Will the mortgage interest rate be raised if the mortgage interest rate is tightened in many places?

  Recently, the real estate market has received more attention. On the one hand, the growth rate of real estate loans continues to decline, on the other hand, mortgage interest rates in various places have increased to varying degrees. How will the regulatory policy be promoted? Will mortgage interest rates continue to rise? In response to the above hot topics, the reporter interviewed a number of industry experts.

  Supervision and intensive inspection of real estate financing

  Since the beginning of this year, under the main tone of the policy of "housing and not speculating", real estate financing has continued to tighten. The report on the implementation of monetary policy in China in the second quarter recently released by the People’s Bank of China shows that by the end of June, the balance of real estate loans of major financial institutions (including foreign capital) in China was 41.9 trillion yuan, up 17.1% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 1.6 percentage points lower than that at the end of March. Among them, the balance of individual housing loans was 28.06 trillion yuan, up 17.2% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than that at the end of March.

  These changes in the field of mortgage are closely related to regulatory policies. In May, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued an early warning to Foshan, Suzhou, Dalian and Nanning, where the price index of newly-built commercial housing and second-hand housing has increased significantly in the past three months, and some cities with overheated property markets have stepped up regulation. Affected by this, mortgage interest rates in a few popular cities rebounded.

  According to the latest monitoring data released by Rong 360 Big Data Research Institute, the average interest rate of the first home loan in July was 5.44%, equivalent to 1.11 times the benchmark interest rate, up 2 basis points from the previous month; The average interest rate of second-home loans was 5.76%, up 1 basis point from the previous month. From the data point of view, the national mortgage interest rate level rebounded in the second half of the year.

  In the second half of the year, the trend of stricter supervision became more obvious. At the end of July, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting to plan the economic work in the second half of the year, and made it clear that the house should be used for living, not for speculation, and the long-term management mechanism of real estate should be implemented, and real estate should not be used as a short-term means to stimulate the economy.

  Subsequently, the regulatory authorities acted intensively, tightening real estate financing from banks, trusts, open market bonds and other aspects. Recently, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission launched a special inspection of bank real estate financing, focusing on the management of real estate development loans and land reserve loans in 32 cities, and severely investigated and dealt with all kinds of illegal acts of diverting funds into the real estate industry.

  While the financing of real estate enterprises has been significantly tightened, the supervision of personal housing credit business has also been further strengthened. The recent symposium on the adjustment and optimization of credit structure of banking financial institutions held by the central bank proposed to maintain a reasonable and moderate growth of personal housing loans, and it is strictly forbidden to use consumer loans for buying houses illegally. China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission began to check the implementation of differentiated credit policies of banks, implemented the minimum down payment ratio and loan restriction policy requirements, performed the assessment and inspection of the authenticity of down payment funds and the solvency of loan applicants, and focused on investigating the misappropriation of personal comprehensive consumer loans, business loans, "down payment loans", credit card overdrafts and other bank credit funds in the real estate sector.

  Interest rates in many places have risen to varying degrees.

  It is worth noting that the monitoring data of Rong 360 Big Data Research Institute shows that the trend of mortgage interest rates in first-tier cities and second-tier cities in July is quite different.

  Among the first-tier cities, the mortgage interest rates in Beijing and Guangzhou were the same as last month, while the average level in Shanghai and Shenzhen declined. Among them, many banks in Shanghai lowered the mortgage interest rate, which led to a decrease of 7 basis points in the first home loan interest rate in Shanghai, second only to Haikou, making it the second largest city in China. In second-tier cities, mortgage interest rates in several popular areas have risen. Among them, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Dalian and Changsha have accelerated the frequency of adjustment, and have recently raised the mortgage interest rate more than once, and some banks have tight quotas and even suspended accepting mortgage business.

  In this regard, Ceng Gang, deputy director of the National Finance and Development Laboratory, thinks that we should look at it differently. First of all, not all urban mortgage interest rates are rising, which shows that policy regulation is accurate, because normal credit should exist. Secondly, it is not necessary to increase the mortgage interest rate. The key is to block the illegal entry of funds into the real estate sector.

  "In the environment of tightening policies, commercial banks tend to be cautious about personal housing loan business." Dong Ximiao, deputy dean of Chongyang Financial Research Institute of Renmin University of China, said that after the large-scale credit supply in the first half of the year, the credit line was relatively small in the second half of the year, and an appropriate increase in interest rates would help banks improve their income level. At the same time, in recent years, the leverage ratio of China’s residential sector has risen rapidly, and real estate financial risks are accumulating. Raising the loan interest rate will help commercial banks to better guard against housing loan risks.

