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Gold prices rose three times in a row, and brands such as Chow Tai Fook and Lao Fengxiang broke through 810 yuan. After a short-term shock, the gold trend became stronger. On December 11th, spot gold hit $2,700 per ounce, hitting a two-week high and rising for three consecutive days. As of press time, COMEX Gold reported $2,737.5 per ounce, up 0.7% in the day. In the domestic gold consumption market, the gold prices of gold brands such as Chow Tai Fook, Lao Fengxiang and Luk Fook Jewelry reached 812 yuan/gram, while the gold prices in Zhou Shengsheng reached 814 yuan/gram. (Dahe Finance Cube)According to a survey conducted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore's GDP growth rate is expected to be 3.6% in 2024 (previously 2.6%) and 3.1% in the fourth quarter of 2024 (previously 2.2%).Spot silver fell 1% in the day and is now reported at $31.57 per ounce.

Academician Qiao Jie, Executive Vice President of Peking University, and his party visited Sunflower Pharmaceutical Group. On December 9th, Academician Qiao Jie, Executive Vice President of Peking University, and his party visited the headquarters of Sunflower Pharmaceutical Group for investigation and exchange. At the symposium, Tan Lei, general manager of the strategic management department of Sunflower Pharmaceutical Group, gave a detailed report on the promotion plan of the project "Peking University Medical-Sunflower Pharmaceutical Group Joint Laboratory of Bacterial Enzyme and Innovative Drugs". Sunflower Pharmaceutical Group will join hands with Peking University Medical Center, and the teams of the two sides will cooperate in depth to jointly develop new drugs based on the active substances of traditional Chinese medicine and the discovered important disease targets, promote the transformation of scientific research achievements, deepen the advantageous fields of biotechnology, and help improve the scientific research and innovation ability and technology development level. During the talks, the two sides also conducted in-depth exchanges and discussions on a number of contents.Sinotrans has set up a new company, including land international cargo transportation agency business. The enterprise search APP shows that recently, Sinotrans Logistics (Alashankou) Co., Ltd. was established with Chen Xin as its legal representative and registered capital of 10 million yuan. Its business scope includes: domestic container cargo transportation agency; International freight forwarder; Land international freight forwarding agent; Import and export agents, etc. Enterprise survey shows that the company is indirectly wholly-owned by Sinotrans.Monetary authority of singapore survey shows that economists predict that Singapore's core inflation rate will be 1.8% in 2025 and 2.8% in 2024 (the previous value is 2.9%).

Li Jiaqi said it was a rumor to go to the entertainment industry and he was optimistic about the future of the live broadcast industry. Li Jiaqi said in an interview that I have always been an optimist. I don't think the live broadcast e-commerce industry can be as it is now, and technological innovation will definitely bring changes and opportunities. Li Jiaqi also talked about the experience of participating in variety shows. He said that it is a rumor to go to the entertainment industry. "A person has more than one identity in his life. I can be an anchor, a singer or an actor." (The Paper)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.IDC: It is estimated that the edge cloud market in China will grow at a compound annual rate of over 25% from 2023 to 2028. Recently, the latest report "China Edge Cloud Market Tracking Research, 2024H1" released by International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that in the first half of the year, the edge cloud market in China totaled 5.48 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth rate of 21.0%. Among them, the market scale of edge public cloud services, edge exclusive cloud services and edge cloud solutions reached 3 billion yuan, 970 million yuan and 1.5 billion yuan respectively. According to IDC, it is estimated that the average annual compound growth rate of China's edge cloud market will be 25.5% from 2023 to 2028, taking into account the changing trend of customer expenditure in major industries, the commercialization progress of hot demand and the changes of bandwidth supply policy throughout the year.