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Tianyu Co., Ltd.: The subsidiary company plans to select the tenth batch of national centralized drug procurement, and the wholly-owned subsidiary company Zhejiang Nuode Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. plans to select the product of sitagliptin metformin tablets (II) and sitagliptin phosphate tablets to select the tenth batch of national centralized drug procurement organized by the National Drug Joint Procurement Office.Beijing Daxing Airport opened direct flights to Sydney and Melbourne for the first time. At 1: 10am on December 13th, China Southern Airlines flight CZ5025 took off from Beijing Daxing International Airport for Sydney, Australia, which was the first direct flight from Beijing Daxing Airport to Australia. On the 14th, China Southern Airlines will also fly the Daxing-Melbourne route in Beijing. (CCTV News)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)

The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index of Malaysia closed up 0.4% at 1,608.75.Li Qiang signed the the State Council Order to promulgate the Decision of the State Council on Amending and Abolishing Some Administrative Regulations, and the State Council Prime Minister Li Qiang recently signed the the State Council Order to promulgate the Decision of the State Council on Amending and Abolishing Some Administrative Regulations, which will take effect on January 20, 2025. In order to fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, implement the spirit of institutional reform of the Party and the state, promote strict and standardized fair and civilized law enforcement, optimize the business environment ruled by law, and ensure a high level of opening to the outside world, the State Council cleaned up the administrative regulations involved, and decided to amend some provisions of 21 administrative regulations and abolish 4 administrative regulations. (Xinhua News Agency)Twenty-five pilot banks in Shenzhen have opened a total of 64,000 cross-border wealth management accounts. The reporter was informed that by the end of November 2024, 25 pilot banks in Shenzhen had opened a total of 64,000 cross-border wealth management accounts, with a total amount of cross-border receipts and payments of 42.74 billion yuan, accounting for 48.1% and 44.2% of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area respectively.

Pimco and Fidelity believe that the economic outlook in the euro zone is weak, and the European Central Bank has cut interest rates by more than market expectations. Investors such as Pimco and Fidelity International believe that the economic outlook in Europe is bleak, which may force policymakers to cut interest rates by more than market expectations. The latest market pricing shows that the European Central Bank is expected to cut its key interest rate to 1.75% next year. The bank cut interest rates for the third time in a row on Thursday, to 3%. However, Fidelity said that the borrowing cost may be further reduced to 1.5%, and Pimco also believed that there was a risk of a larger interest rate cut. Further repricing may aggravate the rise of European bonds, which have outperformed the US and UK bond markets in 2024. A Bloomberg index, which tracks the return of euro bonds, has risen by more than 3% this year, while the corresponding indexes of US bonds and British bonds have risen by 2% and fallen by 2% respectively. "Market expectations are still more hawkish than we expected," said Salman Ahmed, global head of macro and strategic asset allocation at Fidelity. "If downside risks become a reality, then the European Central Bank may cut interest rates further."Syrian Human Rights Watch: Israel attacked military facilities in central Syria. On December 13, local time, Syrian Human Rights Watch said that the Israeli army launched an attack on military targets in the Mesyaf area of Hama province in central Syria and the rural area of Homs city in Homs province. (CCTV News)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.