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　　After the production and sales data in January excluded Ruilan Automobile, which triggered market speculation,On February 20th, it was officially announced that Zhejiang Jirun, a subsidiary company, had signed an agreement to sell all the shares of Ruilan Automobile for 504 million yuan.

Sell 45% equity of Ruilan Automobile

　　According to the release on the Hong Kong Stock ExchangeOn February 20th, Zhejiang Jirun, a subsidiary company, entered into an agreement with Geely Qizheng.According to the agreement, Zhejiang Jirun agreed to sell and Geely Qizheng agreed to buy 45% equity of Ruilan Automobile at a cash consideration of RMB 504 million.

　　Geely Automobile said that after the completion of the disposal, the Group will no longer own any equity of Ruilan Automobile, and it is estimated that the Group will record the proceeds from the disposal of approximately RMB 117 million.

　　It is understood that Ruilan Automobile was established in January 2022 by Zhejiang Jirun and Geely Holding.Each contributed 300 million yuan, and the equity ratio was 50%. In June 2023, after Zhejiang Jirun jointly increased its capital to Ruilan Technology, its shareholding in Ruilan Technology increased to 55%, and that of Zhejiang Jirun decreased to 45%.

　　After the latest sale is completed, Ruilan Automobile will be held by Lifan Technology and Geely Qizheng, 55% and 45% respectively. According to the announcement, Geely Qizheng is mainly engaged in investment holding business, which is wholly owned by Li Shufu, chairman of Geely Holding Group, and his contacts.

　　Ruilan Automobile is mainly engaged in providing trams and services. Its products include Maple Leaf Series and Ruilan Series. Among them, Maple Leaf 80V, Maple Leaf 60S and other power exchange models mainly focus on the B-end market, while Ruilan 7 and Ruilan 9 mainly focus on the C-end market. The data shows that in 2023, Ruilan Automobile sold 38,000 vehicles.

Source: Ruilan Automobile official website

　　Geely Automobile said that Ruilan Automobile is committed to establishing an intelligent power exchange ecosystem and providing competitive products and services to the market. It started the power exchange business in 2022. At present, the power exchange business of Ruilan Automobile is still in its infancy, and it is expected that the main resources and continuous capital investment will be used to develop the power exchange ecology and related infrastructure. In view of the Group’s competitive advantage in the China automobile market, the Group believes that most of its resources will be concentrated on support.Automobile growth and the sale of power exchange business can enhance the competitiveness of the Group.

Sales in January increased by 110% year on year.

　　Since the beginning of the year, the sales volume of Geely Automobile has increased significantly. Data show that in January this year, Geely Automobile sold 213,500 vehicles, up about 110% year-on-year. Not only hit a record high, but also exceeded for the first time.Become the industry "sales crown" in January.

　　Among them, Geely Automobile’s performance in the automotive field is remarkable. In January, the company sold 65,800 vehicles, up 591% year-on-year, accounting for 30% of the total, setting a record high. Specifically, the sales of pure electric vehicles were 36,300, a year-on-year increase of 306%; Plug-in hybrid vehicles sold 29,500 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 49.19%.

　　In terms of brands,The brand delivered 12,500 vehicles in January, a year-on-year increase of more than 3 times; The sales volume of Lectra was 28,000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 155%; Geely Galaxy series sold 19,000 vehicles, an increase of over 59% from the previous month.

　　It is understood that after achieving sales of over 1.68 million vehicles in 2023 and exceeding the previously set sales target, the sales target of Geely Automobile will be 1.9 million vehicles in 2024, including about 800,000 new energy vehicles.

　　On February 19th, Yan Jiayue, CEO of Geely Automobile Group, said that Geely brand will launch three new energy products this year, and Geely Galaxy will firmly create high-value new energy smart boutique cars with the price range of 100,000 yuan to 200,000 yuan for users.

　ChatGPT, a chat robot developed by OpenAI, has risen rapidly, attracting a large number of fans, and at the same time attracting many competitors including Budd chat robot of Google. The picture shows the seminar on ChatGPT organized by the media service of public education school (data photo).

