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OPEC continues to lower its global oil demand forecast. According to Xinhua News Agency, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) released its monthly oil market report on the 11th, lowering its global oil demand forecast for 2024 and 2025. This is the fifth time that OPEC has lowered its global oil demand forecast for this year and next since August this year.The FBI director said that his resignation was the best way to avoid friction. Christopher Babers, the FBI director who decided to resign, explained his decision, saying that it was the best way to avoid further friction against the background of criticism from President-elect Trump who was seeking to appoint his cronies as the head of the intelligence department. The FBI quoted Lei as saying: "My purpose is to continue to focus on our mission-the irreplaceable work we do on behalf of Americans every day. I think this is the best way to avoid getting the FBI involved in more friction. " He added that the decision to resign was not easy for him.An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 occurred in the sea area northeast of Fiji. According to the measurement of the European and Mediterranean Earthquake Center, at 13: 51 local time on December 12th, a magnitude of 5.6 earthquake occurred in the sea area 478 kilometers northeast of Suva, Fiji (15.201 degrees south latitude and 178.282 degrees west longitude) with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.

The next "explosion point" of biomedicine may appear in Shenzhen. "China's pharmaceutical innovation ranks first in the second echelon in the world in terms of the quantitative indicators of R&D pipelines and listed new drugs." A few days ago, Song Ruilin, executive president of China Pharmaceutical Innovation Promotion Association, held the "Star of the Bay Area" biomedical source innovation conference in Shenzhen, and believed that China's pharmaceutical research and industrial development were entering a new stage of innovation. Chen Qiyu, vice president of China Pharmaceutical Innovation Promotion Association and executive director and co-CEO of Fosun International, said that Shenzhen has great advantages and development momentum in linking Greater Bay Area's urban development and AI technology. By leveraging the resources in the Bay Area and making good use of these advantages, it is possible to find a new fulcrum in the future biomedical R&D innovation track, and the next "explosion point" of biomedicine is likely to appear in Shenzhen.Market news: South Korea's ruling party has elected a new party leader, and the new leader said that a presidential election may be held soon.Hang Seng Science and Technology Index rose to 1%, while Kewang shares rose, with Billie Billie (09626.HK) rising by over 4%, Baidu (09888.HK) rising by 2.8%, Aauto Quicker (01024.HK), Tencent Holdings (00700.HK) rising by 1.8% and Alibaba (09988.HK) rising by over 1%.

Binhua Co., Ltd. set up a new equipment technology company in Shandong. According to the enterprise search APP, Shandong Hualu Dingcheng Equipment Technology Co., Ltd. was established recently. The legal representative is Dong Hongbo, with a registered capital of 10 million yuan. Its business scope includes: cloud computing equipment technical services; Intelligent basic manufacturing equipment manufacturing; Intelligent basic manufacturing equipment sales. Enterprise equity penetration shows that the company is wholly owned by Binhua shares.Afternoon comment: the index opened lower and went higher, and the index rose more than 1% in half a day. The concept of ice and snow industry rose in early trading, and the three major indexes opened lower and went higher in early trading, and the index rose more than 1% in half a day. In terms of sectors, the concept of ice and snow industry rose in early trading, with Jingxue saving energy by 20cm, and Rhine Sports, Snowman and Dalian Shengya trading daily. The retail sector has experienced a daily limit, and Zhongbai Group, Youa Shares, Friendship Group and other collective daily limit; Chinese medicine stocks fluctuated strongly, and Panlong Pharmaceutical had a daily limit; The concept of humanoid robot continued to pull back, and Fenda Technology led the decline; Sora concept stocks bottomed out in early trading, and Fushi Holdings was among the top losers; The concept of machine vision was weakly adjusted, and Taier shares fell by a word. Overall, stocks rose more and fell less, with more than 2,900 stocks rising. On the disk, the ice and snow industry, duty-free shops and retail sectors were among the top gainers, while PEEK materials, automation equipment and science and technology innovation new shares were among the top losers.Lu Kang led a delegation to visit the United States and had an in-depth exchange of views with people from all walks of life on Sino-US relations. From December 1 to 7, Lu Kang, Vice Minister of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, led a delegation to visit the United States. In Washington, new york, and San Francisco, Lu Kang met with officials from the White House and the State Council, members of Congress, and relevant people from business circles, think tanks, media, universities, societies, enterprises, etc., and exchanged in-depth views on Sino-US relations. (official website of the International Liaison Department)