  Dong Ximiao said that in the case that the market liquidity is still reasonable and abundant, although the interest rate of individual housing loans may be further raised, the increase will not be too large. "However, different banks have different positioning for personal housing loan business, and the credit resources invested for this purpose are quite different, so there will be obvious differentiation in the loan interest rate. It is expected that the personal housing loan interest rate of large commercial banks will maintain a moderate upward trend." He said.

  Implement differentiated housing credit policies

  "In combination with recent policies, banks will adjust their credit structure in the future to reduce the credit resources occupied by the real estate industry and invest more credit funds in manufacturing, small and medium-sized enterprises and other fields encouraged by the state." Li Wanfu, an analyst at Rong 360 Big Data Research Institute, said.

  At the same time, industry experts believe that commercial banks should continue to implement differentiated housing credit policies. Dong Ximiao said that we can start from four aspects. First, adjust the total amount of loans and reasonably determine the total amount of personal housing loans of banks; The second is to adjust the loan price and raise or lower the interest rate of individual housing loans; Third, adjust the loan conditions, tighten or relax the loan qualification conditions (including loan qualification and loan term) of the main body of the house purchase; The fourth is to adjust the down payment of loans and control the leverage ratio of buyers.

  "In the next step, we should comprehensively use the above four means according to the different purchase areas and subjects, combining quantity and price, adjusting the total amount and price, meeting the rigid demand and restraining investment speculation, focusing on the present and guiding expectations, and implementing the differentiated housing credit policy." Dong Ximiao said.

  Regarding the strict investigation of "down payment loan" by the regulatory authorities, Ceng Gang said: "Down payment is one of the means of bank risk control, because self-owned funds are an important standard to measure repayment ability. If the customer’s down payment is borrowed, then the bank’s risk exposure will be great. "

  In addition, some experts have warned that paying attention to the entry of credit funds into the property market should not only focus on commercial banks and consumer finance companies. Various Internet lending platforms monitor the flow of funds less, and the proportion of entering the property market may be higher.

  "We should continue to intensify the clean-up and rectification of various Internet platforms, and strengthen the monitoring of their lending business in terms of lending purposes and capital flow." Dong Ximiao said that monitoring the flow and use of credit funds is a long-standing problem for both financial institutions and Internet platforms. Relevant institutional measures should be revised to incorporate fictitious loan purposes and misappropriation of credit funds into the credit information system, increase the illegal cost of borrowers, and curb the illegal flow of personal credit funds into the property market from the source.

  (Reporter Qian Wei Intern Zhang Ziyue)

In order to make the brand concept more concrete, Volvo Cars has supported this sport for 26 years.

