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1. Various of engineers working, screen showing robot design

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2. Various of engineer testing mechanical hand

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3. Various of robot organizing dishes; putting fruit into basket
4. Various of robot carrying out power inspection

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5. Various of screen showing website of DeepSeek

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6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang HsinChieh, principal investment strategist, Standard Chartered Bank China (partially overlaid with shot 7):
"The DeepSeek-driven tech stock revaluation led to the prospect of the reassessment of Chinese assets as a whole. We can see that Chinese tech stocks as a whole are beginning to attract market attention."

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7. Screen showing website of DeepSeek
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8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Duan Bing, technology and telecommunications analyst, Nomura China:
"We believe that China's scientific and technological innovation sector has strong development momentum, and we are very optimistic about its future development direction."

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9. Various of smart production line

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10. Various of new energy vehicle (NEV) assembly line
11. Various of smart production line

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12. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang HsinChieh, principal investment strategist, Standard Chartered Bank China:
"In particular, during our communication with overseas colleagues, we have learned that a notably increasing number of overseas investors are beginning to pay attention to Chinese assets."

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An increasing number of international financial institutions have cast a vote of confidence in China, largely due to the country's rapid advancements in the science and technology sector, according to wealth management professionals.

This progress is exemplified by DeepSeek, a cost-competitive newcomer among global artificial intelligence (AI) models, as well as the country's leading role in developing robotics that are useful across a variety of sectors.

Given China's recent breakthroughs in AI and other fields, as well as increased policy support for technological advancements, more and more overseas financial institutions are beginning to consider increasing their holdings of Chinese stocks.

Goldman Sachs said in its latest report that China's stock market registered its best start in history this year. Both Citi and HSBC recently upgraded Chinese stocks from "neutral" to "overweight". JPMorgan Chase said that the revaluation of Chinese technology stocks will continue, and their average annual return rate can reach 7.8 percent in the next 10 to 15 years. Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley's China equity strategist said that "now is the best time to advise global investors to increase their holdings of Chinese stocks."

According to wealth managers, the recent re-evaluation of Chinese assets among these global institutions is driven by a boom in the technology sector.

"The DeepSeek-driven tech stock revaluation led to the prospect of the reassessment of Chinese assets as a whole. We can see that Chinese tech stocks as a whole are beginning to attract market attention," said Wang HsinChieh, principal investment strategist for Standard Chartered China.

"We believe that China's scientific and technological innovation sector has strong development momentum, and we are very optimistic about its future development direction," said Duan Bing, a technology and telecommunications analyst for Nomura China, Japan's largest investment bank and brokerage group.

Since the beginning of this month, foreign institutions including Mirae Asset, Allianz Global Investors, HSBC Global Asset Management, Morgan Stanley, and Schroder Investments have conducted research on Chinese listed companies.

Industry insiders said in addition to their own investment needs, more and more overseas investors are paying attention to Chinese assets, which is another reason why they have stepped up their research.

"In particular, during our communication with overseas colleagues, we have learned that a notably increasing number of overseas investors are beginning to pay attention to Chinese assets," said Wang.

The strategist added that Standard Chartered has received an increasing number of inquiries from investors from South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and the Middle East.

The latest data released by the Korea Securities Depository (KSD) show that in February, the monthly transaction volume of Korean investment in Chinese mainland and Hong Kong stocks reached 782 million U.S. dollars, nearly doubling from the previous month. The figure not only hit a new high since August 2022, but also far exceeded the investment volume of Korean investors in European and Japanese stock markets during the same period.

From February 17 to 28, six out of the top 10 most popular overseas stocks among South Korean investors were Chinese equities, according to South Korea's largest securities company.