Citigroup: By 2025, the average price of LNG in Europe TTF and Asia JKM may reach 12.9 USD/million british thermal unit and 13.2 USD/million british thermal unit respectively.The Ministry of Commerce held a special promotion activity of "Investing in China" in the Middle East in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. According to the website of the Ministry of Commerce, on December 11th, the Ministry of Commerce held a special promotion activity of "Investing in China" in the Middle East and a docking activity of industrial capital between China and the Middle East. Ling Ji, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative of International Trade Negotiations, and Zhang Yiming, Ambassador of China to the United Arab Emirates attended the event and delivered speeches. Zhao Haiying, deputy general manager of China Investment Corporation, Zhang Xiaodong, deputy governor of China Bank, and relevant officials of the UAE Ministry of Economy and Investment attended the event. 40 China enterprises from new energy, advanced manufacturing, biomedicine, information technology and other fields negotiated docking with more than 70 sovereign wealth funds and investment institutions in the Middle East, and some enterprises conducted on-site roadshows. Ling Ji said that the purpose of holding this "Invest in China" activity is to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of China and Arab countries and push the two sides to deepen economic and trade cooperation. At present, China is fully promoting Chinese modernization with high-quality development, developing new quality productivity according to local conditions, and many high-quality enterprises have emerged in emerging frontier areas, which contain broad investment space. Innovation is an important link between China market and capital in the Middle East. China actively encourages venture capital and private equity investment, revises and improves the management measures for foreign investors' strategic investment in listed companies, and supports the development of science and technology enterprises. Welcome Middle East capital to seize the development opportunity of China and deepen cooperation with China in industrial innovation. The participating sovereign wealth funds and investment institutions in the Middle East said that China has a vast market, strong scientific and technological strength, efficient and reliable supply chain and abundant talent pool, and is an ideal destination for innovative investment. It is willing to invest in China and deepen its cultivation in China. Before the event, Ling Ji had a small-scale in-depth exchange with some representatives of sovereign wealth funds and investment institutions in the Middle East, and had a discussion with some representatives of China enterprises.The activity index of MBA mortgage application in the week from December 6 in the United States was 225.5, with the previous value of 213.9. The interest rate of MBA30-year fixed mortgage loan in the week from December 6 in the United States was 6.67%, and the previous value was 6.69%. The index of MBA mortgage refinancing activity in the week from December 6 in the United States was 634, with the previous value of 498.5. The MBA mortgage purchase index of the United States in the week to December 6 was 154.9, with the previous value of 161.5.
The Top Ten Trends of AI in 2024 were released, and the Quantum Think Tank released the Top Ten Trends Report of AI in 2024 today, looking forward to the future trends from three dimensions of technology, products and industry, including: large-scale model innovation: accelerated emergence of architecture optimization, and the general trend of convergence and iteration; Scaling Law generalization: reasoning ability becomes a crown jewel, which forces calculation and data change; AGI exploration: video generation ignites the world model, and space intelligence unifies virtual and reality; AI application pattern: The first round of shuffling is over, focusing on five scenes of 20 tracks; AI application competition: multi-field racing operation is greater than technology, and AI assistant strategists must compete; AI application growth: AI+X empowerment products are getting faster and faster, and native AI explosions are hard to find; AI product trends: multi-modal launch, Agent sweeping, highly personalized; AI wisdom changes thousands of industries: the left hand changes productivity, and the right hand reshapes the industry ecology; AI industry penetration rate: the data base determines the initial speed, and the user demand becomes the acceleration; AI Venture Capital: The Matthew effect of investment and financing is obvious, and the frequency of the national team's shots has increased.Vietnam Customs: In November, the coffee export was 63,019 tons; Rubber exports are 230,574 tons.Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin met with Armenian Ambassador to China Gevolker Yang. According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 11th, 2024, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin met with Armenian Ambassador to China Gevolker Yang. Liu Bin said that the friendly and cooperative relations between Central Asia have maintained healthy and stable development, and the cooperation between the two countries in building the "Belt and Road" has yielded fruitful results, and the cooperation in international affairs has been fruitful. The two sides should plan the next stage of exchanges and cooperation and promote the all-round development of bilateral relations. Gevolker Yang said that Asia attaches importance to Asia-China relations and is willing to further close high-level exchanges between the two countries, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and international cooperation, and push Asia-China relations to a higher level.
Russia said it was attacked by six ATACMS missiles today, and said it would respond to today's ATACMS missile attack.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) vehicle was attacked while performing official duties at the Zaporoge nuclear power plant. The IAEA issued a statement on the 10th, saying that in the afternoon, an official vehicle of the IAEA was attacked by a drone while performing the rotation task of experts stationed at the Zaporoge nuclear power plant, causing serious damage to the vehicle. Fortunately, two agency staff members in the vehicle were not injured. The statement said that the attack occurred about 8 kilometers away from the front line of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. At that time, the official car went to the handover point with a motorcade, and joined the team of experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency stationed at the Zaborozh nuclear power plant in the past month. A new batch of rotation personnel had arrived at the handover point safely before. The statement also said that at the time of the incident, the driver of another official car of the International Atomic Energy Agency saw a suicide drone flying from the rear and hitting the attacked vehicle. The agency did not specify who launched the attack. Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, strongly condemned the attack on the staff of the Agency and called on all parties to exercise maximum restraint. Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in February 2022, Russia and Ukraine have constantly accused each other of attacking nuclear facilities, including the Zaporoge nuclear power plant, and constantly increased the security risks of related facilities. (Xinhua News Agency)Can TCL make a three-fold mobile phone? Li Dongsheng responded: We have the technology, depending on the needs of the market. At the TCL Global Technology Innovation Conference held today, Li Dongsheng, the founder and chairman of TCL, attended the conference for the 11th time and made a live speech. At this conference, TCL exhibited and introduced the first Tandem three-fold screen (7.85 ") developed by the company. The folding screen can support "G-shaped" or "Z-shaped" folding, and combines Tandem, LTPO and PLP multiple low-power technologies to realize comprehensive promotion of high brightness, low power consumption and long service life. Will TCL launch three-fold mobile phones and other products? In the communication with Sina Technology, Li Dongsheng responded that "we have such technology", but we need to "see the market needs" whether to launch related products. (Sina Technology)