Unlike McDonald’s high-profile packaging of China stores for sale, KFC, another iconic American fast food chain giant, unexpectedly sold its China business in a low-key manner. The night before yesterday, Yum! Brands, the parent companies of KFC and Pizza Hut and listed on the new york Stock Exchange, announced that Yum! China would be separated from Yum! Brands and listed on the NYSE as an independent company. At the same time, after the spin-off, Yum! China will receive a total investment of US$ 460 million from Chunhua Capital and Ant Financial. This means that Yum! Brands has sold part of its operations in KFC and Pizza Hut in China to two purchasers from China.

　　Yum!’ s business in China has fallen into a trough?

　　In fact, Yum! Brands has already paved the way for China business. Last October, it announced that it planned to split Yum! Brands and Yum! China, and this transaction was carried out on the basis of that split at that time.

　　KFC is the first American fast food chain brand to enter the mainland market in China. In 1987, it opened its first store in Qianmen, then the most prosperous business district in Beijing. At that time, it was fashionable for both Beijingers and foreign tourists to queue up for a fried chicken or a hamburger at KFC. And KFC’s rule of "throw away the food after it has been sold for 90 minutes" brought from the United States has also attracted the attention of consumers in China. It is likely that KFC’s great success in exploring the China market attracted McDonald’s. Subsequently, McDonald’s also entered the mainland market of China in 1990. For a long time after that, these two brands were the iconic brands of American fast food culture in China.

　　In 2015, China accounted for half of the global business of Yum! Brands. However, this data can’t hide its downward trend in the China market. Since the incident that Shanghai Fuxi reprocessed expired meat raw materials and changed the shelf life and supplied them to McDonald’s and KFC restaurants in July 2014, KFC’s single-store income began to decline continuously. Yum! China’s same-store sales fell by 16% in the third quarter of 2014, and almost all of them fell by double digits in the following three quarters. Parkson’s financial report for the second quarter of this year, just released in July this year, shows that the same-store sales of KFC in China increased by 2% year-on-year, but it actually climbed slowly from the low base of last year’s lowest valley. During the same period, the same-store sales of Pizza Hut in China shrank by 11%. Therefore, it is widely analyzed that the reason why foreign shareholders strongly demand Yum! Brands to spin off its business in China has something to do with the poor prospect.

　　The "China Golden Period" of franchising may have passed.

　　Franchising is an effective way for KFC to expand its business in the world. As early as 1993, it began to carry out franchising in China, and since 2000, it has only adopted the franchising mode of "not starting from scratch" in China. The so-called "not starting from scratch" means that KFC will hand over a mature and profitable restaurant to its franchisees. In this way, franchisees can put all their energy into the operation and management of stores without having to make preliminary preparations such as site selection, opening stores, recruiting and training employees. This greatly reduces the business risks of KFC franchisees. In the words of Su Jingshi, former president of Yum! China Restaurant Group Greater China, "franchisees can succeed only by maintaining." By this means, KFC has achieved rapid expansion in China, and the number of stores has reached nearly 5,000 by the end of last year.

　　However, KFC has set a high threshold for joining, and the transfer fee for each restaurant is as high as 8 million yuan. After that, the going-concern expenses include the franchise fee accounting for 6% of the sales and the advertising sharing fee accounting for 5% of the sales, and the first agreement is signed for at least ten years. At this point, McDonald’s joining in China is exactly the same, and even the joining fee and cost-sharing ratio are exactly the same. This is obviously not a simple imitation of who, but a careful calculation based on a rigorous business model.

　　In fact, no matter KFC or McDonald’s, its investment in the global business chain is more than the catering service itself, that is, it operates the store in a benign state by selecting a location. As can be seen from the income structure of the two catering giants, this part of the profits is far greater than their own stores. With KFC and McDonald’s reaching the scale of thousands of stores in China and gradually covering third-and fourth-tier cities, the blank market space in the future is getting smaller and smaller, and the golden period of realizing profits through joining and transferring has passed. Therefore, it may be the best time for them to "pack up and sell" their business in China.

　　Although the supply of raw materials, as well as the annual brand use and marketing promotion expenses exceeding 10% of sales are still the long-term benefits they can enjoy, it is obviously only a decimal for them. Moreover, with the increasingly fierce competition in the catering market in China, the future sales potential of these foreign fast foods is not clear.

　　The receiver may want to change the joining mode and continue to expand.

　　Judging from the current Chinese takers of foreign fast food, whether it is Chunhua Capital or Ant Financial, or BTG, Sanpower and Sinochem, which are interested in bidding for McDonald’s China business, their real intention is probably not to directly participate in the catering industry, but to graft their current business to achieve profits in a new expansion mode.

　　This can be seen from the caliber of Ant Financial. "Ant Financial will help Yum! China provide mobile payment services for its brands, including Alipay platform." In fact, although the online speculation of Ma Yun "finally achieved revenge for not being hired by KFC that year", in fact, Ma Yun is definitely a supporting role in this investment — — His total investment with Hu Zuliu of Chunhua Capital will only account for a few percent of Parkson China in the future. Even compared with Hu Zuliu, the $50 million invested by Ma Yun is too small, accounting for only a fraction of the total investment of $460 million.

　　In fact, it can be seen from the fact that no real catering enterprise is willing to take over the business of KFC and McDonald’s in China that these two brands are more tools for the industry, which may also indicate that their future development in China will not be too exciting. Even some people in the industry believe that China KFC and McDonald’s, which have been abandoned by their parent companies, may embark on a development path in China that is divorced from stores in other countries in the world.

　　I don’t know if it is the first move to merge into Ali. The Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned that KFC will officially enter Tmall on September 6. In the future, consumers can buy electronic coupons for KFC food in Tmall stores and then exchange them for corresponding foods in physical stores.

　　Text/reporter zhangqin

　　Financial observation

　　Kfcs are "old"?