　　◎ reporter Liu Xia

　　In a recent report, the US Capitol Hill website pointed out that the explosive growth of generative artificial intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT, and the resulting confusion such as the proliferation of false information, prejudice, and changing the labor structure, triggered the concerns of the US federal government. Lawmakers and regulators hope to take concrete actions to eliminate these concerns.

　　Cause two key problems

　　The Capitol Hill website reported that the development of AI may cause two key problems.

　　On the one hand, the recent rise of generative AI tools has brought problems related to the spread of false information. On the other hand, AI that powers automation systems may lead to discrimination.

　　The British magazine New Scientist also pointed out that ChatGPT and other chat bots often make factual mistakes, quote completely fictional events or articles, fabricate sexual harassment scandals and falsely accuse real people in cases. The use of ChatGPT has also led to data privacy scandals, involving the disclosure of confidential company data. In addition, images, audio and even videos generated by AI may also lead to large-scale "deep fraud" information, which is proved by the arrest of former US President Trump and the false AI composite photos of Pope Francis wearing fashionable white down jackets.

　　The call for strengthening law enforcement is rising.

　　The US Federal Trade Commission, the Civil Rights Department of the Ministry of Justice, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued a joint statement saying that in view of the increasing use of AI in a series of services, from housing to medical care, they promised to strengthen the enforcement of existing laws, including aiming at solving the possible discrimination of AI and formulating new regulations on development rules.

　　Charlotte burrows, president of EEOC, said that the use of advanced technologies, including AI, must comply with federal laws.

　　Of course, the joint statement of these institutions mainly focuses on automated systems that use AI, rather than generative AI like ChatGPT.

　　Even so, the website of Capitol Hill pointed out in the report, with the soaring popularity of ChatGPT and other chat bots, Google and other companies are constantly launching new products that compete with them. In addition, a group of entrepreneurs including Tesla and Twitter CEO elon musk are also rushing into the industry, which may lead to noise and turmoil, which also highlights the urgent need for policy makers to take relevant measures.

　　To cope with the risks brought by AI, the US Congress will weigh the formulation of new laws and regulations, and institutions should also increase the enforcement of existing laws. Because even where existing laws are applicable, it may be difficult to enforce these laws because of the way the AI system works. For example, algorithmic recruitment tools may lead to discrimination, but it is difficult for employees to know whether they have been systematically discriminated against. Therefore, the problems that institutions need to solve are not only how to apply the law, but also how to deal with the challenges brought by the law enforcement process, and how these AI systems will affect the real world.

　　Christine Clark, Assistant Minister of Justice in charge of civil rights affairs, also stressed that AI poses a great threat to all kinds of discrimination problems in today’s society, which need more in-depth research and review by policy makers and others.

　　Safety management is imperative.

　　Earlier this month, US senators announced a proposal to establish a framework for AI regulation, aiming at improving transparency and accountability. In addition, legislators are also prepared to take action to put pressure on the industry on the risks related to the rise of AI technology.

　　The Senate Intelligence Committee recently wrote to the CEOs of ChatGPT developers OpenAI, Metauniverse Platform Company, Google, Anthropic and Microsoft, asking them how to deal with security risks when developing large-scale AI models.

　　The letter wrote that with the increasing use of AI in most fields and the possibility of the steady integration of large-scale language models into a series of existing systems from medical care to financial sector, it is urgent to emphasize the security issues in the use of AI.

　　In response to questions raised by some senators about how to use AI, a spokesman for the American Consumer Technology Association said that the association has been "contributing to the formulation of AI policies, standards and frameworks" with its members.

　　Craig Albright, vice president of the American Software Alliance in charge of US government relations, said that Congress can require companies to formulate risk management plans, conduct risk assessments on high-risk use of AI, and define what high-risk cases are, while companies need to conduct impact assessments and design assessments to ensure that they do the right thing.