Market news: South Korean court issued an arrest warrant to Seoul police chief.Bayrou was appointed as the new Prime Minister of France. French public opinion regards him as a staunch political ally of Macron. The Elysee Palace, the French presidential palace, announced on the 13th that President Macron appointed francois bayrou, chairman of the Democratic Movement Party, as the new Prime Minister on the same day, replacing Banier, who resigned after being impeached by the National Assembly. According to French media reports, Macron had a telephone conversation with Bayrou on the evening of 12th, and on the morning of 13th, Macron met Bayrou in the presidential palace and talked again. Macron subsequently announced the appointment decision. Bayrou became the fourth French prime minister this year. Beru founded the Democratic Movement Party, a centrist party, in 2007, and has served as its chairman ever since. In 2017, Bayrou announced that he would give up running for the French president, and formed an alliance with Macron, one of the popular candidates in the presidential election at that time and the chairman of the "Forward" movement, to fully support Macron's presidential election. In 2022, in the process of Macron's re-election, Bayrou led the Democratic Movement Party to continue to form an alliance with the ruling party. French public opinion regards Bayrou as a staunch political ally of Macron. (Xinhua News Agency)Peng Qinghua met with Babacov, Vice Chairman of Russian State Duma, and Peng Qinghua, Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), met with Babacov, Vice Chairman of Russian State Duma, in Beijing on the 13th. The two sides indicated that they will jointly implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, make good use of the platform of the joint working group of the Sino-Russian Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, deepen exchanges and cooperation between legislative bodies, and promote the further development of China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation in the new era. (Xinhua News Agency)
Haitian Weiye, a soy sauce manufacturer, is reported to have hired a bank to handle the listing in Hong Kong. According to informed sources, Haitian Weiye, one of the largest condiment manufacturers in China, has hired CICC, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to handle the second listing in Hong Kong, which may raise at least $1.5 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, Haitian plans to submit a preliminary prospectus to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as early as January.On December 13th, Shaanxi Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Supervision and Administration issued an administrative penalty message showing that Baoji Central Branch of Ancheng Property Insurance Co., Ltd. was fined 60,000 yuan for giving benefits other than the insurance contract. The salesman of Baoji Central Branch of Ancheng Property Insurance Co., Ltd. was warned and fined 10,000 yuan.The grain output of Inner Mongolia exceeded 80 billion Jin for the first time. The reporter learned from the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on December 13th that according to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the grain output of Inner Mongolia exceeded 80 billion Jin for the first time this year, reaching 82.01 billion Jin, achieving a bumper harvest for 21 consecutive years. (Xinhua News Agency)
Market News: Argentine President Milei met with Rio Tinto CEO Meloni in Rome.Governor of Poland's central bank: Poland will continue to achieve the CPI target.Yunnan Nengtou: It is planned to invest in Yongning wind farm expansion project. Yunnan Nengtou announced that Maitreya Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary, plans to invest in Yongning wind farm expansion project (Maitreya area), with a total installed capacity of 230,000 kilowatts and a total investment of 1.323 billion yuan (including 6.9 million yuan in working capital). On the same day, it was announced that Honghe Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary, planned to invest in the Yongning Wind Farm Expansion Project (Luxi Area), with a total installed capacity of 235,000 kilowatts and a total investment of 1.395 billion yuan (including 7.05 million yuan in working capital).