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Guoxuan Hi-Tech: China, the strategic shareholder, continued to give up voting rights. Guoxuan Hi-Tech announced that Guoxuan Holdings, Li Zhen and Jerry Lee (collectively referred to as the "founding shareholders") and China, the strategic shareholder of the company, signed a Supplementary Agreement on the Shareholders' Agreement of Guoxuan Hi-Tech Co., Ltd., and Volkswagen China agreed to extend the commitment period of giving up voting rights. That is to say, within 72 months after the relevant shares of the company involved in the non-public offering and share transfer are registered in the name of Volkswagen China or within a longer period determined by Volkswagen China, it will irrevocably give up the voting rights of some of its shares in the company, so that the voting rights of Volkswagen China will be at least 5% lower than that of the founding shareholder. Volkswagen China's extension of the period of giving up its voting rights commitment this time will not lead to the change of the company's control rights and will not affect the normal production and operation of the company. Mr. Li Zhen remains the actual controller of the company.For the first time, Nanjing Port docked with container ships of "longest ship scale" and "maximum load". Today (December 12th) morning, the largest container ship that entered the port since the opening of Nanjing Port, Panamanian vessel "Mai Di Hong Wei", successfully docked at Longtan Container Terminal, setting a new "double historical record" for the longest scale and maximum load of container ships entering the port. It is understood that the ship is 208.3 meters long, 29.8 meters wide and 33,715 tons deadweight. This voyage is a direct flight from Europe to Nanjing, which will directly increase the maximum container capacity of incoming ships from the current 1938TEU (standard container) to 2600TEU. The successful berthing indicates that 30,000-ton container ships can enter and leave Nanjing Port normally. (CCTV News)The news of the US stock market was delivered before the market. ① The three major stock index futures of the US stock market fell, and the market focused on PPI data. ② As of press time, Dow futures fell 0.19%, S&P 500 futures fell 0.18%, and Nasdaq futures fell 0.27%. (3) Germany's DAX index rose by 0.06%, Britain's FTSE 100 index rose by 0.11%, France's CAC40 index fell by 0.04% and Europe's Stoxx 50 index fell by 0.03%. ④WTI crude oil fell 0.06% to 70.25 USD/barrel. Brent crude oil fell 0.07% to $73.47/barrel. ⑤ American finance is under great pressure, with a budget deficit of $366.8 billion in November, up 17% year-on-year. ⑥ ING is bearish on the prospect of commodities next year, and gold is expected to outshine others. ⑦ Macy's department store fell 8.2% before the market, and the company lowered its profit outlook after discovering accounting errors. 8 Broadcom's share price rose by 4.3% before the market closed. In the news, Apple may cooperate with Broadcom to develop AI server chips. 9 ⑨Adobe's U.S. stocks fell by about 9% before the market, and the company's annual performance guidance was worse than expected.

Western Securities and others set up a parent fund management partnership with a capital contribution of 2 billion yuan. According to Tianyancha APP, recently, Xiaogan Xizheng Gaochuang Industrial Investment Parent Fund Management Partnership (Limited Partnership) was established with a capital contribution of 2 billion yuan. Its business scope includes: private equity investment fund management, venture capital fund management services, etc. Tianyancha's equity penetration shows that the enterprise is jointly held by Western Advantage Capital Investment Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Western Securities, and Xiaogan Gaochuang Investment Co., Ltd.Anhui's first high-growth industrial bond was successfully issued in Shanghai. Recently, Anhui Wantong Expressway Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Wantong Expressway") completed the issuance of Anhui's first high-growth industrial bond in Shanghai Stock Exchange. On October 30th this year, Wan Tong Expressway was approved by China Securities Regulatory Commission to publicly issue corporate bonds with a registered scale of no more than 5 billion yuan to professional investors.ECB: The appropriate monetary policy stance will be determined by data dependence and successive meetings. Inflation prospect, core inflation and its transmission will determine the interest rate path.

Traders' interest rate expectations for the European Central Bank remain stable: it is expected to cut interest rates by 127 basis points in 2025.On December 11th, it was reported that the U.S. government was divided over the U.S. steel acquisition, and Biden considered blocking the transaction. It was reported that the U.S. Department of Defense, the Ministry of Finance and the State Council all believed that the Japanese Steel Company's $15 billion acquisition of American steel companies would not bring national security risks, but U.S. President Biden was expected to block the transaction. Earlier, some media quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Biden planned to block the acquisition of American steel companies later this month on the grounds of national security. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has been reviewing the proposed acquisition for most of this year, and the group must submit its decision to Biden before December 22 or 23.It is reported that the price of iPhone 18 Pro's further use of TSMC's 2nm chip will increase by 70%. It is reported that in 2026, the A20 Pro processor of iPhone 18 Pro will be produced by TSMC's 2 nm process for the first time, and the chip price will rise from the current 50 US dollars to 85 US dollars, with an increase of 70%. With the high cost, the price of iPhone 18 Pro may increase. (Taiwan Province Business Times)