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Sixteen people have been sentenced for the anti-corruption storm in football. Since Li Tie, the former head coach of China Men's Football Team, was investigated in November 2022, a new round of anti-corruption storm has blown up in China football. The storm has become more and more fierce, involving not only players gambling and bribery at the top of the club, but also corrupt elements at the top of the Football Association and even the General Administration of Sports. Today, Li Tie's case and Du Zhaocai's case, the former vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, were pronounced in the first instance. Up to now, 16 people have been sentenced in China football (Beijing Daily)Macron rejected our proposal and appointed one of his allies as Prime Minister. We will not enter the government, and Macron chooses to continue his policy.Musk received an ultimatum from the SEC or faced multiple accusations, and the long-term confrontation between the US SEC and Musk escalated again. On December 12th, local time, Alex spiro, a lawyer of Musk, wrote to Gary Gensler, the outgoing chairman of the SEC, accusing the agency of launching an "ulterior motive action" against Musk, and revealed that the SEC had restarted the investigation of Neuralink, a brain-computer interface company owned by Musk. According to the contents of the letter, the SEC asked Musk to accept the settlement agreement within 48 hours and pay the fine, otherwise he would face "multiple accusations". These allegations are related to Musk's stock investment behavior before the acquisition of Twitter (now "X") in 2022, involving trading time and the legality of information disclosure. It was mentioned in the letter that the accusation originated from an investigation that lasted for several years, and the SEC recently issued a subpoena to Musk's lawyer, asking him to provide testimony. Alex spiro said that he had explicitly refused to cooperate and accused the agency of "political motives". Musk also posted a letter from his lawyer to Gary Gensler on social media, with the text "Gary, how could you do this to me" and a crying emoji. Alex spiro also asked in his letter who was directing the SEC's actions. Alex spiro emphasized that the SEC's "harassment" of Musk and its affiliates for six years has deviated from the original intention of seeking the truth and become an improper pressure. At present, the SEC has not commented on this. In addition, the letter said that the SEC also restarted the investigation of Neuralink, a brain-computer interface company owned by Musk. This autumn, the animal protection organization "Committee of Responsible Medical Doctors" and four US congressmen asked the SEC to investigate Neuralink, accusing it of securities fraud through misleading propaganda. (Securities Times)

Haitian Weiye, a soy sauce manufacturer, is reported to have hired a bank to handle the listing in Hong Kong. According to informed sources, Haitian Weiye, one of the largest condiment manufacturers in China, has hired CICC, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to handle the second listing in Hong Kong, which may raise at least $1.5 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, Haitian plans to submit a preliminary prospectus to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as early as January.Market News: Argentine President Milei met with Rio Tinto CEO Meloni in Rome.State Financial Supervision and Administration: Actively guide banks and insurance institutions to reduce costs and increase efficiency, and broaden capital replenishment channels. On December 13, the Party Committee of the State Financial Supervision and Administration held a meeting to convey the spirit of studying the Central Economic Work Conference, and to study and deploy implementation measures in light of the requirements of the National Financial System Work Conference. The meeting called for promoting the high-quality development of the banking and insurance industry, actively guiding banking and insurance institutions to reduce costs and increase efficiency, broadening capital replenishment channels, and improving sustainable development capabilities. Promote high-level financial openness with higher standards and greater efforts, and attract more foreign financial institutions and long-term capital to set up businesses in China.

Guoyuan Securities: A special dividend plan was drawn up and announced by Guoyuan Securities. On December 13, 2024, the company held the 20th meeting of the 10th Board of Directors and the 11th meeting of the 10th Board of Supervisors, at which the Proposal on Special Dividend Plan was reviewed and approved. As of September 30, 2024, the accumulated undistributed profit of the company was 7.743 billion yuan, and the accumulated distributable profit of the parent company was 5.262 billion yuan. In order to enhance the investor's sense of gain and improve the investor's return level, the company has drawn up a special dividend plan: based on the existing total share capital of 4.364 billion shares, a cash dividend of 0.60 yuan will be distributed to all shareholders for every 10 shares, and a total cash dividend of 262 million yuan will be distributed. No bonus shares will be distributed, and capital will not be increased from the provident fund.Peng Qinghua met with Babacov, Vice Chairman of Russian State Duma, and Peng Qinghua, Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), met with Babacov, Vice Chairman of Russian State Duma, in Beijing on the 13th. The two sides indicated that they will jointly implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, make good use of the platform of the joint working group of the Sino-Russian Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, deepen exchanges and cooperation between legislative bodies, and promote the further development of China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation in the new era. (Xinhua News Agency)Jinghe Jicheng: Shareholder Lijing Venture Capital intends to transfer 1.50% shares of the company by inquiry, and Jinghe Jicheng announced that shareholder Lijing Venture Capital intends to transfer 30.092 million shares of the company by inquiry transfer, accounting for 1.50% of the company's total share capital.