Today’s data selection： more than 300 online rumor cases have been investigated this year; Nanning is manufacturing online celebrity in Southeast Asia in batches.

Dragon Boat Festival travel booking has begun, and the search volume of outbound air tickets has increased greatly.

Relevant data show that air tickets and hotel reservations in popular cities have increased rapidly this year, and relevant travel reservations have been opened for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival holiday. According to the data of online travel platform, as of May 15th, the booking volume of air tickets in domestic popular cities has been restored to the same period in 2019, and the booking volume of hotels in popular cities has exceeded nearly 80% in the same period in 2019. Although there is still more than a month before the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the booking tide of outbound travel has begun. The data shows that in the past three days, the search volume of outbound air tickets has increased significantly month-on-month, and the departure time is concentrated before the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. The popular destinations are Bangkok, Thailand, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Singapore. (CCTV Finance)

Ministry of Public Security: More than 300 online rumor cases have been investigated this year.

Zhang Ming, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Security, said at the press conference held by the Ministry of Public Security yesterday that the Ministry of Public Security deployed public security organs across the country to carry out a "net-net" special campaign. In 2022, a total of 83,000 cases were investigated and 156,000 criminal suspects were arrested. In mid-April this year, the Ministry of Public Security deployed a 100-day special campaign to crack down on online rumors. Up to now, more than 300 cases of online rumors have been investigated, more than 70,000 pieces of online rumor information have been cleared, and more than 2,000 online accounts have been shut down or banned, and netizens who spread rumors and rumors have been investigated and punished according to law. (Zhongqing Daily)

The price of Coca-Cola in multiple channels has increased, will the 3.5 yuan era be farewell?

Recently, the price of Coca-Cola in many terminals has increased to varying degrees, and the prices of convenience stores, small supermarkets and different supermarkets are slightly different. Taking the most common 500ml plastic bottle of Coca-Cola as an example, the Red Star Capital Bureau visited and found that in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, we met Fook in a chain convenience store, and both Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola sold in the store were 3.8 yuan/bottle, and the cashier said that the price increase would start this year. In supermarkets, the price of Coca-Cola of this specification in Hongqi Chain and Yonghui Supermarket is 3.5 yuan/bottle, and a cashier said that it also rose to 3.5 yuan this year. In more scattered street shops and restaurants, the price of Coca-Cola of this specification ranges from 3 yuan to 4 yuan/bottle, and a restaurant owner said that the price rose to 4 yuan/bottle last year.

Distribution channel, a buyer in Sichuan told Red Star Capital Bureau that the price of Coca-Cola factory increased last month, and the price of 24 bottles of 300ML Coca-Cola rose by 4 yuan. The Red Star Capital Bureau noted that in February this year, Coca-Cola said that it would further increase its commodity prices "globally" in 2023, but the price increase would slow down. However, as of press time, the Red Star Capital Bureau asked Coca-Cola China and its bottlers in China, Taikoo Cola and COFCO Cola, about the price increase, but no reply was received. People close to COFCO Coke said that they have not received the price increase notice. (Red Star Capital Bureau)

Nanning is mass-manufacturing online celebrity in Southeast Asia.

As the domestic live broadcast e-commerce industry enters the adjustment period, Southeast Asia, the "most potential e-commerce market in the world", is becoming the next blue ocean that giants are rushing into.

While copying the "China experience", it naturally gave birth to the explosive demand for "Li Jiaqi" in Southeast Asia. Last year, Thai girl Zhuo Bingyue participated in the "Southeast Asia Cross-border Live Talent Competition" which was hosted by Southeast Asia. One of the organizers is Lazada, a Southeast Asian e-commerce platform. The venue of the competition is not in any country in Southeast Asia, but in Nanning, Guangxi.

Previously, the competition had been held twice in Nanning, and the number of participants increased to 400 last year. Young people from Southeast Asian countries gathered here with the dreams of e-commerce anchors, making Nanning a "dream city".

It’s not just a game. As the operator of Lazada Cross-border Ecological Innovation Service Center (Nanning), Zhao Hui, assistant general manager of Guangxi Qidi Innovation cross-border electronic commerce Co., Ltd., found that in recent two years, service providers and sellers in Nanning’s e-commerce industry are growing steadily with the naked eye, and there are more e-commerce talents.

Based on the advantages of regional talents, more and more live e-commerce practitioners gather in Nanning. When asked about the reasons for choosing Nanning, enterprises almost invariably mentioned a large number of Southeast Asians studying and living in Nanning. The data shows that in 2022, the number of registered international students in Guangxi universities was 9,872, including 6,518 international students from ASEAN countries. On the streets of Nanning, it is easy to see storefronts with plaques written in Vietnamese and Thai. The owner may be from Southeast Asia.

Recently, Guangxi issued the "Several Policies and Measures on Promoting the High-quality Development of E-commerce", clearly stating that it is necessary to accelerate the development of live e-commerce and support the development of cross-border e-commerce. As early as two years ago, Nanning proposed to improve the development of cross-border e-commerce industry to promote the transformation and upgrading of foreign trade, enhance Nanning’s cooperation and support capacity as the capital city of Guangxi for ASEAN countries and regions, and accelerate the construction of an international channel for ASEAN. (national business daily)

The US real estate market continues to decline.

On May 18, local time, according to the data of National Association of Realtors (NAR), the total sales of existing homes in the United States in April was 4.28 million households, down 3.4% from the previous month and 23.2% from the same period last year. In the past 15 months, existing home sales have been declining for 14 months, and have dropped by about one third since the beginning of 2022. Activity in the US real estate market usually picks up in the spring, but the April data did not reflect this. (China Business News)