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Goldman Sachs believes that even if the dollar appreciates, the price of gold is expected to rise to a record high next year, and central banks may continue to increase their holdings of gold.Hangxiao in Hebei successfully won the bid for the steel structure project of Machta project in Mongolia. Recently, hangxiao (Hebei) Construction Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Hangxiao in Hebei") successfully won the bid for the steel structure project of Machta project in Mongolia. The project is located in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. It consists of a tower, a podium, a natural museum and a sports center with a total construction area of about 104,000 square meters. The tower and podium adopt reinforced concrete core tube-steel frame structure.The turnover of Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing exceeded 1.5 trillion yuan, a decrease of 412.6 billion yuan from the previous day. Up to now, the turnover of Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing exceeded 1.5 trillion yuan, a decrease of 412.6 billion yuan from the previous day. Among them, the turnover of Shanghai Stock Exchange was 579.2 billion yuan, that of Shenzhen Stock Exchange was 903.5 billion yuan, and that of Beizheng 50 was 18 billion yuan.

Thailand's cabinet approved the reduction of the bailout fee for commercial banks.The Central Finger Research Institute: In November, the price of second-hand houses in Beijing narrowed by 0.17 percentage points from the previous month. On December 11th, the Central Finger Research Institute released a map of the price of second-hand houses in the top ten cities in November 2024, showing that in November 2024, 18,763 sets of second-hand houses were sold in Beijing, up 8% from the previous month and 49.6% from the same period last year. The cumulative turnover from January to November increased by 8.2% compared with the same period last year. In terms of price, in November, the price of second-hand housing in Beijing fell by 0.12% month-on-month, narrowing by 0.17 percentage points from the previous month.Microsoft is reported to have hired several DeepMind employees for the new AI health department. Mustafa Suleyman, the head of Microsoft consumer artificial intelligence and co-founder of DeepMind, is forming a new team focusing on consumer health. Dominic King, the former head of DeepMind health department, was hired as the vice president of Microsoft AI's new health team in London. He also poached DeepMind's clinical research scientist and Christopher Kelly, a neonatal intensive care doctor at Evelina Children's Hospital in London, and two other colleagues he worked with during DeepMind.

Zhuo Chuang Information: In December, the cost side kept moving down the soybean meal price or followed the seasonal decline law. According to Zhuo Chuang Information, looking back on the whole year of 2024, the center of gravity of soybean meal price showed a downward trend. In December, the price of Brazil's soybean premium was continuously lowered, and the spot price of soybean meal was further lowered under the pressure of the cost side. The problem of soybean customs clearance repeatedly traded in the market has limited impact on domestic supply, while the breeding end has started to slaughter one after another, which has a negative impact on the demand for soybean meal. Therefore, Zhuo Chuang Information predicts that the spot price of soybean meal may follow the seasonal law in December, showing a downward trend.Runyang's Jianhu 16GW N high-efficiency solar cell base resumed production. According to Runyang's WeChat WeChat official account news, on December 9, Runyang's Jianhu 16GW N high-efficiency solar cell base officially resumed production, which is another advanced solar cell base of Runyang in China since it resumed production in Qujing, Yunnan in October this year. It is reported that Runyang Jianhu production base is the largest single N-type battery production base in China at present, which has achieved full coverage of intelligent production and has an annual production capacity of 16GW of solar cells, and is committed to becoming one of the largest and most technologically advanced high-efficiency photovoltaic cell production bases in the world.Wang Tao, UBS: It is expected that the Central Economic Work Conference will focus on the short-term policy package. Recently, the market highly expects the Central Economic Work Conference to guide the high-quality economic development of China next year. Wang Tao, head of Asian economic research at UBS and chief China economist, said: "I expect that the Central Economic Work Conference may focus on the short-term policy package in 2025 and 2026, but it will also emphasize accelerating some reform measures already outlined at the Third Plenary Session." Wang Tao believes that the next important reform measures may include providing better protection and access for the private economy, deepening the reform of state-owned enterprises to improve efficiency and governance, promoting household registration reform to improve the welfare of migrant workers, strengthening the social security network, and carrying out fiscal and taxation reforms to solve local fiscal revenue problems. "I think structural, deeper and faster reforms will be very important, not only to attract foreign investment, but also to boost domestic confidence." (China Daily)