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Reuters survey: In December, the Bank of England decided to keep interest rates unchanged or cut interest rates by 100 basis points next year. All 71 economists surveyed during December 6-11 predicted that the Bank of England would keep its target interest rate unchanged at 4.75% at its meeting on December 19. Among the economists who predict the interest rate outlook until the end of 2025, about 54% (36 out of 67) expect to cut interest rates by 100 basis points by the end of next year, another 17 expect to cut interest rates by at least 125 basis points, and 14 expect to cut interest rates by at most 75 basis points.Meili Technology: Meili, a wholly-owned subsidiary, plans to purchase assets related to MSSC AHLE GmbH for 8.1 million euros. Meili, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Meili Technology, signed an Asset Purchase Agreement with MSSC AHLE GmbH(AHLE Company) on December 10, 2024 to purchase assets related to AHLE Company's business at a transaction consideration of 8.1 million euros, including factory buildings, production equipment, inventory, intangible assets, contractual rights, etc. AHLE Company was established in 1904, and its main business is spring research and development, manufacturing, sales and trade, etc. Its main products include automobile suspension springs, brake chamber springs and recovery springs, and its customers include Volkswagen, ZF and other OEMs and first-class suppliers. Due to operational difficulties, the bankruptcy court in Cologne, Germany, initiated bankruptcy proceedings on the property of AHLE Company on October 1, 2024. Germany Meili purchased these assets by auction, and the transaction price was based on the Financial Due Diligence Report and the Legal Due Diligence Report issued by a third-party intermediary agency, taking into account the market position, channels, customers and future market opportunities of the subject matter of the transaction.IEA Monthly Report: The daily output of the refinery will reach the annual peak of 84.3 million barrels in December. It is estimated that in 2024, the daily output of the refinery will increase by 520,000 barrels to an average of 82.7 million barrels per day. It is estimated that in 2025, the daily output of refineries will increase by 620,000 barrels to an average of 83.3 million barrels per day.

People's Insurance Company of China: In the first November, the original insurance premium income of the three subsidiaries totaled 646.933 billion yuan. From January 1, 2024 to November 30, 2024, the original insurance premium income obtained through the subsidiaries of China People's Property Insurance Co., Ltd., China People's Life Insurance Co., Ltd. and China People's Health Insurance Co., Ltd. was 496.845 billion yuan, 102.591 billion yuan and 47.497 billion yuan respectively.The second "Standards Week" of the National Network Security Standardization Technical Committee was held in Haikou in 2024, and the second "Standards Week" of the National Network Security Standardization Technical Committee (referred to as "Network Security Standardization Committee") was held in Haikou City, Hainan Province from December 8 to 11, 2024. Wang Jingtao, deputy director of the Central Network Information Office, deputy director of the National Network Information Office and chairman of the Network Security Standards Committee, pointed out that standards should help data security governance and supervision, speed up the development of standards such as data classification and classification protection requirements and compliance audit of personal information protection, and ensure the safe and orderly flow of data. It is necessary to lead the safe and orderly development of new technologies and applications such as artificial intelligence with standards and norms, accelerate the development and release of standards such as "Identification Method of Synthetic Content Generated by Artificial Intelligence", strengthen the research on relevant network security standards such as intelligent networked vehicles and autonomous driving, and effectively escort the safe development of emerging future industries.Adobe's US stocks fell about 9% before the market, and the company's annual performance guidance was worse than expected.

Weilai will build a 9-vertical and 9-horizontal high-speed power exchange network in the coming year. At the communication meeting before NIO Day 2024, Weilai announced the latest construction progress of the charging and replacing infrastructure layout. As of December 12th, Weilai has built 2,779 power exchange stations in China, including 907 expressway power exchange stations. Weilai will open the national 9 vertical and 9 horizontal high-speed power exchange network during the year, and it is estimated that there will be over 900 expressway power exchange stations, with an average of one power exchange station every 200 kilometers. This marks that Weilai has completed the construction of expressway power exchange network among major cities in China, and it is also the first automobile enterprise in China to complete the construction of power supply and energy replenishment facilities covering national high-speed trunk lines, so that users can realize high-speed direct power exchange between major cities in China. (Securities Times)Poly Development: Poly Group increased its holdings by 261 million yuan. According to the announcement of Poly Development, the actual controller of the company, Poly Group, has completed the plan to increase its holdings, and accumulated 27,980,100 A shares, accounting for 0.23% of the total share capital, with an increase of 261 million yuan. This increase plan will last for 12 months from December 12, 2023, and the increase amount will be no less than 250 million yuan and no more than 500 million yuan. After the completion of the increase, Poly Group directly holds about 3.03% of the company's shares, and the total shareholding ratio with its wholly-owned subsidiaries is 40.72%. The increase in holdings is in compliance with relevant laws and regulations, and Poly Group promises not to reduce its holdings within the statutory time limit.This year's 2 trillion special bonds for replacing hidden debts have all disclosed that the planned issuance amount of six provinces exceeds 10 million. According to the documents disclosed on China Bond Information Network, Beijing plans to issue 4.7 billion yuan of special bonds for refinancing to replace existing hidden debts, of which the issuance scale of 3-year, 7-year and 10-year special bonds for refinancing is 800 million yuan, 2.725 billion yuan and 1.175 billion yuan respectively. It is worth mentioning that since November 12, the total amount of refinancing special bonds to be issued or issued to replace existing implicit debts has reached 2 trillion yuan. This means that all the refinancing special bonds used by local governments to replace hidden debts have been disclosed this year. (澎湃)