Spot gold stood at $2,710 per ounce, up 0.63% in the day.German Foreign Minister: All minority groups and groups need to sit down and negotiate, which will be a long and difficult road.The General Administration of Market Supervision launched the third batch of national commercial secret protection and innovation pilot work. On December 11th, according to the news of official website, the General Administration of Market Supervision held the on-the-spot meeting of commercial secret protection and the third batch of national commercial secret protection and innovation pilot meeting in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, to implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, systematically summarize the effectiveness of the national commercial secret protection and innovation pilot work, deeply analyze the current situation, and deploy and carry out the third batch of national commercial secret protection and innovation pilot work. On the basis of the good results of the first and second batches of pilot projects, the General Administration of Market Supervision launched the third batch of innovative pilot projects this year, and in December, it identified 11 areas such as Minhang District of Shanghai as the third batch of national commercial secret protection innovation pilot projects, and agreed to change the pilot scope of Hefei High-tech Zone in Anhui Province to Hefei City. The launch of the third batch of pilot projects has further expanded the provincial coverage of innovation pilot work and achieved comprehensive coverage in the eastern, central and western regions, which will continue to deepen the influence from point to area and give full play to the radiation-driven effect of innovation pilot work on improving the overall level of trade secret protection in China.
Citigroup: It is expected that the gold and silver markets will resume their gradual upward trend within 3-12 months, reaching $3,000/ounce and $36/ounce respectively. Under basic conditions, it is expected that the price of crude oil will gradually drop to 60 USD/barrel in the middle of 2025, and will remain near this level in the second half of 2025 and 2026.IDC: It is estimated that the edge cloud market in China will grow at a compound annual rate of over 25% from 2023 to 2028. Recently, the latest report "China Edge Cloud Market Tracking Research, 2024H1" released by International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that in the first half of the year, the edge cloud market in China totaled 5.48 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth rate of 21.0%. Among them, the market scale of edge public cloud services, edge exclusive cloud services and edge cloud solutions reached 3 billion yuan, 970 million yuan and 1.5 billion yuan respectively. According to IDC, it is estimated that the average annual compound growth rate of China's edge cloud market will be 25.5% from 2023 to 2028, taking into account the changing trend of customer expenditure in major industries, the commercialization progress of hot demand and the changes of bandwidth supply policy throughout the year.Huawei and Bank of Zhengzhou signed a strategic cooperation agreement. On December 9, Bank of Zhengzhou Co., Ltd. (Bank of Zhengzhou) and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei) signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Zhengzhou. According to the agreement, based on Bank of Zhengzhou's business advantages in the financial field and Huawei's leading technology in the ICT field, the two parties will focus on banking business scenarios and combine the practical experience of the banking industry to jointly plan a digital transformation plan, realize the landing of digital innovation scenarios, cultivate digital professionals, help Bank of Zhengzhou to move forward to "a first-class commercial bank with distinctive policy-based science and technology innovation business characteristics" and empower financial development with the power of intelligence.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) vehicle was attacked while performing official duties at the Zaporoge nuclear power plant. The IAEA issued a statement on the 10th, saying that in the afternoon, an official vehicle of the IAEA was attacked by a drone while performing the rotation task of experts stationed at the Zaporoge nuclear power plant, causing serious damage to the vehicle. Fortunately, two agency staff members in the vehicle were not injured. The statement said that the attack occurred about 8 kilometers away from the front line of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. At that time, the official car went to the handover point with a motorcade, and joined the team of experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency stationed at the Zaborozh nuclear power plant in the past month. A new batch of rotation personnel had arrived at the handover point safely before. The statement also said that at the time of the incident, the driver of another official car of the International Atomic Energy Agency saw a suicide drone flying from the rear and hitting the attacked vehicle. The agency did not specify who launched the attack. Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, strongly condemned the attack on the staff of the Agency and called on all parties to exercise maximum restraint. Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in February 2022, Russia and Ukraine have constantly accused each other of attacking nuclear facilities, including the Zaporoge nuclear power plant, and constantly increased the security risks of related facilities. (Xinhua News Agency)Survey by Monetary Authority of Singapore: Economists have lowered Singapore's non-oil domestic export growth forecast from 3.0% to 1.0% in 2024.Yushi Technology: There is no factual basis for the company to be included in the "entity list". At present, the production and operation are normal. Yushi Technology issued a statement today: On December 10, 2024 (Beijing time), the Bureau of Industry and Security of the US Department of Commerce issued relevant announcements to include companies such as Yushi Technology in the entity list. There is no factual basis for this decision, and the company has never received any investigation and evidence collection work from any official US agency. We call on the US government to re-examine. Yushi Technology is an independent private enterprise. As a global provider of AloT products, solutions and full-stack capabilities, Yushi Technology has always adhered to the internationally accepted business ethics and compliance management concept since its establishment 13 years ago, abided by the duties of commercial companies and strictly abided by the laws and regulations of the countries where it operates. At present, the company's production and operation are normal, and this incident has no significant adverse impact on the company's operation. We have the ability to ensure continuous and stable product supply and high-quality technical support for global customers.