Reporter | Li Yimengone
Volvo Cars is integrating its long-standing brand concept according to the actual situation in China market. Since this year, this luxury car manufacturer from Sweden hopes to export a kind of "connotative luxury" to its audience, which is the integration and reconciliation of its three brand values of safety, health and environmental protection.
In addition to many publicity strategies, golf will be an important communication channel, which will make Volvo’s brand concept more concrete.
Despite the previous COVID-19 epidemic, the 2020 Volvo China Open, originally scheduled for April, ended successfully last Sunday (December 13th) after being postponed.
This tournament attracted a large number of excellent domestic players to participate. After four days of fierce competition, Zhang Huilin, from Changde, Hunan Province, finished with a 71 (-1) shot today, and won the championship with an absolute leading total score of 269 (-19), becoming the fifth local player to win the Volvo China Open.
Up to now, Volvo China Open has been held for 26 consecutive years and has become an important incubator for professional golfers in China.
"I have been asked a question for many years. Why does Volvo do the Open? There are so many sports events. Why does it do golf?" Zhao Qin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Volvo China Open and Vice President of Corporate Communications of Volvo Cars Asia Pacific, talked about the relationship between golf and brands at the beginning of the interview.
She said that there is a deep relationship between Volvo cars and golf. This luxury car manufacturer has been rooted in this field for many years and has formed rich experience in operating international competitions.
In Zhao Qin’s view, golf is a sport that does little harm to human body and can exercise the whole body function, which is highly consistent with the concept of safety, health and sustainability advocated by Volvo Cars for a long time. In addition, the elegance and introversion of golf and its players are also consistent with the brand characteristics of Volvo cars.
She has previously said that if the English name of GOLF is divided into four letters, it can stand for "Green", "Oxygen", "Light" and "Friendship" respectively.
"We have always had an idea about golf. It should not only be a circle movement of a few people, but also a healthy lifestyle with public participation." Zhao Qin said.
As it said, Volvo Cars has tried to popularize this sport among the audience in China in recent years with the help of an international competition platform such as the China Open.
"Someone once said that golf is an aristocratic sport, but it is not. If you look at Volvo’s hometown of Sweden, golf is a mass sport, and all people will play golf from old to young." Zhao Qin said, "In China. The whole golf atmosphere has also become a healthy, elegant and popular sport through the efforts of all parties. "
For example, she said that in recent years, under the guidance of the China Golf Association, a "campus golf" project is being developed in Shenzhen, with the aim of introducing this sport into the physical education curriculum in primary schools, so that young people have the opportunity to contact and love golf.
Since 2005, Volvo has started to hold the Youth Match Championship, and since 2019, it has started the Youth Challenge. This year, it held the Volvo Youth Masters in China. All these initiatives are aimed at providing a diversified platform for more young golfers.
"There will be two main highlights next year, one is the Youth Challenge, and the other is the Qualifying Tournament, which will provide more opportunities for China players." Zhao Qin said, "This year’s amateur challenge has been expanding. At present, it has been restarted after the epidemic and 11 games have been done. As the frontier event of next year’s qualifying tournament, there may be more than a dozen games next year, and the scope will also be expanded in adult amateurs. There are also qualifiers. In view of some inspiration from the participation of pure China players in the China Open, more qualifiers may be held next year, and qualifiers can be held for both men and women. "
In this tournament, Zhang Jiena Lin entered the China Open as the first female player in the history of the tournament. "It’s a pity that she didn’t advance in the end, but I think it’s a very proud thing for women players to appear in the men’s professional open." Zhao Qin said.
In fact, Volvo Cars is emphasizing the concept of "equality" in all aspects, including its advantageous safety field. The Swedish luxury car manufacturer observed that most of the fakes used in collision experiments in the industry were made according to the figure of adult men. Although the elderly, women and children are more vulnerable to the collision because of their bones and physiological structures, the dummies made according to their actual conditions account for a relatively small proportion, and there are no dummies made according to the body shape of pregnant women.
Because of this concern, a pregnant woman dummy named LINDA came into being in the safety experimental center of Volvo Cars in 2000, which is also the first dummy made in the industry according to the situation of pregnant women who are 36 weeks pregnant. As early as 1995, before LINDA came out, Volvo cars began to use female dummies for crash tests. Up to now, the manufacturer has developed a complete "dummy family" that basically covers all population samples.
At the same time, out of concern for sustainability, Volvo Cars is actively promoting its comprehensive electrification strategy.
This luxury car manufacturer proposed a comprehensive electrification strategy in 2017, becoming the first luxury car brand to propose comprehensive electrification.
At the Guangzhou Auto Show held at the end of November this year, the XC40 RECHARGE, Volvo’s first pure electric vehicle, was officially launched and attracted great attention. Zhao Qin confirmed that in the future, more Volvo cars will be equipped with 48V mild hybrid system or join the RECHARGE product system.
According to its plan, by 2025, the sales of pure electric vehicles will account for 50% of the total sales of Volvo cars, and the remaining models will adopt plug-in hybrid technology with long pure electric endurance.
At the competition site, the display of a series of new cars conveyed the brand-new brand concept that Volvo Cars hoped to convey to the outside world. "Connotation luxury is a naturally simplified and refined expression, which is very compatible with Volvo’s brand image, user group characteristics and even partners." Zhao Qin explained, "Safety, health and sustainability are our strategic fulcrums. Everything on these three fulcrums, whether products or services, is supported by these three points."
She said that safety is Volvo’s strongest feature. In terms of health and environmental protection, Volvo Cars introduced AAC double-effect enhanced air purification system to build a CLEANZONE cockpit. The former was jointly developed by Volvo and Blueair, a well-known air purification solution provider, and with the filter specially optimized for China, the isolation efficiency of this system can reach over 95%. In addition, Volvo also made a strict choice of interior materials based on health considerations.
"So what kind of luxury brand is Volvo? I think’ connotative luxury’ is very appropriate and in line with the public’s cognition. " Zhao Qin concluded.
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The responsibility behind the star brand rollover aura can not be ignored

  Recently, the clothing brand "DSP" short down jacket founded by Joker Xue was notified and publicized by Shanghai State Administration for Market Regulation due to the unqualified filler. As soon as this matter came out, it caused widespread discussion in society. This incident is not only a simple quality problem, but also exposes the lack of responsibility behind the cross-border operation of stars-some stars enjoy the economic benefits brought by the "halo", but ignore the product quality and consumer rights, losing their basic responsibilities and bottom line as merchants.

