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Yin Zhongyu, Federal Reserve Securities: Industrial M&A will always have the opportunity to cross-border M&A and will never be supported on a large scale. Yin Zhongyu, assistant to the president of Federal Reserve Securities and head of the M&A business department, pointed out that M&A has ushered in a rare policy window. For industrial M&A, the policy window has always been there. "In particular, industrial M&A focusing on new productivity has always been the direction encouraged by the regulatory authorities, and there will always be opportunities. However, for buying and selling shells and cross-border restructuring, related risks need to be vigilant, and cross- (21 Finance)Guotai Junan: The long-term incremental "option" brought by humanoid robots is expected to help the valuation of the rare earth sector rise. When looking forward to the strategy of the rare earth sector in 2025, Guotai Junan said that the market had expected that with the slowdown in the growth of core demand power such as new energy vehicles and wind power in the future, the demand for rare earth markets is under downward pressure. However, we expect that the rising consumption of magnetic materials for new energy vehicles and the warming demand for wind power are still expected to support the basic demand growth, and the demand for equipment renewal that began to land in 2024 is expected to become a new driving force for rare earth demand. On the supply side, an orderly pattern of domestic supply has been established, with many overseas planning increments but slow actual volume, and continuous supply-side constraints. In addition, the long-term incremental "options" brought by humanoid robots are also expected to help the valuation of the plate rise.Daiwa raised Tesla's target price to $420.

Xinwangda: The subsidiary and Xiamen Tungsten Xinneng signed the Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation for Solid-State Batteries. Xinwangda announced that the subsidiary Xinwangda Power and Xiamen Tungsten Xinneng signed the Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation for Solid-State Batteries, and the two sides will carry out extensive and in-depth cooperation on research and development, mass production and market development of a series of new energy battery materials for solid-state batteries around their respective development strategies. The cooperation contents include the development of cathode materials for solid-state batteries, the development of electrolytes and related materials for solid-state batteries, the cooperative development of solid-state batteries and industrial cooperation.Wanchen Group: It is planned to purchase 16 "New Zero Help" software systems of Nanjing Zhongcheng for 27.7031 million yuan. Wanchen Group announced that in order to meet the needs of the company and its holding subsidiaries to carry out daily business activities, the company plans to purchase 16 "New Zero Help" software systems held by Nanjing Zhongcheng at a transaction price of 27.7031 million yuan (including tax). Nanjing Zhongcheng is a related party of the company, and this transaction constitutes a related party transaction. According to the announcement, the software system is specially designed for retail and wholesale enterprises, mainly for medium and large retail enterprises.Polish Prime Minister: There is no plan to send troops to Ukraine after the ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. On December 12, local time, Polish Prime Minister Tusk said after meeting with French President Macron that the decision on whether to send troops to Ukraine after the ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine will be made by Poland itself. At present, Poland has no such plan. In addition, Baussac, deputy speaker of the Polish House of Representatives, said at a news conference that sending troops to Ukraine was not in the interests of Poland, the EU and NATO. He expressed firm opposition to this. Baussac said that the Polish government should clearly and directly state its position and refuse to send troops to Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Tusk said on the 10th that peace talks on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict may start this winter. Tusk said at the government meeting that Poland will take over the rotating presidency of the European Union in January next year, when Poland will play an important role in the negotiations on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. He said that peace talks may start this winter, and Poland will participate in the arrangement of the political agenda and even lead the development of the situation during the negotiations. (CCTV News)

Kegong: Orban proposed to Putin a Christmas ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. According to the latest news from AFP, peskov, press secretary of Russian President and spokesman of Kegong, said on Thursday (12th) that Hungarian Prime Minister Orban proposed to Russian President Putin the day before: a Christmas ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. According to the report, peskov said that Russia submitted its "proposal" on the exchange of prisoners of war to the Hungarian Embassy in Russia that day, and Russia supported "Orban's efforts". (World Wide Web)Poland signed an MQ-9B Sky Guardian UAV purchase contract with the United States. On December 12th, local time, Poland signed an MQ-9B Sky Guardian UAV purchase contract with the United States. Caussignac cames, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of Poland, stressed that the establishment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is an "absolute priority" for Poland's security investment, and from January 1, 2025, UAVs will formally become a part of the Polish army. MQ-9B "Sky Guard" is mainly used for reconnaissance, monitoring and attack on ground and water targets, with a maximum takeoff weight of 5.67 tons and a maximum external store weight of 2.1 tons. (CCTV News)Gao Weibing: Guangzhou Institute will improve the variety layout of new energy and new materials. On December 12th, 2024 China New Energy and New Materials Industry Conference was held in Guangzhou. Gao Weibing, Party Secretary and Chairman of Guangzhou Futures Exchange, said that in the near future, Guangzhou Futures Exchange will launch polysilicon futures and options to form a linkage with industrial silicon, providing more effective price signals and risk management tools for the photovoltaic industry chain. In the next step, Guangzhou Institute will thoroughly implement the spirit of "Opinions on Strengthening Supervision and Preventing Risks to Promote the High-quality Development of Futures Market", based on the fundamental purpose of serving the real economy and the characteristic orientation of serving the green development, improve the variety layout of new energy and new materials, increase market cultivation, continuously enrich the supervision toolbox, and strive to ensure the safe and stable operation of the market and better serve the needs of the real economy. (China Nonferrous Metals News)