daily high-frequency use with improved step completion and intermediate result verification. It becomes the default model for Claude Max and the most powerful model available to individual subscribers. Opus 5 is priced at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, matching Opus 4.8 and roughly half the cost of Fable 5. In benchmarks, Opus 5 outperformed all tested models on Frontier-Bench v0.1 and achieved scores close to Fable 5 on CursorBench 3.2 at lower cost. Anthropic also announced plans to deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD Instinct MI450 GPUs, with the first gigawatt expected in the first half of 2027, and AMD committed to a strategic equity investment of up to $5 billion.

Effective: +33
Intensity: 65
Confidence: 78%
Horizon: Medium term

Companies30 Jul, 17:14positive

Demingli Says Operations Strong, Net Profit Up 196%-266% Year-on-Year

Demingli stated on an interactive platform that its overall operations are healthy, with year-on-year net profit growth of 196% to 266%. The company attributed second-quarter net profit performance to factors such as higher expenses, increased R&D investment, capacity construction provisions, and share-based payment costs. It is actively increasing strategic reserves, maintaining ample inventory, and boosting customer acquisition spending. New businesses including enterprise-grade storage, embedded storage, and memory modules remain in an accelerated expansion phase, with contributions from these investments beginning in the second quarter and sustaining high growth.

Effective: +33
Intensity: 70
Confidence: 80%
Horizon: Immediate

Companies29 Jul, 15:09positive

Jiejia Weichuang Subsidiary's Photomask Cleaning Equipment Verified and Delivered, Over 80% Domestic Key

Jiejia Weichuang's subsidiary Chuangwei Microelectronics (Changzhou) Co. , Ltd. has completed verification of its self-developed photomask cleaning equipment at multiple end-user fabs and achieved mass production and delivery. The equipment meets advanced process requirements in particle control, water mark prevention, and surface cleanliness. It covers quartz photomasks from 5 to 9 inches with fully automatic front and back cleaning, optional AOI particle detection, and SMIF loading. Key components have a domestic content rate exceeding 80%, and the software is fully self-developed.

Effective: +32
Intensity: 70
Confidence: 80%
Horizon: Short term