Lan Foan met with World Trade Organization Director-General Ivira. On December 9, 2024, Minister Lan Foan met with World Trade Organization Director-General Ivira in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on enhancing the transparency of subsidy policy, supporting the operation of global trust funds and maintaining the multilateral trading system.Nanchang land port "Changsha-Xiamen-Hong Kong Link" rail-sea intermodal train was opened. On the morning of December 12th, two trains loaded with "Made in Jiangxi" drove out of Nanchang land port in turn under the supervision of Ganjiang New District Customs, marking the official opening of the "Changsha-Xiamen-Hong Kong Link" rail-sea intermodal train from Nanchang land port to Xiamen Port, which greatly boosted the construction of modern logistics system in Jiangxi to a new level.Sino-Vietnamese communication is more convenient! The number of entry-exit personnel at Dongxing Port exceeded 8 million. With the continuous optimization of entry-exit policies, the number of entry-exit personnel at Dongxing Port, the border land port with the largest passenger flow between China and Vietnam, exceeded 8 million. According to the statistics of Dongxing Entry-Exit Frontier Inspection Station, the daily average passenger flow at Dongxing Port exceeds 20,000.
Citigroup slightly lowered South Korea's GDP growth forecast to 1.5% next year. It is expected that the Bank of Korea will cut interest rates next month. Citigroup released a report saying that considering the worse economic sentiment in South Korea this month, it slightly lowered its GDP forecast for this year and next year by 0.1 percentage point to 2.1% and 1.5% respectively. The bank slightly lowered Korea's GDP growth forecast for the last quarter of this year by 0.1 percentage point to rise by 0.3% quarterly, and raised its GDP growth forecast for the first quarter of next year by 0.1 percentage point to rise by 0.6% quarterly. Looking forward to the first quarter of next year, the bank expects South Korea to adopt a combination of expansionary policies, including the Bank of Korea's expected interest rate cut to 2.75% in mid-January, and the government's expected additional budget of 30 trillion won (equivalent to about 1.1% of GDP next year). It is expected that the Bank of Korea will cut interest rates by 25BP each in January, April, July and October next year, and the final interest rate is expected to be 2%.It is reported that NVIDIA has increased its recruitment in China, and it is expected to add 1,000 employees this year. According to people familiar with the matter, NVIDIA has increased its recruitment in China this year to enhance its research ability and focus on new autonomous driving technology. According to sources, the company is expected to have about 4,000 employees in China by the end of this year, compared with about 3,000 at the beginning of this year. As a key part of the expansion, NVIDIA added about 200 employees in Beijing to strengthen a research team engaged in autonomous driving research. One person familiar with the matter said that the company has also expanded its after-sales service and network software development team.Mei Ansen signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shuguang Network Technology Co., Ltd. According to Mei Ansen, recently, Mei Ansen and Shuguang Network Technology Co., Ltd. held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony in Chongqing. The two sides reached a strategic cooperation to jointly build smart mine bases and comprehensive solutions. Shuguang Network Technology Co., Ltd. is a holding subsidiary of Zhongke Shuguang (603019).
The concept of Internet finance strengthened in the afternoon, with Zhaori Technology's daily limit rising, Zhaori Technology and Guolian Securities' daily limit rising, huijin technology rose more than 15%, and Harbin Investment Co., Ltd., Fortune Trend, Winning Time and Straight Flush also rose.Another ruling party member supported the impeachment of Yin Xiyue. On the morning of 12th local time, Zhongwu Qin, a famous Korean shooter, Olympic champion and member of parliament of the ruling National Power Party, expressed his support for the impeachment of President Yin Xiyue. At present, six members of parliament of the ruling party have publicly indicated that they will support the impeachment case of President Yin Xiyue. Earlier, South Korea's ruling National Power Party MP Kim Jae-sub announced on the 11th that he would vote in favor of the next presidential impeachment case, bringing the number of ruling party MPs in favor of impeaching President Yin Xiyue to five. South Korea's pan-opposition party has 192 seats in the National Assembly. If the impeachment motion is to be passed in the National Assembly, it needs to obtain at least two-thirds majority of the total 300 seats in the National Assembly, that is, 200 votes in favor. Therefore, the opposition party needs to win at least 8 ruling party members to vote in favor. (CCTV)Speaker of South Korea's National Assembly: Yin Xiyue will never tolerate declaring martial law in order to warn the National Assembly. On the 12th, South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Yu Yuanzhi said that Yin Xiyue "declared emergency martial law in order to warn the National Assembly, which is absolutely intolerable in the constitutional order, because it means that the democratic constitutional order can be destroyed for political purposes, and the basic rights of the people can also be used as a means for political purposes". Yu Yuanzhi also said that today's presidential talk cannot lead to other misjudgments or social chaos, and Congress will deal with all possible situations.