Centeno, Governing Committee of the European Central Bank: "gradualism" is the most important word.Goldman Sachs lowered the UK's GDP growth forecast for 2024 from the previous 1.2% to 1.0%.FedEx signed a memorandum of understanding with Hong Kong Customs on the facilitation of cross-border express customs clearance. FedEx announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding with Hong Kong Customs on the facilitation of cross-border express customs clearance (CEFA) yesterday and became the first company to join the memorandum of understanding, which is expected to benefit from stable and efficient customs clearance procedures. CEFA aims to improve the efficiency of customs clearance of cross-border cargoes from the Mainland to Hong Kong. According to the Memorandum of Understanding, the Customs and Excise Department will provide customs clearance service for imported cargoes transported from the Mainland to Hong Kong at one of the FedEx service stations in the urban area of Hong Kong, and arrange for imported cargoes currently transported to Hong Kong by FedEx Guangzhou Asia-Pacific transshipment center to be transported by cross-border trucks equipped with electronic locks (E-locks) and global positioning systems (GPS).
US media: Hamas may agree to temporarily stay in Gaza after the ceasefire of the Israeli army. On the 12th, the US media reported that the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) had softened its negotiating position and might agree to temporarily stay in Gaza after the ceasefire. Hamas has not yet responded to this news. (Xinhua News Agency)China Merchants Securities: Investment Guidelines of the Central Economic Work Conference for A-shares next year From these four aspects, China Merchants Securities said that the investment guidelines of the Central Economic Work Conference for A-shares next year mainly include the following aspects: 1) From a macro perspective, the support intensity of policies for various economic work is expected to exceed market expectations. Specifically, the fiscal policy orientation is positive, deficit ratio will arrange or keep it above 3%, the issuance scale of ultra-long-term special government bonds will be further expanded, and the scale and investment field of special bonds are expected to be further extended; Monetary policy mentioned "timely lowering the RRR and cutting interest rates", and the goal of liquidity policy changed from balance to loose tendency, which will bring room for valuation improvement of A shares. 2) From the perspective of expanding domestic demand, consumption will become the main line of investment next year: the meeting will continue the deployment of the Politburo meeting in December, and in the order of writing, consumption will still be placed at the top of next year's key tasks. In terms of specific measures, it is planned to boost consumption mainly through two aspects. First, increase the income of residents; The second is to increase consumption scenarios. 3) Focus on scientific and technological innovation to lead the development of new quality productive forces, and grasp two main lines: this meeting focused on "carrying out' artificial intelligence+'action and cultivating future industries". Artificial intelligence has appeared in the draft of the Central Economic Work Conference for three consecutive years. Future industries have also appeared in the draft of the Central Economic Work Conference for two consecutive years. Therefore, it is recommended to focus on artificial intelligence+and future industries. 4) Focus on "comprehensive improvement of' involution' competition": In terms of "involution" competition, photovoltaic industry is the representative in emerging industries. Recently, in addition to self-regulatory measures such as industry association initiatives, the photovoltaic export tax rebate rate has been lowered and industry norms have been updated to further control new production capacity. The policy is further introduced to curb the "involution" competition of photovoltaics. It is recommended to pay attention to photovoltaic, lithium battery and other industries.Asia-Pacific Pharmaceuticals: The new specifications of cefmetazole sodium for injection were approved, and Asia-Pacific Pharmaceuticals announced that the company was approved by National Medical Products Administration, and the new specifications of cefmetazole sodium for injection were 0.5g and 2g, which further enriched the product categories on the basis of the original 1g specifications. The annual sales income of this drug in 2023 was 96.3946 million yuan, accounting for 22.92% of the company's operating income. New specifications are helpful to market promotion and competitiveness improvement, but drug production and sales are affected by policies and market environment, and there are uncertainties.
From January to October, the total output of lithium batteries in China increased by 16% year-on-year. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's lithium-ion battery industry continued to grow from January to October 2024. According to the announcement of lithium battery industry norms, enterprise information and industry associations, the total output of lithium batteries in China from January to October was 890GWh, up 16% year-on-year. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, the profit of China's lithium battery manufacturing industry increased by 39.4% from January to October. In the battery sector, the output of energy storage lithium batteries exceeded 200GWh from January to October. The loading capacity of power lithium batteries for new energy vehicles is about 405GWh. From January to October, the total export of lithium batteries in China reached 350.2 billion yuan, down 9.2% year-on-year, and the decline was 3.3 percentage points narrower than that in January-June.Zuo Qiang served as the chairman and secretary of the Party Committee of China Construction No.1 Bureau (Group) Co., Ltd. On the afternoon of December 13th, China Construction No.1 Bureau (Group) Co., Ltd. held a meeting of cadres and workers. China Construction Group announced the decision to supplement the main leaders of China Construction No.1 Bureau (Group) Co., Ltd.: Comrade Zuo Qiang is the chairman and party secretary of China Construction No.1 Bureau (Group) Co., Ltd.Huawei and Shenzhen Jiaotong University released the pioneer scene of commercial operation of Shenzhen intelligent network connection. Shenzhen Jiaotong University built the first supporting platform in China. It was learned from Huawei's business officer Wei that during the 2024 academic annual meeting of China Highway Society, in the sub-forum of "Lu Yun Energy" collaborative development, Huawei, Shenzhen Jiaotong University (301091), Shenzhen Intelligent Network Connection Transportation Association and other units jointly released the pioneer scene plan of commercial operation of Shenzhen intelligent network connection smart parking, which helped the integrated and coordinated development of mopeds and Lu Yun. Relying on Huawei's high-precision visual positioning, 5G and AI technologies, Shenzhen Intelligent Networked Collaborative Smart Parking Commercial Operation Pioneer Scenario Scheme has launched a collaborative smart parking scheme combining cars and parking lots, which can provide navigation services and AR reverse car search services for ordinary vehicles. It is reported that commissioned by the government and built by Shenzhen Stock Exchange, relying on the city's digital twin platform and collecting the total traffic data of networked vehicles, the country's first intelligent networked vehicle full chain management and service support platform has been built to support the full-cycle full chain business management of intelligent networked vehicles such as testing, demonstration, access, grading, road operation and commercial operation, and support the cross-departmental collaborative supervision of intelligent networked vehicles.