The 1800th train of "Yangtze River Train" started this year and completed the annual operation task 20 days ahead of schedule. On December 11th, on the first anniversary of normal operation, the 1799th and 1800th trains of "Yangtze River Train" started from Xianglushan Station in Wuhan and Chengxiang Station in Chengdu respectively, and completed the annual operation task 20 days ahead of schedule. "Yangtze River Train" is a hot-metal combined transport train in Sichuan to solve the "dam-breaking difficulty" of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and improve the transportation capacity of the golden waterway of the Yangtze River. It was launched on December 10, 2023 and reached the first thousand-train target after eight months of operation. Luo Sheng, director of the transportation marketing department of Shudao Railway Operation Group and general manager of Shudao Banlie Branch, said that "Changjiang Banlie" is the fastest-growing train product in Sichuan with the shortest time for over 1,000 trains.The deposit interest rate is declining, and the interbank deposit receipt fund is popular. Under the background of the current downward trend of non-bank interbank deposit interest rate, the interbank deposit receipt rate is relatively more attractive, and the interbank deposit receipt fund has recently gained the popularity of funds. On December 12, Hongta laterite fund announced that the company held a meeting of fund share holders of the 7-day holding fund of Hongta laterite CSI interbank deposit certificate AAA index by means of communication to review the proposal on matters related to the continuous operation of the fund. Previously, the fund had a net asset value of less than 50 million yuan for 60 consecutive working days. However, the fund shares voted at the fund share holders' meeting were less than half of the total fund shares on the equity registration date, and failed to meet the effective meeting conditions. On December 5th, the 7-day holding period of the AAA index of China National Securities Interbank Deposit Certificate also announced the convening of the holders' meeting on the continuous operation of the fund, and the fund manager proposed to continue to operate the fund. (CSI Taurus)It is reported that NVIDIA has increased its recruitment in China, and it is expected to add 1,000 employees this year. According to people familiar with the matter, NVIDIA has increased its recruitment in China this year to enhance its research ability and focus on new autonomous driving technology. According to sources, the company is expected to have about 4,000 employees in China by the end of this year, compared with about 3,000 at the beginning of this year. As a key part of the expansion, NVIDIA added about 200 employees in Beijing to strengthen a research team engaged in autonomous driving research. One person familiar with the matter said that the company has also expanded its after-sales service and network software development team.
South Korea's former defense chief Jin Longxian's confidential mobile phone was detained by the police and the Ministry of National Defense. On the 12th local time, it was learned that the South Korean police and the Ministry of National Defense detained the confidential mobile phone of former defense chief Jin Longxian. (CCTV News)Indian Trade Secretary: India's export performance is very good. India's service trade will soon reach 50% of the total trade volume.The main contract of CSI 500 stock index futures (IC) expanded to 1.00% in the day and is now reported at 6104.4 points. The main contract of CSI 500 stock index futures (IC) stood at 6100 points, rising by 0.99% in the day.
The passenger throughput of airports in Shanxi Province exceeded 20 million passengers. The reporter learned from Shanxi Aviation Industry Group Co., Ltd. on the 12th that as of December 10th, the passenger throughput of airports in Shanxi Province exceeded 20 million passengers, 14 days earlier than that in 2019, realizing a new leap-forward development. (China News Network)Musk is going to melt the Statue of Liberty? Musk also responded to the rumors of foreign media. Recently, a screenshot appeared on the American network. The content was that CNN published a report saying that Musk, a well-known American entrepreneur, was going to melt the Statue of Liberty in the United States to make a limited edition electric pickup truck. However, Reuters later denied that the CNN report was forged. A spokesman for CNN also told Reuters that the CNN report in the screenshot was forged, and CNN had never published such a report. At present, Musk himself has responded to this matter in a teasing tone on his social platform X. Musk wrote in three posts: "No, I will melt it 1000% (Statue of Liberty)"; "With a laser eye from space"; "and then cast it again before no one notices";Citigroup slightly lowered South Korea's GDP growth forecast to 1.5% next year. It is expected that the Bank of Korea will cut interest rates next month. Citigroup released a report saying that considering the worse economic sentiment in South Korea this month, it slightly lowered its GDP forecast for this year and next year by 0.1 percentage point to 2.1% and 1.5% respectively. The bank slightly lowered Korea's GDP growth forecast for the last quarter of this year by 0.1 percentage point to rise by 0.3% quarterly, and raised its GDP growth forecast for the first quarter of next year by 0.1 percentage point to rise by 0.6% quarterly. Looking forward to the first quarter of next year, the bank expects South Korea to adopt a combination of expansionary policies, including the Bank of Korea's expected interest rate cut to 2.75% in mid-January, and the government's expected additional budget of 30 trillion won (equivalent to about 1.1% of GDP next year). It is expected that the Bank of Korea will cut interest rates by 25BP each in January, April, July and October next year, and the final interest rate is expected to be 2%.