　　Although in many countries, KFC and McDonald’s are still regarded as the representatives of American fast food industry and even the symbols of American consumer culture, in fact, in the United States, more and more people have begun to diversify their choices, especially the opportunities for the younger generation of Americans to enter KFC are decreasing.

　　In the first half of the year, the only cross-industry economic indicator of customer satisfaction in the United States, the American Customer Satisfaction Index, released the 2016 Restaurant Satisfaction Survey Report. It shows that the average satisfaction score of fast food restaurants in the United States this year is 79, but the scores of KFC and Pizza Hut under Yum! are below the average. McDonald’s ranked at the bottom of many participating fast food chain stores with a score of 69 points, and McDonald’s ranked at the bottom last year.

　　As for the poor performance of KFC and McDonald’s, some American businessmen believe that although this does not mean that the food quality of KFC and McDonald’s has declined, they are "really old" in the eyes of American consumers and can no longer be the most typical representative of American fast food culture.

　　In fact, in the China market, KFC and McDonald’s are also facing the same problem. With a new generation of young people becoming the main force of fast food consumption, McDonald’s and KFC are no longer their absolute first choice to experience foreign fast food, and a large number of other brands of fast food subdivide the China market. More crucially, no matter how the varieties cater to the taste of China population, the standard fried chicken, French fries, hamburgers and coke that KFC and McDonald’s take care of have become the global representatives of "junk food". More and more young families in China have kept their children away from such fast food restaurants, at least in first-and second-tier cities.

　　For KFC and McDonald’s in China, the aura of standardization and trustworthiness that they were most proud of in the past has also been shattered with repeated food safety incidents. No matter Sudan red or fast-growing chicken, and then to the Shanghai Fuxi incident, these foreign fast foods have not been able to stay out of it.

　　Text/reporter zhangqin

　　When we use the browser, we often encounter the situation that the webpage stays too long or the typesetting is chaotic. At this time, refreshing is the best method, one is ordinary refreshing, and the other is forced refreshing. So let’s take a look at the method of forced refreshing the browser with Xiaobian. Interested users should not miss it.

　　Introduction to the method of forcibly refreshing browser

　　1. press Ctrl+F5. In most browsers, pressing Ctrl+F5 will require the browser to get data from the website instead of the cache. Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Internet Explorer all send a "cache-control: no-cache" command to the server. This command will require the server to send complete web page data to the browser. Users who use Safari in OS X need to press Option+Command+E to clear the cache, and then press Command+R to refresh the page. Since the cache is emptied, the page data will be obtained from the server. If you don’t want to delete all the caches, please refer to the next steps.

　　2. Click the refresh button when pressing Shift. Pressing the refresh button in the browser address bar can only be used for normal refresh operation, but you can click the refresh button while pressing Shift, which will force refresh from the server. Internet Explorer users can click the refresh button when pressing Ctrl.

　　3. Clear the cache. If you want to get pages from all websites when you visit them, you can clear the local cache. This will force the website to send you the latest web content. You can refer to wikiHow’s guide on how to clear the browser cache. Mobile users need the same steps to refresh the web page, because there is no shortcut to force refresh in the mobile version of the browser.

The 2023 Chengdu ITTF Mixed Team World Cup came to an end a few days ago. The box office of this brand-new event, which was created by the ITTF, was about 28 million yuan. More than 35,000 tickets were robbed in one hour in the first round of ticket sales, and 10,000 tickets were sold in the second round of ticket sales in 7 minutes.

According to the data, more than 20,000 fans outside Chengdu bought tickets to watch the game, and the average cost per fan ranged from 2,000 yuan to 7,000 yuan. The output value of sports industry, accommodation industry, catering industry, transportation industry and shopping reached 260 million yuan.

Consumption "increment"

A large number of people watch the events across provinces and cities, which drives a series of consumption such as tourism and transportation.

According to the data of barley net, the official ticketing platform, in 2023, there were 39,535 users of Chengdu ITTF mixed team World Cup, and the total number of tickets purchased was 60,139. Judging from the residence of the whole ticket purchasing crowd, Sichuan accounts for 15.45%, Guangdong 13.09%, Chongqing 8.88%, Zhejiang 8.08%, Jiangsu 5.36%, Shanghai 4.48%, Beijing 4.16%, Shandong 3.74%, Hubei 3.38% and Hunan 3.15%.

The proportion of people who watch events across provinces and cities has increased, which has increased the flow of tens of thousands of people in the city in a short period of time and stimulated a series of consumption such as tourism and transportation.

Ctrip data shows that from December 4 to December 10, the number of travel orders from other places to Chengdu increased by more than 2 times year-on-year, hotels increased by more than 10 times, and air tickets increased by about 1.5 times. Compared with November 27th to December 3rd, the number of travel orders from other places in Rongrong increased by 3%, and hotel bookings increased by over 30%.

According to Ctrip’s online service platform, during the week of the competition, many hotels within 500 meters of Fiona Fang of Sichuan Gymnasium were in short supply, and the main room types showed "booked up" early.

"Sports watching tours have brought direct benefits to the city." Wang Xueli, director of Tsinghua University Sports Industry Development Research Center, gave an example. This year is the year of Chengdu Universiade. As one of the Universiade venues, Sichuan Gymnasium has been upgraded in software and hardware, creating a better watching experience for the audience. "This is actually the benefit of the Universiade, which reflects the input-output mechanism of large-scale comprehensive sports games."

Investment "increment"

Hold a "sports+"industry promotion meeting with the event as the link.

Wuhou District, as the venue of this tournament, is rich in cultural tourism resources, and Wuhou Temple, Huaxi Dam and Wangjianglou are all famous tourist punching places in China. During the games, the passenger flow of these scenic spots increased significantly. One week before the competition, the sales of merchants in Yulin East Road during the competition generally increased by 20% to 80%, the merchants of light meals and snacks increased by about 80%, the beauty and hairdressing business increased by about 50%, the retail and cultural entrepreneurship increased by about 40%, and the beverage business increased by about 20%.

