German Foreign Minister: All minority groups and groups need to sit down and negotiate, which will be a long and difficult road.Financial Times: The RMB exchange rate has a solid foundation to remain basically stable. The Financial Times issued a document today saying that recently, after the US election, the market speculated on Trump trading, which greatly pushed up the US dollar index, with the highest exceeding 108. Non-US dollar currencies were generally under pressure. The RMB exchange rate fluctuated in both directions, the flexibility was enhanced, the market expectation was relatively stable, the purchase and sale of foreign exchange by enterprises were rational and orderly, and the foreign exchange market was generally stable. Many industry experts believe that the possibility of the downward trend of the US dollar is increasing, and China's economic development is stable and improving. From the internal and external conditions, the RMB exchange rate has a solid foundation for maintaining basic stability at a reasonable and balanced level, and it is highly probable that it will stabilize and rise with the increase of foreign exchange settlement by enterprises at the end of the year.* ExxonMobil: It is estimated that the annual cash capital expenditure will reach $28-33 billion from 2026 to 2030.
Date of hearing the liquidation petition of R&F Property's subsidiary. On Wednesday, the Hong Kong court postponed the date of hearing the liquidation petition to December 16th, when representatives of R&F Properties (Hong Kong) will go to court with lawyers of Seatown Holdings Private Equity Fund. Seatown Holdings is supported by Singapore Temasek Holdings.Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin met with Armenian Ambassador to China Gevolker Yang. According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 11th, 2024, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin met with Armenian Ambassador to China Gevolker Yang. Liu Bin said that the friendly and cooperative relations between Central Asia have maintained healthy and stable development, and the cooperation between the two countries in building the "Belt and Road" has yielded fruitful results, and the cooperation in international affairs has been fruitful. The two sides should plan the next stage of exchanges and cooperation and promote the all-round development of bilateral relations. Gevolker Yang said that Asia attaches importance to Asia-China relations and is willing to further close high-level exchanges between the two countries, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and international cooperation, and push Asia-China relations to a higher level.Hainan has issued "two lists" in the commercial field, which will be implemented on December 25th. Recently, the Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce issued the List of No Administrative Punishment in the Commercial Field of Hainan Province and the List of Lighter Administrative Punishment in the Commercial Field of Hainan Province. There are 30 items in the two lists, and it is clear that some acts in the commercial field of Hainan Province will not be subject to administrative punishment or lighter administrative punishment, which will be implemented on December 25 this year. The List of Non-administrative Penalties in the Commercial Field of Hainan Province clarifies the name of the matter, applicable conditions, basis for non-punishment, relevant legal provisions, remarks and other contents, involving 17 items such as "the franchisor failed to report the franchise contract concluded in the previous year to the competent commercial department on time". Among them, 11 items are "minor violations, corrected in time, without harmful consequences, no administrative punishment"; Six items are "illegal acts, and if they are illegal for the first time and the harmful consequences are minor and corrected in time, they may not be given administrative punishment". The List of Lighter Administrative Penalties in Commercial Fields in Hainan Province clarifies the name of the matter, the applicable conditions, the basis of lighter punishment, relevant legal provisions, the range of lighter punishment, etc., involving 13 items such as "the auction enterprise illegally announces or displays before the auction". The Provincial Department of Commerce requires the competent commercial departments of cities and counties, the comprehensive administrative law enforcement bureau and the relevant offices of the department to conscientiously implement the requirements of the "two lists", apply the provisions of the "two lists" according to law, and apply the "two lists" to adhere to the principle of combining punishment with education.
The storage and storage of corn in China Grain Reserve increased its scale and stabilized the market. In 2024, the autumn grain was harvested again. According to the arrangement of relevant departments, China Grain Reserve Group Corporation and its related enterprises increased the storage and storage scale of domestic corn in 2024 in major corn producing areas such as Northeast China, and set up more than 340 purchasing depots to actively stabilize the market and stabilize expectations. (Xinhua News Agency)If the Bank of Canada cuts interest rates by 50bp as expected, it is expected that the pace of interest rate cuts will slow down. The Bank of Canada cut interest rates sharply for the second time in a row this month, and hinted that policymakers are prepared to slow down the pace of monetary easing. The bank cut interest rates by 50 basis points to 3.25%, bringing borrowing costs to the upper part of their expected range of neutral interest rates. However, they also hinted that after the sharp interest rate cut expected by the market and most economists, there may be a smaller interest rate cut again in 2025. Officials dropped their previous statement that they expected to further reduce borrowing costs. "With the policy interest rate greatly reduced, we expect that if the economic development is generally in line with expectations, monetary policy will adopt a more gradual approach," Bank of Canada Governor Mackler said in a prepared speech. "Looking ahead, we will evaluate the necessity of further reducing the policy interest rate one by one."German Foreign Minister: The transition in Syria is not over yet.