Changes in Hong Kong stocks | Yuewen Group (00772) rises more than 7%, domestic AI comics accelerate overseas, companies continue to improve all IP monetization paths

The Zhitong Finance App learned that Reading Text Group (00772) rose by more than 7%. As of press release, it had risen 7.3% to HK$22.92, with a turnover of HK$63.37 million.

According to the news, according to CCTV financial reports, AI technology has accelerated the development of the comic industry since this year. Recently, domestic comics have been favored by overseas markets and have become a new growth pole for the industry. At present, about 10 domestic Chinese companies have set up overseas skit platforms, and more than 10 overseas skit apps have launched exclusive AI comic channels. The total number of active AI comic users in overseas markets has exceeded 150 million. Among the top ten paid overseas skit apps, Chinese manufacturers occupy nine seats.

AI is becoming a new growth engine for reading articles overseas: in the first half of the year, AI translation led WebNovel's small-language online article revenue to increase 160% year over year; the overseas platform ToonScroll already had 50 comics viewed more than 10 million times over the previous year. Recently, the company also revealed at the Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Conference International Outbound Summit that its comic creation tool DramaBuddy was officially connected to Tencent WorkBuddy. CITIC Construction Investment Securities pointed out that since this year, the company has continued to improve the complete closed loop of “Internet Article IP - AI Adaptation - Distribution and Monetization”, and is optimistic that the company will benefit from AI development and improve IP monetization.