Wonderful competition and excellent service continue to polish the city brand of "three cities and three capitals" in Chengdu. Wuhou district also takes the competition as a link and goes all out to promote high-quality development. On December 4th, at the supporting activity of the event-2023 Chengdu "Sports Plus" Industry Promotion Conference, Wuhou District signed a multi-project contract with a total value of 400 million yuan.

Judging from the long-term effect, Wang Xueli believes that the innovative hosting and service guarantee of this event have been praised by athletes and media at home and abroad, which has established a good reputation for Chengdu’s hosting of the event and contributed to the construction of a world famous event city. "This will promote Chengdu’s city image and city positioning on the international stage." (Reporter Xue Jian)

A hundred long tables

Thousands of old Chengdu hotpot are composed together.

Changlongzhuang hotpot park

Citizens and tourists enjoy a hot pot feast here.

……

Mid-Autumn National Day holiday this year

"Thousands of people in a thousand pots-Long banquet of hot pot in the park"

First presented in Xibo North Square!

"There is a leisurely and comfortable courtyard dam hot pot, a spicy taste of Chengdu, and a lively atmosphere of a long banquet." Mr. Liu, a citizen, commented on the beef at the hot pot long banquet.

It is understood that this hot pot banquet takes the form of a single person and a single pot, with a total of more than 1,000 mouths, which can be used by more than 10,000 diners to experience authentic flavor on the spot.

At the same time, there are many kinds of hot pots for the Long Banquet, and the ingredients are also carefully selected, covering mutton hotpot, beef offal hotpot, frog hotpot and rabbit hotpot with pickled peppers, which can satisfy different diners’ one-stop tastes for different types of high-quality hot pots. There are five parts: tasting area, operation area, food area, shared dining area and performance area. Among them, the food area not only focuses on displaying fresh food, but also allows tourists to pick up food by themselves.

How to rinse the hot pot with the best taste? The chef of beef omasum hot pot in Qingbaijiang Slaughterhouse showed the tourists the technique of "seven ups and eight downs". "To taste the best taste, first iron the beef omasum, and the beef omasum will not leave the chopsticks for more than 8 seconds." The chef of Chongqing hot pot is ready for the diners who pursue spicy degree. "Three kinds of peppers are used in the bottom material, and the taste level is richer."

In terms of the cost performance of hot pot that the public cares about, it is understood that the Black Dragon Beach Deep Water Fish Hot Pot has launched a 38 yuan/person set meal, which includes the bottom of the pot, oil dish, diced yellow pepper, etc. The single set meal in 50 yuan of Qingbaijiang Slaughterhouse contains thousands of layers of shredded beef omasum, flaming beef, piranha and other classic dishes for hotpot. According to reports, this activity will present the hot pot dragon feast for the majority of diners and citizens in accordance with the activity strategy of excellent quality, people-friendly price, gathering popularity and creating vitality.

Hot pot has the characteristics of extensive participation, diverse styles and good interactive atmosphere. The chef of Dalhan grassland mutton hot pot enthusiastically introduced the way to eat mutton with special sesame sauce. "Instant mutton with radish and white tofu is the original flavor of Inner Mongolia prairie." He believes that instant-boiled mutton hot pot is loved by diners in Chengdu, which is also the embodiment of the city’s inclusiveness.

Not only local residents, but also tourists who come to Xibocheng to rinse hot pot and overseas friends. "Thai students who come to experience the taste of Chengdu like this braised tiger skin chicken feet best, and they also say that they want to bring delicious food back to their hometown." The proprietress of pot-stewed hot pot said.

Chengdu is a world-renowned international food capital. If you want to find a kind of most representative food, it is undoubtedly a hot and spicy hot pot. This city-wide food carnival of "thousands of people and thousands of pots" provides a brand-new hot pot food experience and holiday punching destination for diners and citizens, and further polishes the signboard of the international food capital while offering gifts for the National Day.

This long hot pot banquet coincides with the 20th Chengdu International Food Festival and is open to the general public from 11: 00 to 22: 00 every day from September 28th to October 6th.

It is understood that the food festival links the major food activities in the city and forms a global consumption linkage system. Focusing on the theme of "the city of food is full of weather", we will hold professional exhibitions of food, round tables of the city of food, and the 20th anniversary of Chengdu’s "Rongyao" food, presenting Chengdu’s food style in a multi-level and multi-dimensional way, and displaying the image of Chengdu with modern and colorful Chinese style. Simultaneously with the hot pot banquet, there is also the "Xunwei Tianfu" food market, which provides special snacks such as electric barbecue, fried skewers, bell dumplings and stinky tofu, as well as live performances in Mahua FunAge and unplugged music.

What if you want to eat more delicious food?

Take a walk on the streets of Chengdu

Thermal map of fireworks walking on the streets of Chengdu

Take it quickly ~

Thermal map of fireworks walking on the streets of Chengdu

[Fireworks Chengdu Street Walking Thermal Map-Activity Introduction]

● Soak in the teahouse. In Chengdu, soaking in teahouses is not only the basic way of life in the streets for thousands of years, but also the correct way to experience the myriad weather in Chengdu.

● Drink coffee. More than 4,000 cafes, the third city of coffee. Coffee adjusts the taste of life in Chengdu and updates people’s taste bud experience.

● Taste delicious food. Fireworks in the streets, aesthetics of the tip of the tongue in the hall. Starting from spicy and delicious flavor, it is compatible with all kinds of dishes. I’d like to invite you to Chengdu.

● Stay in a homestay. Big hidden in the city, small hidden in the wild. B&B is reshaping the definition of tourism and vacation.

What are you waiting for?

Take advantage of the holiday

Hurry up and eat ~

Source | Chengdu Daily Jinguan News

Original title: "First presentation! "Hotpot for ten thousand people" is too hard! 》

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Family in the series, can be said to be the glory of the king. It has subversive technologies leading the world, such as Yunqi, Yifangfang, Super Hybrid DM-i and E Platform 3.0, etc. It is full of confidence. In 2024, it was first proposed that "electricity is lower than oil", which opened the tide of price reduction for major car companies and triggered the shopping of major car companies to subvert the joint venture fuel brand.

