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Themis Qi
Reporter, Business
Themis joined SCMP in 2025 as a business reporter. She previously covered business trends in Hong Kong and mainland China with topics including financial market, EV and new energy. Prior to joining SCMP, she worked for The Standard for more than three years. She holds a master's degree in journalism from the Hong Kong Baptist University.
Themis joined SCMP in 2025 as a business reporter. She previously covered business trends in Hong Kong and mainland China with topics including financial market, EV and new energy. Prior to joining SCMP, she worked for The Standard for more than three years. She holds a master's degree in journalism from the Hong Kong Baptist University.
Areas of Expertise:
Finance, new energyLanguages Spoken:
Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Renewed partnership aims to roll out 30 EVs by 2030, pairing China’s supply chain muscle with GM’s global reach and loyal base.
Leading Chinese carmakers and an aggressive Tesla together command more than 13% of western Europe’s surging EV market.
As global investors pull money from South Korea, top domestic brokerages expect strong domestic fundamentals to drive fresh buying in China.
Amid a fiercely competitive domestic market, China’s battery tech leads in global innovation and cost reduction, promising safer, faster EVs.
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ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming tops rankings this year, but vibrant market makes them much more fluid than in US, Hurun says.
BYD, Sungrow win contracts for storage at massive UAE solar plant, as EV battery makers seek better margins selling storage systems.
The results, despite being record figures, slightly missed market estimates of 148.6 billion yuan in revenue and 23.4 billion yuan profit.
Stocks in mainland markets have underperformed this year, with the Shanghai Composite Index down 3.9 per cent year to date as of Wednesday.
The bill, expected to pass this year, will exempt private equity, venture capital and other fund managers from paying tax on performance-linked income.
Major financial outlets blast offshore shell structures after case involving the Hong Kong entity of a mainland social media platform.
Soaring profits at Tianqi and Ganfeng highlight how global demand for energy independence is powering China’s lithium edge.
With more than 430 applicants in the IPO pipeline, the city’s accounting watchdog is ramping up post-listing inspections.
As Beijing makes history by capturing the Long March-10B booster at sea, at least 15 aerospace firms are racing to go public on Shanghai’s Star Market or in Hong Kong.
The Guangzhou-based company will expand its self-driving technology to international markets, challenging its US rival in Europe.
Two-thirds of the city’s ultra-rich expatriates wish to retire there because of financial benefits and career boosts, says St James’s Place.
The Wall Street investment bank expected CATL’s battery energy storage system business to be its next value-creation engine.
DKE, a maker of e-paper display modules, says more time needed to finalise its exchange announcement and obtain clearances from regulators.
London’s ranking slid from second to fifth, while Shanghai was unchanged at sixth.
Miners, battery makers and traders outside China can now trade lithium carbonate futures and options on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange.
But the rapid gains could slow if the EU widens tariffs on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, analysts said.
Net fund inflows soared nearly 200 per cent, supported by a tech-led stock rally and a 30 per cent rise in capital allocated to the mainland.
Global personal wealth rose at its fastest pace in nearly a decade last year, though China saw only modest gains, according to a new report.
China enforces stricter payment rules for EV and energy storage batteries in a bid to curb disorder and build a resilient supply chain.
Fosun Group begins HK$10 billion transformation of legendary studio, signalling confidence in Hong Kong’s property recovery.
Second ‘red-chip’ approved by Beijing for a Hong Kong listing this year aims to invest proceeds in research and development, robotaxi push.
Previous July 1 anniversaries have delivered financial policy changes, and markets anticipate expanded cross-border access this year.
The bourse wants proprietary indices to better capture China’s technology boom as traditional Hong Kong benchmarks trail regional peers.
AI adoption in banking could accelerate amid regulatory pressure and client demand, but success hinges on implementation, AWS representative says.
World’s largest maker of EV batteries invests US$742 million to boost output as it introduces its first sodium-based energy-storage system.
