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The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council responded that the Spring Festival was included in the intangible cultural heritage of mankind. On the morning of December 11th, the Taiwan Affairs Office held a regular press conference. Reporter: "Spring Festival-the social practice of China people celebrating the traditional New Year" was recently listed in the UNESCO representative list of human intangible cultural heritage. Taiwan Province compatriots are happy and say that "this is the excellent Chinese traditional culture". What's your comment on this? Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council: The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival of the Chinese nation, an important moment to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and a most important cultural symbol in the hearts of Chinese children. Compatriots on both sides of the strait belong to the Chinese nation, descendants of the Chinese people and China people, and deeply understand that the Spring Festival contains the value pursuit of peace, harmony and harmony of the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization. In another 50 days, we will welcome the Spring Festival in year of the snake, the lunar calendar. We sincerely wish people on both sides of the strait to celebrate the Spring Festival together and carry forward the colorful Spring Festival culture together.Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to expand Iran's axis of resistance in the Middle East.Jiangsu Guoxin: Guoxin Bindian's 1000MW unit was officially put into production. Jiangsu Guoxin announced that a 1000MW secondary reheat ultra-supercritical coal-fired generator set newly built by its holding subsidiary Guoxin Bindian completed its 168-hour full-load trial operation and was officially put into operation on December 11, 2024.

Association: On December 1-8, the retail sales of 502,000 passenger cars increased by 32% compared with the same period in December last year. According to the data of Association, on December 1-8, the retail sales of 502,000 passenger cars increased by 32% compared with the same period in December last year and increased by 11% compared with the same period in last month. Since this year, the cumulative retail sales have reached 20.76 million, up by 5% year-on-year. From December 1 to 8, the national passenger car manufacturers wholesaled 565,000 vehicles, up 55% year-on-year and 6% year-on-year. Since the beginning of this year, 24.681 million vehicles have been wholesaled, up 6% year-on-year.Association: On December 1-8, the retail sales of new energy market for passenger cars reached 255,000, up 72% compared with the same period of December last year. According to the data of Association, on December 1-8, the retail sales of new energy market for passenger cars reached 255,000, up 72% compared with the same period of December last year and up 3% compared with the same period of last month. Since this year, the cumulative retail sales have reached 9.851 million, up 42% year-on-year. From December 1 to 8, the national passenger car manufacturers wholesale 280,000 new energy vehicles, an increase of 78% compared with the same period in December last year, and an increase of 0% compared with the same period of last month. Since the beginning of this year, the cumulative wholesale has reached 10.997 million vehicles, an increase of 39%.With the intensive IPO process of domestic semiconductor companies, we can seize new opportunities in the semiconductor chip industry through the semiconductor ETF(512480). On December 11th, the semiconductor ETF(512480) closed up 0.20% with a turnover of 1.29 billion yuan. The constituent stocks are mixed. In terms of rising, the Cambrian led the rise, and Weir shares followed. In terms of decline, Zhongwei Company led the decline, and Haiguang Information followed suit. In the news, in the fourth quarter of 2024, the IPO acceptance review in science and technology innovation board has been accelerated, with 12 companies updating their review status, mostly in the semiconductor industry. According to industry insiders, from the current audit dynamics, materials, parts and components in the upstream of the industry, as well as AI chips in the design process, may be more popular in the future. Guojin Securities pointed out that semiconductor self-control is the general trend, and it is optimistic about semiconductor equipment parts, materials and domestic computing power industry chain. CITIC Securities said that it is expected that the overall localization pace of the domestic semiconductor industry will be further accelerated, and the manufacturing sector is also expected to benefit. Investors can take advantage of the semiconductor ETF(512480) to grasp the new opportunities in the semiconductor chip industry.

In November, the loading capacity of power batteries was 67.2GWh, up 13.5% from the previous month. According to the data of China Automotive Power Battery Industry Innovation Alliance, the total output of power batteries and other batteries in China was 117.8GWh in November, up 4.2% from the previous month and 33.3% from the same period last year. The loading capacity of power batteries in China was 67.2GWh, up 13.5% from the previous month and 49.7% from the same period last year. Among them, the loading capacity of ternary batteries was 13.6GWh, accounting for 20.2% of the total car, up 11.6% from the previous month and down 13.5% from the same period last year. The loading capacity of lithium iron phosphate battery was 53.6GWh, accounting for 79.7% of the total vehicle, up 14.0% from the previous month and 84.0% from the same period last year.Sichuan Bank successfully issued 5.4 billion tier-2 capital bonds for the first time, with a subscription multiple of 6.6 times. Sichuan Bank completed its first capital bond issuance on December 10th. According to the information released by China Foreign Exchange Trading Center, the scale of Tier 2 capital bonds issued by Sichuan Bank this time is 5.4 billion yuan, and the subscription multiple is as high as 6.6 times, while that of coupon rate is 2.20%, with a term of 5+5 years. This bond attracted more than 100 institutional investors including banks, brokers, funds, trusts and wealth management subsidiaries to participate in the subscription, with a cumulative investment of more than 35 billion yuan.Governor of Belgorod, Russia: Ukrainian troops fired more than 30 shells in Belgorod within 24 hours, causing no casualties or property losses.