This week on the first episode of the Ginger River Radio (GRR) podcast, Jiang Jiang (JJ), the founder of GRR, chats with Robert Wu, CEO of BigOne Lab, one of the leading alternative data companies in China. Robert shared his firsthand insights into China's data economy, including the country's most recent data governance regulation, the country's economic recovery from COVID, the tech landscape, online and offline consumption trends, the challenges facing the Chinese data industry, and a comparison of data-driven businesses in China and the United States.

Highlights:

6:46 - China's economic recovery from COVID

10:30 - How BigOne Lab collects data

14:27 - Is the online business recovering as fast as the offline?

17:42 - Changes in the tech landscape of China

24:16 - The popularity of the app Xiaohongshu, or “Little Red Book”

25:24 - The outdoor trends

28:03 - China's NEV sector & Tesla in China

34:05 - What the "20 measures" on data regulation and data economy mean for the data industry

40:35 - Challenges facing the China data industry

45:55 - Comparison of data-driven businesses in China and the United States

48:42 - The Three-Body Problem TV series

Recommendations:

Robert Wu: The Three-Body Problem TV series directed by Yang Lei. The show premiered simultaneously in China and on the American streamer Rakuten Viki. The show is also available on Youtube.

A complete transcript of this podcast is available here.

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