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Where to go: This year, the number of passengers who bought their first air ticket on the platform increased by 41% year-on-year. According to the data released by Qunar.com today, in 2024, the number of passengers who bought their first air ticket increased by 41% year-on-year, with the highest growth rate in Shanghai, Beijing, Yunnan, Fujian and Hubei. The number of residents in cities below the third tier where they bought their first air ticket increased by 35% year-on-year, a record high of nearly five years. From the perspective of age structure, young people under the age of 18 have become the main group where to buy their first air ticket, with a year-on-year increase of over 50%. Students aged 19-23 and young people aged 24-33 are the main growth forces. At the same time, the platform data shows that the number of passengers who left the country by plane for the first time in 2024 increased by 220% year-on-year, and the number of residents in third-tier cities and below who left the country by plane for the first time increased by 2.5 times. The most popular destinations for first-time outbound travel are Hongkong, China, Bangkok, Thailand and Kuala Lumpur.The minimum acceptable price of the two-year national debt issued by the Ministry of Finance in Hong Kong is 100.62 yuan. The minimum acceptable price of the five-year national debt issued by the Ministry of Finance in Hong Kong is 102.41 yuan.From January to November, the oil and gas production of SOCAR Company in Azerbaijan decreased year-on-year.

OPEC Monthly Report: Russia slightly cut its oil production in November. On Wednesday, OPEC quoted data from second-hand sources as saying that Russia's crude oil production in November decreased slightly by 0.7 million barrels per day to about 8.99 million barrels per day. This is basically consistent with Russia's monthly production quota of 8.98 million barrels under the OPEC+agreement (including voluntary production reduction). Russia promised to cut production in October and November this year and from March to September next year to make up for the excess production since April. The output of Iraq and Kazakhstan has also been higher than the target, and they also promised to further reduce production to compensate for their excess production.Kremlin: Actions in the Golan Heights and the buffer zone are unlikely to help stabilize the situation in Syria.Chilean Mining Association (SONAMI): Copper production in Chile is affected by poor project performance.

In November, Sichuan CPI rose by 0.1% year-on-year, and the price increase of pork and fresh vegetables dropped from the previous month. On December 10, the data released by the Sichuan Survey Corps of the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the consumer price index (CPI) in Sichuan rose by 0.1% year-on-year, and the growth rate dropped by 0.1 percentage point from the previous month. It decreased by 0.7% from the previous month. From January to November, the consumer price of Sichuan residents decreased by 0.1% compared with the same period of last year. In terms of food, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol rose by 1.8% year-on-year in November, and the growth rate dropped by 1.1 percentage points from the previous month. Among them, the prices of pork and fresh vegetables increased by 15.2% and 14.0% year-on-year, respectively, and the growth rate dropped from last month; The price of fresh fruit changed from a year-on-year increase of 3.4% last month to an increase of 2.0%; The prices of eggs and aquatic products decreased by 1.6% and 0.6% respectively. From the ring comparison, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol decreased by 1.9% from 0.3% last month, mainly because the average temperature in November was higher than that in previous years, which was beneficial to the production, storage and transportation of agricultural products, and most fresh food prices were affected by the super-seasonal decline.Wanfang Development: A supplementary agreement on equity transfer of RMB 12.3 million was signed, and Wanfang Development announced that the company held the 66th meeting of the 9th Board of Directors on December 11th, 2024, at which the Proposal on the Progress of Selling a wholly-owned subsidiary and Signing a Supplementary Agreement was reviewed and approved. The Company signed Supplementary Agreement III to the Equity Transfer Agreement with Beijing Tianyuan and Beijing Baiyu, and Beijing Baiyu will pay the remaining equity transfer amount of RMB 12.3 million to the Company before December 31, 2025. As of the disclosure date of the announcement, Beijing Baiyu has paid 77.7 million yuan of equity transfer to the company, and the remaining 12.3 million yuan of equity transfer has not been paid. The company has transferred its 86.3333% equity of Beijing Tianyuan to Beijing Baiyu, so far, the company holds 13.6667% equity of Beijing Tianyuan.Spot gold just broke through the $2,690.00/oz mark, and the latest price was $2,689.72/oz, down 0.15% in the day.