Chongqing State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission: Resolutely lay a solid foundation for comprehensively deepening the reform of state-owned enterprises and accelerate strategic restructuring and professional integration. Chongqing State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission officially announced today that on December 9, Chongqing State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission held a December 2024 economic operation scheduling meeting for municipal key state-owned enterprises. The meeting stressed that it is necessary to resolutely fight a tough battle to comprehensively deepen the reform of state-owned enterprises in light of the landmark achievements of the "five new breakthroughs." It is necessary to promote the reshaping of the main business of the group to achieve a "new breakthrough", focus on the reshaping of the main business of the group, further sort out the business of the sub-enterprises, effectively support the core functions and main business of the group, and enhance the core competitiveness; Promote "new breakthroughs" in stopping losses and controlling losses, further promote structural adjustment, reduce costs and increase efficiency, and revitalize assets, and strive to control the losses of municipal state-owned enterprises at the target ratio by the end of the year; Promote slimming and fitness to achieve a "new breakthrough", accelerate strategic restructuring and professional integration, and accelerate the reduction of the number of legal entities and reduce the management level of enterprises in accordance with the requirements of reduction. It is necessary to focus on the most realistic and urgent problems that restrict high-quality development, and promote state-owned state-owned enterprises to further comprehensively deepen reforms.Before the passenger flow resumed, the number of entry-exit passengers at Shanghai Port increased by 91.3% in November. According to the news released by Pudong, from January to November this year, Shanghai Border Inspection Station inspected 247,000 vehicles (ships) at Shanghai Port, and inspected more than 33.1 million passengers, up by 43.6% and 91.3% respectively compared with the same period of last year. Since last year, with the introduction and restoration of various visa-free policies, the degree of entry and exit facilitation has been continuously improved. Up to now, China has implemented a unilateral visa-free policy for 38 countries and achieved a comprehensive visa-free policy with 25 countries.Before the passenger flow resumed, the number of entry-exit passengers at Shanghai Port increased by 91.3% in November. According to the news released by Pudong, from January to November this year, Shanghai Border Inspection Station inspected 247,000 vehicles (ships) at Shanghai Port, and inspected more than 33.1 million passengers, up by 43.6% and 91.3% respectively compared with the same period of last year. Since last year, with the introduction and restoration of various visa-free policies, the degree of entry and exit facilitation has been continuously improved. Up to now, China has implemented a unilateral visa-free policy for 38 countries and achieved a comprehensive visa-free policy with 25 countries.
On December 10th, it was reported that Yizi International, a snack and candy company, was exploring the acquisition of Hershey, a well-known chocolate manufacturer in the United States. This potential transaction is expected to create a food giant with a total sales of nearly $50 billion. People familiar with the matter said that Yizi had made preliminary contact on a possible merger. By the end of last week, the market value of Yizi was about $84 billion, compared with $35 billion at Hershey. People familiar with the matter said that the consultation was at an early stage and it was uncertain whether an agreement would be reached.Uni-President's November sales amounted to NT$ 51.74 billion, up 7.43% year-on-year.
HSBC: The Bank of Japan may raise interest rates next week. Economists at HSBC Global Research pointed out that the Bank of Japan may raise interest rates at its meeting in December. Frederic Neumann and Jun Takazawa, the bank's economists, said that the recent hawkish remarks by officials reflected both foreign exchange fluctuations and the improvement of economic data. Most members of the Bank of Japan's Policy Committee may have enough confidence that wages will continue to increase generally next year and will choose to raise interest rates before December and January, when Trump takes office. Japan's economy and prices are still on the normal track, and wages, consumption and service inflation have all made progress. HSBC predicts that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates by 25 basis points again in the first quarter of 2026, bringing the policy interest rate to 1%.Xinhai Technology: The application and development exchange day for computing peripheral chips will be held soon to introduce "the ecological strategy and product layout for computing peripheral chips in Xinhai". Xinhai Technology announced today that on December 20th, Xinhai Technology will hold the 2024 application and development technology exchange day for computing peripheral chips. Among them, technical experts from Intel, Jida Technology, Qining and Xinhai Technology gathered together to bring in-depth interpretation of the latest research and development achievements and technical trends of computing peripheral chips. In addition, according to the agenda, it will introduce the "Core Sea Computing Peripheral Ecological Strategy and Product Layout".After the price increase, drivers asked Uber to relax the insurance restrictions in the UK.