Among many cars, the 2024 DM-i Glory Edition is more suitable for running.

The performance of Handong Power is excellent. The DM-p version of the system has a comprehensive maximum power of 426kW and 822N·m, and it takes only 3.7 seconds to accelerate at 000 km, and it comes standard with Yunqi -C intelligent body control system. The power output is comparable to that of a 2.0T engine.

Han EV Glory Edition also adds a "Eye of God" intelligent driving version. The new car is equipped with 5, 12 ultrasonic radars and 11 cameras, which supports NOA navigation, automatic overtaking, lane change, ramp up and down and other functions, and also supports AVP parking service function. Simply put, after the user gets off the bus, the vehicle can find its own parking space and can automatically drive out to find the user at any time.

Support full scene digital keys (NFC car keys, digital keys)

During the outing, it is a small VTOL mobile power station with a maximum discharge power of 6kw.

　　On October 30th, Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China presided over the the State Council executive meeting, and adopted the Guiding Opinions on Deepening the Development of Industrial Internet in internet plus’s Advanced Manufacturing Industry to promote the revitalization of the real economy and accelerate the transformation and upgrading. The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to speed up the construction and development of industrial internet and promote the deep integration of the new generation of information technology and manufacturing industry, with the supply-side structural reform as the main line and the implementation of "Made in China 2025" and "internet plus".

　　On October 30th, Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China presided over the the State Council executive meeting, and passed the Decision of the State Council on Abolishing the Provisional Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Business Tax and Amending the Provisional Regulations of People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Value-added Tax (Draft). Cancel the business tax in an all-round way, adjust and improve the scope of VAT taxation, designate units and individuals selling services, intangible assets and real estate as VAT taxpayers, and clarify the corresponding tax rates. At the same time, the transitional policies currently implemented for some industries remain unchanged.

　　The State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs recently jointly signed and issued the Memorandum on Promoting the Reform of Multi-certification and Strengthening Information Sharing and Cooperation among Departments, and reached an agreement on accelerating the reform of Multi-certification and deepening information sharing and business collaboration among departments and carried out relevant cooperation. The Memorandum of Cooperation puts forward clear requirements for relevant departments to establish information sharing channels, establish information sharing mechanisms, strictly control information collection, and promote the wide application of the "one photo, one yard" business license.

　　In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Ministry of Commerce, together with the Development and Reform Commission and other 12 departments, will jointly supervise the special actions to expand consumption led by local commercial authorities. The main content of the inspection is the specific work carried out by local commercial authorities around the two major tasks of "developing circulation and promoting consumption" in domestic trade and six major measures such as promoting standardization and intensification of circulation information, deepening the reform of circulation system, building a unified big market, increasing effective supply of goods, improving the quality of life and service, and optimizing the consumption environment.

　　The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) has decided to launch a nationwide concentrated action on law enforcement and counterfeiting in the field of consumer goods e-commerce from October 25th to November 15th. During this year’s "Double Eleven" period, local quality inspection departments will severely crack down on illegal activities in the field of e-commerce, strictly investigate and thoroughly handle quality violations, deter those who manufacture and sell fake and shoddy products, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of consumers. In addition, it will also strengthen coordination and cooperation with public security departments, and effectively strengthen the crackdown on quality crimes.

　　In order to further promote the disclosure of land acquisition information, China will establish a national land acquisition information sharing platform to fully safeguard the vital interests of the people. Since May this year, 35 counties (cities, districts) in five provinces (autonomous regions) have carried out the pilot work of standardization and standardization of grass-roots land acquisition compensation government affairs. The Ministry of Land and Resources will strengthen guidance with the relevant provincial departments of land and resources, and combine the relevant requirements of land acquisition information disclosure to promote the pilot results to the whole country.

　　The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security recently issued the "Notice on Issues Concerning the Setting of Post Conditions for Public Institutions" to further standardize the setting of post conditions for public institutions. The notice requires that the employer should scientifically and reasonably set the conditions of the recruitment position according to the requirements of the recruitment position, and must not set directional or discriminatory conditions unrelated to the position.

On March 11th, SAIC Volkswagen launched 2024 outstanding models, including three models. On the basis of the elite version, luxury version and flagship version of the current 380TSI, they were added and renamed Longteng version, Longyao version and Longxiang version respectively. Perhaps it was influenced by BYD’s volume price tactics at the beginning of the year, and the new version launched by Volkswagen this time also directly reduced the price by 20,000.

The appearance of the new car still continues the design of the current model, with a sense of fashion in the main hand. The difference between the normal version and the starry sky version is mainly in the front air intake grille, the starry sky lattice grille is slightly fashionable, and the horizontal multi-section grille is more rich in business atmosphere. The side of the new car adopts a tough design, and straight lines run through the front fender to the rear. The rear part of the car still uses straight lines, which shows stability and has a good sense of hierarchy. It is worth mentioning that in addition to the Longteng version/Starry Dragon version, the other two models are equipped with inductive electric tailgates.

The size of the new car has not changed, with the length, width and height of 4948x1836x1469mm and the wheelbase of 2871 mm. The space performance is good, and both home and business are quite satisfactory. The old problem still exists: the height of the middle bulge in the back row is higher, and the passenger experience in the middle position is worse, which is also a common problem of German cars.

In terms of interior, the new car still continues the unique design style of the current Passat, and the design of the center console tilting to the driver’s side is more convenient to operate during driving. At the same time, the use of a large number of bright black paint, as well as a small number of chrome trim, makes the whole car look a certain sense of grade. However, from the current aesthetic point of view, the design at the bottom of the central control screen will be somewhat outdated, and it would be better if it could be simpler. Many people are worried that this price reduction will lead to a reduction in allocation. By comparing the configuration information, we can find that the difference between the new and old models is only the optional package, and the standard configuration is the same.

