Dagang Feng
Thank you. Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining our second quarter 2022 earnings conference call. In the second quarter of 2022, against the backdrop of measures, as well as economy. We delivered robust financial performance, with double-digit growth in terms of revenue and continue to increase in gross margin. We are achieving profitability for the third consecutive quarter that has been to our powerful brands influencing our business, strong resilience and vitality. High quality content has always been our most prominent advantage and the backlog of our business developments. In the second quarter, we continue to optimize our content ecosystem and innovate our content columns and formats. While we certify our content platform strategy, we still focus on PDs and DC. We are expanding our content more industries with their worth perspective, calculating an even ratio content ecosystem are helping us expand our reach to a wider high quality user base. Letâs take a closure look at some of our 2022 accomplishment in content during the quarter. First our content refinance have contributed to more than 150 articles with over 100,000 views, leaving us at the forefront of industry. In a second quarter our articles gather readership over 100,000 views each due to the trendy economy following the latest dynamic of popular industry with more or use owing the topic or label which deeply resonates with users attracting nearly 300 million views and sparkling animated discussion across the internet. Second we launched our series of innovative media in China, which significantly improve the reach of our content reach while meeting the needs of a more diverse area of users and customers. For example, we launched the Long China 50 Series. In May, we are reselected and showcase 50 of the new economies most representative companies, all of which are important players, applauding they are noteworthy accomplishments in an effort to empower them to become a force in propelling the economyâs recovery. We also launched a host of programs as our sub-media targeting different workflows, including KR Carbon, Race, Digital KR and Free Bonus to improve the breadth and depth of our content within the topic selection and perspective. That is why in the content lives of more than working by user group. Finally, we recently launched a new channel targeting specialized find differentiated and innovative helping people get informed of the latest industry trends. On related note, I like to highlight that by one of premium content. We continue to enhance our secondary market product influence among the wider public through our various niche columns such as KR-Go, Kr-Intelligence, week four, we will make topics from various wide perspective from data in depth professional analysis and thought provoking interpretation of multi company and capital markets and providing insight into the companyâs performance and trading trends, attracting massive new followers through KR Finances. For example, our analyst reports on the ineffectual capital, loss and coffee refresh and tourism during the May Day holiday received recognition from many users and professionals laying a solid foundation for our commercialization efforts. Meanwhile, our rich media formats, including our STEPVR live streaming products are growing more mature. In the second quarter, our short video attracts over 7 million followers cumulatively, including multiple panel videos produced by 36Kr, which ranked in over 1 million views each on Bilibili. For example, database of vocational growth in China attract a total of 2.46 -- 64 million streams and 150,000 live across Internet platforms. Thanks to our high-quality content, we ranked number 5 on Bilibiliâs video chart in June. We are also becoming the only optimization on the list that is not affiliated with the Chinese Government authorities. Regarding live streaming, we actively integrated our existing resources and leverage the influence of our WeChat video account to create a new IP entitled KR Planning Live Stream Room, with use, watch and see at its core program. We held a total of 16 live streaming sessions in this quarter, having including enterprise aging options and how companies can pull-through the winter in the capital markets. This event actively 36Kr column radio resources are helping us lead to content scenarios and service model. As we unseasonably strive to build and refine our content ecosystem, we have achieved consistent growth in our page view with the number of our total followers exceeding $25 million, an increase of 20% year-over-year and it involved endorsement of our premium content are more influence. Meanwhile, we have been storing our wealthy community on that to aggregate our users and improve our user engagement while optimizing our closed-loop ecosystem. In short, our related column and refinement of content and our development of innovative announced products and service like another quarter of excellent performance. Not only did we post solid double-digit year-over-year growth in total revenues and online ongoing improvements in gross margin, but we also achieved profitability for the third consecutive quarter. Next, Iâd like to share the progress we have made in commercialization across our business segments. Our advertising business continued to thrive up 12% year-over-year in the second quarter. This back on the economy resurgence and macroeconomic challenges, we achieved year-over-year growth above industry average, a clear indication that 36Kr remains an indispensable partner for advertisers and marketing. During the quarter, we capitalized on 36Kr omnichannel presence and multidimensional services to continue expanding our customer base, increasing our number of advertisers by 13% year-over-year. We are able to empower customers from both traditional industry and the new economy to creatively innovate and operate in our brand marketing. Among traditional industry customers, mainly in the automobile and real estate industry continue to promote the brand and content in the 36Kr platform despite timing from the pandemic, including Beijing Hyundai Motor Company and , notably our market motion of the renowned automotive manufacturer Beijing Hyundai, a new high in contract sizes among our advertisers from the automotive industry since 2021. With respect to our collaboration with the new economy and stronger industry, we leveraged all use to provide brand philosophy promotions for more customers, especially restructuring fee and consumers. Following our kickoff of its with the commercialization in the beginning of this year, OUS experienced positive growth in the second quarter, achieving 278% sequential growth in contract term. During the second quarter, we collaborated with an area of well-known companies, including Intel, Reveal, Chango, Icon and Commercial , having a wide variety of new industries such as science and technology, healthcare, new consumption and internet, among others, for aging marketing solutions for more brands for more customer acquisition. During the second quarter against the backdrop of 2019 and complicated macroeconomic happenings large and small companies across all industries face various challenges and changes. In May, we initiated the seeking the live program to fulfill our social responsibilities on health business, particularly small- and medium-sized enterprises to maintain their brandâs share of voice, despite the market downturn. By optimizing our product portfolio in records, we achieved a marked increase in the number of customers, while maintaining our average revenue per user