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In addition to the front page content, today's People's Daily's main financial contents include: 1. The special promotion activity of "Investing in China" in the Middle East was held in the United Arab Emirates; 2. Promote China's economic ships to ride the wind and waves to achieve stability (talk about implementation)-comrades attending the meeting talk about implementing the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference; 3. On the 10th anniversary of the comprehensive water supply, the first phase of the East Central Line Project has transferred more than 76.7 billion cubic meters of water to the northern region, solidly promoting the South-to-North Water Transfer Project to exert greater benefits (authoritative release); 4. Overcome the problem of traveling on the thin soft soil seabed, and the domestic underwater cable laying robot can complete the launching test with an operating speed of kilometers per hour; 5. Ensure that artificial intelligence is always a "friend" (live comment); 6, more and better use of clean energy (micro); 7. The tenth batch of 62 kinds of drugs were successfully purchased by the state, and the products selected in this centralized purchase will be used in April next year; 8. The competitiveness index of China's overall agricultural scientific papers ranks first in the world; 9. The personal pension system will be implemented nationwide, and the number of accounts opened has exceeded 70 million, adding more stable income investment varieties. Experts advise investors to allocate products according to their own risk preferences, financial management knowledge and age; 10. In the first nine months of this year, tourism revenue increased by 8.6% year-on-year. Brazil accelerated the development of tourism and expected more tourists from China to visit; 11. Malaya Investment Bank-The economies of several ASEAN countries are expected to maintain growth next year.Guangdian Express: It was confirmed as the transaction supplier of "Guangzhou Intelligent Computing Operation Service Platform (Phase I) Project". Guangdian Express (002152) announced on the evening of December 13th that the company was confirmed as the transaction supplier of "Guangzhou Intelligent Computing Operation Service Platform (Phase I) Project" with a transaction price of 27.5 million yuan. The implementation of this project will help to further deepen the company's capacity building in data infrastructure and computing resource management, and enhance the company's industry influence and technical strength in the field of intelligent computing.Lantu Automobile expanded its intelligent driving team on a large scale and set up a special recruitment session for employees of Extreme Vietnam. Lantu Automobile released a total of 800+ jobs nationwide, of which the development positions in the intelligent driving and intelligent cabin fields accounted for over 80%, which was the first time that Lantu Automobile publicly recruited intelligent high-end talents on a large scale. According to Lantu, the company has set up relevant technical posts in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and other places. In addition, Lantu has also set up a national recruitment special session covering many positions for employees. At present, more than 200 technical developers are actively communicating with Lantu.

Shenzhen Yuejiang Technology Hong Kong IPO seeks to publicly issue 40 million shares, with an offering price range of HK$ 18.80-20.80 per share. It is expected that the stock will be priced on December 19th and trading will begin on December 23rd.US National Security Adviser Sullivan: I believe that the Gaza agreement may be reached soon. US National Security Adviser Sullivan said on Thursday that he believes that an agreement on a ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza may be reached soon, because Israel has indicated that it is ready and Hamas has shown signs of action.The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam decided to give disciplinary punishment and warning to former president Ruan Chunfu. On December 13th, local time, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam announced the review results and disciplinary decision of former president Ruan Chunfu and former permanent secretary of the Central Secretariat and director of the Central Organization Department Zhang Shimei. After reviewing the recommendations of the Central Inspection Commission, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam decided to give disciplinary action and warning to Ruan Chunfu and criticize Zhang Shimei. (CCTV News)

Ukrainian President Zelensky: Russia launched 93 missiles and 200 drones into Ukraine's energy system, which is one of the biggest attacks on Ukraine's energy system. Ukraine shot down 81 missiles, 11 of which were shot down by F-16 fighters.Guotai Junan: The liquor sector is determined to be ahead of growth, paying attention to the trend of price approval and the orientation of head liquor enterprises. Guotai Junan said that the liquor reporting end began to enter a downward period in 2024Q2, and the bottom shock is expected in 2025H1. Sales are slowing down, inventory is passively rising, and the approval price is expected to be relatively weak. The Spring Festival in 2025 will experience a stress test period. In terms of price, real estate liquor > high-end > secondary high-end. After this round of adjustment, real estate liquor is expected to recover first, followed by high-end liquor, and the secondary high-end liquor is expected to recover for a long period.Industry: Concerns about the imbalance between supply and demand still exist, and there is limited room for alumina futures to continue to fall. Since the intraday record of 5,540 yuan/ton on December 5, the main contract price of domestic alumina futures has started to fluctuate and fall, reaching a minimum of 5,077 yuan/ton on December 12, with the cumulative maximum decline exceeding 8%. According to industry insiders, the increase of alumina registered delivery brands and the sharp drop in overseas alumina spot quotations have led to the recent decline in alumina futures prices. Although the short-term news in the market is intertwined, the imbalance between supply and demand in the alumina market has not fundamentally improved, so there is limited room for the subsequent decline of alumina futures prices. (CSI)