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Market News: Lotte Chemical will suspend the Johor plant to reduce losses.Bank of Communications: Wang Wenjin resigned as business director. Due to job transfer, Wang Wenjin has submitted a written report to the board of directors of the company and resigned as business director (corporate and institutional business). His resignation will take effect on December 13, 2024.Hong Kong media revealed that French President Macron plans to visit China in the new year. On the 13th, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post quoted several people familiar with the matter as saying that French President Macron plans to visit China in the new year. The report mentioned that Bona, foreign affairs adviser to the French President, took a team of assistants to China this week to "act as an advance stop" for Macron's visit to China in 2025. (World Wide Web)

BOC International: Reiterating that China Telecom is the first choice for the "buy" rating of Chinese telecom stocks, BOC International published a research report that the contribution of cloud services to revenue and profit continues to promote the growth of Chinese telecom operators, and cloud and artificial intelligence services are becoming the only sustainable driving force for Chinese telecom operators' revenue and EBITDA. China Telecom and China Unicom have recorded steady growth in profit margin of EBITDA in two quarters this year. With the development of state-owned enterprises and local governments, the bank expects to support the development of end-to-end proprietary cloud infrastructure services for telecom operators for a long time to improve security and regulatory requirements, and at the same time, Chinese telecom stocks can provide attractive valuation and dividend returns to support their long-term performance. Therefore, it reiterates its "buy" rating for Chinese telecom stocks, with China Telecom as the first choice, followed by China Unicom and China Mobile.Qin Xinghua, Anneng Logistics: Under the general tone of "Striving for Progress in Stability", the logistics industry is welcoming new opportunities for development. The Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing from December 11 to 12. The conference analyzed the current economic situation and deployed economic work in 2025. Qin Xinghua, founder, CEO and president of Anneng Logistics, said that this meeting has made various plans for economic work next year, and a comprehensive and systematic layout is of great significance to the overall improvement and sustainable development of the economy. The meeting put forward key measures such as "solidly promoting high-quality development", "expanding domestic demand in all directions" and establishing the implementation of "more active fiscal policy" and "moderately loose monetary policy", and finalized the general tone of "striving for progress while maintaining stability" for economic development in 2025. It is foreseeable that the economic and social development situation will be stable and good next year, and the high-quality development trend will become more prominent. "As an important link in the economic development chain, the logistics industry will usher in new development opportunities under this economic background." Qin Xinghua was encouraged by the development of the enterprise.Du Zhaocai, former deputy director of the State Sports General Administration, was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment and fined 4 million yuan. On December 13, 2024, Wuhan Intermediate People's Court of Hubei Province publicly pronounced the bribery case of Du Zhaocai, former party member and deputy director of the State Sports General Administration and former party secretary and vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and sentenced the defendant Du Zhaocai to 14 years' imprisonment and fined 4 million yuan. The property and fruits of his crime shall be recovered according to law and turned over to the state treasury. It was found through trial that from 2012 to 2022, the defendant Du Zhaocai took advantage of his position as Party Secretary and Director of the Athletics Management Center of the State Sports General Administration, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Chinese Athletics Association, member of the Party Committee of the State Sports General Administration, assistant to the director, deputy director, and Party Secretary and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Football Association to provide assistance to relevant units and individuals in matters such as event hosting, personnel arrangement, player transfer, etc., and illegally accepted other people's property totaling RMB 4,341. (CCTV News)

A large quantity is enough, exceeding 10,000 tons! Chilean cherries arrived in Nansha Port of Guangzhou at a fresh rate. At 3: 00 am on December 13th, after a 22-day voyage of 20,000 kilometers, the first express line of cherries in Nansha Port of Guangzhou Port this year, "Crever Demaji", docked at Nansha Phase II Terminal of Guangzhou Port. This ship is the first ship imported in large quantities in China this year, carrying 538 cabinets of Chilean cherries and weighing more than 11,000 tons. This batch of "star fruits" takes only 2 hours at the earliest from unloading to reaching the market. It is reported that the first batch of cherries directly picked up by the boat arrived at Jiangnan Fruit Wholesale Market before 7: 00 this morning, officially announcing the opening of the cherry season in 2024-2025. (CCTV News)The financial technology companies supported by Wal-Mart are valued at $2.5 billion. The traditional banking industry is under threat. Wal-Mart is injecting more funds into its newly-started financial start-ups, obtaining a valuation of $2.5 billion for this company, and indicating its ambition to further set foot in the financial services industry. According to informed sources, the world's largest retailer is jointly leading the financing of more than 300 million US dollars with investment company Ribbit Capital. This marks a new valuation for the company named One, in which Wal-Mart holds a majority stake. Wal-Mart has been providing products to many customers and employees in order to gain a greater foothold in the field of financial services. For the financial industry, the threat of Wal-Mart and other companies encroaching on its territory is getting closer and closer. Just last year, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon mentioned the competitive threat of Wal-Mart and other enterprises, pointing out that its hundreds of millions of customers and huge resources at its disposal were "extraordinary competitive advantages".The closing price of the national carbon market rose by 0.84% compared with the previous day. Today, the comprehensive price of the national carbon market is: the opening price is 99.66 yuan/ton, the highest price is 101.74 yuan/ton, the lowest price is 98.95 yuan/ton, and the closing price is 100.74 yuan/ton, which is 0.84% higher than the previous day. The transaction volume of today's listing agreement is 464,194 tons, with a turnover of 46,118,764.87 yuan; The volume of bulk agreement transactions was 4,617,079 tons, with a turnover of 450,306,945.18 yuan. Today, the total turnover of the national carbon emission quota is 5081273 tons, with a total turnover of 496425710.05 yuan. From January 1 to December 13, 2024, the volume of carbon emission quota in the national carbon market was 169,736,665 tons, with a turnover of 162,864,7748.47 yuan. As of December 13, 2024, the cumulative turnover of carbon emission quotas in the national carbon market was 611,359,276 tons, with a cumulative turnover of 412,056,282,67.75 yuan. (National Carbon Trading)