In Q2’21 as many countries were unlocked with the vaccine promotion, global financial markets began to have high liquidity, the interest rates in various countries remained stable, and the global stock markets rose. World economies have seen diverged trends depending on their recovery from the pandemic. China's economy in Q2’21 continued its strong recovery in the previous quarter, with a real GDP growth rate of 7.9%. In terms of trade, China's trade surplus in goods was 882.8 billion yuan, down 17.4% YoY. In addition, the yield of 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds was 1.5%, down 20bp from the end of last quarter. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that the economic growth of the U.S. will be as high as 7.0% in 2021, the highest in decades. At the exchange rate level, the US dollar continued to fluctuate within a narrow range, the Japanese yen continued to depreciate, and the RMB exchange rate was relatively stable. The exchange rates of emerging economies with high financial fragility, such as Argentina and Turkey, continued to depreciate, while those of BRICS countries generally appreciated. After the Federal Reserve's meeting on interest rates in June 2021, the yield of long-term U.S. treasury bonds showed a downward trend. If monetary policy easing began to tighten marginally, it would exert great pressure on the stock market's rebound. On the whole, the variants of Covid-19 pose a challenge to the global economic recovery.

基于中国经济大环境在新冠疫情之下的稳定运行，以及科创板和创业板注册制的持续发展，2021年二季度中企上市依然势头强劲。2021年二季度，中企境内外上市总数量为173家，同比上升98.9%，环比上升19.3%；总融资额2378.66亿人民币，同比上升76.2%，环比上升16.3 %。

In Q1’21, with a variety of vaccines available on the market, the global economy has rebounded on an accelerated track after registering positive growth in the fourth quarter of 2020, but performance of different countries varies greatly. 2021 marks the start of China's 14th Five-Year Plan period and China's economy is enjoying a sustained and stable recovery. In Q1’20, China's GDP experienced negative growth, down by 6.8% YoY. In Q1’21, China's GDP increased significantly YoY and the trade surplus expanded. The 10-year U.S. Treasury bond yield increased by an average of 47bp compared with the previous quarter. The U.S. dollar depreciated first and then rose; the British pound was relatively stable, the Australian dollar depreciated slightly, and the euro and the yen depreciated by a large margin. The currency exchange rates of most emerging economies rose first and then fell, with little fluctuation over Q4’20. Capital flew back to the United States, and emerging economies were facing the challenge of capital outflow. U.S. stocks began to diverge with the Dow Jones Industrial Index continuing to rise and the Nasdaq Index beginning to go downward. In the latest issue of the World Economic Outlook Report, IMF’s projections for the global economic growth for 2021 and 2022 grew, which may cause widening gap in living standards among countries. China's GDP has returned to the pre-Covid level and the United States is expected to return to the level before the outbreak this year, but many emerging markets will not return to the pre-pandemic level until 2023. Overall, the global economy is projected to grow 6% in 2021 and 4.4% in 2022. While the global economy became stabilized, the recovery process is divided and uncertain.

得益于科创板及创业板注册制的落地和稳定，以及中国经济大环境利好，2021年一季度中企上市未受到境外新冠肺炎疫情反复的影响，依然保持强劲的势头。2021年第一季度，中企境内外上市总数量为145家，同比上升79.0%，环比下降3.3%；总融资额2045.66亿人民币，同比上升124.6%，环比下降24.6 %。

In 2020, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached RMB39.20 trillion, down 3.9% YoY. In terms of retail business locations, the urban retail sales of consumer goods registered RMB33.91 trillion, dropping 4.0% YoY and the rural counterpart totaled RMB5.29 trillion, lowering 3.2% YoY. From the perspective of consumption types, the retail sales of commodities reached RMB35.25 trillion, sinking 2.3% YoY and catering services RMB3.95 trillion, declining 16.6% YoY. According to retail channels, in retail businesses above designated size, the retail sales of supermarkets experienced an increase rate of 3.1% YoY while that of department stores, specialized shops and exclusive shops saw a decrease rate of 9.8%, 5.4% and 1.4% YoY respectively. The sales of consumption upgrading goods grew faster with the retail sales of communication equipment, cosmetics and gold-silver jewelry sold by businesses above designated size in the last quarter climbed 26.0%, 21.2% and 17.3% YoY separately 16.0, 7.1 and 5.0 percentage points respectively higher than the rates in the previous quarter. This year, online retail sales were RMB11.76 trillion, up 10.9% YoY. Among the sales, physical commodities registered RMB9.76 trillion increasing 14.8%, accounting for 24.9% of the total retail sales of consumer goods, among which goods people eat, wear and use grew 30.6%, 5.8% and 16.2% separately.

