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Central Bank: On December 18th, 20 billion yuan of central bank bills will be issued. On December 18th, the People's Bank of China will issue the 12th issue of central bank bills in 2024 through the CMU bond bidding platform of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. The 12th central bank bill has a maturity of 6 months (182 days), and is a fixed-rate interest-bearing bond, with a circulation of RMB 20 billion. The value date is December 20, 2024, and the maturity date is June 20, 2025, and the maturity date will be postponed in case of a holiday.Russia said it would not make concessions on the Ukrainian issue and hoped to make contact with the US. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Zacharova said at a regular press conference on the 11th local time that Russia would not make concessions on the Ukrainian issue in response to the negotiation proposal put forward by US President-elect Trump on the 8th, and hoped to make contact with the US, but so far it has not received any "serious suggestions" from the team of US President-elect Trump. Zacharova also said that the recent statement of Ukrainian President Zelensky showed that "achieving peace is not a priority for Ukraine". Zelensky reiterated a few days ago that Uzbekistan will not sign any kind of peace agreement without security guarantee.The Hang Seng Index of Hong Kong stocks opened higher by 0.29%, the index of state-owned enterprises rose by 0.42%, and the branch index rose by 0.44%.

The Supreme People's Procuratorate decided to arrest Liu Xingtai in accordance with the law. It was learned from the Supreme People's Procuratorate that Liu Xingtai, the former deputy secretary and deputy director of the Standing Committee of Hainan Provincial People's Congress, was suspected of taking bribes, which was investigated by the National Supervisory Commission (NSC) and transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution. A few days ago, the Supreme People's Procuratorate made a decision to arrest Liu Xingtai on suspicion of accepting bribes. The case is being further processed. (CCTV News)Baolingbao and Fengli Jingqiu reached a strategic cooperation. On December 11th, Baolingbao Biological Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Baolingbao") and Beijing Fengli Jingqiu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Fengli Jingqiu") formally signed an agreement to start the strategic cooperation of lactulose bulk drug products. The two sides will carry out global technology and market expansion in the field of pharmaceutical raw materials.The weighted share price index of Taiwan Stock Exchange rose 1.2% to 23,170.25 points.

The South Korean prosecutor once again summoned Brother Lv Yinxiong, the anti-espionage commander of the Ministry of National Defense. On the 12th local time, the South Korean prosecutor once again summoned Brother Lv Yinxiong, the core figure of the "emergency martial law incident". (CCTV News)Li He, former vice chairman of Kunming CPPCC in Yunnan Province, was expelled from the Party membership and public office. According to the news from the Supervision Committee of Yunnan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, with the approval of Yunnan Provincial Committee, the Supervision Committee of Yunnan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection conducted a case review investigation on Li He, former vice chairman of Kunming CPPCC. After investigation, Li Hehe, as a leading cadre in party member, had no sense of discipline and lost the principle of party spirit, and opposed organizational review by collusion and forgery of evidence. Ignoring the spirit of the eight central regulations, illegally accepting gifts, gifts and consumption cards, illegally accepting travel activities, and illegally organizing weddings to collect money; Cronyism in the selection and appointment of cadres; Pay the fees that should be paid by myself to others; Violation of regulations and intervention in administrative law enforcement activities; Taking advantage of his position to seek benefits for others in contracting projects and allocating project funds, and illegally accepting huge amounts of property. Li Hehe seriously violated the party's political discipline, the spirit of the eight central regulations, organizational discipline, integrity discipline, and work discipline, which constituted a duty violation and was suspected of accepting bribes. After the 18th, 19th, and even 20th National Congress of the Party, he still did not converge, stopped, and had a serious nature and bad influence, which should be dealt with seriously. According to the Regulations on Disciplinary Actions in the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Supervision Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Law on Administrative Actions of Public Officials in People's Republic of China (PRC) and other relevant regulations, after being studied at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Yunnan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and reported to the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee for approval, Li He was decided to be expelled from the Party. The Yunnan Provincial Supervision Commission gave him the punishment of dismissal from public office; Collect their illegal income; The suspected crime was transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution according to law, and the property involved was transferred together.The net outflow of the main market exceeded 10 billion.