at a relatively stable level. Deploying into our video as our flagship product alongside our fee and content program metrics such as Super Review and OUS has also been our commercialization progress in west. In the second quarter, roughly an order to promote these products in the traditional commercial bank, Bank of China, promote this app to 36Kr Super Review. So leading slowing content hours among customers has mainly is a useful format for us to effectively attract more advertisers and improve our monetization efficiency. Turning to value added enterprise side, resurgence we were able to maintain our enterprise value added service revenues at a stable level compared with the same period of last year. In terms of offline activities, we proactively transfer consulting services to automate online combined scenarios during the quarter, which partially mitigated overall impact from the pandemic and related control measures. In addition, our consulting services and Integrated Marketing Services performed remarkably well during the quarter. In July, we held an online brand event at 66 and 36 as a companion absorber of enterprises plus verticals, we invite in numerous conference and investor representatives from various industries to share their brilliant best selling and come with most authentic voice of Chinaâs new generation of entrepreneurs. Given the current uncertainty environment, 36Kr ran online ceremony for entrepreneurs to boost the venture capital community audience and help forge connections among all parties. In addition, we also partner with Quico, Intel, again to promote the ceremony and same traction among users, achieving total user exposure of 350 million. In terms of regional business expansion, while first tier cities, including Beijing and Shanghai were under strict control due to the pandemic. Our regional office in Chaoyang, and Chengdu and Guangdong were a great boon to our business. For instance, our regional offices in Chaoyang and Chengdu recreate preparatory IP event entitled, The Marvel of Space of Baotou, a summit which brought gather local governments and over 100 new consumption enterprises and investment institutions, building up breach of communication between supply and demand to accelerate the development of the new construction industry in the Baotou area. The debut of 36Kr marvelous IP series in Chaoyang and Chengdu was excellent, really demonstrating that 36Kr spread influence and service system has taken root in these regions. We have gained over 200 enterprise clients leased from this event for 18 projections in progress worth RMB10 million, as well as potential forward kicking orders. Furthermore, through our approach combining industry insights and data analysis, 36Kr Research Institutes track the latest developments of popular industries and produce frequent high-quality research reports, achieving content dominance and improving customer loyalty. At present, in addition to a large number of local government lines on the coverage side, 36Kr Research Institute is also providing consulting services to a wide range of renowned companies, including Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, Beisen, Julie Medical , Celmaster, P&G and Slentex. Moving on to our Integrated Marketing Services. During the quarter, we continued to make positive progress in our content operation agency service. For instance, through our recent partnership with Quanta Securities, 36Kr will provide content support in agency operations for Quanta app, following our partnership with China Mortani Shanghai, PutoDevelopment Bank, our cooperation with Fatec Securities represents another exploration of our financial agency operation capabilities, which will lay the groundwork for us to replicate the operation model with additional securities companies in the future. With respect to subscription services, we implemented innovative upgrade to our subscription service system in this quarter, which increased our revenue from subscription service by 58% year-over-year. Take our Institutional Subscription Service at . 36Kr conducting quality capital with the Wuxi Municipal Government for industry collaborations and integration, demonstrating the value of the customized membership service we provided for our institutional clients. Furthermore, despite the postpone of certain courses into our individual subscription due to the pandemic. We made breakthrough progress in multiple star subscription products such as the business plan building camp and the funding acceleration camp since July. Last and least, Iâd like to share the latest progress of our Enterprise Service Review Platform. During the quarter, we not only continued to rapidly improve our major operating metrics but also achieve forceful commercialization progress. In terms of operating data, our monthly active user rose more than 18 times year-over-year to nearly 900,000 and the number of authentic reviews climbed 17 times to over 32,000, up 56% sequentially. Meanwhile, we optimized the platformâs business coordination, function layouts and use experience, and as a result, the number of customers are willing to leave their information on the platform more than doubled compared with the beginning of the second quarter. We showcased over 6,600 pieces of mainstream software on the platform, up 84% year-over-year and nearly 20% quarter-over-quarter. This merchant-oriented features were launched in September 2021, a total of over 850 merchants have set up presence on our platform raising almost 30% quarter-over-quarter. Regarding commercialization, 36Kr Enterprise Service Review Platform reached our strategic collaboration with Volcano Engine this quarter, focusing on the functions and features of a diversified portfolio of working products, including cloud computing, Big Data and SaaS applications. Meanwhile, due to a product level on our Enterprise Service Review Platform for Volcano Engine, providing product and targeted access to specific customer groups. Furthermore, 36Kr Enterprise Service Review Platform will collaborate with Volcano Engine to produce and disseminated various formats of content, such as live broadcast and in-depth interviews. Taken together, this strategy will compete with customer awareness, as well as shape Volcano Engineâs threat intents and unique positioning in the SaaS market. Despite the challenging external environment, including pandemic with uncertainty in macroeconomic downturn, we achieved double-digit growth in total revenue and profitability for the third consecutive quarter. Our robust financial results again demonstrated our business model resilience, as well as massive development potential. For this our business foundation while having inflection point of our company value. Meanwhile, as our taking growth engine, our Enterprise Service Review Platform has achieved strong growth in all major operating metrics together with society development of its commercialization, expanding our service boundaries and allowing more business potential. As the new economy service growth, 36Kr remains committed to its original aspirations and will continue to empower its partners with high quality content, live and innovation-driven content ecosystem with dedicated and effective services, while hoping to enhance other business efficiency in Chinese enterprises. Moving forward as a companion and enabler of the new economy, 36Kr will continue to empower more industry participants to achieve high-speed development, capitalizing on the wave of digital transformation, we are confident that we can create sufficient level of value for more users, customers and investors.