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Bank of Communications International: In November, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles in the mainland was 52.3%, and the performance in December was optimistic. Bank of Communications International published a research report to give the mainland auto industry a leading rating. According to the report, the retail sales of passenger cars increased by 16.5% year-on-year in November; The retail penetration rate of new energy vehicles was 52.3%, exceeding 50% for the fifth consecutive month, and the retail sales of new energy vehicles increased by 50.5% year-on-year. In November, the export growth slowed down, and the proportion of new energy vehicles fell to 20%. The bank pointed out that considering that the Spring Festival in 2025 is earlier than that in 2024, some car purchases before the Spring Festival will be completed by the end of 2024, and the subsidy policy for trade-in will enter the final stage in December, and some car companies are also sprinting sales through promotional activities. The bank expects the passenger car market in December. It is expected to maintain the potential of the current retail sales to continue to increase year by year. However, after the sales sprint in December, the auto market entered the off-season of consumption, so it is necessary to be cautious that the stock price performance of the auto sector may fluctuate.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.Chen Xiaodong, Vice Foreign Minister, met with Gandson, Permanent Secretary of Zambia's Foreign Ministry. According to official website, Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong met with Gandson, Permanent Secretary of Zambia's Foreign Ministry, who was visiting China on December 11th, 2024.

Before the Bank of Japan's policy meeting, it released chaotic signals. Japanese traders were confused about when to raise interest rates. After the Bank of Japan officials' remarks and media reports sent different signals, traders have been confused about when the central bank might raise interest rates in the past week. This kind of confusion led to sharp fluctuations in the market's interest rate hike bets. The overnight index swap pricing showed that the probability of raising interest rates in December was 22%, which was significantly lower than 60% at the beginning of last week. This week, the yen fell from 150 last Friday to a low of 152.18 to the dollar, and the exchange rate was 151.73 at 10:40 Tokyo time. Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan, said in an interview last month that the interest rate hike was approaching. A few days later, a report by the news agency emphasized the concern of the central bank about raising interest rates prematurely. Tomaki Nakamura, a member of the Dove Policy Committee, said last week that he was not opposed to raising interest rates, but this month's policy decision must consider data factors.The three departments issued the tax policy on the transformation of operating cultural institutions into enterprises in the cultural system reform, and the Ministry of Finance, the State Administration of Taxation and the Central Propaganda Department issued the Announcement on the Tax Policy on the Transformation of Operating Cultural Institutions into Enterprises in the Cultural System Reform, which mentioned that operating cultural institutions can enjoy the following transitional tax preferential policies: if operating cultural institutions are transformed into enterprises before December 31, 2022, they will be exempted from enterprise income tax from the date of registration of transformation to December 31, 2027. If a cultural unit funded by the financial department is transformed into an enterprise before December 31, 2022, its self-use property will be exempted from property tax from the date of registration of transformation to December 31, 2027.State Railway Administration: From January to November, the national railway passenger volume reached a record high, and the State Railway Administration announced that from January to November, the national railway passenger volume reached a record high. From January to November, the number of railway passengers sent nationwide reached 4.015 billion, up 12.6% year-on-year, and the annual number of passengers sent exceeded 4 billion for the first time, reaching a record high. Passenger turnover reached 1,484.061 billion person-kilometers, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%. In the month of November, the number of railway passengers sent nationwide was 304 million, up 8.8% year-on-year; Passenger turnover reached 98.135 billion person-kilometers, a year-on-year increase of 2.5%. The volume of freight delivery has increased steadily. From January to November, the national railway freight volume was 4.715 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.5%. In November, the national railway freight volume was 455 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.4%; The freight turnover was 324.521 billion tons kilometers, up 2.4% year-on-year.

German Foreign Minister: The transition in Syria is not over yet.China Overseas Development: The annual interest of "23 Zhonghai 04" will be paid on December 12th. On December 10th, China Overseas Development (00688.HK) announced that China Overseas Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, will pay the annual interest of "23 Zhonghai 04" on December 12th, totaling 96 million yuan. The total amount of bonds issued in this issue is 3 billion yuan, and the issuance period is 5 years. The coupon rate of bonds in this issue is 3.20%.The OPEC monthly report will be published at 20:45 Beijing time.