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General Administration of Customs: China's imports of iron ore, coal and natural gas increased in the first 11 months. According to customs statistics, in the first 11 months of 2024, China imported 1.124 billion tons of iron ore, up 4.3%, and the average import price (the same below) was 768 yuan per ton, down 3.9%; 506 million tons of crude oil, down by 1.9% to 4,208.8 yuan per ton, up by 0.3%; 490 million tons of coal, up 14.8%, 688.4 yuan per ton, down 12.5%; 120 million tons of natural gas, up by 12% to 3,506.2 yuan per ton, down by 5.8%; 97.09 million tons of soybeans, an increase of 9.4% and a decrease of 15.1% to 3,591.7 yuan per ton; Refined oil reached 44.94 million tons, up by 4.5%, reaching 4,322.9 yuan per ton, up by 4.5%. In addition, 26.333 million tons of plastics with primary shapes were imported, a decrease of 2.4% to 10,800 yuan per ton, a decrease of 0.1%; The unwrought copper and copper products reached 5.127 million tons, up by 1.7% and 67,700 yuan per ton, up by 11.1%.Fuyi Wine intends to acquire Chinese wineries to be used as the production base of Penfolds brand. Fuyi Wine Group said that it will spend RMB 130 million to acquire 75% equity of Ningxia Stone & Moon Winery in Ningxia, China. The company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange plans to use 106 acres of high-quality vineyards of the winery for the production of Penfolds wine. Fuyi Wine Group can acquire the remaining shares of Wangyueshi Winery in five years. It is reported that the Penfolds brand was founded in 1844. Penfolds wine is mainly produced in Australia, but some of it is brewed from grapes grown in France and California. (Malaysia's parliament passed a bill to expand network control, and Malaysia's parliament voted to pass a bill to expand local government's network control, imposing more severe penalties on content violations and giving law enforcement departments extensive powers, such as any authorized official can search and detain without a search warrant. As for the Internet service providers, they may have to bear the responsibilities according to law and be forced to disclose user information to the authorities during the investigation of suspected violations. According to the report, large-scale scientific enterprises such as Meta have pointed out in the past that they will abide by local laws and regulations in Malaysia, but they believe that excessive supervision will endanger the right to public discourse and bring unfair burden to online platforms.

General Administration of Customs: China's imports of iron ore, coal and natural gas increased in the first 11 months. According to customs statistics, in the first 11 months of 2024, China imported 1.124 billion tons of iron ore, up 4.3%, and the average import price (the same below) was 768 yuan per ton, down 3.9%; 506 million tons of crude oil, down by 1.9% to 4,208.8 yuan per ton, up by 0.3%; 490 million tons of coal, up 14.8%, 688.4 yuan per ton, down 12.5%; 120 million tons of natural gas, up by 12% to 3,506.2 yuan per ton, down by 5.8%; 97.09 million tons of soybeans, an increase of 9.4% and a decrease of 15.1% to 3,591.7 yuan per ton; Refined oil reached 44.94 million tons, up by 4.5%, reaching 4,322.9 yuan per ton, up by 4.5%. In addition, 26.333 million tons of plastics with primary shapes were imported, a decrease of 2.4% to 10,800 yuan per ton, a decrease of 0.1%; The unwrought copper and copper products reached 5.127 million tons, up by 1.7% and 67,700 yuan per ton, up by 11.1%.Wang Zhonglin, Governor of Hubei Province had a discussion with He Xiaopeng, Chairman of Xpeng Motors. On the morning of December 9, Wang Zhonglin, Deputy Secretary of Hubei Provincial Party Committee and Governor, had a discussion with He Xiaopeng, Chairman and CEO of Xpeng Motors. Wang Zhonglin expressed the hope that Xpeng Motors will continue to deepen its cooperation with Hubei, further increase its investment layout in Hubei, expand cooperation space in new energy and intelligent networked vehicles, low-altitude economy, humanoid robots and other fields, promote more new technologies and new products to land in Hubei, and help Hubei forge ahead in promoting scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and accelerate the cultivation and expansion of new quality productivity. He Xiaopeng said that Xpeng Motors will continue to regard Hubei as the key area of business layout, further increase its investment in Hubei, actively promote the transformation and upgrading of Hubei's automobile industry and the development and growth of emerging industries, and make new and greater contributions to accelerating the establishment of Hubei as an important strategic fulcrum for the rise of central China.Market News: The South Korean Parliament approved the government budget of 673.3 trillion won in 2025 (the government proposal is 677.4 trillion won).

FTSE China A50 index futures fell to 3%.Today, the national carbon market closed at 101.67 yuan/ton, down 0.05% from the previous day. Today, the comprehensive price of the national carbon market is: the opening price is 101.77 yuan/ton, the highest price is 101.77 yuan/ton, the lowest price is 101.62 yuan/ton, and the closing price is 101.67 yuan/ton, down 0.05% from the previous day. The transaction volume of today's listing agreement is 1,049,574 tons, with a turnover of 104,680,075.45 yuan; The volume of bulk agreement transactions was 8,684,118 tons, with a turnover of 864,134,315.57 yuan. Today, the total turnover of the national carbon emission quota is 9733692 tons, with a total turnover of 968814391.02 yuan. (National Carbon Trading)The net outflow of the main market exceeded 10 billion.