# China EV sentiment — Xiaomi vs Tesla vs BYD for investors

**Use case:** 

Chinese social sentiment on EV brands for equity research: mentions of Xiaomi Auto (小米汽车), Tesla (特斯拉) and BYD (比亚迪) on Weibo and Bilibili from the last 3 days, up to 10 per brand per platform, sentiment-scored, with a per-brand rollup in the SUMMARY. A brand that fills the cap counts as 10, so share % reflects the cap, not volume. Max 60 mentions (~$3.60). Swap in the companies you cover.

## Input

```json
{
  "brandKeyword": "小米汽车",
  "competitorBrands": [
    "特斯拉",
    "比亚迪"
  ],
  "autoLocalize": true,
  "searchAliases": [],
  "platforms": [
    "weibo",
    "bilibili"
  ],
  "maxMentionsPerPlatform": 10,
  "lookbackDays": 3,
  "sentimentAnalysis": true,
  "deduplication": true,
  "deltaMode": false,
  "velocityTracking": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "CN"
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "mentionId": {
    "label": "Mention ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "platform": {
    "label": "Platform",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "brandKeyword": {
    "label": "Brand",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "brandMatchType": {
    "label": "Match",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "contentSnippet": {
    "label": "Snippet",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "publishedAt": {
    "label": "Published",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "authorName": {
    "label": "Author",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "authorFollowerCount": {
    "label": "Followers",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "authorVerified": {
    "label": "Verified",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "engagementMetrics": {
    "label": "Engagement",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "sentiment": {
    "label": "Sentiment",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "crossPlatformReposts": {
    "label": "Reposts",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Scraped",
    "format": "date"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Chinese Social Listening — Weibo, RedNote, Bilibili, Douban](https://apify.com/zhorex/chinese-brand-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/zhorex/chinese-brand-monitor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

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