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China Consumers Association reminds that minors should beware of consumption traps when they eat cereal rationally. The China Consumers Association issued a consumption reminder today (13th): minors should beware of consumption traps when they eat cereal rationally. According to China Consumers Association, the so-called "millet" is actually transliterated from "Goods", which refers to all the goods around copyright works such as comics, animations, games, idols and special photos. The act of buying these goods is called "eating cereal", and people who buy "millet" gather together to exchange and share to form a "cereal circle". The "Valley Circle" market has shown a strong development momentum in recent years, but at the same time, it has also brought new potential risks, such as inducing minors to spend impulsively, lack of supervision over private transactions, difficulties for victims to defend their rights, and opportunities for criminals to cheat.Bank of China Securities Guan Tao: As long as the economy is stable and risks are prevented, the spring of China's capital market can be expected. The Central Economic Work Conference will be held in Beijing from December 11th to 12th. Guan Tao, global chief economist of Bank of China Securities, said that the meeting continued the policy thinking since the end of September and emphasized the need to implement more active and promising macro policies. Among them, implementing a more active fiscal policy is an important point to strengthen unconventional countercyclical adjustment. I believe that as long as the economy is stable and risks are prevented, the spring of China's capital market can be expected.From January to October, the total output of lithium batteries in China increased by 16% year-on-year. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's lithium-ion battery industry continued to grow from January to October 2024. According to the announcement of lithium battery industry norms, enterprise information and industry associations, the total output of lithium batteries in China from January to October was 890GWh, up 16% year-on-year. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, the profit of China's lithium battery manufacturing industry increased by 39.4% from January to October. In the battery sector, the output of energy storage lithium batteries exceeded 200GWh from January to October. The loading capacity of power lithium batteries for new energy vehicles is about 405GWh. From January to October, the total export of lithium batteries in China reached 350.2 billion yuan, down 9.2% year-on-year, and the decline was 3.3 percentage points narrower than that in January-June.

20% of the wildfires in California, which have burned more than 1,600 hectares, have been initially controlled. On December 12, local time, it was learned that 20% of the wildfires in Malibu, a coastal city in Los Angeles County, southern California, have been initially controlled, and local officials lifted some mandatory evacuation orders on the same day and allowed a certain number of people to return home. The wildfire has burned about 1,664 hectares of land, causing about 6,300 people to evacuate and about 22,000 people to be affected by the fire. Local officials said that wildfires also destroyed four houses, and another six houses were damaged. The California Fire Department said that nearly 2,000 firefighters are protecting buildings in the fire area and strengthening fire boundary control. (CCTV News)Chen Guo, China Securities: The 2025 policy will focus on expanding domestic demand and AI+ in all directions, and the Central Economic Work Conference will be held in Beijing from December 11th to 12th. Chen Guo, chief strategy officer of China Securities, said that the meeting had seven highlights, including clarifying the growth target and fiscal and monetary policy measures, expanding domestic demand in all directions as the top priority of the policy, focusing on "AI+" in science and technology, focusing on implementation of reform measures, paying attention to coping with external shocks in opening up, strengthening the expression of real estate policies, and increasing efforts to improve people's livelihood. Chen Guo said that further RRR cuts and interest rate cuts from the end of 2024 to 2025 are worth looking forward to, and the easing of the liquidity environment has become a market consensus. However, this does not mean that liquidity is rampant, because the growth of money supply in the scale of social financing still continues the requirement of matching the expected target of the overall price level of economic growth. Chen Guo believes that the 2025 policy will focus on expanding domestic demand and AI+ in an all-round way, and the strength and direction of the policy are in line with expectations. With the support of policy expectations and liquidity, it is expected that the market will continue to show the characteristics of volatility. From the perspective of investment strategy, Chen Guo suggested focusing on non-bank finance, real estate chain, consumer electronics, machinery, construction, building materials, steel, social services, catering chain and other sectors. In terms of theme, it is suggested to pay attention to investment opportunities such as "duality" and "two innovations", supply-side optimization, new quality productivity, market value management of state-owned enterprises and CSI A500 index.Zhendong Pharmaceutical has set up a new health management service company. The enterprise search APP shows that recently, Shanxi Zhendong Health Management Service Co., Ltd. was established, with Zhao Jin as the legal representative and a registered capital of 10 million yuan. Its business scope includes: remote health management services; Health consulting services (excluding medical services), etc. Enterprise investigation shows that the company is wholly owned by Zhendong Pharmaceutical.

Xia Yiping, CEO of Extreme Vietnam: I won't run away! Agreeing with employees' reasonable demands, communication with Baidu and Geely working groups has been established. The reporter learned from the inside of Extreme Yue Automobile that on the evening of December 12, Xia Yiping, CEO of Extreme Yue Automobile, informed all employees of the latest progress by means of synchronous news of flying books. Xia Yiping said: "Shanghai, the social security provident fund tax payment is completed; Beijing Jidu Technology has paid the provident fund before, because the system can't pay the social security tax tonight (December 12), and will go to the counter to pay it early tomorrow (December 13); Beijing jidu service, social security provident fund tax payment is completed; Wuhan, the social security provident fund tax payment is completed; Zhejiang, the provident fund has been paid before, and the social security tax will be paid tomorrow (December 13); In the remaining cities, the social security provident fund has been paid, and the individual tax will be paid tomorrow (December 13). " (national business daily)Meijin Energy has set up a new coal washing company with 100 million yuan. According to the enterprise investigation APP, Shanxi Meijin Taiyue Coal Washing Co., Ltd. was recently established, with Wu Yong as the legal representative and a registered capital of 100 million yuan. Its business scope includes: coal washing; Sales of coal and products; Coal-based activated carbon and other coal processing. Enterprise investigation shows that the company is wholly owned by Meijin Energy.20% of the wildfires in California, which have burned more than 1,600 hectares, have been initially controlled. On December 12, local time, it was learned that 20% of the wildfires in Malibu, a coastal city in Los Angeles County, southern California, have been initially controlled, and local officials lifted some mandatory evacuation orders on the same day and allowed a certain number of people to return home. The wildfire has burned about 1,664 hectares of land, causing about 6,300 people to evacuate and about 22,000 people to be affected by the fire. Local officials said that wildfires also destroyed four houses, and another six houses were damaged. The California Fire Department said that nearly 2,000 firefighters are protecting buildings in the fire area and strengthening fire boundary control. (CCTV News)