Category: Flash News

On February 16th, Gongdong Medical announced that its shareholder Taizhou Jinchi Investment Management Partnership Enterprise (Limited Partnership) and director and general manager Zhong Weifeng plan to reduce their holdings by no more than 1575784 shares and 302158 shares respectively through centralized bidding trading, with a total reduction of no more than 1.19% of the company’s total share capital.

On February 16th, the first “Ask for Learning Frontiers” lecture for leaders and cadres in Zhengzhou in 2025 was held on the 15th, inviting Shenyang, director of the Metaverse Culture Laboratory, director of the New Media Research Center, and dual professors from the School of Journalism and the School of Artificial Intelligence at Tsinghua University, to provide special guidance on “AIGC (Artificial Intelligence Generated Content) and DeepSeek”. The participants said that in the next step, they will conscientiously implement the deployment of the municipal party committee, comprehensively arrange the deployment and access to the use of DeepSeek and other major models, accelerate the promotion of AI technology enabling industry upgrading, social transformation and development, work together to fight for the economy, and strive to be the first to pick the beam, making positive contributions to writing the chapter of Chinese path to modernization in Zhengzhou.

On February 16th, the Chen Guo team of CITIC Securities Investment Strategy issued a statement stating that the current domestic demand has started steadily, with limited external demand disturbance. Supported by factors such as a clear direction towards stable growth, the real estate industry gradually emerging from the freezing point of demand, and policies promoting the entry of incremental funds into the market, the medium-term market will continue to maintain a volatile upward trend. The recent rise in the technology sector has been considerable, and some short-term trading indicators in certain thematic directions are overheated. However, compared to the fundamental logic of 23 years, there is still room for interpretation of the technology market in this round. The valuation center and upper edge of a group of representative companies, including Hong Kong stock technology giants, also have reasons to be significantly higher than in the past two years. The specific interpretation is expected to have some rotation within the technology mainline.

On February 16th, Ukrainian President Zelensky stated during his attendance at the Munich Security Conference that the mineral agreement proposed by the United States lacked “security guarantees” for Ukraine and that he “did not allow the signing of the agreement because it is not yet ready”.

On the evening of February 16th, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu held an emergency security meeting on matters related to the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Defense Minister Katz, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Delmer, and representatives of the negotiation team also attended the meeting. Israel’s Channel 12 reported that Netanyahu hopes to accelerate the release of the remaining six detainees in the first phase. It is reported that Netanyahu hopes to extend the first phase of the agreement beyond the originally scheduled 42 day deadline (which expires on March 1), and strive to release more detainees, especially those with deteriorating health conditions. Netanyahu also plans to convey his position to mediators such as Qatar, Egypt, and the United States, emphasizing that extending the first phase is in the interest of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) as it will ensure a longer ceasefire.

On February 16th, Egyptian security sources announced on the 15th local time that Egypt is in close communication with all parties to reach an agreement on establishing an interim committee to oversee the rescue and reconstruction work in Gaza. The source also stated on the same day that the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) had told the Egyptian side that it would strictly abide by the three-stage ceasefire agreement and promised not to participate in the management of Gaza in the next stage.

On February 16th, according to the National Pipeline Network, the construction of the eastern section of the Sichuan East Gas Pipeline 2, a major energy infrastructure project during the 14th Five Year Plan period, has been fully promoted. Zhao Shi, Deputy General Manager of the Construction Project Management Company of the National Pipeline Network Group, introduced that the construction of the western section project will start in 2023, and the eastern section project is currently being vigorously promoted. As of now, the western section of the project has completed welding for 220 kilometers from Weiyuan to Tongliang, with a comprehensive progress of over 70%. It is expected that the entire Sichuan East Gas Pipeline 2 project will be fully connected by 2027.

On February 16th, four US officials revealed that the Trump administration has suggested that Ukraine grant the United States 50% ownership of rare earth mines. If Ukraine reaches an agreement with Russia to end the conflict, the United States is willing to deploy US troops in Ukraine to guard these rare earth mines. The two officials said that the agreement on the ownership of rare earth minerals would be a way for Ukraine to repay billions of dollars of weapons and support provided to Ukraine by the United States since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022.

On February 16th, US President Trump visited a Boeing aircraft at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida to inspect new hardware and technological features, and emphasized Boeing’s long-standing delay in delivering an upgraded version of the US presidential plane, Air Force One. It is reported that the “Air Force One” is a modified Boeing 747 aircraft, currently with two aircraft, both of which are over 30 years old. Boeing had previously signed a contract to produce an upgraded version of Air Force One, but delivery has been delayed. According to the US Air Force, the delivery was originally scheduled for 2024, but the delivery date of the first aircraft has been postponed to 2027, and the second aircraft has been postponed to 2028.

On February 16th, officials from the Wyoming Department of Health announced on the 14th that an elderly woman in the southeastern part of the state was hospitalized due to infection with avian influenza. This is the first case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus in the state, which is transmitted through animals and some people. The Wyoming Department of Health stated that the infected individual may have been infected through direct contact with an infected poultry flock at home, and she has been hospitalized for treatment.