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A picture to understand the 2024 Central Economic Work Conference. (Xinhua News Agency)Four departments: Strengthen the application and promotion of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises and build a number of vertical industry models suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the People's Bank of China and the General Administration of Financial Supervision issued the Special Action Plan for Digital Empowerment of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (2025-2027) to strengthen the application and promotion of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises. Give play to the platform role of on-site exchange activities in pilot cities of digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, publicize and promote typical application scenarios and solutions of artificial intelligence to empower small and medium-sized enterprises, and accelerate the replication and promotion of artificial intelligence applications in small and medium-sized enterprises. Encourage all localities to refer to the typical application cases and application maps of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote the popularization of artificial intelligence technology in key business scenarios of small and medium-sized enterprises such as R&D design, manufacturing, quality inspection, operation and maintenance, and management. Strengthen the application foundation of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises. Support open source communities such as the Open Atomic Open Source Foundation to take the lead in establishing an artificial intelligence open source community, set up special artificial intelligence open source projects focusing on the characteristic needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, and provide training frameworks, development examples, testing tools and open source codes that can be replicated and easily promoted. Guide small and medium-sized enterprises to actively participate in open source projects and lower the threshold for the deployment and development of artificial intelligence. Encourage leading enterprises, trading institutions, platform enterprises, data service enterprises and other business entities to build public data sets and industry data sets, and provide high-quality data for small and medium-sized enterprises for artificial intelligence model training. Build a number of vertical industry models suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, and strengthen the supply of large model technology products for small and medium-sized enterprises.BOC International: Reiterating that China Telecom is the first choice for the "buy" rating of Chinese telecom stocks, BOC International published a research report that the contribution of cloud services to revenue and profit continues to promote the growth of Chinese telecom operators, and cloud and artificial intelligence services are becoming the only sustainable driving force for Chinese telecom operators' revenue and EBITDA. China Telecom and China Unicom have recorded steady growth in profit margin of EBITDA in two quarters this year. With the development of state-owned enterprises and local governments, the bank expects to support the development of end-to-end proprietary cloud infrastructure services for telecom operators for a long time to improve security and regulatory requirements, and at the same time, Chinese telecom stocks can provide attractive valuation and dividend returns to support their long-term performance. Therefore, it reiterates its "buy" rating for Chinese telecom stocks, with China Telecom as the first choice, followed by China Unicom and China Mobile.

Bank of Communications International: For the first time, it covers the "buy" rating and target price of HK$ 5.86 given by the rich industrial trust. The Bank of Communications International published a report that the rich industrial trust has multiple investment advantages and stock price drivers, including stable profit prospects, low valuation, further interest rate cuts and potential inclusion in Shanghai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, which are all beneficial to the valuation of REITs. For the first time, the bank covers the purchase of wealth and gives a "buy" rating with a target price of HK$ 5.86. Bank of Communications International believes that the rental income prospect of Zhifu Industrial Trust can remain basically stable. At the same time, the current share price corresponds to a dividend of 9.4% in 2025, and the gap between the dividend yield and the yield of 10-year US bonds is about 1.1 standard deviation lower than the long-term level. It is considered that the current valuation is still far below its long-term average level, and has reflected most of the worries of the retail market in Hong Kong. The report continued that although high interest rates will still have a negative impact on this year's earnings, it is expected that the dividend per unit of Zhifu will resume growth from next year under the condition of continuous interest rate reduction. It is expected that the dividend per unit will decrease by 10%, increase by 3.8% and increase by 4.1% from 2024 to 2026 to 36.34, 37.71 and 39.26 Hong Kong cents respectively.Ecb governing Committee Escriva: it is logical to further cut interest rates at the next monetary meeting. If the basic scenario remains unchanged, interest rates will continue to be cut. The general idea yesterday was to continue to cut interest rates by 25 basis points. The lack of vitality in the European economy is a challenge.Qin Xinghua, Anneng Logistics: Under the general tone of "Striving for Progress in Stability", the logistics industry is welcoming new opportunities for development. The Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing from December 11 to 12. The conference analyzed the current economic situation and deployed economic work in 2025. Qin Xinghua, founder, CEO and president of Anneng Logistics, said that this meeting has made various plans for economic work next year, and a comprehensive and systematic layout is of great significance to the overall improvement and sustainable development of the economy. The meeting put forward key measures such as "solidly promoting high-quality development", "expanding domestic demand in all directions" and establishing the implementation of "more active fiscal policy" and "moderately loose monetary policy", and finalized the general tone of "striving for progress while maintaining stability" for economic development in 2025. It is foreseeable that the economic and social development situation will be stable and good next year, and the high-quality development trend will become more prominent. "As an important link in the economic development chain, the logistics industry will usher in new development opportunities under this economic background." Qin Xinghua was encouraged by the development of the enterprise.

Minsheng Bank: New Hope Chemical was approved to increase its shareholding by no more than 68 million shares. Minsheng Bank announced that the State Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau approved New Hope Chemical Investment Co., Ltd. to increase its shareholding in Minsheng Bank by no more than 68 million shares through the secondary market within six months. After the completion of the increase, New Hope Chemical and its concerted actions will hold no more than 2.24 billion shares of Minsheng Bank, with a shareholding ratio of no more than 5.12%.The financial technology companies supported by Wal-Mart are valued at $2.5 billion. The traditional banking industry is under threat. Wal-Mart is injecting more funds into its newly-started financial start-ups, obtaining a valuation of $2.5 billion for this company, and indicating its ambition to further set foot in the financial services industry. According to informed sources, the world's largest retailer is jointly leading the financing of more than 300 million US dollars with investment company Ribbit Capital. This marks a new valuation for the company named One, in which Wal-Mart holds a majority stake. Wal-Mart has been providing products to many customers and employees in order to gain a greater foothold in the field of financial services. For the financial industry, the threat of Wal-Mart and other companies encroaching on its territory is getting closer and closer. Just last year, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon mentioned the competitive threat of Wal-Mart and other enterprises, pointing out that its hundreds of millions of customers and huge resources at its disposal were "extraordinary competitive advantages".US government audit: The FAA must take "urgent action" to modernize the air traffic control system after the shutdown in 2023.