The Nikkei 225 index closed at 39,881.10 points in early trading, up 1.29%.Market News: Mossad leaders visited Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday to hold a Gaza negotiation meeting with Qatar's Prime Minister.The Chinese representative called for promoting the political process in Yemen and stressed respect for sovereignty and peace. On the 11th local time, the UN Security Council held a meeting on the situation in Yemen. In his speech, the Chinese representative called on all parties to the Yemen conflict to take practical actions and jointly promote the political process of resolving the Yemen issue. Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said that Israel and Houthi forces have been attacking each other, and Israel recently said it would consider launching a new large-scale attack on Yemen, which is deeply worrying. At the same time, the recent dramatic changes in the situation in Syria have brought new unstable factors to the whole Middle East, and the situation in Yemen and the Red Sea may also suffer new shocks. China once again calls on Houthi armed forces to stop harassing merchant ships of various countries in the Red Sea waters and maintain the safety of the navigation channels in the Red Sea waters. At the same time, it calls on all parties concerned to maintain calm and restraint and stop actions that aggravate tensions. (CCTV News)
The Hang Seng Index rose more than 1%, the Hang Seng Technology Index rose 1.47%, and the technology stocks strengthened.Zuckerberg is reported to have donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund.Zhejiang has published a list of the top 500 enterprises. According to the news released by Zhejiang in WeChat official account, Zhejiang Institute of Science and Technology Information organized the evaluation of innovation ability of high-tech enterprises, and recently selected the top 500 high-tech enterprises in Zhejiang Province in 2024. Among them, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Ningbo Oaks Electric Co., Ltd. and Xinhua San Technology Co., Ltd. are in the top three.
Nearly 40% of the skilled talents in Shenzhen exceed 4 million, and the total number of skilled talents in Shenzhen now reaches 4.033 million, and the proportion of skilled talents has increased to 38.5%. The team size and the proportion of skilled talents are among the highest in the country ... From the launching ceremony of the 4th Shenzhen Craftsman Week and the summary meeting of skilled talents in 2024 held recently, it was learned that the construction of high-skilled talents in Shenzhen achieved positive results in 2024, which became an important foundation for supporting Shenzhen's manufacturing and Shenzhen's innovation. (Shenzhen Special Zone Daily)Ministry of Water Resources: A number of projects to fully promote the construction of the national water network are accelerating. On December 12, the State Council Office held a press conference to introduce the tenth anniversary of the first phase of the East Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project. Zhang Xiangwei, director of the Planning Department of the Ministry of Water Resources, said that the Ministry of Water Resources has made every effort to promote the construction of the national water network according to the overall deployment of the Outline of the National Water Network Construction Plan, focusing on networking, supplementing the network and strengthening the chain. Judging from the main artery of the national water network, the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project is accelerating. From the point of view of the backbone water transport and drainage channels of the national water network, a number of major inter-basin water diversion projects have been completed, such as connecting the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, connecting the Han River and Weihe River, and allocating water resources in the Pearl River Delta. At the same time, the water resources allocation around the Beibu Gulf, the backbone project of Jilin water network, the second phase of Huaihe River's waterway into the sea and other projects that have been demonstrated for many years have all started construction and are actively promoting the implementation of the projects.Market News: Brian Quintenz has become the top contender for the chairmanship of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).