  In recent years, with the rejuvenation of the consumer market, it is not uncommon for stars to create their own brands across borders, and various "street brands" are also emerging one after another. The business logic behind it is obvious-stars, as public figures, have a high reputation and a huge fan base. Their "aura" undoubtedly brings huge traffic and attention to the business fields they are involved in, and fans often spend a lot of money out of their love for stars and are willing to pay for them.

  Consumers believe in stars and love to spend, and stars should give back to consumers with better quality and service. However, in reality, from the clothing industry to the catering industry, star brands often "roll over". Star entrepreneurship should have been a beautiful thing of "two-way trip". Why is it always "opposite"? The reason is that some stars only enjoy the "halo" bonus blindly, but lack the sense of responsibility; Pursue economic benefits blindly and ignore quality problems. However, it must be understood that ordinary businesses still have to bear the responsibility to consumers, let alone stars who eat the "halo" welfare. While playing the signboard of a star, while doing immoral activities, how can what you do not make consumers feel chilling?

  The market needs industry norms, and stars should take responsibility. This requires them not only to pay attention to commercial interests, but also to the rights and welfare of consumers. In all aspects of production and sales, stars should actively participate in and supervise to ensure the quality and safety of products; When problems arise, stars should be brave enough to take responsibility and take timely measures to solve them, instead of trying to escape or shirk their responsibilities. In short, in cross-border operations, stars should not only be spokesmen of brands, but also be good image shapers of brands, and should have long-term vision and social responsibility. Only by taking a long-term view can we be stable and far-reaching. Focusing on "petty profits" and ignoring the rights and interests of consumers is tantamount to playing with fire and setting ourselves on fire.

  The unqualified sampling inspection of down jackets in Joker Xue is a wake-up call, reminding the stars that while enjoying the aura, they should also assume their due social responsibilities and obligations. Only by providing consumers with truly valuable products and services can we truly achieve a win-win situation of commercial value and social value.

What day, month and date is Christmas (when is Christmas)

Hello, everyone. Xiaole will answer the following questions for you. When is Christmas? Many people still don’t know when it is. Now let’s take a look!

1. Date of Christmas in 2020: Friday, December 25th, 2020.

2. Christmas, also known as Christmas Day, is translated as "Christ Mass", which originated from Saturnalia, the ancient Romans welcoming the New Year, and has nothing to do with Christianity. After Christianity prevailed in the Roman Empire, the Holy See drifted into the Christian system to celebrate the birth of Jesus. But Christmas is not the birthday of Jesus, because the Bible does not record the specific date when Jesus was born, nor does it mention the existence of such a festival, which is the result of Christianity absorbing ancient Roman mythology.

This article ends here, hoping to help you.

Get international recognition! JD.COM was selected into the Dow Jones Sustainable Development World Index for the first time.

Recently, the Standard & Poor’s Dow Jones Index (S&P DJI) announced the results of the annual review of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJI). JD.COM Group was selected into the Dow Jones Sustainable Development World Index for the first time for its outstanding performance in ESG (environment, society and governance).

DJSI is a floating-adjusted market value-weighted index, which is based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) Standard-screened enterprises measure performance. DJSI, including the Dow Jones Sustainable Development World Index, was launched in 1999 and is the first series of global sustainable development benchmark indexes on the market.

JD.COM Group’s Report on Environment, Society and Governance in 2022 shows that in the changing year of 2022, JD.COM, born from reality, deeply realized the great responsibility of adhering to sustainable development, and the importance of ensuring the smooth, stable and reliable social supply chain, as well as the value of helping the transformation and upgrading of the national supply chain and high-quality development. Therefore, JD.COM Group has coupled the concept of enterprise sustainable development with the value proposition of "responsible supply chain", more firmly promoted the continuous optimization of environment, society and governance, and responded to uncertainty with a more steady attitude.

In terms of sustainable development, by the end of 2022, the cumulative number of circulating express packages of Jingdong Logistics has exceeded 220 million times, and 200,000 circulating green boxes have been put into normal operation in 30 cities, with a cumulative number of 20 million times. JD.COM has installed distributed photovoltaic power generation systems in 23 intelligent industrial parks, and JD.COM’s "Asia No.1" Xi ‘an Intelligent Industrial Park has become the first logistics park in China to achieve carbon neutrality, and has put in large-scale electric vehicles and put on hydrogen energy transportation lines nationwide. In terms of supporting employment and employee care, JD.COM has created 290,000 new jobs in the past three years, and the salary and welfare expenditure of front-line employees has reached 106.5 billion yuan. It has invested 10 billion yuan to set up a "housing security fund" for employees, and will invest more than 6 billion yuan to build a "JD.COM Youth City" employee housing project. In terms of rural revitalization, JD.COM has served agricultural modernization with the ability of the whole industrial chain, helped small farmers integrate into big industries and connect with big markets, and in less than three years, it has driven rural areas to achieve over one trillion output value and helped millions of farmers to increase their income; At the second JD.COM Agricultural Special Shopping Festival held in September this year, JD.COM helped more than 2,000 agricultural characteristic industrial belts to achieve high-quality development.

