It is predicted that the State Council Press Office will hold a press conference at 10 am on Monday, December 16th, 2024, and ask Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics and head of the National Economic Statistics Department, to introduce the national economic operation in November 2024 and answer questions from reporters.Hisense Jia Shaoqian: Brand building is very hard work, which requires long-term persistence and a lot of money. The annual meeting of Caijing 2025: Forecast and Strategy and 2024 Global Wealth Management Forum was held in Beijing from December 13th to December 15th. Jia Shaoqian, Chairman of Hisense Group, delivered a speech. Jia Shaoqian pointed out that whether it is globalization or transformation, the key to the success of strategy lies in persistence and implementation to the end. He bluntly said that branding is a very hard job, which requires long-term persistence and a lot of money. Hisense firmly believes in the power of brands, that brands are the future of enterprises, and that there is no internationalization of Hisense without the internationalization of brands. "Especially when most China enterprises take advantage of the dividends from entering the market and borrow ships to go out to sea through OEM to make quick money, Hisense voluntarily gave up OEM and chose the most difficult shipbuilding to go out to sea, that is, resolutely went to the high end and invested a lot of money, people and resources in brand building, especially in corporate marketing." He said. (Rui Jian)Citigroup: The target price of Illumina is lowered from $190 to $165, and the rating is lowered from "buy" to "neutral".
European stocks opened slightly lower, with the Stoxx 50 index in Europe down 0.1%, DAX index in Germany up 0.2%, FTSE 100 index in Britain down 0.1% and CAC 40 index in France down 0.1%.Liao Min held video talks with the heads of sovereign credit rating teams of international credit rating companies. Recently, Vice Minister of Finance Liao Min held video talks with Mary Duron, global head of Moody's Sovereignty and Local Government Risk Department, and Roberto Xifeng-Arevalo, global head of Standard & Poor's Sovereignty Rating Team, respectively, to introduce the latest incremental policies of the China government, and exchanged views with each other on issues such as government debt management, fiscal sustainability, fiscal policy supporting the high-quality development of the real economy, and fiscal and taxation system reform. Both Moody's and Standard & Poor's said that the introduction of the Ministry of Finance was comprehensive and frank, which was very helpful for them to deepen their understanding of the macro policies of the China government, and they looked forward to more exchanges between the two sides. (Ministry of Finance)The "hot" power of the ice and snow economy is infinite. The sales of ice and snow products in Yiwu are hot. With the new round of cold air coming, the cooling mode has been started again in many places across the country. The low temperature weather promotes the warming of ice and snow movement in many places, and the "heat" of ice and snow economy is booming. In Yiwu, Zhejiang, the sales of ice and snow products are hot. (Xinhua News Agency)
Qinchuan Machine Tool: The company's machine tool business section can provide a variety of processing equipment for humanoid robot manufacturers. Qinchuan Machine Tool said on the interactive platform that the company's machine tool business section can provide a variety of processing equipment for humanoid robot manufacturers, such as gear grinder, planetary roller screw pair key processing equipment thread grinder, etc. The spare parts business section of the company has the foundation of R&D and manufacturing of planetary roller screw by-products. Now, it has gradually started small batch production and verified its application. In the future, according to the market demand, it will gradually improve the detection and processing means and build its capacity.Shenzhen Stock Exchange: The Shenzhen Stock Exchange, together with the Financial Office of Henan Provincial Party Committee, Henan Securities Regulatory Bureau and Zhengzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, jointly held an industrial exchange meeting on "Shenzhen M&A Revitalizing Quality". This activity focused on the advantageous industries of high-end equipment manufacturing in Henan Province, discussed in depth the development characteristics of the industry and the main points of M&A investment, built an exchange platform, conveyed the concept of supervision, supported the integration of upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, strictly prevented insider trading in M&A and reorganization, and helped Henan develop new quality productivity according to local conditions. Next, Shenzhen Stock Exchange will continue to implement the requirements of "Six Articles on M&A" in accordance with the unified deployment of China Securities Regulatory Commission, adhere to the direction of marketization, adhere to the major strategy of serving the country, give full play to the role of the capital market as the main channel in enterprise M&A and reorganization, take various measures to support listed companies to standardize M&A and reorganization, promote the landing of high-quality cases, strengthen exchanges with market players, and strive to create a healthy and orderly market ecology.Citigroup: The target price of Illumina is lowered from $190 to $165, and the rating is lowered from "buy" to "neutral".