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Backbone Technology: The holding subsidiary recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement on intelligent robots. Backbone Technology (002779) said on the interactive platform on December 12 that recently, Jiangsu Jianmi, the holding subsidiary of the company, signed strategic cooperation agreements with Dongsheng Zhilian and Nanjing Ji Rong respectively, working together to develop and apply automation, visualization and intelligent robots, and promoting the application and development of intelligent technologies in a wider range of fields. Jiangsu Jianmi's Lingrui P1 quadruped robot dog can be used for industrial park management, fire control and public security, daily inspection of power grid and electric power, and inspection of special operation scenes such as smelting enterprises and hazardous chemicals.Zou Yingguang, General Manager of CITIC Securities: It is expected that the demand for cross-border investment and financing at home and abroad will be further released. At the investor open day of CITIC Securities in 2024, Zou Yingguang, General Manager of CITIC Securities, said that the demand for two-way cross-border investment and financing is very strong, whether it is a China enterprise "going abroad" or an overseas investor "coming to China". Among them, with the rapid evolution of China's new open economic system, cross-border finance will usher in greater development space, and securities companies will be in cross-border finance. In the medium and long term, China's macro securitization rate is still accelerating, the internationalization of Chinese-funded enterprises will continue to increase, and the opening up of China's capital market will continue to increase. It is expected that the demand for cross-border investment and financing from domestic and foreign customers will be further released.Market news: South Korea's ruling party has elected a new party leader, and the new leader said that a presidential election may be held soon.

Zhejiang has published a list of the top 500 enterprises. According to the news released by Zhejiang in WeChat official account, Zhejiang Institute of Science and Technology Information organized the evaluation of innovation ability of high-tech enterprises, and recently selected the top 500 high-tech enterprises in Zhejiang Province in 2024. Among them, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Ningbo Oaks Electric Co., Ltd. and Xinhua San Technology Co., Ltd. are in the top three.The next "explosion point" of biomedicine may appear in Shenzhen. "China's pharmaceutical innovation ranks first in the second echelon in the world in terms of the quantitative indicators of R&D pipelines and listed new drugs." A few days ago, Song Ruilin, executive president of China Pharmaceutical Innovation Promotion Association, held the "Star of the Bay Area" biomedical source innovation conference in Shenzhen, and believed that China's pharmaceutical research and industrial development were entering a new stage of innovation. Chen Qiyu, vice president of China Pharmaceutical Innovation Promotion Association and executive director and co-CEO of Fosun International, said that Shenzhen has great advantages and development momentum in linking Greater Bay Area's urban development and AI technology. By leveraging the resources in the Bay Area and making good use of these advantages, it is possible to find a new fulcrum in the future biomedical R&D innovation track, and the next "explosion point" of biomedicine is likely to appear in Shenzhen.The Nikkei 225 index closed at 39,881.10 points in early trading, up 1.29%.

The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the United States for providing Ukraine with the proceeds from Russia's frozen assets and announced retaliatory measures. The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the 11th local time, condemning the United States for providing Ukraine with a loan of $20 billion with the proceeds from frozen Russian assets as collateral, calling this behavior "theft". According to a report quoted by Russian Tass news agency from Russian Ministry of Finance, in retaliation, Russia will use the proceeds from the frozen assets of western countries in Russia to support Russia's regional and economic development.The negative spread of 10-year national debt between China and the United States has expanded to nearly 250BP, which is the largest in more than 22 years.Shibor reported 1.4820% overnight, down 4.6 basis points; In 7 days, shibor reported 1.6350%, down 8.7 basis points; In three months, shibor reported 1.7400%, down 0.4 basis points.