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Ren Hongbin, president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, led a delegation to visit Hong Kong. According to the news of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, from December 8 to 10, Ren Hongbin, president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, led a delegation to visit Hong Kong, attended the joint meeting of the Mainland-Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in 2024 and delivered a speech at the symposium of foreign business associations and foreign-funded enterprises in Hong Kong, and prepared to hold the second Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Business Conference. During his visit, Ren Hongbin met with Lee Ka Chiu John, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Qi Bin, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He had extensive exchanges with Lin Jianyue, Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, and people from the Hong Kong business community. He had an in-depth exchange of views on deepening economic and trade cooperation between the Mainland and Hong Kong. He went to Jardine Matheson Group, HSBC Group, Swire Group and Cathay Group for investigation, and listened to work reports at the Hong Kong Representative Office of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and China Patent Agency (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.Tenstorrent, an AI chip startup, plans to do business in Japan and design cutting-edge semiconductors. The company is also considering outsourcing semiconductor production to Japanese semiconductor manufacturer Rapidus.Qian Jianzhong, former Party Secretary and President of Bank of China Ningbo Branch, was investigated. According to the news from the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in China and the Supervision Commission of Zhejiang Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, Qian Jianzhong, former Party Secretary and President of Bank of China Ningbo Branch, was suspected of serious violation of discipline and law, and is currently under disciplinary review by the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in China and supervision and investigation by the Supervision Commission of Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province. (CCTV News)

China Life's first PCT application expense compensation insurance project landed in Shanghai. The reporter learned from China Life Group on December 10th that China Life's first PCT international patent application expense compensation insurance project landed in Shanghai recently. It is reported that the first PCT insurance of a medical technology enterprise in Minhang District of Shanghai was exclusively underwritten by China Life Insurance Shanghai Branch. The relevant person in charge of the company said, "This product has alleviated the high cost pressure when we apply for international patent authorization. At the same time, the insurance product can also enjoy the intellectual property premium subsidy in Minhang District, which further enhances the confidence of enterprises in applying for PCT international patents. "The front page of the China Securities Journal: Focus on synergy and cohesion to boost confidence in the stock market. The article said that the the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee meeting held on December 9 proposed to "stabilize the property market and the stock market". Market participants believe that the key to stabilizing the stock market is to enhance the internal stability of the market, enhance the investment value of listed companies, crack down on securities crimes, strengthen investor protection, and effectively boost investor confidence. This is a systematic project, involving many aspects, which needs to be exerted in the same direction and form a joint force. The emphasis on coordination, grasping the key, will help to better cohesion and create good conditions for the healthy development of the capital market.Volkswagen will resume its protracted cost-cutting negotiations with workers next week, and Volkswagen and the labor union will continue negotiations next week, because the two sides still have differences on how to make the automaker more competitive. Arne Meiswinkel, the chief negotiator of the management, said on Monday night that the two sides will hold the fifth round of negotiations again on December 16th to discuss the restructuring of the Volkswagen brand.

Many European countries suspended the acceptance of Syrian asylum applications. On the occasion of the drastic changes in Syria, many European governments announced on the 9 th that they would suspend the acceptance of Syrian citizens' asylum applications. According to media reports, countries that have announced the suspension of accepting applications include Germany, Austria, Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Italy. The Greek government is scheduled to meet on the 13th and then announce the final decision. Germany has now taken in nearly one million Syrians, the largest in Europe. Syria remains Germany's largest source of refugees this year. According to data from the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, as of the end of November, more than 72,000 asylum applications were received, of which more than 47,000 had not completed the approval process. The German government said that the suspension of the application will not affect those who have been approved to take refuge in Germany.British government: According to reports that commercial poultry in other places near Wharton, Norfolk are suspected to be infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza, the government decided to cull birds according to their clinical symptoms.Chinese Online: The upper limit of the repurchase price is adjusted to no more than 44.78 yuan/share. According to the announcement in Chinese Online, the company held the 11th meeting of the fifth board of directors on December 9, reviewed and passed the Proposal on Changing the Share Repurchase Scheme of the Company, and agreed to adjust the upper limit of the repurchase price of this repurchase scheme from no more than 26 yuan to no more than 44.78 yuan/share. Except for the change of the price ceiling, other contents of the share repurchase plan remain unchanged.