数据显示，在用于处理人工智能任务的高端芯片销售领域，英伟达占据了绝对主导的市场份额。这种统治地位在一定程度上源于其显著的先发优势：早在人工智能真正兴起之前，该公司就开始投入研发，探索如何将图形处理器（GPU）应用于游戏之外的领域。通过每年推出新的芯片设计，英伟达始终保持着这一领先地位。其庞大的规模和强大的采购能力使其能够持续领跑，也让规模较小的竞争对手更难望其项背。

China Chengtong Group said it manages nine funds, including the national SOE Restructuring Fund and the SOE Mixed-Ownership Reform Fund, with total assets of 710 bln yuan and paid-in capital above 300 bln yuan. The group has completed 400+ investments and closed deals exceeding 250 bln yuan, mobilising about 1.5 trln yuan of social capital and reporting a capital amplification of 6.5x. More than 90% of invested projects are in central SOE-related fields, over 75% target strategic emerging industries, and over 60% focus on high-tech and specialized, refined and innovative companies; in its '9+6' strategic-new sectors it has invested in 300+ projects totalling over 170 bln yuan.

Japan manufacturing confidence at highest in over five years; services-sector sentiment rises sharply.