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Without the government's approval, the South Korean National Assembly passed the budget reduction bill for next year. On the 10th, the South Korean National Assembly held a plenary meeting and adopted a cut version of the 2025 budget with a total amount of 673.3 trillion won (about 3.41 trillion yuan). According to Yonhap News Agency, this is the first time that the South Korean National Assembly passed the budget without agreement between the ruling party and the opposition party. In the 300-seat parliament, 278 members voted on the budget, 183 were in favor, 94 were against and 1 abstained. The ruling National Power Party and some opposition party members voted against it. This budget is one of the focal points of the recent struggle between the ruling and opposition parties in South Korea and one of the factors inducing the current political chaos. The original budget proposed by the government was 677.4 trillion won, but the largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, demanded a reduction of 4.1 trillion won, mainly involving the government reserve fund, the special activity expenses of the presidential secretary's office and the national security office, the special work expenses and special activity expenses of the procuratorate and the supervision institute. (Xinhua News Agency)Zhongke Wenge completed a new round of strategic financing. On December 10th, Zhongke Wenge completed a new round of strategic financing, which was invested by Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund. This round of funds will be mainly used for R&D investment in the field of large model and decision intelligence, and promote the commercial application of general artificial intelligence technology.Chen Hui, general manager of CPIC Property & Casualty Insurance, was approved. Recently, CPIC Property & Casualty Insurance, a subsidiary of China CPIC, announced that the State Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau approved the qualification of general manager of Chen Hui China Pacific Property Insurance Co., Ltd. on November 27th, 2024. According to the data, Chen Hui was born in February 1969. He is currently the director, general manager, compliance officer and chief risk officer of CPIC Property Insurance. Chen Hui used to be assistant and deputy general manager of CPIC Property & Casualty Beijing Branch, general manager of CPIC Property & Casualty Hebei Branch, general manager and human resources director of CPIC Property & Casualty Human Resources Department. Prior to this, Chen Hui worked in Beijing Coal Corporation.
SOMO, Iraq's national oil marketing organization: Iraq set the official selling price of Basra Intermediate crude oil sold to Asia in January at a discount of $0.60/barrel compared with the average price of Oman/Dubai.TSMC ADR fell before the market, but analysts said that the demand for artificial intelligence remained strong. TSMC ADR fell by 0.6% in pre-market trading in the United States, after the world's largest chip foundry announced its sales data for November. Analysts said that the data is a positive signal of TSMC's quarterly revenue. Bernstein analysts said that the company's revenue in October and November totaled 590 billion Taiwan dollars, accounting for 69.6% of TSMC's guidance midpoint in the fourth quarter of 2024, close to the high end of the range of 65-72% in December of the past eight years. If December follows the average seasonal factors of the past eight years, the income in the fourth quarter of 2024 will be 1.7% higher than the midpoint of the guidance interval and 1.2% higher than the market expectation.Zhongke Wenge completed a new round of strategic financing. On December 10th, Zhongke Wenge completed a new round of strategic financing, which was invested by Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund. This round of funds will be mainly used for R&D investment in the field of large model and decision intelligence, and promote the commercial application of general artificial intelligence technology.