2020年新冠疫情侵袭延缓中国股权投资市场回温态势，全年募资难趋势延续，投资小幅回暖。

In the third quarter of 2020, after falling into recession during the blockade in the second quarter of this year, the global economy is now gradually recovering from negative growth. China’s economy has recovered faster than expected, while global economy has not yet resumed before the epidemic. There were interest rate cuts and exposure to the US dollar by Federal Reserve have increased the pressure on the US dollar to depreciate; the yen and the euro have appreciated; and the average exchange rate of most emerging economies’ currencies has also appreciated. The Federal Reserve issued a stable monetary easing signal and the TED spread remained low, however, US stocks fell sharply in early September, and the VIX index rebounded to more than 30% and it was hard to witness downward trend. In the latest World Economic Outlook Report released by the International Monetary Fund, the global economy has been improved faster by global blockade measures, and its recovery in the third quarter was beyond expectation: The global growth in 2020 is expected to be -4.4%, less than that of -4.9% in June 2020. The IMF predicts that huge negative output gaps and high unemployment will occur in all nations and regions (including developed economies, emerging markets, and developing economies) in 2021. The global economy will grow by 5.2% in 2021, consumption will gradually increase, and corporate investment is expected to pick up but will remain weak.

In the second quarter of 2020, due to the liquidity support of central banks and the effective control of the COVID-19 epidemic in some regions, the financial market gradually recovered from the negative impact of the epidemic. The global stock market staged a recovery overall, but still away from the level before the epidemic spread in February 2020. The average of the US dollar index has rebounded from the first quarter, the yen and the euro have been stable, and most emerging economies have suffered from a significant currency devaluation. As the Federal Reserve launched open QE and injected liquidity into the market through large-scale repurchase and other tools, the price movement of various assets has returned to normal. On June 30, the VIX index was 30.43%, a significant decline from March. In the latest World Economic Outlook Report released by the International Monetary Fund, the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on economy is more serious than expected, and the recovery is expected to be slower than before: the global GDP growth rate in 2020 is expected to be –4.9%, 1.9% lower than the forecast in April. The IMF predicts that all regions (developed economies, emerging markets, and developing economies) will suffer negative growth in 2020, and the forecasts of consumption growth in most economies have been reduced. The global growth in 2021 is expected to be 5.4%, which is 0.4% lower than the forecast in April. Consumption will gradually increase next year, and investment will stabilize and pick up, but it will remain weak.

根据清科旗下私募通数据统计，2020年第三季度，中国企业境内外上市总数量有217家，环比上升149.43%，同比上升178.21%。总融资额为3452.50亿元人民币，环比上升155.76%，同比上升253.19%。

In the first quarter of 2020, affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the financial market became turbulent, and the global economic prosperity declined significantly after March. The global stock market is in great turmoil, the liquidity crisis of the US dollar broke out, assets were sold off, and the prices of risky assets and safe-haven assets plunged one after another. The VIX index rose more than the financial crisis in 2008. In the latest World Economic Outlook Report released by the International Monetary Fund, the world economic growth is facing the most serious blow since the Great Depression in the 1930s: for the first time, the world is facing the simultaneous recession of both developed and emerging economies. The IMF predicts that the global GDP growth will shrink by 3% in 2020, and the global economy will recover to the 5.8% YoY growth level in 2021. The COVID-19 epidemic will cause losses of about US$9 trillion worldwide in the next two years, exceeding the total GDP of Japan and Germany. If the epidemic continues until 2021, global GDP may shrink by 2.2% next year.