JD.COM Group takes "success in the right way" as its business belief and compliance as its foundation, so that the concept of "compliance is development" is deeply integrated into all businesses, and it insists on commercial success through compliance governance. At the beginning of 2023, JD.COM Group formally established a board-levelESGWomen account for nearly 43% of the committee and the board of directors, which supervise and guide related matters such as climate, environment, risk, health and safety, business ethics, product safety and service, diversification and inclusiveness.

In October, 2023, JD.COM Group joined the latest sustainable development initiative of the United Nations Global Compact. At the same time, in the latest "Accelerating Progress" initiative launched by the United Nations Global Compact, JD.COM is willing to take the lead in making a commitment on the related goals of "gender equality", and will continue to promote the concept of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility, and contribute "JD.COM Power" to the realization of global sustainable development goals.

As a technology and service enterprise based on supply chain, JD.COM takes "technology-oriented, committed to a more efficient and sustainable world" as its mission, insists on doing practical, valuable and long-term things, and works with all sectors of society to draw a beautiful, green and win-win sustainable development picture in a pragmatic and innovative spirit.

Original text transferred from: Xinhua Finance
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Football News: To save China’s football, please start with respecting the league.

Live broadcast: On December 9 th, in view of the current situation that China football has entered the cold winter, Football Daily issued a document suggesting that the self-help of China football should start from respecting the league.

Football News believes that if we want to save ourselves, we must use the vigor and vitality of the league to awaken the support of the fans and the concern of the government, and also give some time to the "on the road" share reform. In fact, the reason for the share reform is to give China football a relatively stable future, at least it will not lead to the continuous loss of the league and the continuous training of talents due to the frequent withdrawal of investors. However, no matter what kind of reform, if China football can’t change the status quo that the players themselves are not self-reliant, unable to make blood and waiting for blood transfusion forever, the future will be unsustainable.

For the method of self-help, Football Daily suggested:

First, stop complaining, stop complaining about the system, the market and everything around you, and concentrate on the game. What China football lacks most in recent years is collective consciousness. Without unity, it is fragmented. Everyone speaks out for their own interests, but they are also exploiting loopholes and breaking rules in China football for their own interests.

Second, do what you can, try to understand people in the circle who are different from themselves but closely related, and learn to put themselves in other’s shoes. The simplest thing is to respect the game, the fans and the rules. Respecting the game means working hard, and respecting the fans means lying on the grass less, not being negative or impulsive; Respecting the rules means not to foul maliciously. If there is a real misjudgment, you can appeal. If there is no misjudgment, don’t blindly transfer the pressure to the referee in order to reduce your own pressure regardless of the facts.

Third, wait patiently and positively for the advancement of share reform, and exchange time for space. Football in China will not disappear, and the league will continue to exist, but what standard the league will exist depends on whether the industry is worth saving by the country.

If the whole circle shows a strong desire to survive, wait for being saved with a positive attitude, and at the same time actively carry out self-help, it can bring exciting competitions, at least when the government promotes the share reform, it will reduce a lot of resistance. Football in China has reached the most critical moment. If you don’t save yourself, everyone will be injured-and saving yourself should start with respecting the league.

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Unique! Fashion personality wears and ignites the trend vane

Fashion is an attitude and a way to express yourself. In today’s society, people’s pursuit of individuality and uniqueness has become a fashion trend. And personalized wear is the best choice to meet this demand.

They can not only light the trend vane, but also show everyone’s unique charm. The unique fashion personality will liberate us from the traditional aesthetic concept.

Whether it is color, style or collocation, you can give full play to your creativity and create a distinctive image. Not rigidly bound by convention, it gives us a chance to show our true selves in our hearts.

Fashion personality also reflects people’s pursuit of individuality. Everyone has his own unique preferences and styles, and it has become one of the most popular ways to express his personality through wearing.

Whether it is sports style, street style or retro style, there are their own fan groups. In this diversified era, people are eager to find their own fashion style to show their unique charm.

