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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 10th anniversary of the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project, today (12th) is the 10th anniversary of the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project. Up to now, the project has transferred more than 10.6 billion cubic meters of water to Beijing. In the past decade, Beijing has greatly reduced the amount of groundwater exploitation and shut down more than 1,300 self-prepared wells. The groundwater level in the plain area of Beijing has risen for nine consecutive years. The groundwater depth has risen from 25.75 meters in 2015 to 12.61 meters today, and the groundwater reserves have increased by 7 billion cubic meters compared with 2015. There are 81 springs in Beijing that have re-flooded. Since 2019, the five major rivers in Beijing, Yongding River, Chaobai River, North Canal, Juma River and Chanhe River, have all been "flowing rivers" after a lapse of 26 years, and have been flowing into the sea for four consecutive years. (CCTV News)According to sources, Hamas handed over a list of hostages to be released, including Americans.

In 2024, the qualification examination and approval of the first batch of new materials insurance compensation was started, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently issued a notice to organize the qualification examination and approval of the first batch of new materials insurance compensation in 2024. It is clear that the enterprise applying for qualification should be an enterprise that produces and manufactures the products listed in the Catalogue for the Demonstration and Guidance of the First Application of Key New Materials (2024 Edition). It belongs to an independent legal person registered in People's Republic of China (PRC), has strong design and development, manufacturing and industrialization capabilities, has a relatively complete team of professional technicians, and has mastered the core technology and intellectual property rights of this product development. The qualification examination and approval procedures need to go through three steps: enterprise declaration, review by local industrial and information authorities or recommended units such as the central enterprise group, and expert review organized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. After review, the product compensation qualification is determined, and the amount of subsidy funds is approved according to a certain proportion of the product value, and the effective period is no more than 3 years.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.The Hang Seng Index rose more than 1%, the Hang Seng Technology Index rose 1.47%, and the technology stocks strengthened.

Nearly 40% of the skilled talents in Shenzhen exceed 4 million, and the total number of skilled talents in Shenzhen now reaches 4.033 million, and the proportion of skilled talents has increased to 38.5%. The team size and the proportion of skilled talents are among the highest in the country ... From the launching ceremony of the 4th Shenzhen Craftsman Week and the summary meeting of skilled talents in 2024 held recently, it was learned that the construction of high-skilled talents in Shenzhen achieved positive results in 2024, which became an important foundation for supporting Shenzhen's manufacturing and Shenzhen's innovation. (Shenzhen Special Zone Daily)The liquor sector moved up, Tianyoude Liquor rose daily, Gujing Distillery rose by more than 4%, and Huangtai Liquor, Shunxin Agriculture, Laobaigan Liquor and Yilite followed suit.Wei Lanfeng became the vice president and chief operating officer of Porsche China, and Porsche announced that Philipp von Witzendorff will officially become the vice president and chief operating officer of Porsche China from January 1st, 2025. It is understood that in the past two years, Wei Lanfeng has served as President and CEO of Porsche Japan.