In the power part, the car is still equipped with a 2.0T engine, with a maximum output of 162kW and a peak torque of 350N·m, and the fastest acceleration time of 100 kilometers is only 7.4 seconds. The chassis suspension is still a multi-link independent suspension before McPherson. Users who are familiar with this car should know that Volkswagen’s suspension training of Passat is not bad, and its driving texture and shock absorption performance are good.

Next, let’s talk about these three configurations, which is the most cost-effective.

In terms of configuration, Longyao Edition has more lane departure warning, lane keeping assistance, lane merging assistance, automatic parking and electric induction trunk than Longteng Edition. Compared with Longyao version, Longxiang version has more safety and comfort configurations such as fatigue driving tips, side airbags, front knee airbags, steering wheel heating, front seat massage and rear seat heating. That is to say, there is no Longteng version with the above configuration price of 188,300 yuan. It should be emphasized here that the Longteng version of the car machine system also lacks many basic functions, such as car navigation, voice control, OTA upgrade and other functions.

From this point of view, the Longteng version with the lowest price among the three cars is extremely low in cost performance, and the price of 180,000 doesn’t even have some basic configurations. If the budget is sufficient, the top-mounted Longxiang version has the highest cost performance, and a series of safety functions and comfort configurations can be obtained at an additional cost of 16,000 yuan, so that such rich configurations are enough for both business and home use.

What do the audience in front of the screen think? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area for discussion.

　　SAIC Volkswagen LaVida, which is known as the national sedan, has always been deeply rooted in people’s hearts with a stable and reliable image. In the ever-changing market environment, Volkswagen LaVida can still maintain its strong competitiveness and become a new choice for the 5 million national sedan. After many years, every iterative update of Volkswagen LaVida can accurately grasp the development trend of the market, and the product strength is stable and upward. Today, the LaVida family has welcomed a new member-Volkswagen LaVida. It is understood that while inheriting the excellent genes of the LaVida family, LaVida XR has also injected more fashionable and technological elements, bringing consumers a brand-new driving experience.

　　SAIC Motor Corporation LimitedVolkswagen Langyi Xinruibe amazed by the brilliance of sthDebut, smart body, spacious space

　　SAIC Volkswagen LaVida, like the classic LaVida, inherits German quality and is built on Volkswagen’s MQB platform. Nevertheless, LaVida is different from LaVida in body size.

　　Specifically, LaVida’s cutting-edge body size is 4561*1740*1494mm, which skillfully balances the flexibility of the vehicle and the interior space. The length of the bus is moderate, which is convenient to shuttle in the city and can meet the needs of long-distance driving. The width and height of the car have also been carefully adjusted to ensure the spacious and comfortable space inside the car. In terms of wheelbase, LaVida has achieved a size of 2651mm, which is excellent in the same class. A longer wheelbase means more spacious interior space, especially the leg space of the rear passengers, and the ride comfort has been comprehensively improved.

　　SAIC Motor Corporation LimitedVolkswagen Langyi Xinruibe amazed by the brilliance of sthDebut, blending fashion elements and design, showing youthful temperament.

　　Volkswagen LaVida is an entry-level model, and many consumers have reservations about its face value, thinking that entry-level models are often conservative or lack of new ideas in design. However, LaVida has broken this inherent concept and successfully integrated the brand-new elements of Volkswagen brand into its design, showing a young and fashionable style.

　　LaVida Xinrui adopts a double-layer front face design, emphasizing the layering and three-dimensional sense of the front face of the vehicle. The two chrome-plated decorative strips in the upper part echo each other with the surrounding part below, creating a unique visual effect. The surrounding part below is cleverly combined with dotted chrome decoration, which may be inspired by the starry sky, giving people a deep and mysterious feeling.

　　The side lines of the car body are smooth and smart, with a dynamic aesthetic feeling. Each line has been carefully designed, which not only gives people visual comfort, but also improves the aerodynamic performance of the car body. The rear design is relatively simple, but it does not lose style. Duck-tail modeling adds a touch of playfulness to the vehicle, while blackened taillights and black lower fender add a bit of sportiness to the overall modeling of the vehicle.

　　SAIC Motor Corporation LimitedVolkswagen Langyi Xinruibe amazed by the brilliance of sthDebut, intelligent configuration, convenient and easy to use

　　In terms of intelligent configuration, Volkswagen LaVida has also shown a leapfrog level. The dashboard uses an 8-inch display screen, and the highly clear and intuitive interface design allows the driver to easily grasp the data of the vehicle. In terms of interior, the central control panel adopts embedded design, which is integrated with the whole interior style. This design not only increases the sense of science and technology of the whole vehicle, but also ensures that the driver’s control is more convenient and smooth. In addition, the three-spoke steering wheel supports four-way adjustment, so you can find a driving posture that suits you regardless of the driver’s body shape.

　　In order to further improve the convenience of vehicle use, LaVida Xinrui is also equipped with the remote control function of SAIC Volkswagen APP. The owner can remotely control the locking and unlocking of the vehicle through this APP and check the status of the vehicle. Under special circumstances, if the owner forgets the parking position of the vehicle and wants to find the vehicle quickly, he can remotely control the flashing lights or horns of the vehicle through the APP, which is convenient for finding the vehicle and very user-friendly.

　　SAIC Motor Corporation LimitedVolkswagen LaVida has made its debut, with excellent power performance and classic manual transmission.

　　In terms of power, LaVida Xinrui is equipped with a 1.5-liter naturally aspirated engine, which can achieve a maximum power of 110 HP and a maximum torque of 141 Nm, showing good traction ability when driving at low speed or starting. In terms of gearbox, LaVida Xinrui offers a variety of options. Consumers can choose a 5-speed manual gearbox or a 6-speed automatic gearbox according to their driving habits and needs. For drivers who like manual control, the 5-speed manual gearbox is still a classic as always.

