Ren Hongbin, president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, led a delegation to visit Hong Kong. According to the news of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, from December 8 to 10, Ren Hongbin, president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, led a delegation to visit Hong Kong, attended the joint meeting of the Mainland-Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in 2024 and delivered a speech at the symposium of foreign business associations and foreign-funded enterprises in Hong Kong, and prepared to hold the second Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Business Conference. During his visit, Ren Hongbin met with Lee Ka Chiu John, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Qi Bin, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He had extensive exchanges with Lin Jianyue, Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, and people from the Hong Kong business community. He had an in-depth exchange of views on deepening economic and trade cooperation between the Mainland and Hong Kong. He went to Jardine Matheson Group, HSBC Group, Swire Group and Cathay Group for investigation, and listened to work reports at the Hong Kong Representative Office of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and China Patent Agency (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.The capitals of China and Laos opened direct flights, and KN895, the first direct flight between the capitals of China and Laos, flew from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Vientiane Wadai International Airport in Laos. In an interview at the opening ceremony of the direct flight, Wan Sai Sinkan, director of the Civil Aviation Administration of Laos, said that the opening of the direct flight is an important measure to respond to the "Belt and Road Initiative" and promote exchanges between Chinese and Lao people and tourism and economic exchanges. (CCTV News)Chinese Online: The upper limit of the repurchase price is adjusted to no more than 44.78 yuan/share. According to the announcement in Chinese Online, the company held the 11th meeting of the fifth board of directors on December 9, reviewed and passed the Proposal on Changing the Share Repurchase Scheme of the Company, and agreed to adjust the upper limit of the repurchase price of this repurchase scheme from no more than 26 yuan to no more than 44.78 yuan/share. Except for the change of the price ceiling, other contents of the share repurchase plan remain unchanged.
WTI crude oil futures closed up 1.74%, while WTI January crude oil futures closed up 1.17 USD, or 1.74% to 68.37 USD/barrel. Brent February crude oil futures closed up 1.02 US dollars, or 1.43% to 72.14 US dollars/barrel. Nymex January natural gas futures closed up 3.45% to $3.1820/million British heat.Brazil said that Brazilian Vice President Alkmin will take over the presidency when President Lula recovers from craniotomy.UN Special Envoy for Syria: Damascus needs credible and inclusive transitional arrangements.
British government: According to reports that commercial poultry in other places near Wharton, Norfolk are suspected to be infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza, the government decided to cull birds according to their clinical symptoms.Traders said that Spanish buyers have bought a lot of American corn in the past few weeks, exceeding 400,000 tons.Huahong Technology: Liu Weihua, the director, plans to reduce 0.52% of the company's shares. Huahong Technology announced that Liu Weihua, the company's director and senior manager, plans to reduce his holdings by block trading within three months after 15 trading days from the date of announcement, accounting for 0.52% of the company's total share capital after excluding the number of shares in the special repurchase account. The reason for the reduction is its own capital demand, and the reduction price will be determined according to the secondary market price at the time of reduction. Liu Weihua currently holds 12.546 million shares, accounting for 2.18% of the company's total share capital. The implementation of this reduction plan will not lead to the change of the company's control rights, nor will it have a significant impact on the company's governance structure and sustainable operation.