1. China Academy of Information and Communications Technology: From January to April, the growth rate of manufacturing investment slowed down by 3.4 percentage points from the first quarter

2. "Fortune" released the 2022 US top 500 list, with Walmart, Amazon, and Apple in the top three

3. The number of online shoppers in Southeast Asia has increased significantly. So far, the increase has reached about 7 million, and 70% of consumers have started shopping online.

4. According to the Korea Customs Service (Customs), South Korea’s exports in the first 20 days of May increased by 24.1% year-on-year to US$38.617 billion. Imports increased by 37.8% year-on-year to $43.444 billion

5. The Monetary Policy Committee of the South African Central Bank voted to raise the repo rate by 50 basis points to 4.75% per annum

6. On the afternoon of the 23rd local time, US President Biden officially announced the launch of the "Indo-Pacific Economic Framework" in Tokyo, Japan. The United States, South Korea, Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, China 13 countries of Lesotho become initial members