The retail price of refined oil may end up stranded. According to calculation, as of the seventh working day on December 13th, the average price of reference crude oil varieties was 70.58 USD/barrel, with a change rate of -0.87%, and the corresponding domestic retail price of gasoline and diesel should be lowered by 40 yuan/ton. At 24: 00 on December 18th, it is the last price adjustment window of the retail price in 2024, so the retail price is likely to end stranded. By December 13th, 2024, the domestic retail price of gasoline and diesel had experienced "9 up, 9 down and 6 stranded". After the fluctuation offset, gasoline and diesel (standard products) were reduced by 115 yuan/ton and 125 yuan/ton respectively. (Jin Lianchuang)The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index of Malaysia closed up 0.4% at 1,608.75.Gao Xiuying, the former deputy general manager of CITIC Daika Co., Ltd., was "double-opened". After investigation, Gao Xiuying, as a leading cadre of party member, a state-owned enterprise, abandoned his initial mission and deliberately opposed organizational review, taking the lead in breaking the discipline and breaking the law, seriously polluting the political ecology of his unit; Ignoring the spirit of the eight central regulations, illegally accepting gifts, banquets and travel arrangements; Violation of organizational principles, failure to report personal matters truthfully, running away from official positions, and making profits for relatives and friends in employee recruitment and job transfer; There is no bottom line for honesty, illegally holding shares of non-listed companies, and wantonly engaging in illegal business operations abroad to obtain huge profits; Failing to report and submit working materials to the superior unit as required; Moral corruption, violation of life discipline. Rely on enterprises to eat enterprises, harm the public and enrich the private interests, use their powers to ask for property from subordinates, illegally operate the same business of the enterprises they serve, and seek huge illegal interests.
Four departments: Strengthen the application and promotion of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises and build a number of vertical industry models suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the People's Bank of China and the General Administration of Financial Supervision issued the Special Action Plan for Digital Empowerment of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (2025-2027) to strengthen the application and promotion of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises. Give play to the platform role of on-site exchange activities in pilot cities of digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, publicize and promote typical application scenarios and solutions of artificial intelligence to empower small and medium-sized enterprises, and accelerate the replication and promotion of artificial intelligence applications in small and medium-sized enterprises. Encourage all localities to refer to the typical application cases and application maps of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote the popularization of artificial intelligence technology in key business scenarios of small and medium-sized enterprises such as R&D design, manufacturing, quality inspection, operation and maintenance, and management. Strengthen the application foundation of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises. Support open source communities such as the Open Atomic Open Source Foundation to take the lead in establishing an artificial intelligence open source community, set up special artificial intelligence open source projects focusing on the characteristic needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, and provide training frameworks, development examples, testing tools and open source codes that can be replicated and easily promoted. Guide small and medium-sized enterprises to actively participate in open source projects and lower the threshold for the deployment and development of artificial intelligence. Encourage leading enterprises, trading institutions, platform enterprises, data service enterprises and other business entities to build public data sets and industry data sets, and provide high-quality data for small and medium-sized enterprises for artificial intelligence model training. Build a number of vertical industry models suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, and strengthen the supply of large model technology products for small and medium-sized enterprises.Minsheng Bank: New Hope Chemical was approved to increase its shareholding by no more than 68 million shares. Minsheng Bank announced that the State Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau approved New Hope Chemical Investment Co., Ltd. to increase its shareholding in Minsheng Bank by no more than 68 million shares through the secondary market within six months. After the completion of the increase, New Hope Chemical and its concerted actions will hold no more than 2.24 billion shares of Minsheng Bank, with a shareholding ratio of no more than 5.12%.Institutions: The prospect of sanctions has caused supply concerns, and oil prices are bound to record an increase in Zhou Du and an increase in Zhou Du. The prospect of more severe sanctions on Russian and Iranian countries has caused market concerns about supply disruption. US Treasury Secretary Yellen said that the United States is looking for ways to curb Russia's income, and Trump's national security candidate vowed to put the greatest pressure on Iran. These two factors boosted the benchmark oil price by 3% to 4% this week. In addition, political turmoil in the Middle East and other factors have also provided support for oil prices. However, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said yesterday that the global market will still face oversupply next year.
Spot gold fell below $2,680 per ounce, down 1.38% in the day. COMEX gold futures fell 2.00% in the day and are now reported at $2701.50 per ounce.Spot gold fell below $2,680 per ounce, down 1.38% in the day. COMEX gold futures fell 2.00% in the day and are now reported at $2701.50 per ounce.Du Zhaocai, former deputy director of the State Sports General Administration, was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment and fined 4 million yuan. On December 13, 2024, Wuhan Intermediate People's Court of Hubei Province publicly pronounced the bribery case of Du Zhaocai, former party member and deputy director of the State Sports General Administration and former party secretary and vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and sentenced the defendant Du Zhaocai to 14 years' imprisonment and fined 4 million yuan. The property and fruits of his crime shall be recovered according to law and turned over to the state treasury. It was found through trial that from 2012 to 2022, the defendant Du Zhaocai took advantage of his position as Party Secretary and Director of the Athletics Management Center of the State Sports General Administration, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Chinese Athletics Association, member of the Party Committee of the State Sports General Administration, assistant to the director, deputy director, and Party Secretary and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Football Association to provide assistance to relevant units and individuals in matters such as event hosting, personnel arrangement, player transfer, etc., and illegally accepted other people's property totaling RMB 4,341. (CCTV News)