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Zou Yingguang, General Manager of CITIC Securities: It is expected that the demand for cross-border investment and financing at home and abroad will be further released. At the investor open day of CITIC Securities in 2024, Zou Yingguang, General Manager of CITIC Securities, said that the demand for two-way cross-border investment and financing is very strong, whether it is a China enterprise "going abroad" or an overseas investor "coming to China". Among them, with the rapid evolution of China's new open economic system, cross-border finance will usher in greater development space, and securities companies will be in cross-border finance. In the medium and long term, China's macro securitization rate is still accelerating, the internationalization of Chinese-funded enterprises will continue to increase, and the opening up of China's capital market will continue to increase. It is expected that the demand for cross-border investment and financing from domestic and foreign customers will be further released.According to court documents, the US Department of Justice asked the court to reject ByteDance and TikTok's request to postpone the law banning applications before January 19.Ma Huateng: Contributing to the economic recovery, Ma Huateng said in People's Daily that Tencent, as a digital technology enterprise, actively responded to the deployment of the country to expand domestic demand and actively explored the development of digital consumption. By optimizing consumer tools such as WeChat payment, the company tries to create and serve effective demand and promote economic cycle by testing the e-commerce business such as live delivery of water video numbers. At the same time, Tencent relies on the WeChat ecosystem to enhance the absorption and friendliness of employment and entrepreneurship. Last year, it provided employment income opportunities for more than 50 million people. In the future, Tencent will also increase investment, devote itself to technological innovation and industrial upgrading, and jointly contribute to the stable and healthy development of China's economy with the vast number of private enterprises. (People's Network)

Beijing Haidian Joy City will open on December 21st. According to WeChat official account news of "Beijing Haidian" WeChat, Haidian Joy City, the fourth joy city in Beijing, will open on December 21st. At present, many brands have come to an end, and the merchants in the venue have entered the preparations for opening. It is understood that Haidian Joy City is expected to introduce more than 280 brands.Survey: More than 40% of analysts expect the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates this month, but most think that January next year is the best time. According to the latest survey, observers of the Bank of Japan predict that January is the most likely time to raise interest rates next time, but more than 40% of the respondents still expect to take action next week. According to the survey, about 52% of the 52 economists surveyed expect the Bank of Japan to raise the policy interest rate from 0.25% in January, compared with 32% in the last survey. About 44% of the respondents expect the central bank to take action at the end of the two-day meeting on December 19, down from 53% in the last survey. The survey results show that observers believe that the Bank of Japan's policy meeting this month is likely to move or not to move to a large extent. About 88% of the respondents said that the earliest possible time to raise interest rates in their risk scenarios is next week. Another equally high data shows that Japan's economic and price environment will justify raising interest rates this month.The South-to-North Water Transfer Project has transferred 76.7 billion cubic meters of water to support the GDP growth of more than 16 trillion yuan in the northern region. The State Council held a press conference to introduce the tenth anniversary of the first phase of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project. Wang Daoxi, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, said that the project has transformed the water resources advantage in the southern region into the development advantage in the northern region. Up to today, the South-to-North Water Transfer Project has transferred 76.7 billion cubic meters of water, supporting the GDP growth of more than 16 trillion yuan in the northern region.

Many places have started issuing coupons to help the consumption of catering and cultural tourism. With the arrival of the peak consumption season at the end of the year, Beijing, Changzhou, Jiangsu, Xi 'an and other places have started a new round of issuing coupons to support the consumption fields such as catering and cultural tourism. Shanghai "Lepin Shanghai" food and beverage coupons were distributed in the first batch in the third round, and all four coupons were arranged at a 30% discount. The first round of 40 million food and beverage coupons were collected within 15 minutes. Consumer vouchers cover many fields and are distributed in rolling stages to meet the needs of different consumers. The data shows that the role of consumer vouchers in stimulating consumption has steadily increased, effectively boosting consumer confidence and driving the recovery of related industries. Experts believe that consumer vouchers can produce a multiplier effect and promote economic activities. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen supervision, prevent violations, introduce social capital to participate in the issuance of consumer vouchers, and form a diversified development model. (Securities Times)According to the data released by Shanghai Steel Union, the price of battery-grade lithium carbonate (in early trading) was the same as that of the previous day, with an average price of 76,450 yuan/ton.Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other five departments: Since December 15th, the personal pension system has been pushed from 36 pilot cities (regions) to the whole country, and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other five departments have issued the Notice on the Full Implementation of the Personal Pension System. Since December 15th, the personal pension system has been extended from 36 pilot cities (regions) to the whole country. The so-called personal pension is a supplementary old-age insurance system with voluntary participation, market-oriented operation and national policy support. Individuals voluntarily deposit a sum of money in a specific account, which does not exceed 12,000 yuan per year. Different from ordinary bank wealth management, funds and commercial insurance, individual pensions can enjoy the preferential policy of deferred taxation. In order to promote the preservation and appreciation of individual pensions, the circular requires optimizing product supply, and on the basis of existing financial products such as wealth management products, savings deposits, commercial pension insurance and Public Offering of Fund, specific pension savings and index funds will be included in the catalogue of individual pension products. (Xinhua News Agency)