【Key Focus】
•Two departments promote the implementation of the "20 Data Points"
•State Administration of Financial Supervision and Administration: Promote the standardized and healthy development of enterprise groups and financial companies, and improve the quality and efficiency of supervision
• Domestic gasoline and diesel prices were reduced by 70 yuan per ton
•Kweichow Moutai: recommended Zhang Deqin as a candidate for director and chairman of the company
【Domestic News】
•The General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission and the General Department of the National Data Administration issued the Key Points of the Digital Economy in 2024, making arrangements for the key work of the digital economy in 2024 and proposing nine implementation measures. These include: moderately advancing the layout of digital infrastructure, further promoting the construction of information and communication networks, accelerating the construction of a national integrated computing network, and comprehensively developing data infrastructure; accelerating the construction of a data infrastructure system, promoting the implementation of the "20 Data Articles", increasing the development and opening up of public data, and releasing the value of data elements.
•The State Administration of Financial Supervision and Administration issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Standardized and Healthy Development of Financial Companies of Enterprise Groups and Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Supervision", proposing to prevent alienation from becoming channels and tools for external financing of enterprise groups.
•The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced the 2024 work plan for the formulation of regulations, and will pay close attention to research, demonstration and drafting of 9 projects, including the management measures for the comprehensive utilization of power batteries for new energy vehicles.
•The National Development and Reform Commission announced on the 29th that according to the recent changes in oil prices in the international market, in accordance with the current refined oil price formation mechanism, from 24 o'clock on April 29, 2024, domestic gasoline and diesel prices will be reduced by 70 yuan per ton. The Price Monitoring Center of the National Development and Reform Commission predicts that tight supply and weak demand will jointly affect international oil prices to show a range-bound trend.
•In the first quarter of this year, the growth momentum of non-ferrous metal production in mainland China was steady, and the industrial added value of non-ferrous metal enterprises above designated size increased by 11.4% year-on-year, 5.3 percentage points higher than the growth rate of national industrial added value in the first quarter. Among them, mining and dressing enterprises increased by 7.4%, and smelting and processing enterprises increased by 12.0%.
• In the first quarter of this year, the mainland cruise passenger volume exceeded 190,000, exceeding the annual traffic volume of last year, and it is expected that the mainland cruise transportation market will continue to recover steadily.
•The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said that it will continue to strengthen supervision to prevent "cheating" and "greenwashing" in ESG disclosure, and support credit rating agencies to continue to establish and improve the rating methodology system for green enterprises and green bonds.
• According to the statistics of Shenzhen Real Estate Agents Association, in the 17th week of 2024 (April 22 to April 28), the transaction volume of second-hand houses (including self-service) in Shenzhen recorded 1,244 units, an increase of 0.9% month-on-month. According to the monitoring of Shenzhen Real Estate Agents Association, as of April 28, the number of second-hand houses recorded in April exceeded 4,600 units, and the number of second-hand houses recorded in April is expected to exceed the 5,000 mark again.
•Recently, the Hangzhou Municipal People's Government issued the "Notice on Several Measures to Promote Large-scale Equipment Renewal and Consumer Goods Trade-in in Hangzhou", which mentions that by 2027, the city's total number of vehicles will be traded-in for 80,000 vehicles, the annual sales of new energy vehicles will be 300,000, with a penetration rate of more than 50%, and the annual sales of household appliances will increase by 20% compared with 2023.
• According to statistics released by Shanghai Customs on April 29, in the first quarter of this year, the total value of export containers in Shanghai totaled 1.261 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 35.4%. Since the beginning of this year, the demand for international container market has rebounded, and Shanghai's container export orders have ushered in a "good start".
•CSSC will build 18 ultra-large LNG (liquefied natural gas) carriers of 271,000 cubic meters for QatarEnergy, and the signing ceremony was held in Beijing on the 29th, setting a record for the world's largest single shipbuilding order.
【International News】
•In the foreign exchange market, the exchange rate of the yen against the US dollar fell below the 160-1 mark on the 29th, setting a new record since April 1990.
• According to Yonhap News Agency, on April 29 local time, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Lee Jae-myung, leader of the largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, held talks at the Yongsan presidential palace in Seoul. The two sides reached a consensus on the necessity of implementing medical reform, expanding the enrollment of medical schools, and agreed to meet and communicate regularly in the future, but there were differences of opinion on most of the remaining issues and no agreement could be reached.
• Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said at the Prime Minister's Office on the 29th that he will continue to serve as prime minister. Earlier, the Spanish non-governmental anti-corruption organization "Clean Hands" accused Sanchez's wife Begonia Gómez of corruption, and a Spanish court announced the opening of an investigation against Gomez. Sanchez said on the 24th that in view of the slander and attacks on his wife, he decided to suspend his post for five days and consider whether to continue as prime minister.
• Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on the 29th that a farm in Chiba Prefecture confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza on the same day. According to a press release issued by Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on the same day, the farm in Tomisato City, Chiba Prefecture, raises about 63,000 chickens. On the 29th, the local government has imposed corresponding restrictions on 29 farms within a radius of 10 kilometers around the farm.
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Editor: Luo Hao
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