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The personal pension system has been extended to the whole country. On December 12th, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other five departments issued the Notice on the Full Implementation of the Personal Pension System. Since December 15th, the personal pension system has been extended to the whole country from 36 pilot cities (regions). (Xinhua News Agency)Xiong 'an Center of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei National Technology Innovation Center officially started operation. On December 12th, Xiong 'an Center of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei National Technology Innovation Center officially started operation, including the cooperation project of Xiong 'an Medical and Industrial Cross Transformation Research Institute of Peking University People's Hospital and the fourth generation semiconductor material doped AlN epitaxial wafer, and many independent innovative projects landed in xiong'an new area. As a national innovation platform, Xiong 'an Center will focus on key tasks such as building a first-class innovation platform, forming a composite innovation team, and improving the innovation and entrepreneurship ecology, and strive to create an important source of independent innovation and original innovation. (CCTV News)The Chinese representative called for promoting the political process in Yemen and stressed respect for sovereignty and peace. On the 11th local time, the UN Security Council held a meeting on the situation in Yemen. In his speech, the Chinese representative called on all parties to the Yemen conflict to take practical actions and jointly promote the political process of resolving the Yemen issue. Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said that Israel and Houthi forces have been attacking each other, and Israel recently said it would consider launching a new large-scale attack on Yemen, which is deeply worrying. At the same time, the recent dramatic changes in the situation in Syria have brought new unstable factors to the whole Middle East, and the situation in Yemen and the Red Sea may also suffer new shocks. China once again calls on Houthi armed forces to stop harassing merchant ships of various countries in the Red Sea waters and maintain the safety of the navigation channels in the Red Sea waters. At the same time, it calls on all parties concerned to maintain calm and restraint and stop actions that aggravate tensions. (CCTV News)

The personal pension system has been implemented nationwide since 15th, and national debt and index funds have been included in the product range. Recently, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Finance, State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China, the General Administration of Financial Supervision and the China Securities Regulatory Commission issued the Notice on the Full Implementation of the Personal Pension System. The Notice makes it clear that from December 15th, 2024, all workers who participate in the basic old-age insurance for urban workers or urban and rural residents in China can participate in the personal pension system. The scope of implementation of preferential tax policies has been expanded from 36 leading cities (regions) to the whole country. The Circular stipulates that on the basis of existing wealth management products, savings deposits, commercial old-age insurance and Public Offering of Fund products, national debt, specific old-age savings and index funds will be included in the scope of personal pension products. Financial institutions should do a good job in publicizing the asset allocation of personal pension products, carry out investment consulting services according to laws and regulations, and explore the default investment services. Strengthen the protection of financial consumers and investors, and guarantee the participants' right to know and choose independently. The "Notice" pointed out that the scope of commercial banks offering personal pension services should be carefully determined, and commercial banks should be encouraged to sell all types of personal pension products. Commercial banks should improve online and offline service channels, provide more personalized services for participants to change their bank accounts and receive personal pensions, and provide convenience for wealth management companies, insurance companies and other institutions to carry out personal pension business. The "Notice" clarifies that on the basis of receiving the basic pension age, completely losing the ability to work, going abroad to settle down, etc., participants who suffer from major diseases, receive unemployment insurance benefits to meet certain conditions, or are receiving the minimum living guarantee can apply for receiving personal pensions in advance, and the specific measures will be formulated separately. Participants can apply through social insurance agencies at all levels, the national unified online service portal and commercial banks, and after verification, the commercial banks will issue personal pensions to their social security card bank accounts. The "Notice" requires relevant departments to strengthen supervision according to the division of responsibilities, strengthen information sharing, and promote the standardized operation of the system. At the same time, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of financial institutions and business entities to jointly promote the healthy development of the individual pension system. (CCTV News)Chongqing Branch of the People's Bank of China investigates Chongqing Water Environment Group: Support Chongqing Water Environment Group's demands for integration and optimization. Recently, Wenjiang Yong, member of the Party Committee and vice president of Chongqing Branch of the People's Bank of China (Chongqing Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange), and his party visited Chongqing Water Environment Group to conduct in-depth research on the "three challenges and one revitalization" of state-owned enterprise reform deployed by the Municipal Party Committee. He stressed that it is necessary to give full play to the function of foreign exchange management, solve problems for enterprises, and support the related work involving integration and optimization in Chongqing Water Environment Group's "Three Attacks and One Revitalization". At the symposium, Wen Jiangyong and his party listened to Lu Xian's introduction on the basic situation of Chongqing Water Environment Group and the report of the head of Derun Environment Company on the difficulties related to the company's integration and optimization and the matters for support. Wen Jiangyong pointed out that on the basis of grasping the fairness of transactions and the balance of cross-border funds, he will solve problems for enterprises according to specific conditions and support Chongqing Water Environment Group's related demands for integration and optimization. At the same time, in the future work, the two sides should strengthen communication and help enterprises grow and develop.The individual pension system has been extended to the whole country. (Xinhua News Agency)

Shibor reported 1.4820% overnight, down 4.6 basis points; In 7 days, shibor reported 1.6350%, down 8.7 basis points; In three months, shibor reported 1.7400%, down 0.4 basis points.OPEC continues to lower its global oil demand forecast. According to Xinhua News Agency, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) released its monthly oil market report on the 11th, lowering its global oil demand forecast for 2024 and 2025. This is the fifth time that OPEC has lowered its global oil demand forecast for this year and next since August this year.Domestic big model fierce battle video generation track domestic video big model broke out in a concentrated way. Recently, all kinds of funny videos made with AI big model became popular on the Internet. Behind this is the rapid rise of domestic video models, and the threshold of Wensheng video and Tusheng video has been greatly reduced. At the end of March this year, the "Dream AI" platform was tested internally, and the web version was opened in May, and it was officially put on the mobile terminal in August. On June 6th, official website, a large model of "Keling" video generation, was officially launched, and 15 days later, it announced the launch of graphic video function. Various video generation models of Internet vendors have mushroomed. On July 4th, Shangtang Technology released Vimi；, a large model of character video generation; On July 6, the online AI generated a clear image of the video model; On September 19, Alibaba Cloud Tongyi Wanxiang released a video generation model, which launched the functions of Wensheng video and Tusheng video. On December 3rd, the video generation function of Tencent Hybrid Model was launched. The industry believes that at present, the domestic large-scale video model has significantly improved the consistency, controllability and richness of the picture. After improving the imaging quality and breaking through the bottleneck of generation time, it is expected to greatly open up the downstream commercial space.