Category: Flash News

On December 29th, Chuanrun Corporation announced that one of its controlling shareholders and actual controllers, Luo Lihua, plans to reduce her holdings of no more than 0.9330% of the company’s shares through centralized bidding and no more than 2.0000% of the company’s shares through block trading within three months after the announcement is made, totaling no more than 2.9329% of her holdings. Director and Deputy General Manager Li Hui plans to reduce his holdings of no more than 0.0150% of the company’s shares through centralized bidding within three months after the announcement is made, which is fifteen trading days later. Chief Financial Officer Miao Yinbing plans to reduce his holdings of no more than 0.0041% of the company’s shares through centralized bidding within three months after the announcement date, which is fifteen trading days later. The Secretary of the Board of Directors, Rao Hong, plans to reduce her holdings of no more than 0.0071% of the company’s shares through centralized bidding within three months after fifteen trading days from the date of the announcement.

On December 29th, Cambridge Technology announced that the company’s shareholder Kang Yiqiao plans to reduce the total number of shares of the company through block trading and centralized bidding trading within three months after fulfilling the pre disclosure obligation of reducing shares, not exceeding 1.1593 million shares (accounting for 0.4325% of the total shares of the company). The reduction price shall be determined according to the market price and shall not be lower than the issuance price of the company’s stock.

On December 29th, Azerbaijani President Aliyev stated in an interview with Azerbaijani television that in response to the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash, Azerbaijan has demanded that Russia “admit fault, punish those responsible, and pay compensation”. He emphasized that Azerbaijan’s first demand has been met. Earlier, Aliyev stated that the cause of the Aktau air disaster was that the plane was “damaged due to an attack from the ground.” The final investigation results require analysis of the black box, but the preliminary investigation results are based on facts and have sufficient evidence. On the 28th local time, Russian President Putin and Azerbaijani President Aliyev had a phone call regarding the AirAsia crash. Putin apologizes for the physical and technological interference that caused the crash of the passenger plane operated by AirAsia on the Baku Grozny route into Russian airspace, and once again expresses deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims, wishing the injured a speedy recovery.

On December 29th, in response to the incident of “a school cafeteria in Benxi, Liaoning suspected of feeding students leftovers from garbage cans”, the State Council Food Safety Office, together with the Ministry of Education and the State Administration for Market Regulation, held talks with the main responsible persons of the People’s Government of Benxi City, Liaoning Province. The interview pointed out that food safety is closely related to the health and safety of the people, and campus food safety is of utmost importance, which is the duty of party committees and governments at all levels. The school canteen public opinion incident that occurred in Benxi, Liaoning has exposed problems such as inadequate implementation of the school’s main responsibility, a superficial accompanying meal system, and obvious loopholes in canteen management. The nature of the incident is extremely bad, seriously affecting the people’s confidence in the school’s management level and food safety work. The interview requires that Benxi City must raise its political stance, constantly tighten the string of food safety, and effectively enhance its sense of responsibility, urgency, and mission to do a good job in this area; We need to take effective measures to further strengthen the responsibilities of all parties involved in campus food safety, investigate potential risks and hazards, and crack down on law enforcement and case handling, and ensure the implementation of problem rectification; We must adhere to the principle of drawing analogies, not only make immediate changes, but also establish long-term solutions, promote the improvement of campus food safety systems, and effectively ensure the food safety of students on campus. The State Council Food Safety Office will conduct on-site inspections and supervise the implementation of rectification measures in Benxi City throughout the process.

On December 29th, the South Korean government announced that the 7-day period from now until 24:00 on January 4th will be a national mourning period. Today, a South Korean passenger plane carrying 181 people collided and caught fire during landing. According to the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the accident was caused by the plane colliding with a flock of birds. The Jeollanam do Fire Department in South Korea stated that all personnel on board the crashed plane were killed except for two survivors.

On December 29th, 2024, the Beijing PE Forum was held. Shunyi District released the Beijing Shunyi Automotive Industry Investment Fund on the forum, with a planned total scale of 2 billion yuan. The fund will further assist in upgrading the automotive industry in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region and promote high-quality development of the automotive industry in Shunyi District. It is reported that the total planned scale of Beijing Shunyi Automobile Industry Investment Fund is 2 billion yuan, with an initial investment of 1 billion yuan, which will be jointly managed by Beijing Gongshun Investment, the management agency of BAIC Industrial Investment and Shunyi District Government Investment Fund. The fund will comprehensively enhance Beijing’s innovation cultivation capability and industrial agglomeration effect in this field, and assist in the industrial attraction work of the Beijing Tianjin Hebei Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicle Technology Ecological Port.

On December 29th, data showed that from January to November, the total revenue of the logistics industry was 12.5 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4%, with a growth rate 0.2 percentage points higher than that from January to October. The growth rate has rebounded for three consecutive months. From an industry perspective, over 80% of the logistics business volume index is in the expansion range, while the railway, e-commerce, express delivery, and warehousing industry indices have rebounded and improved. In November, the daily average loading capacity of national railways reached 194000 vehicles, breaking the historical record again after setting the highest monthly loading record in October. E-commerce express logistics maintains resilient growth. In November, the express delivery business completed 17.21 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 14.9%.

On December 29th, the 11th Expanded Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea was held from December 23rd to 27th at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, presided over by the General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Kim Jong un. The agenda of the meeting includes seven topics, including summarizing the implementation of party and state policies in 2024 and the direction of struggle in 2025, the implementation of the national budget in 2024 and the national budget plan in 2025, and the internal organizational work of the Labor Party. Park Tae sung was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Political Bureau of the Workers’ Party of Korea and appointed as the Prime Minister of the North Korean Cabinet. North Korean Foreign Minister Choi Son hee was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea. On the 27th, the Political Bureau of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea held its 24th meeting.

On December 29th, a public statement sparked controversy as Trump announced his support for the US H-1B visa program. US President elect Trump stated in an interview with The New York Times on December 28th that he supports the H-1B visa program, which has attracted widespread attention. Trump said in a media interview that the H-1B visa is a “great program” and mentioned that his personal industry has repeatedly used the program to recruit foreign skilled workers. The position expressed by Trump is in opposition to the opposition of some of his supporters. Previously, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk had a dispute with some far right individuals over their support for H-1B visas. Trump did not respond positively to criticism that his decision to select Indian advisors may affect immigration policies; However, in response to Musk’s emphasis on distinguishing between legal and illegal immigration issues, Trump expressed his support for Musk’s remarks.

On December 29th, local time, Egyptian President Sisi and French President Macron had a phone call to discuss the situation in Syria and other issues. In a statement released on the same day, the Egyptian Presidential Office stated that the two sides discussed bilateral relations during the phone call. Both sides emphasized the importance of continuing to strengthen economic and investment cooperation between the two countries in various fields. Both sides also exchanged views on the development of the regional situation, emphasizing the importance of reaching an immediate ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, exchanging detained persons, and ensuring the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. Both sides also emphasized the necessity of avoiding regional escalation and full-scale war. When discussing the development of the situation in Syria, both sides emphasized the need to safeguard Syria’s sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity, as well as to initiate a comprehensive political process that includes all ethnic groups in Syria. In addition, both sides emphasized the importance of implementing the terms of the Lebanon ceasefire agreement and fully implementing Security Council Resolution 1701. Both sides call for continued support and strengthening of the capabilities of the Lebanese army, as well as accelerating the Lebanese presidential election process, in order to promote stability in the Lebanese country.