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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)Liu Jianchao met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdul Ati. On December 13th, Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdul Ati in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on implementing the important consensus of the two heads of state, strengthening inter-party exchanges, strengthening political dialogue and humanities exchanges, and promoting the construction of a community of destiny between China and Egypt facing the new era. (Xinhua News Agency)State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC): Actively expand effective investment, improve investment efficiency, and focus on the layout of a number of major projects with strong traction and long-term benefits. The Party Committee of the State Council SASAC held a special meeting. The meeting stressed that it is necessary to promote central enterprises to improve their ability to cope with cyclical fluctuations, continue to exert efforts in performance appraisal, quality improvement and efficiency improvement, and economic operation, and strive to simultaneously improve efficiency and efficiency indicators, and strive to achieve development with stronger scientific and technological attributes and greater driving role; Actively expand effective investment, improve investment efficiency, focus on "two" and "two new" layout of a number of major projects with strong traction and long-term benefits; We will do a better job in helping small and medium-sized enterprises, promote central enterprises to deepen strategic cooperation in the industrial chain, take the lead in paying off debts owed by private enterprises, and go all out to stabilize employment, supply and flow, so as to better help the national economy continue to pick up. It is necessary to promote the central enterprises to improve the supply capacity of common technologies, further highlight the key points and strengthen the key core technologies, especially in areas with large investment and long cycle; Further highlight the original innovation, explore and create a "policy enclave", strengthen the applied basic research, and deeply root the "root technology"; Further highlight the transformation of achievements, promote the construction of a number of major pilot projects by central enterprises, and constantly open up the "last mile" of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces, so as to better help high-level science and technology stand on its own feet. (SASAC)

Market News: Turkish anti-monopoly agency fined Google $75 million for advertising technology investigation.Two States in the United States sued Glock, a gun manufacturer, for ignoring the design flaw that "pistols can easily become machine guns". On the 12th, the prosecutors in New Jersey and Minnesota respectively sued Glock, an Austrian weapons manufacturer, accusing the pistol manufactured by them of design defects and being easily converted into illegal machine guns. According to the complaint, Glock knew this situation for a long time, and continued to sell this pistol to the United States and profit from it, which promoted the proliferation of gun violence in the United States. (Xinhua News Agency)The Chairman of the Sudan Sovereignty Committee and the Turkish President made a phone call focusing on the situation in Sudan. On December 13th, local time, Borhan, Chairman of the Sudan Sovereignty Committee and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, made a phone call with Turkish President Erdogan, focusing on the situation in Sudan. Erdogan said during the call that Turkey is willing to mediate between Sudan and the United Arab Emirates to resolve the contradictions between the two countries. Since the outbreak of armed conflict in Sudan last year, Sudanese government officials have repeatedly accused the UAE government of supporting the Sudan Rapid Support Force, which has caused tension between the two countries. At the end of last year, the two countries expelled each other's diplomats. Erdogan also said that Turkey opposes foreign interference in Sudan's internal affairs and supports Sudan in safeguarding national unity and territorial integrity and restoring peace and stability. (CCTV News)

Market News: US Secretary of State Blinken met with Iraqi Prime Minister in Baghdad to discuss the Syrian issue.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.General Administration of Financial Supervision: Help boost consumer support and expand bulk consumption, service consumption and new consumption. The Party Committee of the State Financial Supervision and Administration held a meeting to convey the spirit of studying the Central Economic Work Conference. The meeting requested that the real economy should be better served to help boost consumption and support the expansion of bulk consumption, service consumption and new consumption. Strengthen the financing guarantee for investment and effectively serve the "double" and "two new". Expand the pilot of equity investment of financial asset investment companies in an orderly manner. Do a solid job in supporting the financing coordination mechanism of small and micro enterprises. Increase financial support for foreign trade enterprises and strengthen export credit insurance and credit services. Actively guide banks and insurance institutions to reduce costs and increase efficiency, broaden capital replenishment channels, and improve their 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.