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Supreme People's Procuratorate: Make full use of the rule of law to serve high-quality development. The reporter learned from the Supreme People's Procuratorate on December 13 that the meeting held on the day of the Supreme People's Procuratorate required that procuratorial organs should fully perform their legal supervision duties in accordance with the law, strive to create a harmonious and peaceful social environment, a safe and stable rule of law environment, a fair and just market environment, and a clean business environment, and make full use of the rule of law to serve high-quality development. (Xinhua News Agency)Shenzhen Stock Exchange: Focus on monitoring "*ST Tongzhou", whose stock price has been fluctuating abnormally recently. Shenzhen Stock Exchange: From December 9 to December 13, this Exchange took self-regulatory measures on 171 abnormal securities trading behaviors, involving abnormal trading situations such as intraday pulling up and suppressing, false declaration, etc. Focus on monitoring "*ST Tongzhou" with abnormal stock price fluctuation recently; A total of 9 major events of listed companies were verified, and 3 clues of suspected illegal cases were reported to the CSRC.Official of the National Development and Reform Commission: More active and promising, and the Central Economic Work Conference highlights the large space for follow-up policies. Liu Jianxing, deputy director of the Institute of Market and Price of the National Development and Reform Commission, believes that expanding domestic demand in an all-round way is an effective way to cope with external shocks and stabilize economic operation, and it is also a long-term strategy to enhance development initiative. In the current situation of increasing export uncertainty, expanding domestic demand in an all-round way plays a vital role in stabilizing economic growth, promoting economic restructuring and transformation and upgrading. (Xinhua Finance)

Ministry of Commerce: Innovate diversified consumption scenarios, expand service consumption, and actively develop the starting economy. On December 13, Wang Wentao, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, presided over a special meeting of the party group to convey the spirit of studying the Central Economic Work Conference, and study and deploy the implementation work. The meeting stressed that it is necessary to vigorously boost consumption. We will intensify efforts to expand the scope, implement the trade-in policy for consumer goods, innovate diversified consumption scenarios, expand service consumption, and actively develop the first-round economy. It is necessary to expand high-level opening to the outside world and stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment. We will expand independent opening and unilateral opening in an orderly manner, steadily expand institutional opening, and promote the free trade pilot zone to improve quality and efficiency and expand the reform mandate. Efforts should be made to stabilize trade in goods and actively develop service trade, green trade and digital trade. We will deepen the reform of foreign investment promotion system and mechanism, steadily push forward the opening of service industry, expand the pilot projects in the fields of telecommunications, medical care and education, and continue to build the brand of "Investing in China". Promote high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", deepen and implement, and improve the overseas comprehensive service system.The European Central Bank announced the change in the data release of the Emergency Anti-epidemic Bond Purchase Program (PEPP). The European Central Bank said that on December 5, 2024, the Management Committee approved the change in the data release of the monetary policy portfolio under the Emergency Anti-epidemic Bond Purchase Program (PEPP), because with the time to suspend reinvestment under the Emergency Anti-epidemic Bond Purchase Program (PEPP) at the end of 2024 approaching, the euro system will not be in the asset purchase program or emergency anti-epidemic for the first time since 2014. Predictable changes will ensure that the level of transparency provided by future published data remains appropriate. It is reported that the data of the Emergency Anti-epidemic Bond Purchase Program (PEPP) will be released once a month instead of once every two months to match the equivalent asset purchase program data series, and the series of historical monthly data since the launch of the program will be released. The release systems of emergency anti-epidemic bond purchase plan (PEPP) and asset purchase plan will be further aligned, including the release of retrospective and prospective redemption data of PEPP. The change will be implemented from January 8, 2025.Wen Bin, chief economist of Minsheng Bank: The "scissors gap" between M2 and M1 continues to narrow, reflecting the positive trend of the economy. "The total financial volume has grown steadily, and the liquidity is reasonable and abundant, which has maintained strong support for the real economy." Wen Bin, chief economist of China Minsheng Bank, believes that the year-on-year growth rate of narrow money (M1) balance rebounded in November compared with last month, and the "scissors gap" between M2 and M1 continued to narrow, reflecting the positive economic trend. Wen Bin introduced that the medium and long-term loans of households in China are mainly personal housing mortgage loans. With the real estate financial policy taking effect, the phenomenon of early repayment of personal loans has been significantly reduced, and personal loans will continue to stabilize and rebound. The recent improvement of commercial housing transaction data and financial data confirms each other, and the confidence of the real estate market and residents is further enhanced.

For the first time since November 2022, the yield of 10-year US Treasury bonds has exceeded the yield of 3-month US Treasury bonds.The Baltic Sea Index fell for the fourth consecutive week due to the drop in freight rates of all ship sectors. According to the latest data, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) reported 1051 points on December 13, 2024, the lowest level since July 25, 2023, down 0.38% from the previous value, and fell for the fourth consecutive day. Among them, Panama-type freight index (BPI) reported 995 points, down 2.55% from the previous value, Cape-type freight index (BCI) reported 1263 points, up 0.88%, and super handy ship freight index (BSI) reported 959 points, down 0.21%. The Baltic Exchange's Dry Bulk Shipping Index, which is used to measure the freight of ships transporting dry bulk goods, fell for the fourth week in a row on Friday, because all ship sectors fell this week. The index, which takes into account the freight rates of Capesize, Panamax and Super Handy ships, fell 4 points to 1,051 points on Friday, the lowest level since the end of July 2023. The index fell by about 10% this week. Panama shipping freight index fell 26 points to 995 points. The index also fell this week. Panama-type ships usually carry 60,000-70,000 tons of coal or grain cargo, and their average daily income dropped by $231 to $8,955. Although the freight index of Cape ships rose by 11 points to 1,263 points on Friday, it still fell for the fourth consecutive week. Cape ships usually transport 150 thousand tons of goods, such as iron ore and coal, and their average daily income has increased by 92 dollars to 10,474 dollars. Iron ore futures fell, but closed higher this week. Among small vessels, the freight index of super handy vessels dropped by 2 points to 959 points, which also recorded a loss in Zhou Du.Ministry of Commerce: Make efforts to expand the scope, implement the trade-in policy of consumer goods and innovate diversified consumption scenarios. On December 13th, Wang Wentao, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, presided over a special meeting of the party group to convey the spirit of studying the Central Economic Work Conference. The meeting stressed that it is necessary to vigorously boost consumption. We will intensify efforts to expand the scope, implement the trade-in policy for consumer goods, innovate diversified consumption scenarios, expand service consumption, and actively develop the first-round economy. It is necessary to expand high-level opening to the outside world and stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment. We will expand independent opening and unilateral opening in an orderly manner, steadily expand institutional opening, and promote the free trade pilot zone to improve quality and efficiency and expand the reform mandate. Efforts should be made to stabilize trade in goods and actively develop service trade, green trade and digital trade. We will deepen the reform of foreign investment promotion system and mechanism, steadily push forward the opening of service industry, expand the pilot projects in the fields of telecommunications, medical care and education, and continue to build the brand of "Investing in China". Promote high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", deepen and improve the overseas comprehensive service system.