In November, Sichuan CPI rose by 0.1% year-on-year, and the price increase of pork and fresh vegetables dropped from the previous month. On December 10, the data released by the Sichuan Survey Corps of the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the consumer price index (CPI) in Sichuan rose by 0.1% year-on-year, and the growth rate dropped by 0.1 percentage point from the previous month. It decreased by 0.7% from the previous month. From January to November, the consumer price of Sichuan residents decreased by 0.1% compared with the same period of last year. In terms of food, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol rose by 1.8% year-on-year in November, and the growth rate dropped by 1.1 percentage points from the previous month. Among them, the prices of pork and fresh vegetables increased by 15.2% and 14.0% year-on-year, respectively, and the growth rate dropped from last month; The price of fresh fruit changed from a year-on-year increase of 3.4% last month to an increase of 2.0%; The prices of eggs and aquatic products decreased by 1.6% and 0.6% respectively. From the ring comparison, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol decreased by 1.9% from 0.3% last month, mainly because the average temperature in November was higher than that in previous years, which was beneficial to the production, storage and transportation of agricultural products, and most fresh food prices were affected by the super-seasonal decline.Jingmen, the Yiwei Lithium Energy Super Energy Storage Factory, was put into operation, with the largest production capacity in Central China. Following the opening and operation of Jingjing High-speed Railway, on December 10th, the Yiwei Lithium Energy 60GWh Super Energy Storage Factory project was officially put into operation in the new energy and new materials industrial park of Duodao District, Jingmen High-tech Zone, becoming a lithium battery production base with the largest production capacity and the longest industrial chain in Central China. The total investment of this project is 10.8 billion yuan, and the first phase covers an area of about 700 mu. It mainly produces MB56 large iron-lithium energy storage batteries, and its cell capacity and cycle times are 25% and 20% higher than those of the same industry products respectively, which are widely used in electric energy storage, ship energy storage and other fields. Taking an electric ship as an example, the voyage distance can be increased by about 40% by using MB56 battery, and the battery life can be extended by about two years.OPEC Monthly Report: Russia slightly cut its oil production in November. On Wednesday, OPEC quoted data from second-hand sources as saying that Russia's crude oil production in November decreased slightly by 0.7 million barrels per day to about 8.99 million barrels per day. This is basically consistent with Russia's monthly production quota of 8.98 million barrels under the OPEC+agreement (including voluntary production reduction). Russia promised to cut production in October and November this year and from March to September next year to make up for the excess production since April. The output of Iraq and Kazakhstan has also been higher than the target, and they also promised to further reduce production to compensate for their excess production.
Song Zhexie, Samsung Semiconductor: I feel the great potential of the semiconductor market in China and I am very willing to grow with China customers. At the Shanghai IC Industry Development Forum 2024 held today, Song Zhe Xie, general manager of Samsung Semiconductor Foundry Greater China, said that the semiconductor industry in China is not only growing in scale, but also improving the development quality of the whole industry from the product upgrading and process evolution of Samsung semiconductor customers. The development of new quality productivity is helping the semiconductor market in China to flourish. In the cooperation with customers in China, I feel the great potential of the semiconductor market in China, and I am very willing to grow with customers in China, and provide diversified solutions to meet the needs of customers in China to enhance the competitiveness of products.*ST Masters: It is planned to sell some accounts receivable to Shenzhen Pickup Investment for 60 million yuan. *ST Masters announced that the company plans to transfer the accounts receivable with book value of 16,697,800 yuan (original book value of 171 million yuan) to Shenzhen Pickup Investment Partnership (limited partnership) for 60 million yuan. According to the regulations, the transaction constitutes a related party transaction and does not constitute a major asset reorganization, which needs to be submitted to the company's shareholders' meeting for consideration and approval. The accounts receivable to be transferred this time are all due to the daily business of the company, mainly due to the overdue accounts receivable formed by providing engineering services to the debtor.The public security organs cracked down on the illegal and criminal activities of the network water army according to law. The Ministry of Public Security attached great importance to cracking down on and rectifying the illegal and criminal activities of the "network water army". Relying on the special action of "Net Net 2024", it made an all-out attack, focusing on prominent illegal and criminal activities such as disinformation and drainage, public opinion extortion, brushing and evaluation, and paid deletion of posts, and deployed public security organs across the country to carry out the crackdown and rectification work. Since the beginning of this year, more than 900 cases have been detected, and more than 5,000 suspects have been arrested. Through phased strikes, the space for illegal and criminal activities of the "network water army" has been fully squeezed, and the network public order has been effectively maintained. Today, the Ministry of Public Security announced 10 typical cases of cracking down on "network water army" crimes according to law. (Guangming Daily)
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Since September, Iran has issued a warning to the Assad government about the threat, but it has ignored the "enemy".The Bank of Japan believes that the cost of waiting for the next rate hike is not high, but it is also open to raising interest rates this month. According to informed sources, Bank of Japan officials believe that there is almost no cost to wait before raising interest rates, and they are still open to raising interest rates next week, depending on data and market development. According to people familiar with the matter, even if the Bank of Japan decides to wait until January next year or a little longer before raising interest rates, the relevant authorities believe that this will not bring huge costs, because there are signs that there is little risk of inflation overshoot. According to people familiar with the matter, officials think it is only a matter of time before the next rate hike, because the economy and inflation are in line with their forecasts. According to people familiar with the matter, officials will make a final decision only after carefully evaluating the data and financial markets before announcing the policy decision in December. Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and his committee will discuss next week whether it is necessary to raise the benchmark interest rate from 0.25%. Unlike the situation in July, the yen did not show a strong weakness, so the Bank of Japan believes that the risk of the yen pushing up inflation has weakened.Spot gold just broke through the $2,690.00/oz mark, and the latest price was $2,689.72/oz, down 0.15% in the day.