Fashion personality is not only a fashion trend, but also an attitude. It represents the spirit of daring to try and innovate. By adding some elements that break through the tradition in wearing, people can break away from convention and experience different styles and feelings.

This attitude of daring to try has also had a far-reaching impact in the trend world and has become an important force leading the fashion trend. In short, the personality is unique and ignites the wind vane of the trend.

It gives everyone a chance to show their unique charm and become the new darling of fashion. In this diversified era, we should bravely express ourselves and pursue personalized fashion style. Only in this way can we truly stand at the forefront of fashion and lead the development of the trend.

2 am! The Beijing media made a controversial report: China football became a joke, and fans swore.

At 2am, China football once again became the focus of controversy, and this time it was even pushed to the forefront. It originated from a report in Beijing Youth Daily that Song Kai, president of the China Football Association, had a clear understanding of the problems faced by women’s football after watching the women’s football match between China and South Korea. However, this report not only did not calm the fans’ arguments, but also triggered more controversy and discussion.

What is the reason for it It turned out that some fans questioned that Song Kai had a comprehensive understanding of the team’s problems through one game. This doubt is not groundless, because there are many factors that affect the outcome of a football match, including the player’s state, tactical arrangement, game mentality and so on. It seems a little hasty to jump to conclusions just through one game.

Of course, the reaction of the fans is even more enthusiastic. Some fans are skeptical about what Song Kai has done, thinking that he may not have a deep understanding of the real situation of women’s football. Other fans want to see more professional solutions, not just superficial observation. Some fans hit the nail on the head and pointed out that understanding the problem does not mean that we can solve the problem. What we need is real change and progress.

In fact, the development of football in China has always attracted much attention. However, as the fans say, the key to the problem is how to solve these problems. What we need is to dig deep into the root of the problem, find the crux, and then prescribe the right medicine. This requires professional ability, dedicated attitude and long-term patience.

In this regard, fans and friends: What do you think of Song Kai’s statement after watching the game? Do you think he can lead China football out of the predicament? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area to share your views!

At the same time, we expect you to continue to pay attention to our reports, and let us witness the rise of football in China!

The quality is spit out, the design is involved, and it is trapped in marketing … How do domestic beauty products "get through"?

Image source @ vision china

Text | The forefront of entrepreneurship, author | Li Xiaofan, editor | Feng Yu

The beauty circle has changed.

A few years ago, China brand was hard to find in the world’s high-end makeup market, and most of China’s beauty market was occupied by brands such as the United States, Japan and South Korea. However, with the emergence and growth of domestic beauty players, this phenomenon has been reversed.

From large advertisements in elevators to celebrity endorsements and bloggers bringing goods, domestic beauty seems to have been riding the dust. More importantly, beauty has become a benchmark industry in the trend of new domestic products.

However, behind the heat wave, some industrial problems have gradually been exposed. On platforms such as Xiaohongshu and bilibili, many bloggers have given a "lightning protection guide" in the evaluation of domestic beauty products; There are even bloggers who point out that some domestic brands have plagiarism and imitation in design.

At the time when domestic beauty cosmetics were in full swing, a pot of cold water was pouring down.

About five years ago, when Guo Xianger just became a beauty blogger, he found that few beauty bloggers used domestic beauty products.

Now, only a few years have passed, and she has seen that most beauty bloggers have several domestic products. In her own videos, domestic brands appear in almost every issue.

Especially with the rise of a "new domestic product" trend in China, beauty cosmetics, as a representative industry, has been in the limelight for a while.Among the rising brands, the most dazzling ones are Perfect Diary and Huaxizi.

In 2017, the perfect diary was born. It took only two years, and the sales of its parent company reached 3.5 billion yuan. In the same year that Perfect Diary was established, Hua Xizi was born. In the same two years, its annual sales of Tmall also reached nearly 2 billion yuan.

In this year’s Tmall 618 makeup brand TOP10, Hua Xizi and Perfect Diary were ranked first and third respectively.

New domestic brands are emerging one after another. For example, in March 2020, a domestic skin care brand named PMPM was launched. According to public data, the GMV of the brand was 150,000 yuan in the month when it was launched, and after six months, the GMV increased by 100 times.

The amazing rise speed of domestic beauty cosmetics can’t help but make people stunned. "It is rare to see any international beauty brand that can achieve such a volume in a few years." Diu Diu, founder of Xinran Advertising and beauty blogger, told "the forefront of entrepreneurship".

Cutting-edge beauty cosmetics became popular overnight and quickly opened the market, which became the target that many domestic brands looked forward to. However, this speed of development has also led to the market gradually becoming impetuous.

