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A former employee of Adebio was sentenced and involved in AstraZeneca employees' insurance fraud case. A former employee of the genetic testing company Aidebio, which worked closely with AstraZeneca, committed medical insurance fraud together with AstraZeneca sales staff during his tenure in the company. He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and fined for fraud, and I pleaded guilty. A judgment obtained shows that Ma, a former employee of Aide Bio involved in the case, conspired with AstraZeneca employees to tamper with the genetic test report during his tenure. He began to accept public security investigation in September 2021 and was sentenced in August 2023. However, on December 9, 2024, the company replied that "there is no problem (cooperation with AstraZeneca), which has no impact on us and has nothing to do with us" and denied that any employees were involved. (financial magazine)Minister of Finance Lan Foan attended and delivered a speech at the launching ceremony of the China-World Bank Group Global Ecosystem and Transformation Center. On December 8, the Ministry of Finance and the World Bank jointly held the launching ceremony of the China-World Bank Group Global Ecosystem and Transformation Center (hereinafter referred to as the Global Center). Lan Foan, Minister of Finance, delivered an opening speech with Peng Anjie, President of the World Bank, and signed a memorandum on the Global Center and an agreement on the renewal of the China-World Bank Group Partnership Fund. Liao Minyi, Vice Minister of Finance, and Philo, Vice President of the East Asia and Pacific Region of the World Bank, made closing remarks. More than 100 Chinese and foreign representatives from more than 20 embassies and international organizations in China, as well as relevant domestic departments and research institutions attended the event. Lan Foan emphasized that in the past decade, the central government has invested nearly 6 trillion yuan to fully guarantee the construction of beautiful China. The "gold content" of China's ecological environment has improved significantly, and the "green content" of its development has increased significantly. At the same time, China has assumed the responsibility of a big country, demonstrated its role as a big country, and achieved a major transformation from a participant to a leader in global environmental governance. China is willing to take the global center as a bridge, share China's experience in ecological protection and development, and embark on the road of green transformation together with other countries.Alibaba Central China Headquarters Project has been put into commercial operation. According to the news of China Construction Eighth Bureau, Alibaba Central China Headquarters Project, which was built by China Construction Eighth Bureau, has been put into commercial operation recently. The project is located in Wuchang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, with a total construction area of about 452,200 square meters. The format is mainly commercial complex and office space, consisting of two super-high-rise office towers, commercial podium and four-story basement.

At the close of early trading, the main contracts of domestic futures rose more and fell less. Fuel oil rose by nearly 4%, coke, Shanghai nickel, low sulfur fuel oil (LU), SC crude oil and coking coal rose by over 2%, and glass, sugar, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and alumina rose by over 1%. In terms of decline, the European line of container transportation fell by more than 2%, and pigs fell by more than 1%.Foreign media survey: the Korean economy is expected to grow by 1.7% in the fourth quarter of 2024, compared with the previous estimate of 1.8%; In the first quarter of 2025, GDP is expected to increase by 1% year-on-year, compared with the previous estimate of 1.1%.CICC and others set up a venture capital partnership in Xiamen. According to the enterprise search APP, Zhongjin Qiyuan Phase II (Xiamen) Venture Capital Partnership (Limited Partnership) was recently established with a capital contribution of 400 million yuan. Its business scope includes: engaging in equity investment, investment management, asset management and other activities with private equity funds. Enterprise investigation shows that the company is jointly held by CICC Capital Operation Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CICC.

Pakistan KSE-100 index rose 0.5% to 111,504.90.Institution: The battery price stabilized in November, and it is expected to rise slightly in 2025. On December 12, according to the latest research of TrendForce Jibang Consulting, in November 2024, the sales of electric vehicles in China continued to increase, which boosted the demand for power batteries, and the price of Ferrous lithium phosphate batteries remained stable, while the ternary batteries declined slightly. The demand for batteries in the energy storage market maintained the peak season characteristics, and with the price advantage of large-capacity batteries, the proportion of shipments increased. However, the average price of energy storage batteries continued to decline in November due to the slowdown in demand for orders at the end of the year. The agency expects that the price of some lithium battery materials may rise slightly in the peak season of 2025, which is expected to repair the serious losses of the company in the early stage. However, due to the fact that the relationship between supply and demand has not changed from surplus to shortage, the expected increase in material prices is limited, and battery manufacturers actively control costs, the battery price trend will be stable next year.Insurance stocks of Hong Kong stocks rose, with New China Life Insurance (01336.HK) rising by over 4%, China Life Insurance (02628.HK) rising by 3.6%, China Ping An (02318.HK) rising by over 3%, followed by People's Insurance Group of China (01339.HK) and China Pacific Insurance (02601.HK).