New year, new start. Wishing you happiness and good health. 

In 2021 with the extensive vaccination, the pandemic situation has gradually been under control. Many countries have begun to relax the surveillance measures of the epidemic. The economic prospect is positive from the market. The United Nations predict the global GDP this year will be 5.3%. That is the highest growth rate in the last 50 years and fills up the 3.6% negative growth rate of 2021. Economic recovery has become the main focus of the financial market this year. According to the United Nations projection, the growth of GDP in 2022 will slow down to 3.6%. The future economy still depends on the development of the epidemic situation. Although the haze of the epidemic persists, the supply chains of various countries have recovered, and production lines have returned close to the pre-epidemic level. In addition, many countries have actively increased infrastructure to stimulate the economy and increase the demand for raw materials. Commodity prices and the stock prices of related companies have risen sharply. Energy becomes the new favourite option of investors. The U.S. CPI in October 2021 increased by 6.2% compared to the same period of last year. The U.S. Federal Reserve will be caught between inflation and economic stimulus in the coming year. In the future, the pressure of Fed’s to raise interest rates will increase, and the continuous changes of pandemic situation will bring uncertainty to the market. Incoming 2022, looking forward to the countries to continue implementing relevant measures such as epidemic prevention, control and increase the vaccination rates to fight against the new wave of the variant virus, and work together for economic recovery. 

In the previous year, all companies have to accelerate the application of technology to adapt to the new normal of work under epidemic. Hantec Group attached great weight to fintech for many years and has invested resources in information technology development from the company start until now. Employees in all parties have long been accustomed to applying information technology to all work levels. We have developed our online trading platform and mature corporate systems for internal communications, online services, cloud services, etc. We can provide customers with uninterrupted trading services without being restricted by geographic or market closures. 

Hantec Group is grateful to employees, customers and stakeholders for their continuous support and encouragement. In 2021, we will continue to contribute to society by actively participating in different social responsibility activities, for example, helping the villages in the mainland to support rural farming and other development needs. Hantec Group donated an excavator to Xiyuanyu Village, Huaxu Town, Lantian County in Bangfu Village. Mr Tang, Honorary Chairman of Hantec Group, also went to Xiushan County, Chongqing City visit the local primary school to know more about their learning situation and donated 210 sets of down jackets to the students. Apart from that, To raise relief funds for the tragedy caused by torrential rain in Henan province, our Honorary Chairman Mr Tang organized the charity pre-sale of his new photography portfolio. The relief funds have been donated for the post-disaster reconstruction of Cuimiao Town, Xingyang City. In the future, we promise to keep participating in different types of social responsibility projects to contribute to society. 

In 2022, the Group will actively expand the overseas business, deepening footprints in the Southeast Asian market, and continue our concept of global citizenship. We also committed to deepening the application of financial technology, carrying out more forward financial technology practices, and strengthening network security technologies to optimize the customer experience. The management model has also changed to cross-regional corporation management. We will have the new business models to cooperate with the operations of local teams in different markets. We will be continuing to provide customers with high-quality and uninterrupted financial services during the epidemic. 

Hantec Group will always work together to build a better future with you. 

Wishing you prosperity and thriving in the new year!

CEO of Hantec Group 

Freddy Lau