On platforms such as Little Red Book and Tik Tok, some beauty bloggers pointed out that some products were not easy to use in makeup evaluation.

"To be honest, there is no makeup to satisfy me in the domestic products now." Senior beauty blogger "Luo Wangyu" is outspoken in the video.

The performance of some make-up products is not satisfactory. In Hua Xizi’s product evaluation, Luo Wangyu once fired at Hua Xizi’s "Loose Smoke Eyeliner" and "Loose Smoke Butterfly Feather Mascara (Slim Edition)". "The eyeliner is like a primary school student’s mark, and the eyelashes are caked and not long." He said in the video.

In addition to the product quality being spit out, there is still a more serious problem in the domestic beauty industry-brands may imitate or even copy each other.

Diu Diu revealed that some domestic brands of cosmetics or skin care products will find some mature foreign brands for 1:1 re-engraving. "At most, they change their LOGO and set up their own concepts."

On bilibili, the UP owner "Open-shelf King Boy" once released a video, taking stock of "copying" domestic brands of other beauty brands.

She mentioned in the video, for example, the outer packaging of a lipstick of NOVO is similar to YSL except for the LOGO, but the color number is quite different.

Figure/"Open King Boy" video screenshot

Some domestic beauty players not only copy foreign brands, but also have serious involution between domestic brands.

"susisu (domestic make-up brand) has launched a quicksand eye shadow tray, which is beautifully packaged and priced at 148 yuan in Taobao flagship store. A few days after the launch of this product, a number of products with almost the same appearance appeared on the market. " Diu diu means.

According to the rough statistics of "the forefront of entrepreneurship", in addition to susisu, there are at least six similar eye shadows on Taobao, and one of them is a Thai brand. Among these seven products, the cheapest one only costs 11.5 yuan. In addition, there are two products, but the eye shadow tray is changed from square to round, and the design has not changed much.

Figure/Taobao screenshot

Imitation, plagiarism, involution … It seems that the domestic beauty products that are running for their lives also need a pot of cold water to cool down.

Not only is the product extremely involuted, but the strong marketing attributes of the beauty industry also make traffic the lifeline of the product.

"If you have been exposed to cosmetics for a long time, you will see many helpless phenomena. It is the grandfather who has money to promote, standing at the top of the food chain, and all those who have no money to promote are buried under the iceberg." Little Red Book beauty blogger "Ollie Oris" said in his video.

At the moment when new brands are emerging one after another, in order to get out of the circle, brand owners have to spend some time on marketing. And some domestic beauty brands are well known to the public, and they really rely on high-frequency marketing.

"The frequency of domestic beauty advertisements is very high. There are several brands that have fixed cooperation with me. When new products are launched, they will be promoted. When they are frequent, there will be two or three advertisements a month." Guo Xianger said.

In marketing tactics, domestic beauty brands also show differences from international brands.

"International brands are well known to consumers. The main purpose of their marketing is to promote brand influence, so they will cooperate with celebrities, heads and other heavyweights to promote them." Diu diu said.

Domestic beauty brands are better at using "human sea tactics". "For example, some brands will even cooperate with more than 1,000 bloggers in a single month to promote their star products." Diu Diu introduced. "Many domestic brands don’t have too many requirements on the magnitude of KOL in the early stage of promotion. One is to save costs, and the other is that their popularity is not big enough, and they may not be able to cooperate with head bloggers and stars in the growth period."

The parent company of Perfect Diary, Yixian E-commerce, once stated in the prospectus that the company has cooperated with nearly 15,000 KOL with different popularity, including Li Jiaqi and Viya, among which more than 800 have more than 1 million followers.

However, domestic beauty cosmetics are gradually approaching international brands, and one obvious performance is to find celebrity endorsements.

In October 2020, Zhou Xun officially announced that it would become the global spokesperson of the perfect diary brand; In May of this year, Dilraba officially announced that it would become the global spokesperson of colorkey Ke Laqi brand …

There are also differences between domestic brands and international brands in the evaluation criteria of marketing effect. Different from international brands, which emphasize the subtle influence of marketing on consumers, domestic brands pay more attention to the immediate conversion rate, that is, the effect of bringing goods.

The most intuitive performance is that many bloggers have added shopping links or soft implants in their videos. When choosing KOL, the brand will also measure the data of its historical goods, and cooperate with bloggers with higher selective prices.

"Users have the habit of buying international brands and may consume them at any time, but for domestic products, if consumers don’t buy them today, they may not take the initiative to buy them in the future." Diu diu said.

In addition, the pricing of domestic brands is low, and the cost of trial and error for consumers is low, which also provides the possibility for brands to assess the instant conversion rate.

