1. According to a report by Tujia, the number of bookings for popular small town homestays in 2024 has doubled year-on-year. Homestays have entered the era of "emotional value" consumption, with nearly 80% of users on the platform giving priority to booking homestays with additional unique experiential projects. The booking volume of homestays with labels such as agricultural picking, intangible cultural heritage, folk customs, and gatherings has increased by 90% -170% year-on-year.
2. Guangdong Province has taken the lead in introducing the "Two New" package of financial fund guarantee plans nationwide, with a total investment of over 70 billion yuan in various funds across the province to promote implementation. We shall invest 240 million yuan to support the implementation of industrial infrastructure reconstruction projects.
3. Beijing has obtained a new special debt limit of 9 billion yuan, which will be mainly used for expenditures in 9 projects such as shantytown renovation and urban village renovation.
4. The Shanghai Stock Exchange News pointed out that there is a one to two quarter lag between the application and disbursement of affordable housing refinancing loans on a quarterly basis and the actual progress of bank loans. The acquisition of existing housing requires multiple steps, including demand investigation, collection of housing resources, and clarification of acquisition methods. Recently, more than 10 cities including Chongqing, Suzhou, and Wuhan have implemented projects to acquire existing housing, raising tens of thousands of units of affordable housing.
5. CICC stated that perception is the foundation of embodied intelligent environment interaction, and sensors are the core hardware of perception systems. Analogous to human sensory organs, embodied intelligence utilizes various sensors such as vision, hearing, touch, and force to perceive the external environment and understand its own state. By 2030, China's embodied intelligent sensor market is expected to reach 10 billion yuan.
6. According to the Shanghai Securities News, in less than three months since its release, the tracking fund size has exceeded 300 billion yuan, and the CSI A500 index has set a new record. There are over 110 fund products arranged around this index, of which only 45 have been established so far, and multiple funds are currently being issued.
7. According to Securities Daily, investment and financing activities in China's AI field continue to be booming. As of December 17, there were a total of 644 investment and financing events in the AI field this year, exceeding the total of 633 in 2023; The amount involved is 82.129 billion yuan, compared to 63.676 billion yuan in 2023.
8. CCTV News reported that on December 18th, the second phase of the Huaneng Jintan Salt Cave Compressed Air Energy Storage Power Generation Project officially started construction. This project is currently the world's largest compressed air energy storage power station in terms of single unit power, total capacity, and comprehensive efficiency, breaking through the "bottleneck" technological barriers.
9. The International Energy Agency points out that by 2027, coal demand will rise to nearly 8.9 billion tons, about 1% higher than the level in 2024. Overthrowing the previous estimate that coal demand peaked last year, highlighting the challenges faced in limiting carbon emissions that contribute to global warming.
10. Japan's November exports increased by 3.8% year-on-year, while imports decreased by 3.8% year-on-year, resulting in a trade deficit of 117.6 billion yen. The demand in the United States and Europe has weakened, while the demand in China has increased.