　　In short, as a new member of the LaVida family, SAIC Volkswagen LaVida has not only inherited the German quality of the Volkswagen brand, but also demonstrated its strength beyond the same class in terms of space, face value, intelligent configuration and power configuration. The amazing starting price of 79,900 yuan makes LaVida XR stand out in the future 100,000-class sedan market. By the way, grasp the New Year’s courtesy to buy a car, and you can also win the lucky gold banknotes jointly issued by Volkswagen and Chow Tai Fook! SAIC Volkswagen sincerely invites you to fight for luck and win a big gift!

　　(Source: News Express)

It was officially launched in November last year. In order to meet the market demand, the car launched double sniper tactics, and the electric version/hybrid version was launched at the same time. Among them, the three DMH hybrid versions are 121,800-141,800 yuan, and the three EV electric versions are 143,800-170,800 yuan.

Roewe is full of hope when the new car goes on the market. Roewe has previously launched a volume model, but Roewe has not launched a peak product in the later period. According to the data, in 2020, Roewe sold 435,600 vehicles, in 2021, it sold 375,600 vehicles, and in 2022, the overall sales volume of Roewe was 286,000 vehicles, down 23.86% year-on-year. The market share of Roewe has been shrinking, and the decline in sales volume has become the norm. Therefore, Roewe urgently need to launch a volume model to pull itself back to the mainstream track.

However, the reality is cruel. According to the data provided by the Association, the wholesale sales volume of Roewe D7DMH in December was only over 800, and the wholesale sales volume of D7 EV version was only over 700, totaling less than 2,000. This also confirms the prediction of netizens who listed new cars.

For the Roewe D7 car, users generally reflect that the price is too high, so the price is bound to be cool, and the reality is indeed the same.

In addition, the product quality of Roewe Automobile has been frequently complained this year, which has also cast a shadow over Roewe’s brand image and formed a bad reputation.

In appearance, Roewe D7 adopts Roewe’s latest family-style design style. The appearance of the model is different from that of plug-in hybrid. The D7 EV adopts the design of closed front face and split headlights, and the D7 DMH adopts integrated headlights. In terms of body size, the length, width and height dimensions of DMH models are 4890/1890/1510mm, and those of EV models are 4890/1872/1510mm, with a wheelbase of 2810mm.

The interior part, with dual 12.3-inch LCD screens, supports the circulation between the locomotive and mobile navigation, automatic planning of long-distance charging, and effective reply of diverse voices.

In terms of power, the Roewe D7 DMH model is equipped with a plug-in hybrid of a 1.5L hybrid special engine and a motor combination. CLTC has a pure electric cruising range of 125km and a comprehensive cruising range of 1400km. The cruising range of D7 EV CLTC is 510km and 610km respectively, and the acceleration time from 0 to 100 km/h is 7.3 seconds and 6.5 seconds respectively.

On the whole, Roewe D7 performance is not excellent, and the bidding models include BYD and Changan medium-sized cars. Although the Roewe D7 seems to be slightly lower in terms of price, it is not as good as the first two cars in terms of positioning. In addition, the performance of Roewe D7 is not outstanding in terms of power. Naturally, it is not as good as the first two cars. The sales figures can also prove this. Seals sold more than 10,000 vehicles in December and Deep Blue SL03 sold more than 6,000 vehicles. Under the strong pressure of competing models, Roewe D7 will not get much benefit. It is worth mentioning that we saw the E-QM5 in the sales list of medium-sized cars in December, and its wholesale sales in December also reached more than 10,000. It is said that the car has a minimum of 100,000 cars, and the price of 160,000 is 100,000 yuan, so the sales volume will not come up at once. Breaking a bone is better than anything. How fragrant it is! Roewe D7 wants to sell, and its brand positioning can only be considered as the second line, and it is really difficult to sell without fracture promotion.

John kasich, the candidate who won the second place in the Republican New Hampshire primary, shouted. Image source: Guardian

Republican candidate john kasich’s party primary celebration in New Hampshire. Jin Xiao Li tu

[Editor’s note]

On February 9, local time, the second battle of the 2016 US presidential election primary came to an end in New Hampshire (hereinafter referred to as NSW), and Trump, the Republican Party of the United States, won a big victory in this Republican primary. In the Republican camp, surprisingly, John Kasich, the governor of Ohio, performed well, ranking second only to Trump.

To China readers, kasich is a strange name compared with Hillary, Trump and Jeb Bush, and he is also "unknown" in American media. Who’s kasich? Why did he win the second place in the Republican primary in New Hampshire? Is his sudden emergence "a flash in the pan" or "enough stamina"?

On the same day, The Paper’s special contributor came to the scene of the NSW primary election celebration in kasich.Close contact with kasich and his supporters, trying to find the answers to these questions from the warm celebration atmosphere.

Just after the Iowa caucus, the Republican Party ushered in the second stop of the party’s primary election-New Hampshire. Although many people criticized that the proportion of white people in NSW was too large and too radical to predict the voting situation in the whole country, the results of NSW’s primary election were always extremely accurate. Since the state’s electoral reform in 1952, the final nominees of the Republican Party have won the top two in the state. Although Trump won NSW with an absolute advantage of 35% and became the biggest winner of this station, what was even more unexpected was the extraordinary performance of Ohio Governor John Kasich. He beat Cruz and Lu Biao, the other two popular candidates in the party, and won the second place with 16% support. The Paper and the US column team attended the primary celebration held by kasich on the evening of February 9th, and got close contact with kasich and his supporters.

Location of the celebration: Grappone Conference Center, a famous conference center in Concord, the capital of NSW. Jin Xiao Li tu

The celebration is located in the —Grappone Conference Center, a famous conference center in Concord, the capital of NSW. Since most polling stations closed their voting at 7: 00 pm, the celebration banquet also kicked off at 7: 00 pm. However, kasich, who was cautious, did not show up and deliver a speech until nearly 10: 00 pm, when more than 60% of the votes in the whole state were counted. The three hours in the middle are reserved for media, voters and special guests to socialize freely.

