Chief Economic Adviser of India: The growth rate will be 6.5-7% in FY 2025. The chief economic adviser of India said that maintaining the growth rate is still a top priority. The growth rate will be 6.5-7% in FY 2025.Samsung Electronics shares rose 3%.The tenth batch of centralized procurement of drugs organized by the state will be opened in Shanghai today (12th), and the bid will be selected. It is understood that this collection involves a total of 62 drugs and 263 product specifications, which is the highest in all previous collections. Covers a variety of therapeutic fields such as hypertension, diabetes, tumor, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, infection, mental illness, and electrolyte supplementation. (CCTV Finance)
Turkey imposes additional tax on Iranian flat glass imports.Lan Foan, Minister of Finance, met with Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. On December 9, Lan Foan, Minister of Finance, met with Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. The two sides exchanged views on the global and China economic situation, the focus of China's fiscal policy and the debt of developing countries, accompanied by Liao Min, Vice Minister of Finance.Noon announcement: Southeast Power Grid won the bid for the 489 million yuan smart logistics eHub project in Hangzhou, ① China Green Power: obtaining the 200,000 kW wind power construction index in Guizhou. The projects of "duyun city Pingshan Wind Farm" and "duyun city Tudizhai Wind Farm" declared by Shaanxi Branch of Luneng New Energy (Group) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the company, were included in the "Guizhou Province 2024 Wind Power Photovoltaic Power Generation Construction Scale Project Plan (the third batch)". The acquisition of the above new energy construction indicators is conducive to enriching the company's new energy project reserves. ② Tianyoude Liquor: Decided to carry out activities to invite shareholders to taste products. As of the company's closing on the afternoon of January 19, June 6 and August 13, 2024, shareholders who have registered in Shenzhen Branch of Zhongdeng Company and hold shares in the company can participate in the following activities after successful registration: shareholders can enjoy a 50% discount coupon, and as a general prize, each shareholder can get one, and they can buy products in the shareholder area; One shareholder tasting of Tianyoude Liquor, totaling 3,500 copies, was selected from the number of successful applicants. ③ Tailin Bio: Only the last half trading day is left before the "Tailin Convertible Bonds" stops converting shares, that is, the afternoon trading session on December 12. After the market closes on December 12th, the "Tailin Convertible Bonds" that have not been converted into shares will stop conversion, and the remaining convertible bonds will be forcibly redeemed at the price of 101.15 yuan per share. If forced to redeem, investors may face investment losses. ④ Southeast grid: The company recently received the Notice of Winning Bid from Zhejiang Airport International Logistics Supply Chain Co., Ltd., and determined that the company was the winning bidder of "Global Smart Logistics Hub Hangzhou eHub Project (Distribution Warehouse)", with a total winning bid of 489 million yuan, accounting for 3.76% of the company's annual operating income in 2023, and the project duration was 730 days.
Minister of Finance Lan Foan attended and delivered a speech at the launching ceremony of the China-World Bank Group Global Ecosystem and Transformation Center. On December 8, the Ministry of Finance and the World Bank jointly held the launching ceremony of the China-World Bank Group Global Ecosystem and Transformation Center (hereinafter referred to as the Global Center). Lan Foan, Minister of Finance, delivered an opening speech with Peng Anjie, President of the World Bank, and signed a memorandum on the Global Center and an agreement on the renewal of the China-World Bank Group Partnership Fund. Liao Minyi, Vice Minister of Finance, and Philo, Vice President of the East Asia and Pacific Region of the World Bank, made closing remarks. More than 100 Chinese and foreign representatives from more than 20 embassies and international organizations in China, as well as relevant domestic departments and research institutions attended the event. Lan Foan emphasized that in the past decade, the central government has invested nearly 6 trillion yuan to fully guarantee the construction of beautiful China. The "gold content" of China's ecological environment has improved significantly, and the "green content" of its development has increased significantly. At the same time, China has assumed the responsibility of a big country, demonstrated its role as a big country, and achieved a major transformation from a participant to a leader in global environmental governance. China is willing to take the global center as a bridge, share China's experience in ecological protection and development, and embark on the road of green transformation together with other countries.Increase to 6 flights per week. The Shanghai-Riyadh route of China Eastern Airlines will be encrypted soon. It was learned from China Eastern Airlines on December 12 that recently, China Eastern Airlines announced that it will encrypt the direct flight route from Shanghai to Riyadh from 3 flights per week to 6 flights per week from February 21, 2025.Citigroup slightly lowered South Korea's GDP growth forecast to 1.5% next year. It is expected that the Bank of Korea will cut interest rates next month. Citigroup released a report saying that considering the worse economic sentiment in South Korea this month, it slightly lowered its GDP forecast for this year and next year by 0.1 percentage point to 2.1% and 1.5% respectively. The bank slightly lowered Korea's GDP growth forecast for the last quarter of this year by 0.1 percentage point to rise by 0.3% quarterly, and raised its GDP growth forecast for the first quarter of next year by 0.1 percentage point to rise by 0.6% quarterly. Looking forward to the first quarter of next year, the bank expects South Korea to adopt a combination of expansionary policies, including the Bank of Korea's expected interest rate cut to 2.75% in mid-January, and the government's expected additional budget of 30 trillion won (equivalent to about 1.1% of GDP next year). It is expected that the Bank of Korea will cut interest rates by 25BP each in January, April, July and October next year, and the final interest rate is expected to be 2%.