Liu Jianchao met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdul Ati. On December 13th, Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdul Ati in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on implementing the important consensus of the two heads of state, strengthening inter-party exchanges, strengthening political dialogue and humanities exchanges, and promoting the construction of a community of destiny between China and Egypt facing the new era. (Xinhua News Agency)Sources: Russia has suspended grain exports to Syria. Russian and Syrian sources said on Friday that Russia's wheat supply to Syria has been suspended due to the uncertainty of the new Syrian government and the delay in payment.Putin signed a decree to extend the measures to counter the western oil price limit against Russia again. On December 13th, local time, according to the documents published on the Russian legal information portal, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order to extend the special economic measures formulated because western countries impose price limits on Russian oil and petroleum products until June 30th, 2025. Since the law came into effect on February 1, 2023, the validity of the measures has been extended several times. The decree stipulates that if the contract directly or indirectly stipulates the price ceiling set by other countries, it is forbidden to export Russian petroleum and petroleum products according to the contract, and the signed ban applies to all supply stages before delivery to buyers. (CCTV News)
Market news: Sam Altman, founder of OpenAI, will donate $1 million to the inauguration fund of President-elect Trump. According to reports, Altman plans to donate to the Presidential Inaugural Committee in his own name, instead of directly donating by OpenAI.Hikvision: The controlling shareholder has obtained a commitment letter for a special loan of 120 million yuan to increase its holdings. Hikvision announced that the company recently received a notice from the controlling shareholder, CLP Hikvision, that CLP Hikvision has obtained a commitment letter for a special loan to increase its holdings issued by China Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. Hangzhou Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China will provide a loan fund of no more than 120 million yuan for CLP Hikvision Group to increase its shareholding in Hikvision by centralized bidding, and the loan period will not exceed 3 years.Analysis: the potential weakness of Canada's manufacturing industry still exists. Forexlive: Canada's manufacturing industry rebounded strongly, mainly driven by petroleum products and automobiles. However, the year-on-year data decline shows that some potential weakness still exists.
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC): Actively expand effective investment, improve investment efficiency, and focus on the layout of a number of major projects with strong traction and long-term benefits. The Party Committee of the State Council SASAC held a special meeting. The meeting stressed that it is necessary to promote central enterprises to improve their ability to cope with cyclical fluctuations, continue to exert efforts in performance appraisal, quality improvement and efficiency improvement, and economic operation, and strive to simultaneously improve efficiency and efficiency indicators, and strive to achieve development with stronger scientific and technological attributes and greater driving role; Actively expand effective investment, improve investment efficiency, focus on "two" and "two new" layout of a number of major projects with strong traction and long-term benefits; We will do a better job in helping small and medium-sized enterprises, promote central enterprises to deepen strategic cooperation in the industrial chain, take the lead in paying off debts owed by private enterprises, and go all out to stabilize employment, supply and flow, so as to better help the national economy continue to pick up. It is necessary to promote the central enterprises to improve the supply capacity of common technologies, further highlight the key points and strengthen the key core technologies, especially in areas with large investment and long cycle; Further highlight the original innovation, explore and create a "policy enclave", strengthen the applied basic research, and deeply root the "root technology"; Further highlight the transformation of achievements, promote the construction of a number of major pilot projects by central enterprises, and constantly open up the "last mile" of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces, so as to better help high-level science and technology stand on its own feet. (SASAC)Ma Zhaoxu, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs met with New Zealand Ambassador to China Maury, and Ma Zhaoxu, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs met with outgoing New Zealand Ambassador to China Maury. Ma Zhaoxu said that under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, China-Singapore relations have maintained sound development, and mutual benefit and win-win have become the main tone of bilateral relations. The two sides should jointly implement the important consensus of the leaders of the two countries and promote the continued healthy and stable development of China-Singapore comprehensive strategic partnership. Mao Rui said that New Zealand is willing to strengthen dialogue and communication with China and push forward bilateral relations. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)News before the US stock market, ① The three major stock index futures of the US stock market rose together, and crude oil futures rose by more than 1%. Today, the US import/export price index for November was announced. ② As of press time, Dow futures rose 0.26%, S&P 500 futures rose 0.36%, and Nasdaq futures rose 0.73%. (3) Germany's DAX index rose by 0.47%, Britain's FTSE 100 index rose by 0.15%, France's CAC40 index rose by 0.38% and Europe's Stoxx 50 index rose by 0.46%. ④WTI crude oil rose 1.19% to 70.85 USD/barrel. Brent crude oil rose 1.16% to $74.26/barrel. ⑤ Societe Generale warned that the recession index of 75-year winning streak indicates that the United States may be in recession. Behind the record high of American stock market, there is a trend that worries Wall Street strategists: fewer and fewer stocks support the stock market. ⑦ Xpeng Motors fell more than 3.5% before trading and was downgraded to "sell" by UBS. ⑧ Broadcom rose about 14% before the market, and the company's Q4 profit exceeded expectations. Pet-name ruby ZTO Express rose more than 1% before trading, and the average monthly express business volume in China reached 14 billion pieces.