central bank digital Top Top stories

The yield spread of US 10-year Treasury bonds relative to China's has widened to about 250 basis points, the largest in 22 years.Malaysia set up a national office of artificial intelligence policies and regulations, and Malaysia set up a national office of artificial intelligence on Thursday to formulate policies and solve regulatory problems, and hoped to build itself into a regional center for the development of artificial intelligence. In the past year, this Southeast Asian country has received billions of dollars of investment from global technology companies, which seek to build critical infrastructure to meet the growing demand for its cloud and artificial intelligence services. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said at the opening ceremony of the new office: "This is another historic moment in our digital transformation. According to the detailed information published on its website, the office is expected to serve as the central organization of artificial intelligence, providing services such as strategic planning, research and development, and supervision. On Thursday, the Malaysian government also announced the establishment of strategic partnerships with six companies, including Amazon, Google and Microsoft, which all announced data center, cloud computing and artificial intelligence projects in Malaysia in the past year.The next "explosion point" of biomedicine may appear in Shenzhen. "China's pharmaceutical innovation ranks first in the second echelon in the world in terms of the quantitative indicators of R&D pipelines and listed new drugs." A few days ago, Song Ruilin, executive president of China Pharmaceutical Innovation Promotion Association, held the "Star of the Bay Area" biomedical source innovation conference in Shenzhen, and believed that China's pharmaceutical research and industrial development were entering a new stage of innovation. Chen Qiyu, vice president of China Pharmaceutical Innovation Promotion Association and executive director and co-CEO of Fosun International, said that Shenzhen has great advantages and development momentum in linking Greater Bay Area's urban development and AI technology. By leveraging the resources in the Bay Area and making good use of these advantages, it is possible to find a new fulcrum in the future biomedical R&D innovation track, and the next "explosion point" of biomedicine is likely to appear in Shenzhen.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 occurred in the sea area northeast of Fiji. According to the measurement of the European and Mediterranean Earthquake Center, at 13: 51 local time on December 12th, a magnitude of 5.6 earthquake occurred in the sea area 478 kilometers northeast of Suva, Fiji (15.201 degrees south latitude and 178.282 degrees west longitude) with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.The bauxite of the Guinea project of Tianshan Aluminum Group was shipped for the first time. According to the news of Tianshan Aluminum Group, on the afternoon of December 11th, local time in Guinea, Zeng Chaolin, the chairman of the company, attended and presided over the first shipment ceremony of the bauxite of Guinea project. This inaugural ceremony marks that the whole chain of the project has entered the operation stage. Subsequently, the company will increase infrastructure investment and mining scale, and gradually increase production capacity and transportation capacity. It is expected that the bauxite self-sufficiency rate will be 100% within two years, ensuring the company to obtain stable and low-cost bauxite resources and continuously maintain the competitive advantage of the integrated industrial chain.According to the data released by Shanghai Steel Union, the price of battery-grade lithium carbonate (in early trading) was the same as that of the previous day, with an average price of 76,450 yuan/ton.

Wuhan Linkong Airport Capital Real Estate Co., Ltd. has set up a house demolition service business. The enterprise search APP shows that recently, Wuhan Linkong Airport Capital Real Estate Co., Ltd. was established with Zhou Cen as its legal representative and a registered capital of 500 million yuan. Its business scope includes: real estate development and operation; Construction project construction; Real estate consulting; Property management; Non-residential real estate lease; Housing lease; Hotel management; Land remediation services; Housing demolition services, etc. Enterprise investigation shows that the company is indirectly wholly-owned by Wuhan Linkong Airport State-owned Capital Holding Group Co., Ltd.Wei Lanfeng became the vice president and chief operating officer of Porsche China, and Porsche announced that Philipp von Witzendorff will officially become the vice president and chief operating officer of Porsche China from January 1st, 2025. It is understood that in the past two years, Wei Lanfeng has served as President and CEO of Porsche Japan.Encourage and support commercial banks to sell all types of personal pension products. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other five departments issued the Notice on the Full Implementation of the Personal Pension System, which pointed out that the scope of commercial banks offering personal pension business 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.