The early mover advantage, coupled with favorable government policies and growing charging facilities, has seen China become the world's largest NEV market and one of the most important sources of innovation in the sector.

先行者的优势，加上有利的政府政策和不断增长的充电设施，使中国成为世界上最大的新能源汽车市场和该行业最重要的创新来源之一。

"At CES Unveiled, a small media-preview session Tuesday, Ma said the Blade, a robotic lawn-sweeping mover that won the CES 2023 Innovation Award, drew an influx of ardent visitors, many of them Europeans and Americans.

马说，在周二举行的小型媒体预览会“国际消费电子展”上，获得2023年国际消费电子博览会创新奖的机器人草坪清扫车Blade吸引了大批热情的游客，其中许多是欧洲人和美国人。

In China, Perfect Diary has become a first mover in the marketing method of DTC, or direct-to-consumer, where it cooperates with KOLs or key opinion leaders, including charismatic influencers like "Lipstick King" Li Jiaqi to sell products on social media platforms like Douyin, TikTok for China, WeChat and the Little Red Book.

Founded in 2011 as a tool for users to create and share animated images known as GIFs, which are in essence the earliest form of short videos, Kuaishou has become the first mover in China’s short-video industry to enable users to create, upload and view short videos on mobile devices, according to market consultancy iResearch.

In May this year, the Boring Company got another deal with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Board of Directors to design and construct a new underground people mover project encompassing Las Vegas's convention center.

As an early mover in the industry, Sunpower has developed a robust portfolio and pipeline of projects through both greenfield projects and acquisitions of existing coal-fired boilers.

Still, everyone wants to be a second mover, to wait until a competitor raises prices," added Meyer.

Jonathan Reynolds, associate professor in retail marketing at Oxford University, said Amazon's extensive warehousing and distribution facilities in seven European countries, and its dedicated sites for each country, give it "first mover advantage" in Europe.

This year, the company said it plans to bid for more than 30 rail transportation projects in China, including high-speed trains, propulsion and signaling equipment for rail vehicles, monorails, and automated people mover systems.

Bombardier supplies automated people mover systems to four major Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Albeit being a late mover, Tencent's core competence lies in its social capability backed by WeChat's 938 million users, said Aaron Guo, senior research analyst at consultancy Mintel.

Well-developed in e-commerce, Hangzhou stands out for its first mover advantage, since the city's merchants have a good nose for the market and are already tuned into and turned onto livestreaming, said Cui Lili, director of the Institute of E-commerce at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, in a report issued by 21st Century Business Herald in July.

"We are dedicated to providing more cost-effective and resilient data center services for human development, and equipping emerging countries with 'late mover' advantages while maintaining our relationships with developed countries," he said.

Well-developed in e-commerce, Hangzhou stands out for its first mover advantage, since the city's merchants have a good nose for the market and are already turned to livestreaming, said Cui Lili, director of the Institute of E-commerce at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, in the report.

His dash for early mover advantage comes from the realization that even tech giants such as Tencent Holdings Ltd and voice technology firm iFlytek Co are competing with startups in the emerging segment.

"Chery has been an early mover in the new energy vehicle sector but fell behind.

Chinese electric carmakers and their auto suppliers have seized the first mover advantage, and local Chinese marques have replaced international rivals on the list of Chinese car buyers' top candidates.

"Hertz was an early mover last October when it announced the planned purchase of 100,000 vehicles from US trailblazer Tesla, upping the pressure on rivals to spell out transition plans.

Renault, by contrast, was an early mover in electric cars, with relatively fuel-efficient engine technologies and a strong presence in emerging markets, but no US business.

BYD was the first mover globally to open-source all sensors in a car and I believe more companies will follow.

The Automated People Mover system on the Pujiang Line, which stretches for 6.7 kilometers and links Huizhen Road with Shendu Highway Station, will allow passengers to transfer to metro line 8.

With EHang's first mover advantages and leading expertise in AAV technologies, the company is expected to provide its EH216 flights for the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, and implement its safe, autonomous and eco-friendly UAM solutions in Japan in the near future, according to Hu Huazhi, chairman and CEO of EHang.

The nation will become a major mover in global AI development and make up 15.6 percent of the global market by 2024, according to a report jointly released by global market research firm International Data Corp and cloud computing and big data supplier Inspur Group.

China will become a major mover in global AI development and contribute 15.6 percent of the global market by 2024, according to a report jointly released by global market research firm International Data Corp and cloud computing and big data supplier Inspur Group.

Xiang Ligang, director-general of the Information Consumption Alliance, a telecom industry association, said compared with other countries, China is an early mover in rolling out 5G networks, which can give it an upper hand in laying down sound infrastructure for the metaverse.

Xiang Ligang, director-general of the Information Consumption Alliance, a telecom industry association, said compared with internet companies which have also set their sights on IoT, Xiaomi's edge lies in its years of experience in hardware and the fact it has established a beachhead in that area since it is an early mover.

The nation will become a major mover in global AI development and contribute 15.6 percent of the global market by 2024, according to a report jointly released by global market research firm International Data Corp and cloud computing and big data supplier Inspur Group.

The central government is somewhat less willing to accumulate more debt, thus making local governments the major mover in potentially increasing leverage ratios.

As an early mover in EVs, China now has the largest EV market accounting for around 57.4 percent of global EV production in 2021.