China ADRs and ETFs jumped on Wednesday. Zai Lab up 16%; NIO jumped over 7%; Alibaba, YINN, XPeng, Chagee up over 4%; JD.Com, PDD up more than 2%.
Nio Inc. aims to reduce research and development spending by as much as 25% as it seeks to reach its break-even target by the fourth quarter.
Expenses may drop to between 2 billion yuan ($278 million) to 2.5 billion yuan per quarter, or a 20% to 25% decrease from last year, the Chinese electric-vehicle maker said on its earnings call Tuesday.
Chairman William Li expects to see cost-control efforts materialize from the second quarter, after first-quarter revenue missed estimates despite seeing higher deliveries.