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Lan Foan, Minister of Finance, met with Nott, Chairman of the Financial Stability Board. On the afternoon of December 9, 2024, Lan Foan, Minister of Finance, met with Nott, Chairman of the Financial Stability Board, and his party by appointment. The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on the work of the Financial Stability Board, the financial stability situation in China and the economic and financial policies of major economies. (Ministry of Finance website)The transition period of yellow-card electric bicycles in Zhengzhou was extended for another two years. On December 12th, the reporter learned that Zhengzhou Public Security Bureau, Zhengzhou Bureau of Industry and Information Technology and Zhengzhou Municipal Market Supervision Administration jointly issued a notice, and after research, it was decided to extend the transition period of yellow-card electric bicycles (the temporary anti-theft record number with black letters on yellow background) after the expiry date of December 31st, 2024. According to the circular, in order to strengthen the management of electric bicycles, combined with the actual situation in Zhengzhou and the needs of the masses, it was decided through research that the transition period of yellow-card electric bicycles (the temporary anti-theft record number with black letters on the yellow background) will be extended from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026. (Dahe Daily)Bank of New York Mellon: As the impact weakens, the won may rebound to 1,400 won against the US dollar. Bank of New York Mellon said that as the most serious political impact caused by the short-term declaration of martial law begins to ease, the won may recover some of its recent lost ground before the end of the year. As the political risk premium begins to fall, the won may appreciate to 1,400 against the US dollar.

The concept of Internet finance strengthened in the afternoon, with Zhaori Technology's daily limit rising, Zhaori Technology and Guolian Securities' daily limit rising, huijin technology rose more than 15%, and Harbin Investment Co., Ltd., Fortune Trend, Winning Time and Straight Flush also rose.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%.The opposition party in South Korea said that Yin Xiyue was insane. On the morning of December 12, local time, South Korean President Yin Xiyue made another televised speech, refused to step down early, and denied that martial law was a crime of civil strife. After Yin Xiyue's speech, public opinion in South Korea immediately criticized him. South Korea's largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, said that Yin Xiyue was mentally ill and called on the South Korean National Assembly to pass the impeachment case. After Yin Xiyue's speech, Han Dongxun, the representative of the ruling party in South Korea, also said that Yin Xiyue's speech had no introspection and was rationalizing his behavior. Some commentators pointed out that Yin Xiyue may have expected that he could not prevent the National Assembly from passing the impeachment case and was trying to influence the final ruling of the Constitutional Court. I am afraid that the chaos in Korean politics will continue.

The personal pension system has been extended to the whole country, and banks have issued assessment tasks: before the first quarter, each person must complete at least 20 accounts, and the personal pension system has been extended from 36 pilot cities (regions) to the whole country. The reporter learned that major banks have already laid out in advance in non-pilot areas and started the work of making an appointment to open an account for personal pension funds. A staff member of the personal finance department of a state-owned bank told reporters that with the full roll-out of the personal pension system, their bank is preparing for a 100-day attack. The staff also revealed that at present, the bank has issued specific task indicators to employees. "Each employee needs to complete about 20 to 30 account opening tasks, from now until the end of the first quarter of next year." (per meridian)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)Samsung has lowered its mobile phone production target to 229 million units next year. Samsung Electronics has set a mobile phone production target for 2025, and plans to produce about 229 million smartphones. This goal includes 179.4 million units produced by ourselves and 49.9 million units produced by joint design and manufacturing (JDM). Compared with the initial plan of 237 million units in October this year, this target has been lowered by 7-8 million units, only slightly higher than the shipment forecast for the whole year of 2024.