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General Administration of Market Supervision: Efforts should be made to optimize the consumption environment and promote large-scale equipment renewal and trade-in of consumer goods by standards. The party group of General Administration of Market Supervision held an enlarged meeting to convey the spirit of studying the Central Economic Work Conference. The meeting demanded that the construction of a unified national market should be accelerated, fair competition governance should be strengthened, and the economic cycle should be promoted smoothly. Efforts should be made to optimize the consumption environment, promote large-scale equipment renewal and trade-in of consumer goods with standards, and help expand domestic demand. It is necessary to give full play to the supporting role of quality infrastructure and boost scientific and technological innovation and the development of new quality productive forces. Efforts should be made to standardize the market order and promote mutual benefit and win-win for all parties in the platform economy. It is necessary to constantly optimize the ways and means of market supervision, improve the efficiency of supervision, and stabilize market expectations. It is necessary to effectively improve the safety supervision ability of food, medicine, industrial products and special equipment, and timely prevent and resolve major risks. It is necessary to improve the working mechanism for implementing the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and strengthen the comprehensive and strict management of the party's political responsibility. It is necessary to do a good job in safe production in the field of market supervision at the end of the year and at the beginning of the year, and stabilize the price and quality of important people's livelihood commodities.During the battle of AI glasses, several new financings were under way in the field of AI glasses, among which Viture, which focuses on AR game scenes, and Even Realities, whose current product form is mainly a combination of AI and AR, have entered the late stage of the transaction, and their latest valuations both exceed 100 million US dollars. It is understood that Wang Huiwen, co-founder of Meituan, also recently invested in Viture. The old shareholders of this company founded in 2021 include Lanchi Venture Capital, BAI Capital and Zhenzhi Venture Capital. (latepost)On December 13th, Shaanxi Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Supervision and Administration issued an administrative penalty message showing that Baoji Central Branch of Ancheng Property Insurance Co., Ltd. was fined 60,000 yuan for giving benefits other than the insurance contract. The salesman of Baoji Central Branch of Ancheng Property Insurance Co., Ltd. was warned and fined 10,000 yuan.

During the battle of AI glasses, several new financings were under way in the field of AI glasses, among which Viture, which focuses on AR game scenes, and Even Realities, whose current product form is mainly a combination of AI and AR, have entered the late stage of the transaction, and their latest valuations both exceed 100 million US dollars. It is understood that Wang Huiwen, co-founder of Meituan, also recently invested in Viture. The old shareholders of this company founded in 2021 include Lanchi Venture Capital, BAI Capital and Zhenzhi Venture Capital. (latepost)Huitai Medical: Using raised funds and self-owned funds to increase capital of 700 million yuan to wholly-owned subsidiaries. Huitai Medical announced that the company held the 20th meeting of the second board of directors and the 17th meeting of the second board of supervisors on December 12, 2024, and reviewed and approved the Proposal on Using raised funds and self-owned funds to increase capital to wholly-owned subsidiaries. The company agreed to increase its capital by 700 million yuan to Shanghai Hongtong Industrial Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary, of which 438 million yuan of interest-bearing loans provided to Shanghai Hongtong with raised funds were converted into capital increase, and 262 million yuan was increased with its own funds. After the capital increase is completed, the registered capital of Shanghai Hongtong will increase from RMB 18,489,300 to RMB 26,548,200, and it will remain a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company.State Administration of Financial Supervision: Make good use of the coordination mechanism of urban real estate financing to promote the expansion and efficiency of "white list" projects. The Party Committee of the General Administration of Financial Supervision held a meeting to convey the spirit of studying the Central Economic Work Conference. The meeting called for resolutely fighting the tough battle of ensuring the delivery of houses, making good use of the coordination mechanism of urban real estate financing, promoting the expansion and efficiency of "white list" projects and helping to build a new model of real estate development. Coordinate the promotion of risk management and transformation and development of small and medium-sized financial institutions. Deepen the reform of the supervision system and accelerate the construction of a financial supervision system with China characteristics. Continue to make up for the shortcomings of the regulatory system, accurately standardize and efficiently enforce the law, focus on key things, key people and key behaviors, prevent substantial risks and solve practical problems. Strengthen departmental linkage and coordination between the central and local governments, and unite strong supervision and strict supervision. 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.

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)Market News: Austria provides 1,000 euros to Syrian refugees to help them return home.Market News: Turkish anti-monopoly agency fined Google $75 million for advertising technology investigation.