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In the first three quarters, China's total cargo transportation was 41.63 billion tons, up 2.3% year-on-year. The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released the China Road Freight Development Report (2023-2024) today (13th). According to the report, due to the adjustment of transportation structure, although the proportion of road transportation in China has declined, it is still the main body of the freight market, and road freight has maintained steady growth. According to the report, in the first three quarters of this year, China's total cargo transportation was 41.63 billion tons, up 2.3% year-on-year. From the perspective of freight structure, the proportion of freight undertaken by railway and waterway transportation has increased, while the proportion of road transportation has decreased. In the first three quarters, the volume of road freight transport was 30.66 billion tons, up 3.1% year-on-year, accounting for more than 73%. Road transport is still the main body of the freight market. (CCTV News)Beijing Stock Exchange plans to carry out the fifth network-wide test of trading support platform optimization tomorrow. On December 13th, the office of Beijing Stock Exchange and the office of National Stock Transfer Company issued a notice to carry out the fifth network-wide test of trading support platform optimization on December 14th. The participating institutions are Beijing Stock Exchange, National Stock Transfer Company, China Clearing, Shenzhen Stock Connect, securities companies, fund companies and information providers. 

Spot gold fell $6 in the short term and is now reported at $2,676 per ounce.InBev Cloud released a number of intelligent computing products. On December 13th, InBev Mathematics Department officially released a brand-new series of intelligent computing products and services, covering the construction and operation of intelligent computing centers, GPU container services, advanced computing laboratories and industrial incubators, and put forward the innovative index of "effective computing cost per unit" for the first time in the industry, so as to promote the intelligent computing industry to a high-efficiency and diversified development paradigm.Zheng Meiji: It is planned to acquire 16.61% equity of the holding subsidiary Yaxinke Nanjing at RMB 699 million. Zheng Meiji (601717) announced on the evening of December 13th that the company plans to use its own funds of RMB 699 million (including tax) to acquire 16.61% of Yaxinke Nanjing held by other shareholders of the holding subsidiary Yaxinke Industrial Technology (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Yaxinke Nanjing").

Alipay launched the commercial insurance code, and the first batch has been connected to Taikang and Zhongan medical insurance. On December 13th, Alipay launched the commercial insurance code. This means that after the patient has paid the medical insurance for hospitalization, if it needs to be supplemented, he can directly use the business insurance code to apply for prepayment of hospitalization expenses, and then initiate reimbursement claims to the insurance company. At present, users can open this service by searching for "business insurance code" on Alipay, and can apply for medical treatment quota according to the prompts. The first phase of the commercial insurance code has covered the mainstream millions of medical insurance under Taikang Online and Zhongan Online, and will cover more insurance institutions and insurance types in the future.Zhaowei, Shenwan Hongyuan Securities: Macroeconomic policies pay more attention to cooperation with key areas such as stable employment and scientific and technological innovation. zhaowei, chief economist of Shenwan Hongyuan Securities, said that in terms of macroeconomic regulation and control, this meeting continued the tone of Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party in December, emphasizing "being more active and promising" and "improving the overall effectiveness of policies". The meeting mentioned "strengthening the coordination of fiscal, monetary, employment, industrial, regional, trade, environmental protection, supervision and other policies and reform and opening-up measures", on the one hand pointing to the follow-up fiscal and monetary policies or strengthening coordination and supporting steady growth; On the other hand, it points to "forming synergy" among multiple departments, and macro policies pay more attention to cooperation with key areas such as stable employment and scientific and technological innovation. (CSI Taurus)Pimco and Fidelity believe that the economic outlook in the euro zone is weak, and the European Central Bank has cut interest rates by more than market expectations. Investors such as Pimco and Fidelity International believe that the economic outlook in Europe is bleak, which may force policymakers to cut interest rates by more than market expectations. The latest market pricing shows that the European Central Bank is expected to cut its key interest rate to 1.75% next year. The bank cut interest rates for the third time in a row on Thursday, to 3%. However, Fidelity said that the borrowing cost may be further reduced to 1.5%, and Pimco also believed that there was a risk of a larger interest rate cut. Further repricing may aggravate the rise of European bonds, which have outperformed the US and UK bond markets in 2024. A Bloomberg index, which tracks the return of euro bonds, has risen by more than 3% this year, while the corresponding indexes of US bonds and British bonds have risen by 2% and fallen by 2% respectively. "Market expectations are still more hawkish than we expected," said Salman Ahmed, global head of macro and strategic asset allocation at Fidelity. "If downside risks become a reality, then the European Central Bank may cut interest rates further."