Actively prepare for the celebration to interview and shoot the major media around the world. Jin Xiao Li tu

Lock in the support of key party figures in New Hampshire

Most of the special guests are senior members of the Republican Party in New Hampshire, core members of the kasich campaign group and their families. On the way, we met Michael Coleman, the representative of the Republican Committee in Yorkshire, Maine. Coleman told us that kasich had already locked in the support of many key party figures in New Hampshire, such as John E. Sununu, a former senator from NSW. It is reported that sununu not only publicly endorsed kasich, but also served as the chairman of kasich’s campaign committee in NSW. The whole team has organized and coordinated nearly 190 public meetings in recent months. Sununu’s father, John H. John H. Sununu, is the 75th governor of NSW, and his younger brother, Chris Sununu, has also won the primary election in the new governor’s election, which shows that the entire sununu family has the right to speak in the NSW Republican Party. It is no wonder that kasich immediately expressed his special thanks to sununu at the beginning of his speech, even saying that without his unremitting support, he would not have achieved his second place today.

Former NSW Senator John E. sununu attended the event in kasich. Image source: Tampa Bay Times

In the contact with kasich’s team at the meeting, we learned that sununu was not the only party supporter of kasich in New Hampshire, and a long list of election-supporting presidium was filled with the names of recent party leaders in the state, including former federal representatives Charlie Bass and Chuck Douglas. Gordon Humphrey, a former federal senator, Nancy Merrill, a former member of the Republican National Committee, Fergus Cullen, a former Republican chairman of the state, and Tom Rath, a former state attorney general, and so on. These leaders of the Republican Party in New Hampshire not only attended the celebration party that night, but sununu and Humphrey also acted as spokespersons for kasich’s interview with the media, striving to create a good impression for kasich in the major media. In the past few weeks, from The New York Times, a world-class media, to Nashua Telegraph and Concord Monitor, local media have voiced their endorsement for kasich. Although kasich is not well-known in the whole country, he can lock in a lot of media support, and his team’s former senior Republican officials can’t be underestimated.

Kasich’s volunteers and core staff. Jin Xiao Li tu

Kasich: A Hawk in the American Budget

Among the special guests, we also had the honor to meet Ms. Shays, the wife of former Connecticut Congressman Chris Shays. She told us that kasich was well-known not only in the Republican Party in NSW, but also among his former congressional colleagues. Before becoming governor, kasich served as a senior member of the House of Representatives for 18 years, including 6 years as the chairman of the House Budget Committee, and has always maintained a good reputation in the House of Representatives. Her husband Shays worked with kasich on the Budget Committee, and was his good friend and admirer for many years.

Kasich and the advertisement for running for the House of Representatives in 1982. Image source: The Atlantic

Indeed, kasich’s moderate attitude on social issues such as same-sex marriage has made many people forget that he is a famous hawk on American financial issues.Kasich’s most outstanding achievement is to coordinate the budget plan with the White House, which helped the United States achieve a rare fiscal surplus in 1997 (the US budget deficit in 2016 was about $216 billion). Ms. Shays pointed out: "As the then chairman of the Budget Committee, the remarkable thing about kasich’s budget balance was that he was facing a Democratic president, Bill Clinton."The reduction of financial expenditure is often the best test of a politician’s cross-party communication ability. Although both parties are aware of the crisis of the huge deficit, whenever the Republican Party proposes to reduce its investment in social welfare, the Democratic Party says that it will cut its military expenditure in the same proportion. In the end, the two parties often break up in discord and achieve nothing. Ms Shays believes that kasich’s achievements in controlling the budget prove that he is not a politician who only talks empty words, but a real policy expert. Coincidentally, Portsmouth Herald, a well-known local newspaper in NSW, also mentioned in its endorsement to kasich: "In terms of government financial expenditure, experienced kasich deserves the trust and support of voters."

Kasich canvassed among the people. Image source: Associated Press

There are criticisms that kasich is too moderate? Ms Shays also defended him: "The most remarkable thing about kasich is that he knows when to cross-party cooperation and when to stick to principles. Some people say that kasich is too gentle like a teddy bear, because they don’t see kasich’s principled side. "

For example, on the issue of Ohio’s reduction of nursing house medical subsidy, kasich tried to defend the value of Republicans. It is understood that in the United States, elderly people who are ill can choose to live in nursing homes or receive treatment from hospitals at home, and the government will provide a large amount of subsidies to nursing homes every year. Although this has improved the service quality of nursing homes to a certain extent, it constitutes unfair competition for hospitals that provide home treatment services, and a large number of empty beds in nursing homes have also seriously wasted government subsidies and harmed the interests of taxpayers. In order to change this phenomenon, kasich proposed to reduce the subsidy for nursing homes by more than 400 million yuan in two years. As a result, it was opposed by three related lobbying teams in Ohio. They spent huge sums of money to make opposition advertisements and broadcast them on TV. However, this did not shake kasich’s determination, and he even used a controversial veto to protect his reform achievements in reducing subsidies.

Ms. Shays’ description can enrich the image of kasich in our hearts, but it is undeniable that many policies of kasich are actually controversial. For example, CBS News reported that in 2011, kasich, then governor of Ohio, supported the adoption of legislation to restrict social workers’ collective bargaining rights on work treatment, and as many as 350,000 people, including teachers, policemen and firefighters, were implicated. In the end, voters in the whole state overturned this legislation through a referendum convened by the trade union, which also reduced kasich’s support rate to around 30%. In 2015, kasich said that he would cut the financial subsidy for public schools by $84 million. This policy also brought a lot of opposition from the fiscal hawk.

