What’s missing in the Year of the Sheep 2015: Review and hot spot analysis
2015 is the Year of the Sheep in Yiwei of the lunar calendar. Now looking back on this year, we can analyze "what was missing" at that time from multiple perspectives such as economic, social, and cultural. Combining the hot topics and hot content on the Internet in the past 10 days, this article will use structured data to display the key missing points of the Year of the Sheep in 2015, compare it with the current hot spots, and explore the changes in demand in the changing times.
1. “Defects” in the economic field in 2015, the Year of the Sheep

| field | Main missing point | Data performance |
|---|---|---|
| stock market | investor confidence | A-shares plunged over 40% in 2015 |
| real estate | Demand in third- and fourth-tier cities | Inventory cycle is more than 20 months |
| Manufacturing | Transformation and upgrading power | PMI has been below the boom-bust line for 6 consecutive months |
From the perspective of economic data, what is most lacking in the Year of the Sheep in 2015 isStable growth momentum. The ups and downs of the stock market, the fragmentation of real estate, and the weakness of the manufacturing industry jointly formed the economic picture of that year.
2. “Lack” in the social and cultural fields
| field | Main missing point | Typical cases |
|---|---|---|
| network environment | Premium content | Rumors spread on the Internet |
| cultural creativity | Original ability | Variety shows introduce a large number of models |
| public safety | emergency mechanism | Tianjin Port Explosion |
At the socio-cultural level, 2015 revealedSystemic risk prevention and controlshortcomings. From the network environment to public security, many fields have shown that management lags behind development.
3. “Lacks” in the field of science and technology
| Technical direction | development bottleneck | 2015 status |
|---|---|---|
| artificial intelligence | Commercial application | Mainly in the laboratory stage |
| New energy vehicles | infrastructure | There are less than 10,000 charging piles |
| 5G technology | Standard setting | Unification has not yet been completed |
What the tech sector lacked most in 2015Mature industrial ecology. Many of the technologies that are booming today were still in their infancy or exploration stage at that time.
4. Comparison with current hot spots
Observing the hot spots across the entire network in the past 10 days, we can find that compared with 2015, many of the “deficiencies” that year have been improved:
| Missing in 2015 | Progress in 2023 | Hot cases |
|---|---|---|
| artificial intelligence applications | ChatGPT and other popularization | Big model application explosion |
| New energy vehicles | Over a million charging piles | Electric vehicle sales account for more than 30% |
| Online content quality | Premium Creator Economy | Expansion of knowledge payment scale |
Through comparison, it can be seen that 8 years have brought significant changes. What is “missing” in the Year of the Sheep in 2015 is precisely the direction of key development in these years.
5. Enlightenment and Prospects
Looking back at the various "missings" in the Year of the Sheep in 2015, we can get the following enlightenment:
1.Economic development needs new momentum: Shift from traditional factor-driven to innovation-driven
2.Social governance needs to be forward-looking: Plan and regulate emerging fields in advance
3.Technological innovation requires patience: Many technologies require time to accumulate from research and development to application.
Looking back from the present moment, what is missing in the Year of the Sheep in 2015 is an opportunity to promote social progress. Every recognition of "missing" may become the starting point for future development.
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