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South Korea's finance ministers and Japan's finance ministers held an online meeting, and the two sides reiterated the importance of the partnership between the two countries.There are 695 listed companies in Jiangsu Province. According to the latest statistics of Jiangsu Listed Companies Association, there were 695 listed companies in Jiangsu Province by the end of November, including 15 new companies this year. Among the 695 companies, there are 216 main boards of Shanghai Stock Exchange, 110 in science and technology innovation board, 126 main boards of Shenzhen Stock Exchange (including one pure B-share), 196 Growth Enterprise Market and 47 North Stock Exchange. By geographical distribution, the total number of listed companies in Suzhou is far ahead in the province, reaching 219, 124 in Nanjing, 123 in Wuxi and 72 in Changzhou. In terms of A-shares, as of the end of November, there were 694 A-share listed companies in Jiangsu Province with a total market value of 6,745.231 billion yuan, accounting for 12.92% and 7.80% of the corresponding total of A-share listed companies respectively.The Baltic dry bulk freight index fell 4.61% to 1055 points.

On December 11th, it was reported that the U.S. government was divided over the U.S. steel acquisition, and Biden considered blocking the transaction. It was reported that the U.S. Department of Defense, the Ministry of Finance and the State Council all believed that the Japanese Steel Company's $15 billion acquisition of American steel companies would not bring national security risks, but U.S. President Biden was expected to block the transaction. Earlier, some media quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Biden planned to block the acquisition of American steel companies later this month on the grounds of national security. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has been reviewing the proposed acquisition for most of this year, and the group must submit its decision to Biden before December 22 or 23.The turnover of Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets exceeded 1.5 trillion yuan for the fifth consecutive trading day.Weilai Li Bin: Fang Hongbo, chairman of Midea, became the chief experience officer of Weilai ET9, and will test drive together. Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of Weilai, released Weibo on December 12th, saying that Fang Hongbo, chairman of Midea, became the chief experience officer of Weilai ET9, and will test drive this upcoming administrative flagship together. Li Bin said that he asked Fang Hongbo three questions, and Fang Hongbo's answer about market competition was very good: "Actively participate in involution, compare cost and efficiency, and at the same time bravely jump out of involution, don't roll on the floor, and pierce the ceiling."

As of December 6, 2024, Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves were $12.1 billion.China encourages qualified medical and nursing institutions to be integrated into the unified management of the compact medical association. It was learned from the National Health and Health Commission that the five departments jointly issued a document proposing that the medical and health administrative departments at all levels should integrate the medical and health services of the old-age care institutions into the quality and safety management system, and encourage qualified medical and nursing institutions to be integrated into the unified management of the compact medical association. The Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of the Combination of Medical Care and Health Care, jointly issued by the National Health and Wellness Commission, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the State Medical Insurance Bureau and other departments, is deployed from four aspects: quality management, service quality and efficiency, team building and service safety. It is necessary to continuously enhance the sense of healthy old-age care for the elderly. The data shows that by the end of 2023, the number of elderly people aged 60 and over in China reached 297 million, accounting for 21.1% of the total population. Promoting the combination of medical care and nursing care is an important measure to optimize the health of the elderly and the supply of old-age services. (Xinhua News Agency)Enterprise IT Expenditure Survey: Google Cloud is expected to be the first choice for 50% of the respondents. Tae Kim, a science and technology columnist, wrote that according to a recent survey, Google Cloud has risen rapidly in the enterprise AI expenditure competition and may become the winner. According to the 2025 CIO survey released by Piper Sandler, 81 CIOs were asked about their budget priorities in different suppliers and technical fields. According to the survey, 87% of CIOs surveyed expect to increase the IT budget in 2025, which is the highest proportion of the survey since 2020. In this survey, the status of Google Cloud has risen significantly, surpassing Microsoft and OpenAI to become the "most strategic" AI supplier, with a support rate of 27%, a significant increase from 15% six months ago. Relatively speaking, Microsoft's support rate dropped from 33% to 24%. When asked which cloud company they plan to use to test or implement AI projects next year, 50% of the respondents chose Google Cloud, making it the top AI infrastructure provider. In addition, Harsh Kumar, a Piper semiconductor analyst, pointed out that these results are also beneficial to Invista, because all cloud companies are the main buyers of AI chips in NVIDIA. Kumar estimates that the entire AI chip market will have more than $500 billion in business opportunities by 2028.