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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 Nikkei 225 index closed at 39,881.10 points in early trading, up 1.29%.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)

Wei Lanfeng became the vice president and chief operating officer of Porsche China, and Porsche announced that Philipp von Witzendorff will officially become the vice president and chief operating officer of Porsche China from January 1st, 2025. It is understood that in the past two years, Wei Lanfeng has served as President and CEO of Porsche Japan.OPEC continues to lower its global oil demand forecast. According to Xinhua News Agency, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) released its monthly oil market report on the 11th, lowering its global oil demand forecast for 2024 and 2025. This is the fifth time that OPEC has lowered its global oil demand forecast for this year and next since August this year.Meitu, a Hong Kong stock company, rose more than 10% in intraday trading, with turnover exceeding HK$ 400 million.

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)Backbone Technology: The holding subsidiary recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement on intelligent robots. Backbone Technology (002779) said on the interactive platform on December 12 that recently, Jiangsu Jianmi, the holding subsidiary of the company, signed strategic cooperation agreements with Dongsheng Zhilian and Nanjing Ji Rong respectively, working together to develop and apply automation, visualization and intelligent robots, and promoting the application and development of intelligent technologies in a wider range of fields. Jiangsu Jianmi's Lingrui P1 quadruped robot dog can be used for industrial park management, fire control and public security, daily inspection of power grid and electric power, and inspection of special operation scenes such as smelting enterprises and hazardous chemicals.In the inter-bank market, the yield of the active 10-year treasury bond "24 Treasury Bond with Interest 11" dropped by 1bp to 1.815%. Wind data shows that compared with yield to maturity, a Chinese bond with the same term, it hit a record low.