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Indian Rupee's exchange rate against the US dollar fell below 84.86, a record low.Ministry of Water Resources: A number of projects to fully promote the construction of the national water network are accelerating. On December 12, the State Council Office held a press conference to introduce the tenth anniversary of the first phase of the East Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project. Zhang Xiangwei, director of the Planning Department of the Ministry of Water Resources, said that the Ministry of Water Resources has made every effort to promote the construction of the national water network according to the overall deployment of the Outline of the National Water Network Construction Plan, focusing on networking, supplementing the network and strengthening the chain. Judging from the main artery of the national water network, the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project is accelerating. From the point of view of the backbone water transport and drainage channels of the national water network, a number of major inter-basin water diversion projects have been completed, such as connecting the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, connecting the Han River and Weihe River, and allocating water resources in the Pearl River Delta. At the same time, the water resources allocation around the Beibu Gulf, the backbone project of Jilin water network, the second phase of Huaihe River's waterway into the sea and other projects that have been demonstrated for many years have all started construction and are actively promoting the implementation of the projects.Daiwa Capital Market raised the target price of Tesla from $285 to $420.

The personal pension system with national debt and index funds included in the product range was implemented nationwide on 15th, and 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 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. Encourage financial institutions to research and develop financial products such as personal pension savings, medium and low volatility or absolute income strategic fund products that meet the long-term pension needs, and reasonably determine the term and interest rate of personal pension savings. 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.Sumeida: The first batch of production equipment was shipped out of Malaysia's sunscreen series products project. According to Sumeida, in the fourth quarter of 2024, Sumeida went all out to sprint the annual target and task, and the project of Malaysia's sunscreen series products with an annual output of 10,000 tons cooperated with Nanjing Kesi Chemical Co., Ltd. realized the first batch of production equipment delivery, adding more help to escort domestic customers to the sea. The equipment shipped this time includes storage tanks, reaction vessels, distillation columns, dryers, etc. The total cargo volume is estimated to be nearly 80,000 cubic meters, which will be used for the production of various sunscreens in customers' factories in Malaysia. In recent years, technology companies have kept up with the upsurge of enterprises going to sea in China, and are committed to providing comprehensive service solutions for Chinese enterprises going to sea. In the first three quarters of this year, the cumulative amount of mechanical and electrical equipment shipped by technology companies increased by 363% year-on-year.The personal pension system has been extended to the whole country, and banks have issued assessment tasks: before the first quarter, each person must complete at least 20 accounts, and the personal pension system has been extended from 36 pilot cities (regions) to the whole country. The reporter learned that major banks have already laid out in advance in non-pilot areas and started the work of making an appointment to open an account for personal pension funds. A staff member of the personal finance department of a state-owned bank told reporters that with the full roll-out of the personal pension system, their bank is preparing for a 100-day attack. The staff also revealed that at present, the bank has issued specific task indicators to employees. "Each employee needs to complete about 20 to 30 account opening tasks, from now until the end of the first quarter of next year." (per meridian)

Openai: the downtime failures of API, CHATGPT and SORA have been basically fixed. We are monitoring the situation to ensure that the downtime is fully resolved.CICC and others set up a venture capital partnership in Xiamen. According to the enterprise search APP, Zhongjin Qiyuan Phase II (Xiamen) Venture Capital Partnership (Limited Partnership) was recently established with a capital contribution of 400 million yuan. Its business scope includes: engaging in equity investment, investment management, asset management and other activities with private equity funds. Enterprise investigation shows that the company is jointly held by CICC Capital Operation Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CICC.Pakistan KSE-100 index rose 0.5% to 111,504.90.