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China’s car, internet and property sectors to rebound in second half on back of regulatory easing, stimulus measures, Credit Suisse says

  • Credit Suisse says China’s car, internet and property industries rank top of its list of sectors expected to benefit from government stimulus
  • That reflects the current pace of recovery in those industries, as China braces for its lowest quarterly growth rate in more than two years this week

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Visitors view a new car model during the Shenyang (China) International Automobile Industry Expo 2022 in Shenyang, in northeast China’s Liaoning province, on June 26, 2022. Photo: Xinhua
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China’s car, internet and property sectors are predicted to rebound in the second half of this year, as Beijing eases up on its regulatory crackdowns and new stimulus measures start to revive the nation’s flagging economy.
The mainland’s car industry is going to benefit from government stimulus measures that support people buying their own cars, while the internet sector will get a boost from the end of a long regulatory storm, according Edmond Huang, head of Hong Kong and China research at Credit Suisse.

“We expect a diverging outlook for sectors in the second half of the year and believe investors should focus on reopening, policy stimulus and regulatory easing as key factors to gauge relative attractiveness,” Huang told the South China Morning Post.

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In the latest issue of the Credit Suisse China Market Strategy report, Huang wrote that the country’s car, internet and property industries rank atop a list of sectors expected to benefit the most from the government’s aggressive fiscal and monetary policies, improved consumption and property policies, and market stabilisation efforts.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang singles out Shanghai, along with the coastal provinces of Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, to help stabilise production and employment, unclog supply chain bottlenecks and steer the nation’s economy back on track at a symposium in southeastern Fujian province on July 7, 2022. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang singles out Shanghai, along with the coastal provinces of Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, to help stabilise production and employment, unclog supply chain bottlenecks and steer the nation’s economy back on track at a symposium in southeastern Fujian province on July 7, 2022. Photo: Xinhua

By contrast, nonbank financial services, energy, healthcare and the condiment sector were ranked lowest on the report’s mainland market strategy scale, which looks into three criteria to assess future performance: China’s reopening, stimulus measures and regulatory easing.

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