December 18, 2023
Quick facts
■ President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolences to Kuwait's new Emir Mishal on the tragic death of Kuwaiti Emir Nawaf on the 17th. On behalf of the Chinese government and the Chinese people, Xi Jinping expressed deep condolences over the death of the Emir of Nawaf and expressed sincere condolences to the relatives of the Emir of Nawaf and the Kuwaiti people.
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, gave important instructions on the prevention and response to low-temperature, rain, snow, and freezing disasters.
The 24th issue of Qiushi magazine published on December 16 published an important article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, state president, and chairman of the Central Military Commission, entitled "Speech at the First Meeting of the 20th Central Organization Establishment Commission."
■ Premier Li Qiang recently signed a decree of the State Council promulgating the Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Non-bank Payment Institutions, which will come into force on May 1, 2024.
■ The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Education and other seven departments recently jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the High-quality Development of the Audio-visual Electronics Industry", proposing that by 2027, the global competitiveness of the mainland audio-visual electronics industry will be significantly enhanced, key technological innovation will continue to make breakthroughs, the industrial foundation will continue to be built, and the industrial ecology will continue to improve, basically forming a development pattern with excellent innovation ability, strong industrial resilience, high degree of openness and great brand influence.
■ From December 16 to December 31, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will hold the National Human Resources Market College Graduates Employment Service Week to provide employment services for 2024 college graduates, previous college graduates who have left school and are unemployed, and personnel of grassroots service projects such as the "Three Branches and One Support" program.
■ On the 17th, it was learned from the Ministry of Emergency Management that the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the State Food and Material Reserves Administration, urgently allocated 10,000 cotton coats, 10,000 quilts and other central disaster relief materials and 5,000 sets of household emergency lighting equipment to Shanxi, have all arrived in Yuanqu, Wenxi, Changzhi and other disaster-stricken areas on the 17th to ensure that the affected people spend the winter safely and warmly.
■ Recently, the National Health Insurance Administration, together with the Ministry of Finance, issued the "Administrative Measures for the Assessment of Disability Levels in Long-term Care Insurance (Trial)" (Yibaofa [2023] No. 29).
■ At 15:00 on December 17, the hyperbola-1 commercial carrier rocket was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in mainland China, and the Dier-1 satellite was successfully put into the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success.
Economics and Finance
■ On December 15, the People's Bank of China Party Committee held an enlarged meeting to convey the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference of the Xi and study the implementation of the work. Pan Gongsheng, secretary of the party committee and governor of the People's Bank of China, presided over the meeting, and members of various party committees attended the meeting. 【Details】
■ On the afternoon of December 14, the Party Committee of the State Administration of Financial Supervision and Administration held a symposium on young cadres in the system, Li Yunze, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Bureau, attended the meeting and delivered a speech, and Zhou Liang, member of the Party Committee and Deputy Director, presided over the meeting. Thirty-five young cadres from the Office of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group of the General Administration, various departments and bureaus of the organs, institutions under the General Administration, and management units of the General Administration attended the forum.
■ A few days ago, Comrade Zhu Hexin, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, presided over the (enlarged) meeting of the Party Group to convey the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference of the Xi and study, deploy and implement measures. Members of the Party Leadership Group of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange attended the meeting. 【Details】
■ A few days ago, responsible persons of the Ministry of Justice and the People's Bank of China answered reporters' questions on the "Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Non-bank Payment Institutions". 【Details】
■ On December 15, the People's Bank of China launched a 50 billion yuan open market reverse repurchase operation and a 1.45 trillion yuan medium-term lending facility (MLF) operation, with the winning interest rates of 1.8% and 2.5% respectively, both unchanged from before.
■ In order to implement the spirit of the Central Financial Work Conference, the State Administration of Financial Supervision recently issued the "Interim Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Pension Insurance Companies", which makes up for the shortcomings of the system of lack of special supervision regulations for pension insurance companies. 【Details】
■ On the evening of December 15, the Shanghai headquarters of the People's Bank of China and the China Foreign Exchange Trade Center successively released the latest information on foreign institutions' investment in the mainland interbank bond market. According to the data, in terms of stock, overseas institutions have increased their holdings for three consecutive months, with a total increase of about 310 billion yuan, and in terms of transactions, foreign institutions have been net buyers for 10 consecutive months, with a cumulative net purchase volume of more than 1.3 trillion yuan since 2023. 【Details】
■ From 5 a.m. on December 13 to 7 p.m. on December 14, the average snowfall in Beijing was 7.2 mm, reaching the level of heavy snowfall. The Beijing Supervision Bureau of the State Administration of Financial Supervision and Administration announced that there were 5,389 insurance reports caused by this round of snowfall and cold wave weather, with a preliminary estimate of 49.1252 million yuan. At present, the relevant reporting and settlement work is in the process of being carried out intensively.
Social hotspots
■ At 24 o'clock on December 19, domestic refined oil prices will usher in the 25th round of adjustment this year, which will also be the last oil price adjustment in 2023. The agency expects that the price of refined oil products in this round will most likely still be lowered, and the reduction is expected to refresh the largest decline in the year, and the retail price in 2023 is expected to end with "six consecutive declines".
■ As an important part of the annual "Chinese Inventory" activity, on December 16, the National Language Resources Monitoring and Research Center released the "Top Ten New Words" for 2023, which are: Generative Artificial Intelligence, Global Civilization Initiative, Village Super, New Quality Productivity, National Ecology Day, Consumption Boost Year, Special Forces Tourism, Conspicuous Bag, Hundred Model War, and Mozi Sky Survey.
■ On the evening of December 16, Yu Minhong and Dong Yuhui appeared in the live broadcast room at the same time to answer the questions of netizens in the recent Dongfang Selection "Small Composition" incident. Luo Yonghao posted a number of Weibo comments on related events, with sharp words, and related topics once rushed to the first place on the Weibo hot search list. On the 17th, Luo Yonghao replied to netizens about the "bombardment" of the Oriental selection, saying, "I didn't want to 'bombard' anything, I just wanted to try to suppress my emotions and make sense." ”
International dynamics
■ The U.S. Central Command said on December 16 local time that the U.S. destroyer USS Carney shot down 14 drones from Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea on the same day. It is reported that the operation did not cause any damage to the ships in the area, and no casualties have been reported so far.
■ According to Japan's "Mainichi Shimbun", the results of a nationwide poll conducted by the agency on the 16th and 17th showed that the approval rating of the Kishida cabinet fell to 16%, down 5% from the poll results of last month, and the lowest support rate in the agency's poll statistics since the establishment of the Kishida cabinet in 2021.
■ Israeli Foreign Minister Cohen said in an interview with the media on the morning of the 17th local time that the ceasefire in Gaza at this stage "is a mistake and will be beneficial to the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)". At the same time, he reiterated Israel's attitude towards the situation on the Israeli-Lebanese border, stressing that "there is an opportunity to avoid war", but Israel will take action to deal with any escalation of the situation. On the same day, French Foreign Minister Colonna, during a visit to Israel, called for an immediate "permanent ceasefire" in Gaza.
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