Citigroup: India, Brazil, Mexico and Japan show good prospects in 2025.Without the government's approval, the South Korean National Assembly passed the budget reduction bill for next year. On the 10th, the South Korean National Assembly held a plenary meeting and adopted a cut version of the 2025 budget with a total amount of 673.3 trillion won (about 3.41 trillion yuan). According to Yonhap News Agency, this is the first time that the South Korean National Assembly passed the budget without agreement between the ruling party and the opposition party. In the 300-seat parliament, 278 members voted on the budget, 183 were in favor, 94 were against and 1 abstained. The ruling National Power Party and some opposition party members voted against it. This budget is one of the focal points of the recent struggle between the ruling and opposition parties in South Korea and one of the factors inducing the current political chaos. The original budget proposed by the government was 677.4 trillion won, but the largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, demanded a reduction of 4.1 trillion won, mainly involving the government reserve fund, the special activity expenses of the presidential secretary's office and the national security office, the special work expenses and special activity expenses of the procuratorate and the supervision institute. (Xinhua News Agency)China contributes about 30% to the world economic growth, and China is confident to achieve the annual economic growth target. At the "1+10" dialogue meeting, the heads of ten major international economic organizations were all present to meet and have a dialogue with Chinese high-level officials. Many domestic experts and scholars said that the "1+10" Dialogue was held at the right time. The current world economic situation faces many difficulties and challenges, and unilateralism and protectionism are rampant. China needs to work closely with major international economic organizations, adhere to multilateralism, and safeguard free trade and economic globalization. Statistics show that China, as the second largest economy in the world, keeps its contribution rate to the world economic growth at around 30%, and it also plays a key role in the global supply chain. This year, China is fully confident to achieve the annual economic growth target and will continue to play the role of the biggest engine of world economic growth. (CCTV Finance)
The three cities of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan signed the Action Plan for the Integrated Development of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan in 2025, and the three cities of Hunan, Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan jointly signed the Action Plan for the Integrated Development of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan in Xiangtan on the 10th, fully implementing and accelerating 126 key cooperation items, focusing on "urbanization" and "high quality", and building Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan into a mega-city. The action plan calls for speeding up the construction of high-quality urbanization development system and mechanism around the comprehensive reform of market-oriented allocation of elements in Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan metropolitan area, the market integration of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan metropolitan area, and the system and mechanism integration of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan educational and scientific talents; Focus on industrial planning guidance, major factor guarantee, park cooperation and co-construction, application scenario expansion, business environment optimization, and establish a coordinated development mechanism for Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan industries; Promote the formation of a comprehensive transportation system and a convenient and efficient modern logistics system. (Xinhua News Agency)SOMO, Iraq's national oil marketing organization: Iraq will set the official selling price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to North America and South America in January next year at a discount of $1.5 per barrel. Iraq will set the official sales price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to Europe in January next year at a discount of $5.5/barrel compared with the spot Brent crude oil price.Institution: Sweden's weak economic data highlights the need to further loosen monetary policy. Torbjorn Isaksson, chief analyst of Nordic United Bank, said that the weak economic data in October highlighted the fragility of Sweden's recovery and needed to further loosen monetary policy to support growth. He said that the decline occurred after the sharp decline in September, indicating that the fourth quarter started very weakly. Isaksson said that household consumption fell by 0.3% in the month, which was disappointing and would be a concern of the Swedish central bank. At the same time, the production of the commercial sector decreased by 0.8% in that month, the production of the construction sector increased, and the manufacturing orders remained basically unchanged. "Overall, the October data is weaker than we expected."
Kunlun Digital Intelligence and Hikvision reached a cooperation to jointly promote the digital transformation of the oil and gas industry. On December 9, Kunlun Digital Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. and Hikvision held a signing ceremony for the cooperation framework agreement in Beijing. According to the cooperation agreement, the two sides will give full play to their respective advantages, actively explore and promote the digital and intelligent application of intelligent IOT technology to improve production efficiency and reduce operating costs, and provide a solid guarantee for energy security. The two sides will jointly develop more professional and valuable digital oil and gas solutions to help industry customers achieve efficient and safe operation and management. At the same time, the two sides will also carry out in-depth cooperation in marketing and brand building to enhance each other's market visibility, create greater commercial value and help the industry transform and upgrade.Jingu shares: Avatar's low-carbon wheel project was supported by ultra-long-term special national debt funds. According to Jingu shares, recently, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the list of the second batch of ultra-long-term special national debt funds to support equipment renewal projects in 2024. The Avatar low-carbon wheel production line project of Jingu Co., Ltd. received this batch of ultra-long-term special national debt of 32.17 million yuan, which was funded by the central government.Guangzhou Automobile Group's second-generation intelligent robot was publicly unveiled. On December 8-9, the 2024 Pearl Bay International Climate Investment and Financing Conference with the theme of "Global Cooperation for a Green Future" was held in Nansha, Guangzhou. The appearance of the second-generation intelligent robot independently developed by Guangzhou Automobile Group at the conference attracted widespread attention. "Embodied intelligence" refers to an agent that has a body and supports interaction with the physical world, and is one of the frontier development directions of artificial intelligence technology. At present, the research and development of Guangzhou Automobile Robot has entered the third generation, and the new humanoid robot will be officially released at the end of this year, which is expected to become one of the important directions for the high-quality development of automobile industry and artificial intelligence industry. (Guangzhou Daily)