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The merger of Guotai Junan Haitong Securities was approved by the shareholders' meeting, and the merger and reorganization of Guotai Junan and Haitong Securities completed a key step. On the evening of December 13, the two companies simultaneously announced the resolutions of the shareholders' meeting. The merger and reorganization transaction plan and other related proposals were reviewed by the shareholders' meeting and passed by high votes. The merger and reorganization of Guotai Junan and Haitong Securities is the first merger and reorganization of head brokers since the implementation of the new "National Nine Articles". It is also the largest A+H bilateral market merger and the largest integration case of listed brokers in the history of China capital market, and the largest M&A project in international investment banking since 2008, involving multi-business licenses and a number of domestic and foreign listed subsidiaries.The privatization of Avenue Industry is nearing completion. Patec, a precision engineering manufacturer, and related parties have accumulated 85.27% of the shares of Broadway Industrial Group, and the acquisition of Avenue Industry is nearing completion. According to the announcement, the offer price is S $0.197 per share, which is the final price and will not be further increased. The deadline for the offer is 5: 30 pm on December 23rd.The exposure of Xiaomi Auto to the sea is accelerated, and overseas sales will be carried out around the local Xiaomi Home store. Many sources say that Xiaomi Auto is preparing to build a car business to the sea. The international department of Xiaomi Group has added a preparation team for the sea sales business, and is recruiting positions such as market research, project management and electric vehicle after-sales engineers. Under the Ministry of Automobile, Xiaomi's autonomous driving department has added a number of jobs for overseas markets to solve the problem of overseas legal verification and function landing of autonomous driving function. It is foreseeable that autonomous driving will be one of the key points of Xiaomi Automobile's betting on the sea. The report quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that after the formation of the team, Xiaomi will sell small quantities of cars overseas in recent years to test the market reaction and prepare for the large-scale development of the sea business. The overseas sales of Xiaomi Automobile will mainly rely on the Xiaomi Home store under the International Department. At present, Xiaomi has more than 100 direct stores overseas. In July this year, Lei Jun replied, "When can I buy Xiaomi cars in France?" The goal is to sell Xiaomi brand cars in Europe before 2030. Judging from the speed of the formation of Xiaomi Auto's sea team, this progress is likely to be accelerated. (36Kr Auto)

The Public Offering of Fund sales qualification of Goldman Sachs (China) Securities was approved, and the Beijing Securities Regulatory Bureau approved the sales qualification of Goldman Sachs (China) Securities Co., Ltd. to publicly raise securities investment funds. According to the reply, the sales license of Goldman Sachs (China) Securities Public Offering Securities Investment Fund is valid for 3 years from the date of first issuance. Goldman Sachs (China) Securities shall, in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Investment Fund Law, the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Sales Organizations of Public Offering Securities Investment Funds and other relevant laws and regulations, complete the preparatory work for opening within 6 months.Organic fluorides in two underground waters in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan exceeded the standard. On the 13th, local time, it was learned that the government department of Tochigi Prefecture in Japan said on the same day that organic fluorides exceeding Japan's provisional safe range were detected in the underground waters of two wells located in Ghost Nuqiu, Zhengang City. (CCTV News)The new CEO of Pakistan Stock Exchange said that the exchange is seeking to provide traders with the option of cash settlement of futures trading, and plans to conduct a test before March next year.

Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Publishing Bureau: The leading plan of online publishing technology innovation is being formulated to promote the game industry to play a greater role in service technology innovation. Yang Fang, deputy director of Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Publishing Bureau, said at the 2024 China Game Industry Annual Conference that Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Publishing Bureau is currently working with relevant ministries to jointly formulate the leading plan of online publishing technology innovation to promote the game industry to play a greater role in service technology innovation. In addition, Yang Fang introduced that next year, Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Publishing Bureau will focus on the online game boutique publishing project, and guide game enterprises to create more classic works that are deeply rooted in people's hearts and have been passed down for a long time.On the 13th, the European futures of the container freight index rose by 7.03%, and the latest main contract positions changed as follows. According to the data of the exchange, as of December 13th, the European futures of the main contract container freight index closed at 2502, up or down by +7.03%, with a turnover of 41,900 lots. The position data showed that the top 20 seats were net, and the difference position was 3,022 lots. A total of 78,900 lots of European futures contracts were traded, an increase of 8,599 lots over the previous day. The first 20 seats in the contract held 25,100 lots, an increase of 466 lots over the previous day. The short positions in the top 20 seats of the contract were 22,100 lots, a decrease of 120 lots from the previous day. (Sina Futures)Centeno, Governing Committee of the European Central Bank: "gradualism" is the most important word.