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US Treasury Department: US Treasury Secretary Yellen expressed appreciation for the close communication between the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Korea and the United States after the recent events in South Korea.Japanese manufacturers' confidence index turned negative to the central bank's forecast in December. A short-term survey in Reuters, Japan, found that Japanese manufacturers' business confidence deteriorated further in December due to concerns about US protectionist policies. The survey of 505 large Japanese non-financial enterprises showed that manufacturers' confidence index fell from 5 in November to -1 in December, which was the first time since last February, and the number of pessimists exceeded optimists for the first time in 10 months. The loss of business confidence may cast a shadow over the Bank of Japan's forecast. The Bank of Japan had previously predicted that a steady recovery driven by rising wages and consumption would help inflation reach the 2% target in a sustainable way and justify further interest rate hikes. Many manufacturing industries have reported that business confidence has declined. Among electronic machinery manufacturers, steel and non-ferrous metal manufacturers, pessimists far exceed optimists.Meituan Enterprise Edition released the SIMPLE model: to meet the demands of enterprise consumption compliance, cost reduction and efficiency improvement, and experience improvement. Meituan Enterprise Edition held the second enterprise consumption management conference of "SIMPLE Activating Enterprise Endogenous Force" in Shanghai. At the meeting, Renmin University Business School, Meituan Enterprise Edition, Meituan Research Institute and Ipsos jointly released the SIMPLE model, focusing on serving enterprise consumption management and digital transformation. At present, the scale of consumption expenditure of enterprises in China has reached trillion level, and "integration of supply chain, scene management and control, and service performance" will become the key to competition in the future. (Sina Technology)

Zhejiang Alibaba Cloud has invested in Sealos, and Tianyancha App shows that recently, Sealos affiliated company Zhuhai Huanjie Cloud Computing Co., Ltd. has undergone industrial and commercial changes, adding Zhejiang Alibaba Cloud Computing Co., Ltd. as a shareholder, and the registered capital has increased from about 2.679 million RMB to about 3.349 million RMB. Zhuhai Huanjie Cloud Computing Co., Ltd. was established in March 2022, and its legal representative is Fang Haitao. Its business scope includes computer software and hardware and auxiliary equipment wholesale, computer software and hardware and auxiliary equipment retail, cloud computing equipment technical services, etc. Now it is jointly held by Fang Haitao, Hangzhou Fanjie Enterprise Management Partnership (Limited Partnership) and the above-mentioned new shareholders. Official website shows that the company focuses on developing and providing cloud native ecological products and services.Tang Shikai, a member of the board of directors of Mercedes-Benz, will retire next year and is now in charge of the company's business in Greater China. Mercedes-Benz Group Co., Ltd. announced that Hubertus Troska, the current member of the board of directors in charge of the company's business in Greater China, will retire in 2025 as planned. He himself decided to take up a new position as a member of the board of directors of Mercedes-Benz Group Co., Ltd. and a special representative for China affairs from February 1, 2025 to promote the company's business system in the world's largest market. Tang Shikai will officially retire on July 31, 2025.Qujiang Wenlv: It received a warning letter from Shaanxi Supervision Bureau, and Qujiang Wenlv announced that the company received the Decision on Taking Measures to Issue Warning Letters to Xi 'an Qujiang Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd., Xie Xiaoning and Xi 'an Qujiang Tourism Investment Co., Ltd. issued by Shaanxi Supervision Bureau of China Securities Regulatory Commission on December 10, 2024. After investigation, the company delayed the disclosure of the major event that 8.23% of the company's shares held by the controlling shareholder Xi 'an Qujiang Tourism Investment Co., Ltd. were to be disposed of by the judiciary, which violated the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Information Disclosure of Listed Companies. According to Article 52 of the Measures, Shaanxi Supervision Bureau decided to take administrative supervision measures to issue warning letters to the company, Xie Xiaoning, the relevant responsible person, and Qujiang Travel Investment, the controlling shareholder. The company will seriously rectify, strengthen information disclosure and corporate governance, and improve the operation level and information disclosure quality.

The onshore RMB against the US dollar officially closed at 7.2590 at 16:30 Beijing time, down 97 points from the official closing price of the previous trading day and down 99 points from the closing price of the previous day and night.Kazakhstan said that Russia's Druzhba oil pipeline was not damaged by Ukraine's overnight strike.Analyst: There may be a RRR cut of 50 basis points to 100 basis points next year. Tan Yiming, chief fixed income analyst of Minsheng Securities, said that there may be a RRR cut of 50 basis points to 100 basis points next year, considering the supply pressure of government bonds, the restoration of credit supply and the provision of long-term stable low-cost funds for financial institutions.