Overwhelming marketing seems to be the key password for the new brand to break the circle.Naturally, they also invest a lot in marketing. "As far as I know, there are no fewer than five domestic beauty brands with a marketing budget of over 100 million this year." Diu diu said.

Too frequent marketing may attract users’ disgust. "When bloggers on all platforms are pushing the same product, consumers will inevitably have rebellious psychology."

If the marketing investment is too much, the expenses for product research and development will naturally decrease. This has also led to some domestic beauty brands being called "marketing with heart and making products with feet" by the outside world.

Beauty brands are crazy about marketing, but do they make money?

It doesn’t seem to be.

Diu Diu said that the marketing expenses of most products often account for 50%-60%, including anchor commission, pure grass type marketing, etc., plus operation and maintenance, manpower, warehousing and other costs, so that the brand hardly makes any money.

But in order to gain a foothold in the market, marketing is both helpless and inevitable for the brand.

"I sometimes feel that some brands pay too much attention to marketing, but this is something that can’t be helped. As a person in the beauty industry, I know about new products through marketing, not to mention consumers. " Guo Xianger said.

"There are some very old cosmetics brands with good research and development capabilities and product quality, but the products are not hot." Diu Diu also noticed the influence of marketing on products.

There may be two reasons behind this, one is that the brand’s marketing ideas can’t keep up, and the second may be that there is no money to do marketing.

"Some brand new products are put on the shelves, and 500 to 1,000 talents are found for promotion at one time, while some traditional domestic brands hope for’ tap water’. However, the volume and volume of’ tap water’ obviously cannot compete with the pyramid promotion of new brands. There are still some old players who know to do marketing, but their ideas and styles are not fast enough, so they have been eliminated by the market in the wave of Internet e-commerce. " Diu diu said.

This makes it difficult for domestic brands to reach consumers without marketing. Insufficient marketing can’t stimulate the splash, and too much marketing will lead to consumer disgust. This is a difficult battle to control.

Another problem in front of domestic beauty cosmetics comes from consumers’ stereotyped cognition.

In the minds of many consumers, domestic brands are equated with "cheap prices", and few consumers are willing to look at the design and product development behind the products. This also leads to the brand’s lack of motivation to increase R&D costs in the short term.

Fortunately, in the domestic beauty industry full of thorns, there are also some products with both reputation and quality.

Guo Xianger once bought an eyebrow pencil with "khaki color" and one from 9.9 yuan. "The color and durability are good, and it will not agglomerate. The eyebrows drawn are well-rooted." She said.

She once compared the eyebrow pencil of "khaki color" with the eyebrow pencil of "Bei Lingfei", an American make-up brand, which cost more than 160 yuan. "I can’t see any difference by using these two eyebrows to brush the eyebrows on the left and right sides, and I even think the’ khaki color’ looks better."

Although some products have been vomited, domestic beauty may still be worthy of consumers’ patience."Even if it is an international brand, no product is perfect. For example, a lip glaze, if it is bright, it must be sticky; If it is matte, then I will accept it to a certain extent. " Guo Xiang said.

Surprisingly, the growth space of domestic beauty cosmetics is not limited to the domestic market, and brands such as Huaxizi, Perfect Diary, Zhiyouquan and Tangduo are all seeking to go to sea.

"In 2020, we began to make efforts to go to sea. By the end of May 2021, Perfect Diary had become the top cosmetics seller in Vietnam on the Shopee platform, the top cosmetics seller in Singapore and Malaysia, and the Top 1 in loose powder sales in the Philippine market." The person in charge of the perfect diary said.

Most domestic beauty brands set their first stop at sea in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries, and these products with the imprint of China are also very popular overseas.

"The concentric lock lipstick with China elements sold out quickly on the first day of its launch, and once entered the top three of the Japanese Amazon lipstick sales list." The relevant person in charge of Hua Xizi said.

There are also Japanese netizens who marvel at the West Lake Imprint Gift Box of Hua Xizi, inheriting the craft design of oriental aesthetics, and its related Twitter content was once on the Japanese Twitter hot search. "According to feedback from many users, our Miao Impression Gift Box has also triggered reverse purchasing by Japanese users, and the price has even been fired from 900 yuan to 2,000 yuan." The person in charge added.

Figure/Hua Xizi official (Hua Xizi concentric lock lipstick)

There is no denying that domestic beauty cosmetics are indeed immature, but users should also treat their achievements in a short time dialectically. There is no perfect person, and there is no perfect brand.

In the domestic beauty industry, giants and upstarts have emerged. But if you want to further expand your territory, players need to put out more chips.