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The China Securities Association held a plenary meeting of the professional committee on securities brokerage, wealth management and asset management, which was held in Beijing on December 3rd. The meeting stressed that the securities industry should focus on its main business, optimize supply, improve its value creation ability, form a diversified financial product and service system suitable for the needs of various investors, and implement the strategic layout of "five big articles"; Adhere to the customer-centered, practice the development concept of finance serving the country and finance serving the people, and correctly handle the relationship between functionality and profitability; Actively serve the national strategic needs, optimize product design, innovate service models, and provide more long-term financial support for the real economy. The meeting summarized the key work of the Committee in 2024 and discussed the work plan for 2025. In the next stage, the Committee will further play its role as a platform for communication, deliberation and handling affairs, unite industry consensus, guide the industry to focus on its main business, give full play to the functions of wealth managers, continuously improve its professional service capabilities, provide full chain services for investors' property preservation and appreciation, and help the high-quality development of the capital market.Sources: Thailand's Cabinet approves the draft of the lowest corporate tax law in the world.Pinduoduo stocks fell more than 3% before trading.

The public security organs cracked down on the illegal and criminal activities of the network water army according to law. The Ministry of Public Security attached great importance to cracking down on and rectifying the illegal and criminal activities of the "network water army". Relying on the special action of "Net Net 2024", it made an all-out attack, focusing on prominent illegal and criminal activities such as disinformation and drainage, public opinion extortion, brushing and evaluation, and paid deletion of posts, and deployed public security organs across the country to carry out the crackdown and rectification work. Since the beginning of this year, more than 900 cases have been detected, and more than 5,000 suspects have been arrested. Through phased strikes, the space for illegal and criminal activities of the "network water army" has been fully squeezed, and the network public order has been effectively maintained. Today, the Ministry of Public Security announced 10 typical cases of cracking down on "network water army" crimes according to law. (Guangming Daily)Jingmen, the Yiwei Lithium Energy Super Energy Storage Factory, was put into operation, with the largest production capacity in Central China. Following the opening and operation of Jingjing High-speed Railway, on December 10th, the Yiwei Lithium Energy 60GWh Super Energy Storage Factory project was officially put into operation in the new energy and new materials industrial park of Duodao District, Jingmen High-tech Zone, becoming a lithium battery production base with the largest production capacity and the longest industrial chain in Central China. The total investment of this project is 10.8 billion yuan, and the first phase covers an area of about 700 mu. It mainly produces MB56 large iron-lithium energy storage batteries, and its cell capacity and cycle times are 25% and 20% higher than those of the same industry products respectively, which are widely used in electric energy storage, ship energy storage and other fields. Taking an electric ship as an example, the voyage distance can be increased by about 40% by using MB56 battery, and the battery life can be extended by about two years.Zhangjiang Haoxin, the service platform of Pudong IC industry, was officially unveiled. On December 11th, Shanghai IC Industry Development Forum 2024 and the 30th IC Design Exhibition were held in Pudong, Shanghai. At the meeting, Professor Wei Shaojun, Chairman of Integrated Circuit Design Branch of China Semiconductor Industry Association, and Wu Qiang, member of the Standing Committee of Pudong District Committee and deputy head of the district, jointly unveiled Shanghai Zhangjiang Haoxin Enterprise Management Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Zhangjiang Haoxin), which will add new momentum to the development of integrated circuit industry in Shanghai and even the whole country and promote the higher quality development of regional integrated circuit industry.

HSBC is studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. On December 11th, it was reported that HSBC Holdings was studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, HSBC told managers last week that its reform would not be completed until June 2025. These people said that the total cost savings are still in progress, but executives hope that this work will help them reduce their expenses by at least $3 billion.Kremlin: (Asked about Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's diplomatic means to provide Assad with safe passage) There is nothing to add to this.AIA: It cost about HK$ 62.73 million to buy back nearly 1.07 million shares. AIA Holdings Limited announced that it spent about HK$ 62.73 million to buy back about 1.07 million shares that day, accounting for 0.0098% of the issued shares, and the repurchase price per share ranged from HK$ 563,84942 to HK$ 598,0954.