The Bank of Korea increased its liquidity to try to calm the market sentiment, and the Bank of Korea increased its capital injection into the financial market, promising to provide "unlimited liquidity" after the political turmoil intensified. According to the website of the Bank of Korea, the liquidity increased by 14.1 trillion won ($9.8 billion) through repurchase operations last week. The scale of such operations was 18.5 trillion won in November and only 1.5 trillion won in October.Hengrui Pharma: HRS-4729 injection was approved for clinical trial. Hengrui Pharma announced that the company and its subsidiary Fujian Sheng Di Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. received the Notice of Approval for Clinical Trial of HRS-4729 injection approved and issued by National Medical Products Administration. The drug is a polypeptide drug independently developed, and it is a GLP-1R/GIPR/GCGR triple agonist, which is suitable for obese or overweight patients. Up to now, HRS-4729 injection has invested about 19.56 million yuan in research and development.Japanese manufacturers' confidence index turned negative to the central bank's forecast in December. A short-term survey in Reuters, Japan, found that Japanese manufacturers' business confidence deteriorated further in December due to concerns about US protectionist policies. The survey of 505 large Japanese non-financial enterprises showed that manufacturers' confidence index fell from 5 in November to -1 in December, which was the first time since last February, and the number of pessimists exceeded optimists for the first time in 10 months. The loss of business confidence may cast a shadow over the Bank of Japan's forecast. The Bank of Japan had previously predicted that a steady recovery driven by rising wages and consumption would help inflation reach the 2% target in a sustainable way and justify further interest rate hikes. Many manufacturing industries have reported that business confidence has declined. Among electronic machinery manufacturers, steel and non-ferrous metal manufacturers, pessimists far exceed optimists.
Policy combination boosts confidence, and public offering: China's assets will usher in a further increase in valuation. On December 9, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting to analyze and study the economic work in 2025. A number of public offerings said that the meeting sent a very positive signal. At present, the economy is resilient, the investor structure is constantly optimized, and the market activity continues to increase. China assets may have an opportunity to raise their valuations again. From the perspective of funds, Jing Shun Great Wall Fund analyzed that the current A-share market is in the most active stage since 2015, and there are many potential bulls in the market. Policy expectations are expected to drive incremental funds into the market, forming a resonance between emotions and funds. (SSE)The second meeting of the Global Foreign Exchange Market Committee in 2024 was successfully held. From December 5 to December 6, 2024, the second meeting of the Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) in 2024 was held online. The meeting discussed the promotion and implementation of global standards, the second round of three-year review of global standards, the operation of foreign exchange market and related market hot issues. Representatives from China Foreign Exchange Market Steering Committee (CFXC) attended the meeting. This meeting discussed the final results of the second round of three-year review of global standards. The Working Group on Foreign Exchange Settlement Risk and the Working Group on Foreign Exchange Data respectively introduced the final revision suggestions of the relevant provisions of the global standards, and how the Working Group continuously improved according to the public comments and feedback from the local foreign exchange market committees and in October 2024. The revision of the Global Standards aims to strengthen the relevant principles of foreign exchange settlement risk management and enhance the transparency of specific types of foreign exchange transactions and the use of customer-generated data on electronic trading platforms. GFXC members strongly support this.Zhongzhou Special Materials: Shareholders have transferred and reduced their shares by more than 1%. Zhongzhou Special Materials announced that shareholders holding more than 5% have transferred their shares internally and reduced their shares by more than 1%. After the shareholder completed the internal transfer among the concerted parties, its shareholding ratio changed accordingly. At the same time, the shareholder reduced his shares through the secondary market, and the reduction ratio exceeded 1%. This share change is mainly for the adjustment of shareholding within the company's shareholders, and will not have a significant impact on the company's governance structure and daily operations.
Tomato Fiction: In the coming year, 200 million yuan will be invested to support fine content. On December 11th, at the Tomato Fiction Creators' Conference, Tomato Fiction announced that it will invest 200 million yuan in cash to support fine content in 2025, and continue to launch a series of support plans to make efforts in IP ecology. In 2024, tomato novels launched more than 10 support programs, and a total of 120 million yuan of extra bonuses were distributed.Nikkei futures opened down 95 points at 39,290 on the Singapore Stock Exchange.Anhui Construction Engineering Co., Ltd.: A major project that won the bid of 15.506 billion yuan was announced by Anhui Construction Engineering Co., Ltd., and the company and its subsidiaries recently received the notice of winning the bid. The winning project is the Yangtze River Bridge and wiring project of Taishan Road in Wuhu, S24 Hanghe Expressway. The project is located in Wuhu City, and its main contents include investment, financing, survey and design, construction, operation management, maintenance, debt repayment and handover, with a total investment of about 15.506 billion yuan. The construction period of the project is 48 months and the charging period is 356 months. This project was jointly won by a consortium composed of several companies, such as CCCC Second Waterway Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd..