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The International (Xiong 'an) Robot Industry Alliance was formally established. On December 12th, it was learned from the 2024 xiong'an new area Intelligent Robot Industry Development Conference held in xiong'an new area, Hebei Province that the International (Xiong 'an) Robot Industry Alliance and Xiong 'an Robot Innovation and Technology Research Institute were formally established. "As an important representative of the future industry, the intelligent robot industry is in a critical period of rapid development. The establishment of the International (Xiong 'an) Robot Industry Alliance will strongly promote the development of Xiong 'an robot industry, and the establishment of Xiong 'an Robot Innovation Technology Research Institute will provide strong technical support for the sustainable development of intelligent robot industry, marking a solid step in technology research and development and innovation of xiong'an new area robot industry. " Zhang Qin, former vice chairman of China Association for Science and Technology, said. (xinhuanet)Zhang Liling, Assistant Managing Director (Economic Research) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, will leave in May next year. On December 13th, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced that Ms. Zhang Liling, Assistant Managing Director (Economic Research), has resigned for personal reasons and will leave in May 2025. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority will arrange an open recruitment for the post of Assistant President (Economic Research), and will make a separate announcement after the recruitment process is completed.Galaxy Entertainment: Lv Yaodong was appointed as the chairman of the board of directors. On December 13, Galaxy Entertainment announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that Lv Yaodong, the executive director of Yinhe Entertainment, was appointed as the vice chairman of the board of directors since February 1997 and is now appointed as the chairman of the board of directors, which will take effect on December 13, 2024.

Market news: Israel said that the IDF will stay on the Syrian side of Mount Hermon for several months.The closing price of the national carbon market rose by 0.84% compared with the previous day. Today, the comprehensive price of the national carbon market is: the opening price is 99.66 yuan/ton, the highest price is 101.74 yuan/ton, the lowest price is 98.95 yuan/ton, and the closing price is 100.74 yuan/ton, which is 0.84% higher than the previous day. The transaction volume of today's listing agreement is 464,194 tons, with a turnover of 46,118,764.87 yuan; The volume of bulk agreement transactions was 4,617,079 tons, with a turnover of 450,306,945.18 yuan. Today, the total turnover of the national carbon emission quota is 5081273 tons, with a total turnover of 496425710.05 yuan. From January 1 to December 13, 2024, the volume of carbon emission quota in the national carbon market was 169,736,665 tons, with a turnover of 162,864,7748.47 yuan. As of December 13, 2024, the cumulative turnover of carbon emission quotas in the national carbon market was 611,359,276 tons, with a cumulative turnover of 412,056,282,67.75 yuan. (National Carbon Trading)A number of officials from Turkey and Qatar will visit Syria to meet with the Syrian transitional government. On the 12th local time, the Syrian Ministry of Information announced that the Turkish Foreign Minister, the head of the intelligence department and the head of Qatar's national security department will visit Syria and meet with the leader of the Sharm el-Liberation Organization, Giulani, and the caretaker Prime Minister of the Syrian transitional government, Bashir. Up to now, Turkish and Qatar officials have not announced relevant news.

Pimco and Fidelity believe that the economic outlook in the euro zone is weak, and the European Central Bank has cut interest rates by more than market expectations. Investors such as Pimco and Fidelity International believe that the economic outlook in Europe is bleak, which may force policymakers to cut interest rates by more than market expectations. The latest market pricing shows that the European Central Bank is expected to cut its key interest rate to 1.75% next year. The bank cut interest rates for the third time in a row on Thursday, to 3%. However, Fidelity said that the borrowing cost may be further reduced to 1.5%, and Pimco also believed that there was a risk of a larger interest rate cut. Further repricing may aggravate the rise of European bonds, which have outperformed the US and UK bond markets in 2024. A Bloomberg index, which tracks the return of euro bonds, has risen by more than 3% this year, while the corresponding indexes of US bonds and British bonds have risen by 2% and fallen by 2% respectively. "Market expectations are still more hawkish than we expected," said Salman Ahmed, global head of macro and strategic asset allocation at Fidelity. "If downside risks become a reality, then the European Central Bank may cut interest rates further."The screening of the 6th Hainan Island International Film Festival-Spanish Film Week was successfully held. From December 4th to 14th, the screening of the 6th Hainan Island International Film Festival-Spanish Film Week, co-sponsored by the Central Radio and Television General Station and the Hainan Provincial People's Government, came to a successful conclusion. Eighteen excellent Spanish films with rich themes and different styles, such as The Ghost of Beehive, The Confusion of Pink Flamingo and Parting Party, were held in Haikou and Haikou. (CCTV News)Hong Kong media revealed that French President Macron plans to visit China in the new year. On the 13th, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post quoted several people familiar with the matter as saying that French President Macron plans to visit China in the new year. The report mentioned that Bona, foreign affairs adviser to the French President, took a team of assistants to China this week to "act as an advance stop" for Macron's visit to China in 2025. (World Wide Web)