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Yunnan Germanium Industry: downstream customers didn't feedback that the company germanium was directly used in quantum chip products. Some investors asked Yunnan Germanium Industry (002428) on the interactive platform: in quantum computing and quantum communication, germanium is widely used in the manufacturing process of quantum chips, which can achieve excellent performance. Excuse me, does the company have germanium products used in quantum chips? Yunnan Germanium Industry replied that at present, the downstream customers of the company have not reported to the company that it is directly used in this product.Xiong 'an Center of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei National Technology Innovation Center officially started operation. On December 12th, Xiong 'an Center of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei National Technology Innovation Center officially started operation, including the cooperation project of Xiong 'an Medical and Industrial Cross Transformation Research Institute of Peking University People's Hospital and the fourth generation semiconductor material doped AlN epitaxial wafer, and many independent innovative projects landed in xiong'an new area. As a national innovation platform, Xiong 'an Center will focus on key tasks such as building a first-class innovation platform, forming a composite innovation team, and improving the innovation and entrepreneurship ecology, and strive to create an important source of independent innovation and original innovation. (CCTV News)The annual passenger flow at the West Kowloon Station Port exceeded 25 million for the first time. It was learned from the West Kowloon Border Inspection Station of Shenzhen Border Inspection Station that as of 24: 00 on December 11th, the cumulative passenger flow at the West Kowloon Border Inspection Station exceeded 25 million for the first time this year, accounting for 36.7% of the total passenger flow since the opening of the West Kowloon Station Port, an increase of 36.5% compared with last year, an increase of 33% on average daily passenger flow, and 32.5% of foreign passengers entering the country without visas. Inspection ensures that cross-border trains increase by 36% year-on-year, and "customs clearance flow" helps "economic growth", injecting border inspection momentum into the country's high-level open and high-quality development. (Voice of Greater Bay Area)

In response to Trump's tariff threat, some Canadian governors supported the "cut-off" of energy products to the United States. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and provincial governors held another meeting on December 11 local time to discuss the tariff threat of US President-elect Trump. After the meeting, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Christia freeland told the media that "many governors strongly supported Canada to take strong countermeasures, and some of them took the initiative to list the key minerals and metals produced in their provinces and exported to the United States." Doug Ford, Governor of Ontario, Canada, said after the meeting that if the United States insists on imposing tariffs on Canada, Ontario will "cut off" the energy supply to the United States. He said, "We will cut off the energy supply to Michigan, New York and Wisconsin." Ford also believes that Canada needs to "prepare for the battle" and Trump's tariff will be "100%". (CCTV News)The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other five departments: the situation of receiving personal pensions in advance was added. On December 12, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other five departments issued the Notice on the Full Implementation of the Personal Pension System. The circular calls for optimizing the supply of products, and on the basis of existing financial products such as wealth management products, savings deposits, commercial pension insurance and Public Offering of Fund, specific pension savings and index funds will be included in the catalogue of personal pension products. The notice also increased the situation of receiving the pension in advance. In addition to reaching the age of receiving the basic pension, completely losing the ability to work, and going abroad to settle down, participants who suffer from serious diseases, receive unemployment insurance benefits to certain conditions, or are receiving the minimum living allowance can apply for receiving the personal pension in advance. (Xinhua News Agency)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.

The personal pension system has been implemented nationwide since 15th, and national debt and index funds have been included in the product range. Recently, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Finance, State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China, the General Administration of Financial Supervision and the China Securities Regulatory Commission issued the Notice on the Full Implementation of the Personal Pension System. The Notice makes it clear that from December 15th, 2024, all workers who participate in the basic old-age insurance for urban workers or urban and rural residents in China can participate in the personal pension system. The scope of implementation of preferential tax policies has been expanded from 36 leading cities (regions) to the whole country. The Circular stipulates that on the basis of existing wealth management products, savings deposits, commercial old-age insurance and Public Offering of Fund products, national debt, specific old-age savings and index funds will be included in the scope of personal pension products. Financial institutions should do a good job in publicizing the asset allocation of personal pension products, carry out investment consulting services according to laws and regulations, and explore the default investment services. Strengthen the protection of financial consumers and investors, and guarantee the participants' right to know and choose independently. The "Notice" pointed out that the scope of commercial banks offering personal pension services should be carefully determined, and commercial banks should be encouraged to sell all types of personal pension products. Commercial banks should improve online and offline service channels, provide more personalized services for participants to change their bank accounts and receive personal pensions, and provide convenience for wealth management companies, insurance companies and other institutions to carry out personal pension business. The "Notice" clarifies that on the basis of receiving the basic pension age, completely losing the ability to work, going abroad to settle down, etc., participants who suffer from major diseases, receive unemployment insurance benefits to meet certain conditions, or are receiving the minimum living guarantee can apply for receiving personal pensions in advance, and the specific measures will be formulated separately. Participants can apply through social insurance agencies at all levels, the national unified online service portal and commercial banks, and after verification, the commercial banks will issue personal pensions to their social security card bank accounts. The "Notice" requires relevant departments to strengthen supervision according to the division of responsibilities, strengthen information sharing, and promote the standardized operation of the system. At the same time, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of financial institutions and business entities to jointly promote the healthy development of the individual pension system. (CCTV News)A total of 211 cases of monkeypox have been reported in France this year. The French Public Health Agency issued a communique on the 11th, saying that 211 cases of monkeypox have been reported in France this year, including 2 new cases in the past two weeks. The communique said that these monkeypox patients are all adults, including 203 males and 8 females. According to reports, after viral gene sequencing, 168 cases were infected with monkeypox virus II, of which 61 cases were further diagnosed as infected monkeypox virus IIb. (Xinhua News Agency)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)