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Zhu Haoxiang, the Chinese director of the US SEC, resigned. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that Zhu Haoxiang, the director of the Trading and Marketing Department, will leave on December 10, 2024, and he will return to the Si Long School of Management at MIT to continue to serve as an associate professor of finance. As one of the important members of Gary Gensler, the current chairman of the SEC, Zhu Haoxiang was appointed by the SEC in December 2021. (Caixin. com)Hong Kong Treasury Bureau: It plans to conduct public consultation on the OTC trading of virtual assets and the licensing system for custody service providers next year. Chen Haolian, deputy director of the Financial Services and Treasury Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government, said that it plans to conduct public consultation on the OTC trading of virtual assets and the licensing system for custody service providers next year to promote the sustainable development of different sectors of the virtual asset market. At present, there are three licensed virtual asset trading platforms in Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Treasury Bureau plans to submit a bill on the supervision system for the issuers of legal tender stable currency to the Legislative Council for deliberation within this month.The annual evaluation report of the big model in the financial field was released, and the big model of Step Star/Fortune Leap Star performed well. The 6th Shanghai International Forum on Financial Technology was held in Shanghai. At the meeting, Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, together with Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Shanghai Cooper Technology Co., Ltd., released the Report on Evaluation of Large Models in Financial Field (2024), which comprehensively evaluated 20 models from five dimensions: model basic ability, financial security and value alignment ability, financial risk control ability, financial professional cognitive ability and financial business auxiliary expansion ability. The comprehensive scores of Anthropic, Step Star/Fortune Star and Alibaba ranked in the top three. Step-2-16k model of Step Star/Fortune Star got the second comprehensive score, and the multi-modal comprehensive score of Finstep model got the first.

Zhendong Pharmaceutical has set up a new health management service company. The enterprise search APP shows that recently, Shanxi Zhendong Health Management Service Co., Ltd. was established, with Zhao Jin as the legal representative and a registered capital of 10 million yuan. Its business scope includes: remote health management services; Health consulting services (excluding medical services), etc. Enterprise investigation shows that the company is wholly owned by Zhendong Pharmaceutical.Yu Chengdong Tik Tok rose more than 400,000 yuan overnight. On the evening of 12th, Yu Chengdong registered Tik Tok account, and the authentication information was displayed as "Managing Director of Huawei, Chairman of BG& BU, a terminal smart car solution". As of the 13th, the powder rose by over 400,000 overnight. (Oriental Finance)The Third Green Conference of Electronic Information Industry was held in Beijing. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, on December 11th, China Institute of Electronic Technology Standardization held the Third Green Conference of Electronic Information Industry in Beijing. At the meeting, relevant comrades of the Department of Energy Conservation and Comprehensive Utilization of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that the electronic information industry is an important strategic and basic industry, and it is also a key industry to vigorously promote green development. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has adopted a series of policy measures around strengthening source control, promoting green manufacturing, and strengthening resource recycling, so as to promote the green development of the entire process and chain of the electronic information industry and help the construction of new industrialization. Relevant experts, scholars and business representatives conducted extensive exchanges on topics such as the control of harmful substances in electrical and electronic products, green supply chain management, and coordinated development of digital green.

Hong Kong Treasury Bureau: It plans to conduct public consultation on the OTC trading of virtual assets and the licensing system for custody service providers next year. Chen Haolian, deputy director of the Financial Services and Treasury Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government, said that it plans to conduct public consultation on the OTC trading of virtual assets and the licensing system for custody service providers next year to promote the sustainable development of different sectors of the virtual asset market. At present, there are three licensed virtual asset trading platforms in Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Treasury Bureau plans to submit a bill on the supervision system for the issuers of legal tender stable currency to the Legislative Council for deliberation within this month.Lingang Group and Cisco signed a memorandum of cooperation to build an intelligent AI+ ecosystem. According to Shanghai Lingang News, Lingang Group and Cisco China signed a memorandum of cooperation on December 11th, and both parties will work together to build an intelligent AI+ ecosystem. Lingang Group will empower Cisco to enhance the core competitiveness and market-oriented application of its core AI products through projects in the fields of AI+ intelligent computing scenarios, vehicle network collaboration and smart travel in industrial zones, and will support Cisco to promote the digital transformation and continuous iteration of industrial zones. Cisco will fully participate in the construction of the AI innovation platform in the industrial zone, help the industrial zone to cultivate and build a digital industry team, and provide all-round assistance for the digital development of the industrial zone.Chen Guo, China Securities: The 2025 policy will focus on expanding domestic demand and AI+ in all directions, and the Central Economic Work Conference will be held in Beijing from December 11th to 12th. Chen Guo, chief strategy officer of China Securities, said that the meeting had seven highlights, including clarifying the growth target and fiscal and monetary policy measures, expanding domestic demand in all directions as the top priority of the policy, focusing on "AI+" in science and technology, focusing on implementation of reform measures, paying attention to coping with external shocks in opening up, strengthening the expression of real estate policies, and increasing efforts to improve people's livelihood. Chen Guo said that further RRR cuts and interest rate cuts from the end of 2024 to 2025 are worth looking forward to, and the easing of the liquidity environment has become a market consensus. However, this does not mean that liquidity is rampant, because the growth of money supply in the scale of social financing still continues the requirement of matching the expected target of the overall price level of economic growth. Chen Guo believes that the 2025 policy will focus on expanding domestic demand and AI+ in an all-round way, and the strength and direction of the policy are in line with expectations. With the support of policy expectations and liquidity, it is expected that the market will continue to show the characteristics of volatility. From the perspective of investment strategy, Chen Guo suggested focusing on non-bank finance, real estate chain, consumer electronics, machinery, construction, building materials, steel, social services, catering chain and other sectors. In terms of theme, it is suggested to pay attention to investment opportunities such as "duality" and "two innovations", supply-side optimization, new quality productivity, market value management of state-owned enterprises and CSI A500 index.