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Market News: Brian Quintenz has become the top contender for the chairmanship of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).Afternoon comment: the index opened lower and went higher, and the index rose more than 1% in half a day. The concept of ice and snow industry rose in early trading, and the three major indexes opened lower and went higher in early trading, and the index rose more than 1% in half a day. In terms of sectors, the concept of ice and snow industry rose in early trading, with Jingxue saving energy by 20cm, and Rhine Sports, Snowman and Dalian Shengya trading daily. The retail sector has experienced a daily limit, and Zhongbai Group, Youa Shares, Friendship Group and other collective daily limit; Chinese medicine stocks fluctuated strongly, and Panlong Pharmaceutical had a daily limit; The concept of humanoid robot continued to pull back, and Fenda Technology led the decline; Sora concept stocks bottomed out in early trading, and Fushi Holdings was among the top losers; The concept of machine vision was weakly adjusted, and Taier shares fell by a word. Overall, stocks rose more and fell less, with more than 2,900 stocks rising. On the disk, the ice and snow industry, duty-free shops and retail sectors were among the top gainers, while PEEK materials, automation equipment and science and technology innovation new shares were among the top losers.OPEC continues to lower its global oil demand forecast. According to Xinhua News Agency, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) released its monthly oil market report on the 11th, lowering its global oil demand forecast for 2024 and 2025. This is the fifth time that OPEC has lowered its global oil demand forecast for this year and next since August this year.

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.China Seismological Network officially determined that an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 occurred in Fiji Islands (14.95 degrees south latitude and 178.15 degrees west longitude) at 09: 51 on December 12, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.Market news: South Korea's ruling party has elected a new party leader, and the new leader said that a presidential election may be held soon.

The individual pension system has been extended to the whole country. (Xinhua News Agency)Yunnan Germanium Industry: downstream customers didn't feedback that the company germanium was directly used in quantum chip products. Some investors asked Yunnan Germanium Industry (002428) on the interactive platform: in quantum computing and quantum communication, germanium is widely used in the manufacturing process of quantum chips, which can achieve excellent performance. Excuse me, does the company have germanium products used in quantum chips? Yunnan Germanium Industry replied that at present, the downstream customers of the company have not reported to the company that it is directly used in this product.Lu Kang led a delegation to visit the United States and had an in-depth exchange of views with people from all walks of life on Sino-US relations. From December 1 to 7, Lu Kang, Vice Minister of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, led a delegation to visit the United States. In Washington, new york, and San Francisco, Lu Kang met with officials from the White House and the State Council, members of Congress, and relevant people from business circles, think tanks, media, universities, societies, enterprises, etc., and exchanged in-depth views on Sino-US relations. (official website of the International Liaison Department)