Support voters: Tired of the endless mutual attacks within the Republican Party, kasich’s political outlook is very positive

At the celebration, kasich was in a good mood and put on a classic scissorhands posture. Jin Xiao Li tu

Besides the special guests, we also met many ordinary supporters of kasich at the celebration. Because all tickets for the celebration are free to the public, any kasich supporter can enter the venue and wait for the process of counting votes together to witness the final ranking of kasich. What kind of voters are there in kasich? What qualities do voters value most about kasich? What we want to know most about this celebration dinner in kasich is which voters kasich has attracted.

Many kasich supporters present said that they were tired of the endless negative advertisements attacking each other in the Republican Party, while kasich paid more attention to policies and did not take a negative attack route, which was exactly what they appreciated. The Boston Globe also echoed the views of these voters and reported that,Choosing kasich is actually a positive political outlook, because he doesn’t win the election by arousing the fear of voters like other candidates.

The conference hall was crowded with guests from all walks of life and the media, which was very crowded and lively. Jin Xiao Li tu

In the interview, it was found that many supporters of kasich were independent voters without party affiliation. For example, an African-American female voter who supported kasich said that in 2008 and 2012, her choice had been the Democratic Obama. She believes that this year, the Democratic Party’s policy was too radical because of Saunders’ influence. She began to worry about the high property tax, so she turned to support kasich, which tends to be conservative in economic policies and more tolerant in social issues. Coming from an immigrant family, she noticed that kasich not only supported giving illegal immigrants legal status, but also did not completely deny illegal immigrants the right to eventually obtain citizenship like other Republicans, which gave kasich a lot of points in the support rate among immigrants.

Kasich smiled and shook hands with the audience after his speech. Jin Xiao Li tu

According to the exit poll conducted by Fox News at the exits of polling stations, among all independent voters, kasich was second only to Trump, with 17% of the votes. Among all the swing voters (late voter), kasich surpassed Trump to become the first with 21% of the votes. In 2008, John Sidney McCain, who was not favored by the establishment at first, conquered moderate independents and wavering voters in New Hampshire by a large number of grassroots gatherings, which was exactly the same as kasich’s strategy in New Hampshire.

However, after all, the voters attending the celebration are all loyal fans of kasich, and the advantages of kasich in their hearts are precisely the disadvantages of other voters. For example, in 1993, kasich led a draft proposal to deprive the children of illegal immigrants of their birth citizenship, and he reiterated this view in the 2010 governor’s election. In this year’s primary election, however, kasich saw clearly the antipathy of immigrant groups to Trump, perhaps in order to seize these votes, and he completely denied his previous position in order to gain the support of immigrant groups.The Boston Globe reported that in order to win over neutral voters, kasich blindly shifted his political stance to the left. Some independent voters in New Hampshire even said that they had hesitated between Sanders and kasich, which is enough to show that kasich’s position has changed greatly.

Kasich’s wife waved to the audience. Jin Xiao Li tu

On-the-spot documentary: kasich took the second place unexpectedly, and the lobbying group came to express its demands.

In addition to voters, media and special guests, a group of people also appeared at kasich’s celebration that night. They have just arrived from Iowa, made a short stop in New Hampshire, and will soon follow the trajectory of the campaign to the next stop. They are a unique landscape in American politics-the Advocacy Group. Advocacy organizations, or lobbying groups, are organizations that promote certain policies and interests. They often attend the campaign activities of various candidates, and get in touch with various campaign teams before the candidates are elected, so as to uphold the interests they represent. At the celebration in kasich, we interviewed a small non-governmental lobbying group with the goal of "legalizing industrial Hemp (HEMP)".

Kasich’s campaign bus. Jin Xiao Li tu

Industrial hemp, also known as hemp, is different from medical hemp. Hemp is a recyclable energy used in agricultural planting, paper making, military supplies, chemical industry and so on. However, since 1937, the Marijuana in the United States began to strictly control all Cannabis crops, including hemp. At present, only four states in the United States can legally grow industrial cannabis. Hemp growers think that their interests have been seriously damaged. They actively contacted the National Hemp Association and organized this Road Trip after receiving financial support. The Hemp Team followed in the footsteps of the candidates with a national flag made entirely of Hemp, hoping that more candidates could show their support for the legalization of Hemp by taking photos with the national flag. As of the time of publication, they have made formal contact with Bernie Sanders team. According to the members of the organization, the Sanders team is coordinating an opportunity to communicate with them alone, listening to and considering the demands of the Chinese hemp organization.

At the end of the celebration, the scene was very crowded. Jin Xiao Li tu

In the crowded venue, Han Ma is by no means the only lobbying group that is gearing up. Compared with the folk nature of hemp organizations, many lobbying groups are more secretive interest groups. Many interest groups smell the news that kasich may be upset tonight, and are prepared to use the opportunity of the celebration to get face-to-face contact with the kasich team. For all kinds of lobbying organizations, kasich is definitely not the only choice. Which candidate has stronger momentum, where lobbying organizations will naturally increase. In the seemingly noisy environment of the celebration, many calm negotiations and political games have also begun in one corner.

At about 11 pm, the celebration in kasich officially ended, and many media were still reluctant to leave, racing against time to report the sudden emergence of kasich in New Hampshire. However, that happy atmosphere of the celebration did not erase the fact that kasich’s nationwide election was still not optimistic. In 2012, Newt Gingrich, the Republican candidate, put all his campaign centers in South Carolina. Although he won the first place in South Carolina, his nationwide momentum could not be compared with Romney, which is very similar to kasich’s strategy of betting all his money on New Hampshire this year. Even worse for kasich, his New Hampshire votes mainly came from urban areas, while the 13 states that held the primary election on March 1st "Super Tuesday" were located in the south, and their voters were relatively conservative, more like rural areas in New Hampshire. Kasich’s troubles don’t even have to wait until "Super Tuesday"-because the next stop of the primary election, South Carolina is one of the states with the highest proportion of black people and the most conservative ideology in the United States. Only by surviving the two stages of South Carolina and "Super Tuesday" first can kasich be said to be a new hope that the Republican establishment can rely on.