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| We are confident that our strategies will solidify our position as a leading insurance technology platform in Asia, connecting consumers, insurance carriers and distribution partners digitally and efficiently through our data-driven and AI powered solutions |
| In 2023, China's insurance industry continues a positive growth trajectory marking the second consecutive year of growth following the industry, significant reform in particular, the demand for savings insurance products remains robust, driving a 12.75% [ph] growth in total premiums for China's life insurance industry, at least the declining RMB interest rate |
| So, I think, in short, it's performing very well, and it will continue to be, it will be increasingly important as a revenue stream and business life for us |
| Navigating through this evolving market trend, we have successfully saved the market opportunities in long-term saving products by leveraging our strategic focus on long-term insurance products, divers’ operational tactics, product innovation, and customer acquisition capabilities |
| I think that's something that we think will be a very good value proposition to those local markets as well |
| It's contributing almost 20% of our overall premium facilitated, and we continue to see strong growth in this business line |
| So, we see that for the rest of this year and least for the first quarter, we are still seeing very strong demand for savings products |
| On your second question about customer demand, and product mix shifts, I think that we have also continued to see strong and sustained momentum in the long-term savings category or annuities |
| And finally, we continue to optimize our operational efficiency and customize acquisition costs as reflected in the further improvement in our gross margin and expansion expense ratio |
| During the year, we witnessed a rise in demand for savings product and leverage our diversified product offering and omnichannel distribution capabilities to capitalize on the market opportunities |
| And in summary, considering a robust AI powered product innovation capabilities are extensive online to offline distribution ecosystem, the empowerment of our insurance agents and IFA partners and are proactive overseas expansion efforts, we are continued to be optimistic about the outlook for 2024 |
| We also achieved non-GAAP net margin of 6% for the full year of 2023, and as of the end of 2023, our financial position remained strong as a combined balance of cash and cash equivalent stood at RMB249 million, which is more than $30 million |
| Our operating expense ratio further improved to 33% in 2023 from 40% a year earlier decreasing by seven percentage points |
| This improvement reflects the enhanced customer acquisition efficiencies and the increased repeat purchases by existing customers |
| Our growth margin improved to 37.4% in 2023 from 36.6% in 2022 |
| In addition, our expansion into the Hong Kong market yielded encouraging results with total international revenue contribution from Hong Kong reaching 6% in the fourth quarter |
| This diversification has also paid off as the FYP from this business group by 74% to approximately RMB400 million in 2023, providing us with new and promising revenue stream diversification |
| This is launched in 2018, the Darwin Critical Care Series product that provided over 310,000 customers with enhanced protection through a higher limit, broader coverage and better service quality |
| In 2023, we proudly sustained a market-leading position in long-term insurance products in China |
| And third, the average ticket size for long-term savings insurance products, which has become increasingly important as a category for our distribution increased by 31% year-over-year to over RMB54,000 in 2023, demonstrating a continued success in upselling our existing customers |
| One, our first-year premiums that renew premiums increased by 42% and 4% year-over-year respectively, indicating our ability to attract new customers and also engage with existing ones |
| While we maintain high-quality growth in our long-term insurance business, we also provided customer products and risk management solutions to our corporate clients, which led to a 74% surge in the FYP of our PMC insurance product, reaching RMB390 million in 2023 [Foreign language] |
| [Foreign Language] Recognizing the growing demand for premium insurance, and overseas at the allocation, we took actions rapidly and saved the opportunities in the Hong Kong insurance market, which has allowed us to diversify our revenue stream, both our operational resilience and enhance our risk management abilities |
| In 2023, the repeat purchase ratio for our long-term insurance products client by 6.9 percentage points year-over-year to 36.9%, reflecting the deepening loyalty and trust of our customers in our brand |
| Secondly, we have continued to empower the capabilities of insurance agents through our superb distribution network product innovation and technological advancements |
| We think that this growth is largely driven by our omnichannel distribution platform capabilities, a high-quality customer base, a diverse range of product offerings, as well as our maiden contribution of international revenues from our expansion into the Hong Kong market in the second half of 2023 |
| We see that potential in the insurance market in this region is massive and we believe we are in a good position to capture these opportunities |
| This AI driven tool not only increase consultant efficiency, capacity, and conversion rate, but also improves the overall user experience by precisely pinpoint user needs and reducing wait time |
| We have set the target to achieve a double-digit revenue contribution from international markets by 2024, and this goal reflects our confidence in the scalability and replicability of our business model itself |
| We maintain solid collaboration with leading insurance companies, further enrich our diversified product matrix in order to make the differentiate protection needs from customers, whether they are in search of premium brands or cost-effective products |
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| This has still been the most popular or most in demand product among Chinese consumers, due to the declining rates environments and probably the lack of attractive alternative investment alternatives in the China market right now with what we've seen in the real estate market and also underperforming equities market |
| And I think the impact on the offline, so-called savings products will be more marked, or more, adversely impacted, and versus some of the online-only products |
| Question on customers or consumers' demand on long-term health products, particularly in the critical illness type of products |
| Ron, talk a lot about the savings products de mine, and obviously the protection is still on investors' mind, although the de mine seems to be still kind of weak right now, especially in China |
| And especially in the current macro environment |
| In 2023, our total operating expenses continued to decrease falling by 15% year over year |
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