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French President Macron: Without Europeans, Europe will not be safe.Huazhi Liquor Store: It is planned to distribute a cash dividend of 8.09 yuan for every 10 shares. Huazhi Liquor Store announced that the company's profit distribution plan for the first three quarters of 2024 has been approved by the shareholders' meeting. The company will distribute a cash dividend of RMB 8.09 to all shareholders for every 10 shares based on the existing total share capital of 417 million shares and the share capital of 408 million shares after 9,098,100 shares have been repurchased in the repurchase special securities account. The total amount of cash dividends actually distributed was 330 million. The distribution of rights and interests in date of record is December 19th, 2024, and the ex-dividend date is December 20th, 2024. This dividend does not involve bonus shares and capitalization of capital reserve.Gobi Venture Capital announced in Shanghai that it will launch a $50 million venture capital fund to support Pakistan's technology start-ups. On December 12th, at the Pakistan Investment Summit held in Shanghai, Gobi Venture Capital, an Asian venture capital company, officially announced the launch of a $50 million fund Techxila Fund II to support Pakistan's start-ups, focusing on high-potential industries such as financial technology, e-commerce logistics and supply chain, health technology and SaaS. Gobi Venture Capital also signed a memorandum of understanding with Punjab Bank (BoP). (First Financial Reporter Qian Tongxin)

Guotai Junan: The long-term incremental "option" brought by humanoid robots is expected to help the valuation of the rare earth sector rise. When looking forward to the strategy of the rare earth sector in 2025, Guotai Junan said that the market had expected that with the slowdown in the growth of core demand power such as new energy vehicles and wind power in the future, the demand for rare earth markets is under downward pressure. However, we expect that the rising consumption of magnetic materials for new energy vehicles and the warming demand for wind power are still expected to support the basic demand growth, and the demand for equipment renewal that began to land in 2024 is expected to become a new driving force for rare earth demand. On the supply side, an orderly pattern of domestic supply has been established, with many overseas planning increments but slow actual volume, and continuous supply-side constraints. In addition, the long-term incremental "options" brought by humanoid robots are also expected to help the valuation of the plate rise.Wanchen Group: It is planned to purchase 16 "New Zero Help" software systems of Nanjing Zhongcheng for 27.7031 million yuan. Wanchen Group announced that in order to meet the needs of the company and its holding subsidiaries to carry out daily business activities, the company plans to purchase 16 "New Zero Help" software systems held by Nanjing Zhongcheng at a transaction price of 27.7031 million yuan (including tax). Nanjing Zhongcheng is a related party of the company, and this transaction constitutes a related party transaction. According to the announcement, the software system is specially designed for retail and wholesale enterprises, mainly for medium and large retail enterprises.The New Zealand dollar just broke through the 0.5800 mark against the US dollar, and the latest report was 0.5801, up 0.29% in the day; The Australian dollar just broke through the 0.6400 mark against the US dollar, and the latest report was 0.6401, up 0.51% in the day.

Japan's semiconductor sector rose collectively, with ADVANTEST up nearly 5%, DISCO up over 2% and Renesas Electronics up over 1%.Yibin Paper: Terminate the issue of A shares to specific targets in 2022 and withdraw the application documents. Yibin Paper announced that the company held the 31st meeting of the 11th Board of Directors and the 22nd meeting of the 11th Board of Supervisors on December 12, 2024, and deliberated and passed the Proposal on Terminating the Issue of A shares to specific targets in 2022 and withdrawing the application documents. Considering the changes in market environment and policies, and considering the actual situation, the company decided to terminate the issuance of A shares to specific targets.Shan Ying International: It is proposed to raise the share repurchase price ceiling to 3 yuan/share. Shan Ying International (600567) announced on the evening of December 12 that it intends to adjust the share repurchase price ceiling from 2.34 yuan/share to 3 yuan/share.