XINHUA WINSHARE

On the morning of September 24, the A-share cultural media sector rallied sharply, with Xinhua Winshare hitting its fifth consecutive limit-up, and stocks including Xinhua Media, Topway Video, and Inner Mongolia Xinhua Distribution Group surging by the daily limit. On the news front, on September 21 US Eastern Time, the Gates Foundation announced it will invest at least $1 billion over the next two years to promote more equitable AI applications. Of that, about 40% will go to education, 40% to healthcare, 10% to agriculture, and another 10% to digital infrastructure including multilingual datasets. That morning, the three major A-share indices opened lower across the board, with the Shanghai Composite down 0.32%, the Shenzhen Component down 0.81%, the ChiNext Index down 0.80%, and the STAR Composite Index down 1.10%. AI application plays rose broadly, with education, cultural media, and AI healthcare sectors active, while precious metals, real estate, and PCB sectors led the declines.

Xinhua Media, which plans a major asset restructuring, has hit its fourth consecutive daily limit up. On September 18, Xinhua Media announced a draft plan to issue shares to acquire assets and a related-party transaction, under which it intends to purchase, through share issuance, 100% equity in Shanghai Jiemian Cailianshe Technology Co., Ltd. from a total of 13 counterparties including Shanghai United Media Group Culture New Media Investment Management Co., Ltd. The transaction is expected to constitute a major asset restructuring. On September 24, Beijing Stock Exchange newcomer Bairui Ji opened 347.23% higher at 75 yuan on its first trading day, versus an issue price of 16.77 yuan, and had surged more than 460% as of press time. The company's main business is the research, production and sales of biomedical materials and other products. Multiple media-sector stocks have hit consecutive daily limit ups, with Xinhua Winshare at five straight limit ups, Xinhua Media at four, and Topway Video at three.

On September 24, major A-share indices opened lower, while the media sector bucked the trend in early trading. Xinhua Winshare hit its fifth consecutive limit-up, Xinhua Media its fourth, and Topway Video its third, with Guangdong Media and Inner Mongolia Xinhua Distribution also among the top gainers. In news, Xinhua Winshare recently announced plans to use its own funds to acquire the 100% equity stake in Sichuan Nationalities Publishing House held by its controlling shareholder, Sichuan Xinhua Publishing and Distribution Group, for 346 million yuan. The transaction constitutes a related-party transaction but does not constitute a major asset restructuring. On the same day, Bairui Gene debuted on the Beijing Stock Exchange, opening 347.23% higher and rising more than 400% as of press time, with an issue price of 16.77 yuan. The company focuses on the research, production, and sales of biomedical materials and other products. The AI-driven drug discovery concept saw a sudden surge, with Berry Genomics hitting the daily limit-up in a straight line, and BGI Genomics, Rongtai Health, Saili Medical, Sino Biological, and Kingmed Diagnostics following higher. This came after the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and nine other departments jointly issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for the development of the pharmaceutical industry, which explicitly calls for accelerating the use of artificial intelligence and other new technologies to empower drug research and development. The coal sector fluctuated higher, with Yunnan Coal Energy hitting the daily limit-up, briefly opening, and then sealing the limit-up again. Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery, Liaoning Energy, Antai Group, and Shaanxi Heimao followed higher. On September 24, the benchmark price for thermal coal on SunSirs was 989.50 yuan per ton, up 13.02% from 875.50 yuan per ton at the beginning of the month. The robotics concept saw localized movement, with Xiangyang Automobile Bearing hitting the limit-up, and Ningbo Dongli, Wanxiang Qianchao, Nanfang Precision, Sanhua Intelligent Controls, and Tuopu Group following higher. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an interview on September 23 that he predicts there will be at least 1 billion humanoid robots within 10 years or less, perhaps 10 billion in the next 15 years, and possibly 100 billion in the next 20 years. The real estate sector fell sharply, with Huali Family hitting the limit-down, Huayuan Holdings touching the limit-down, and Greenland Holdings, Heungkong Holdings, China Vanke, and Risesun Development quickly following lower.