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China's key mineral control is "stricter than expected". Regarding China's announcement last week to strengthen export control to the United States, The New York Times commented in a report on December 9 that it is "stricter than expected". The report claims that the most worrying thing is the extensive ban on transshipment. This clause extends export control to companies inside and outside China, and prohibits these companies from buying minerals in China and reselling them to American companies. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), an American think tank, points out that the new export control measures include several firsts-the first time that it explicitly targets the United States rather than other countries, and the first time that it directly responds to the restrictions imposed by the United States on its access to advanced technology. (Observer Network)Foreign media: Hungarian Prime Minister Orban posted that he met with Trump and Musk at Haihu Manor. According to CNN and Russian Tass News Agency on the 9th, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban went to the United States at the invitation of President-elect Trump, and met with Trump at Haihu Manor in Florida. American billionaire Musk also attended the talks. According to the report, Orban posted on social media X on the 9th: "America today. The future has begun! One afternoon at Haihu Manor with Trump, Musk and Mike Valcz (appointed by Trump as US National Security Adviser-Editor's Note). " (World Wide Web)Five departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, jointly deployed the "One-month-one-chain" financing for small and medium-sized enterprises to promote the nationwide activities. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the People's Bank of China, the General Administration of Financial Supervision and the China Securities Regulatory Commission recently jointly issued the Notice on Launching the "One-month-one-chain" financing for small and medium-sized enterprises to promote the nationwide activities, so as to accelerate the construction of small and medium-sized enterprises' financing, promote a good ecology and help them develop with high quality. The theme of the "One Chain in January" SME financing promotion activities nationwide is "One Chain in January is beneficial to the smooth integration of enterprises", focusing on key SME groups such as high-quality SMEs and key nodes in the industrial chain, giving play to the role of "share, loan, insurance and burden" comprehensive financing means, and guiding financial resources to support SMEs in the chain more accurately by organizing various docking activities. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology)

Nippon Steel issued a statement to the employees of American Steel Company to seek understanding about the acquisition case. On December 9, local time, Nippon Steel issued a statement for the employees of the company, saying that "Nippon Steel has been working hard to completely eliminate the concerns of united steelworkers union". According to Nippon Steel, Hong Gao Sen, vice chairman of the company, met with the executive department of USW and introduced the acquisition plan. It is reported that he also listened to the requirements of USW. USW claims that Japan Steel will transfer its production from the existing blast furnace equipment to the electric furnace steel works. Nippon Steel Co., Ltd. said that "the only way to prevent production transfer is to complete the acquisition" and stressed its consistent commitment not to close the factory. In addition, Nippon Steel also revealed the details of the future blast furnace investment plan.Liu Lihua, Director of the Seed Industry Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: It will promote the revision of the regulations on the protection of new plant varieties. Liu Lihua, Director of the Seed Industry Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said at the press conference of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on the 10th that in the next step, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will benchmark the requirements of building a strong agricultural country, and further intensify its work according to the deployment arrangement of the seed industry revitalization action "achieving results in five years and achieving major breakthroughs in ten years", speeding up the identification, excavation, improvement and creation of germplasm resources, and promoting the sharing and utilization of resources; Intensify efforts to tackle key problems in breeding innovation and strengthen the breeding and promotion of major varieties urgently needed for production; Increase support for formation enterprises and accelerate the cultivation of a number of world-class seed enterprises; Continuously optimize the layout of breeding and seed production bases and improve the seed supply guarantee ability of provenances; At the same time, we will promote the revision of the regulations on the protection of new plant varieties, strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights in seed industry, comprehensively purify the seed industry market, and ensure real new progress in the revitalization of seed industry. .President united steelworkers union: The acquisition of Nippon Steel in Japan may mean the long-term decline of American steel companies. The head of the largest trade union in North America said that there is no guarantee from Nippon Steel to ensure that American steel companies will not decline after the acquisition. A few days ago, Nippon Steel of Japan proposed a $15 billion acquisition of American steel companies, which was opposed by Biden and Trump. The acquisition will be subject to the national security review of the Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) later this month. United steelworkers union Chairman David McCall was interviewed on Monday. On that day, Nippon Steel announced the details of various commitments it had made to gain union support, including job security and investment in facilities. Mccall said that one of his biggest concerns is that Nippon Steel may export steel products to the United States through its international steel mills, which he feared would weaken the position of American steel companies. Mccall said: "When we discuss with Nippon Steel, nothing can guarantee that their commitment is feasible in the long run." Nippon Steel previously denied that it would import steel from its international steel mills after reaching an agreement, and repeatedly said that its goal is to become a "member" of the United States, and the American market is crucial to its future growth.

Chen Long was selected into the World Badminton Hall of Fame, and Guoyu won many awards of the year. On December 9, Beijing time, the welcome dinner of the 2024 World Badminton Year-end Finals and the award ceremony of the best athlete of the year were held in Hangzhou. The ceremony announced the results of the best selection of the year. Guoyu gained a lot and won many awards of the year: the best male athlete of the year: Shi Yuqi; Best mixed doubles combination of the year: Huang Dongping/Feng Yanzhe; Best men's doubles combination of the year: Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang; Best women's doubles combination of the year: Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning; Best Disabled Male Athlete of the Year: Qu Zimo WH1；; Best Disabled Female Athlete of the Year: Liu Yutong WH2 and Li Fengmei SH6.Official website, Beijing Medical Insurance Bureau, reported that recently, Beijing Medical Insurance Bureau issued the Notice on Expanding the Mutual Aid Scope of Employees' Medical Insurance Personal Accounts, which stipulated that the family mutual aid scope of employees' medical insurance personal accounts in this city should be expanded from immediate relatives (spouse, parents, children) to close relatives (spouse, parents, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, grandchildren). There are two conditions for close relatives to use the personal account of the employees' medical insurance insured in this city: first, the close relatives of the insured should be the basic medical insurance insured in this city; Second, eligible close relatives must file a record. When using the personal account funds of the insured in the designated medical institutions, you should use your personal account first, and then use other people's personal accounts in the order of filing.Xinjiang Corps: Cancel the housing area limit for provident fund loans, and the down payment ratio for purchasing affordable housing provident fund loans should be at least 15%. According to the news of "Corps Housing Provident Fund" on WeChat WeChat official account on December 10, the Housing Provident Fund Management Center of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps issued a document saying that it would adjust the Corps' provident fund policy. Xinjiang Corps will cancel the housing area limit for housing provident fund loans and cancel the limit that the housing area for applying for housing provident fund loans should not exceed 144 square meters. At the same time, reduce the down payment ratio of affordable housing. If housing provident fund loans are used to purchase affordable housing, the minimum down payment ratio is 15%. Xinjiang Corps will also optimize the housing provident fund rental withdrawal policy. The extraction frequency of housing provident fund for employees without housing can be adjusted from twice a year to monthly, quarterly and yearly, and the total amount of extraction can not exceed the annual upper limit.