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The personal pension system has been extended to the whole country. On December 12th, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other five departments issued the Notice on the Full Implementation of the Personal Pension System. Since December 15th, the personal pension system has been extended to the whole country from 36 pilot cities (regions). (Xinhua News Agency)Ma Huateng: Contributing to the economic recovery, Ma Huateng said in People's Daily that Tencent, as a digital technology enterprise, actively responded to the deployment of the country to expand domestic demand and actively explored the development of digital consumption. By optimizing consumer tools such as WeChat payment, the company tries to create and serve effective demand and promote economic cycle by testing the e-commerce business such as live delivery of water video numbers. At the same time, Tencent relies on the WeChat ecosystem to enhance the absorption and friendliness of employment and entrepreneurship. Last year, it provided employment income opportunities for more than 50 million people. In the future, Tencent will also increase investment, devote itself to technological innovation and industrial upgrading, and jointly contribute to the stable and healthy development of China's economy with the vast number of private enterprises. (People's Network)A total of 211 cases of monkeypox have been reported in France this year. The French Public Health Agency issued a communique on the 11th, saying that 211 cases of monkeypox have been reported in France this year, including 2 new cases in the past two weeks. The communique said that these monkeypox patients are all adults, including 203 males and 8 females. According to reports, after viral gene sequencing, 168 cases were infected with monkeypox virus II, of which 61 cases were further diagnosed as infected monkeypox virus IIb. (Xinhua News Agency)

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.Green debt base continues to attract gold! Since the beginning of this year, the issuance scale has approached 44 billion yuan. On December 12th, HSBC Jintrust Fund announced that HSBC Jintrust Green Bond Fund was formally established, with the initial raising scale of 5.98 billion yuan. In the first half of this year, the public offering market has issued four green debt bases-Manulife China Bond Green inclusive finance Preferred Index, Oriental China Bond Green Inclusive Theme Financial Preferred Index, Guofu China Bond Green inclusive finance Index and Jiashi China Bond Green Inclusive Theme Financial Preferred Index. Wind data shows that the total issuance scale of these four products reached 31.963 billion yuan, which set off a small climax of debt-based issuance at that time. So far, the issuance scale of green debt base has approached 44 billion yuan during the year. It can be expected that more green debt bases will meet with investors in the future. (CSI Taurus)Genting Xinyao: The first prescription of itramod in Macau, China officially benefited Asian patients. Genting Xinyao announced that its first prescription of itramod was made in Jinghu Hospital in Macau, China on December 11th, which was the first prescription made by itramod after it was approved in Genting Xinyao Asia Authorized Zone, marking that this heavy product in the field of autoimmune diseases officially began to benefit Asian patients. Luo Yongqing, CEO of Genting Xinyao, said that the arrival of the first prescription of Ithmod in China and Macau was another milestone in the commercialization of Genting Xinyao. By 2030, the number of patients with ulcerative colitis in China is expected to more than double that in 2019, reaching about 1 million. There is a huge unmet demand for innovative therapies. Following the approval in Macau in April this year, Iturmod, as the third commercial new drug of Genting Xinyao, will bring new treatment options to more patients with ulcerative colitis.

The Ministry of Water Resources started the emergency water quantity dispatching of the Pearl River during the dry season from 2024 to 2025. It was learned from the Ministry of Water Resources that the first emergency water quantity dispatching of the Pearl River during the dry season from 2024 to 2025 was started at 8: 00 on December 12. According to the Ministry of Water Resources, through the implementation of this emergency water regulation, the runoff of the lower reaches of Xijiang River and Beijiang River will continue to increase, which can effectively suppress the salty tide in the Pearl River estuary and increase the water storage capacity of local reservoirs in Zhuhai and other places. The Ministry of Water Resources will guide the Pearl River Water Conservancy Commission and the water conservancy departments of the relevant provinces (autonomous regions) to closely monitor the rain, water and salt conditions in the Pearl River Basin, forecast the scope and extent of the upstream influence of salt tide, issue early warning in time, implement unified dispatching of river basin water projects, and make every effort to ensure the water supply safety of important cities in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.People's Government of Minhang District, Shanghai: Helping enterprises to go out and encourage foreign trade enterprises to expand their business. The People's Government of Minhang District issued the Policy Opinions on High-quality Industrial Development in Minhang District (Trial), which pointed out that helping enterprises to go out. Support enterprises to purchase export credit insurance products and build or rent overseas warehouses overseas. Encourage foreign trade enterprises to expand their business and give certain financial support to enterprises that reach a certain scale. Support new energy vehicles, used cars, photovoltaics and other enterprises to expand overseas markets. Support the development of cross-border e-commerce. Support the development, maintenance and system construction of enterprises to build or dock cross-border e-commerce platforms. Encourage enterprises to export business in cross-border e-commerce mode. Encourage enterprises to deeply participate in the creation of the "Silk Road E-commerce" cooperation pioneer zone.The personal pension system has been implemented nationwide since 15th, and national debt and index funds have been included in the product range. Recently, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Finance, State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China, the General Administration of Financial Supervision and the China Securities Regulatory Commission issued the Notice on the Full Implementation of the Personal Pension System. The Notice makes it clear that from December 15th, 2024, all workers who participate in the basic old-age insurance for urban workers or urban and rural residents in China can participate in the personal pension system. The scope of implementation of preferential tax policies has been expanded from 36 leading cities (regions) to the whole country. The Circular stipulates that on the basis of existing wealth management products, savings deposits, commercial old-age insurance and Public Offering of Fund products, national debt, specific old-age savings and index funds will be included in the scope of personal pension products. Financial institutions should do a good job in publicizing the asset allocation of personal pension products, carry out investment consulting services according to laws and regulations, and explore the default investment services. Strengthen the protection of financial consumers and investors, and guarantee the participants' right to know and choose independently. The "Notice" pointed out that the scope of commercial banks offering personal pension services should be carefully determined, and commercial banks should be encouraged to sell all types of personal pension products. Commercial banks should improve online and offline service channels, provide more personalized services for participants to change their bank accounts and receive personal pensions, and provide convenience for wealth management companies, insurance companies and other institutions to carry out personal pension business. The "Notice" clarifies that on the basis of receiving the basic pension age, completely losing the ability to work, going abroad to settle down, etc., participants who suffer from major diseases, receive unemployment insurance benefits to meet certain conditions, or are receiving the minimum living guarantee can apply for receiving personal pensions in advance, and the specific measures will be formulated separately. Participants can apply through social insurance agencies at all levels, the national unified online service portal and commercial banks, and after verification, the commercial banks will issue personal pensions to their social security card bank accounts. The "Notice" requires relevant departments to strengthen supervision according to the division of responsibilities, strengthen information sharing, and promote the standardized operation of the system. At the same time, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of financial institutions and business entities to jointly promote the healthy development of the individual pension system. (CCTV News)