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In 2023, the trade volume between the mainland and Macao increased by 4.3 times compared with that before the reunification. At the regular press conference held by the Ministry of Commerce today (12th), spokesman He Yadong introduced that by signing CEPA and its series of agreements, the mainland has fully liberalized its trade in goods and basically liberalized its trade in services. According to statistics, in 2023, the trade volume between the mainland and Macao was 3.84 billion US dollars, an increase of 4.3 times compared with that before the reunification. By October 2024, the mainland had absorbed a total of 23.93 billion US dollars of direct investment from Macao, and the mainland had invested 14.19 billion US dollars in Macao.In the latest centralized purchase of sitagliptin tablets, the price dropped to less than 20 cents per tablet, with a drop of over 90%. The reporter learned at the scene of the tenth batch of drug centralized purchase that more than 30 companies bid for sitagliptin, which is known as the largest variety in this centralized purchase, including Huahai Pharmaceutical, Kelun Pharmaceutical, Zhengda Tianqing, tonghua dongbao, Zhejiang Pharmaceutical, Jiudian Pharmaceutical, Shiyao Ouyi, Chenxin Pharmaceutical and many other companies. Judging from the bidding results, the lowest bid price among enterprises has dropped below 0.2 yuan per piece, which is more than 90% lower than the limit price. Statistics show that in 2023, the sales of this product in the terminals of public medical institutions in China exceeded 2 billion yuan, and the sales of Merck, the original research manufacturer, accounted for more than 90%, so there is a large room for generic drug substitution. The quotation of Meradong in this collection is about 7.37 yuan per piece. (science and technology innovation board Daily)Botuo Bio: Adjust the profit distribution plan for the first three quarters of 2024. Botuo Bio announced that the total amount of cash dividends to be distributed in the company's profit distribution for the first three quarters of 2024 was adjusted from RMB 52.2583 million to RMB 53.2083 million. Before the adjustment, the company's total share capital was 105 million shares after deducting the shares in the company's repurchase special securities account, and a total cash dividend of 52.2583 million yuan was planned to be distributed. After adjustment, the company's total share capital is 107 million shares, of which 250,000 shares are repurchased in the special securities account, and the total number of shares actually participating in the profit distribution of the company is 106 million shares, with a total cash dividend of 53,208,300 yuan.

The State Council approved the Hefei Land and Space Master Plan (2021-2035), which proposed to improve the functional structure and spatial layout of the city, coordinate the industrial layout, comprehensive transportation, facility allocation and land use, and give priority to ensuring the space needs of advanced manufacturing industries, scientific apparatus and other scientific and technological innovations. Build an international air cargo hub and a national railway hub, improve the service level of logistics infrastructure, improve the external and internal channels of multi-directional Unicom and multimodal transport, and build a safe, convenient, green and low-carbon urban comprehensive transportation system. Coordinate water conservancy, energy, environment, communications, national defense and other infrastructure spaces, actively and steadily promote the construction of "flat and emergency dual-use" public infrastructure, optimize the regional layout of disaster prevention, mitigation and relief facilities, and improve the security and resilience of national space.By 2029, China will build about 10,000 superior specialties of traditional Chinese medicine. According to state administration of traditional chinese medicine, China will promote the construction of superior specialties of traditional Chinese medicine at different levels to further improve the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine. By 2029, the overall scale of superior specialties of traditional Chinese medicine will reach about 10,000. Recently, state administration of traditional chinese medicine issued opinions on accelerating the construction of superior specialties of traditional Chinese medicine, and put forward the requirements of strengthening the planning and layout of superior specialties of traditional Chinese medicine and promoting the construction of superior clusters of traditional Chinese medicine. (CCTV News)Market information: The major shareholders of Hershey, an American chocolate manufacturer, will reject the takeover proposal of Yizi International, thinking that the other party's offer is too low.

Aviation Materials Co., Ltd. released the Procurement Project of Feasibility Study Report of Beijing Aviation Materials Research Institute Co., Ltd., and China Hangfa Online Mall released the Project of Feasibility Study Report of Beijing Aviation Materials Research Institute Co., Ltd.. The publishing unit is Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials Co., Ltd. (Aeronautical Materials Co., Ltd., 688563). Services include: feasibility study report of equity acquisition project; Feasibility study report on technology patent acquisition.Lingang Daya Auto Parts Intelligent Manufacturing Base Project officially started. On the morning of December 12th, the groundbreaking ceremony of Lingang Daya Auto Parts Intelligent Manufacturing Base Project was held in Shanghai Lingang Fengxian Park. After the completion of the project, two 3500T/2500T high-speed multi-position stamping lines are designed, with an annual production capacity of 11 million pieces; Design 210 connection workstations such as spot welding/arc welding/projection welding/riveting, with an annual production capacity of 4 million sets of sheet metal parts; Design an intelligent logistics and three-dimensional warehouse.Reuters survey: In December, the Bank of England decided to keep interest rates unchanged or cut interest rates by 100 basis points next year. All 71 economists surveyed during December 6-11 predicted that the Bank of England would keep its target interest rate unchanged at 4.75% at its meeting on December 19. Among the economists who predict the interest rate outlook until the end of 2025, about 54% (36 out of 67) expect to cut interest rates by 100 basis points by the end of next year, another 17 expect to cut interest rates by at least 125 basis points, and 14 expect to cut interest rates by at most 75 basis points.