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Japanese media: Mrs Abe will go to the United States to seek to meet Trump, after Shi Pomao's hope to meet Trump was rejected. According to a report by Japan's Fuji News Network (FNN) on December 11th, the wife of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Akie Abe, will visit the United States this weekend. Abe maintained a close personal relationship with Trump before his death, and they were "golf friends". The Japanese government hopes to promote the establishment of contact with Trump through Abe Zhaohui's visit to the United States. It is reported that Abe Zhaohui will meet with Trump's wife Melania at Haihu Manor during her visit to the United States. At the same time, the Japanese side also sought to arrange a meeting between Abe Zhaohui and Trump himself. According to the report, after Trump was elected president of the United States, Japanese Prime Minister Shi Pomao only talked with Trump for about five minutes, and the request to arrange a meeting was rejected by the other party. (World Wide Web)The warm winter of second-hand houses has arrived: in November, house prices in Chengdu, Shenzhen rebounded first, and second-hand houses once again played a leading indicator of market warming. On December 11th, the Middle Finger Research Institute released a map of housing prices of second-hand houses in the top ten cities in November 2024, showing that in November, the average price of second-hand houses in Baicheng fell by 0.57% from the previous month, which was 0.03 percentage points lower than that of the previous month. The second-hand housing market in first-tier cities is more active. The average price of second-hand housing in the top ten cities dropped by 0.17% month-on-month, and the decline was narrowed by 0.16 percentage points from last month. Among them, the prices of second-hand houses in Shenzhen and Chengdu rose by 0.21% and 0.12% respectively, breaking the overall decline of 100 cities for seven consecutive months. Experts in the industry said that under the blessing of the policy of "buying houses and reducing taxes", it is expected that the transaction of second-hand houses in core cities will continue to be high, and prices are expected to continue to adjust. (beijing business today)Over 4.7 billion yuan! The largest financing case of the brokerage industry landed during the year, with a capital increase of 4.757 billion yuan! Recently, Hua Fu Securities won the largest financing in the securities industry during the year, which caused widespread concern in the market. According to the transaction announcement issued by Shanghai United Assets and Equity Exchange on December 12, Hua Fu Securities has a total of 17 participants in this capital increase, including 4 original shareholders such as Fujian Jintou, Fujian Investment Group, Industrial Trust and Fuzhou Investment, as well as 13 new investors such as Quanzhou Jiaofa, Quanzhou Haisi Investment, Zijin Mining Group, Fuzhou Zuohai Group, Taizhou Guoyun Group, Shanghai Xuhui Capital and Shanghai Pudong Venture Capital, with a total capital contribution of about 4.757 billion. After the completion of this capital increase, the company's capital strength has been greatly improved.

USD/JPY fell 0.29% to 152.02.The central parity of RMB against the US dollar was reported at 7.1854 yuan, down by 11 points.Baolingbao and Fengli Jingqiu reached a strategic cooperation. On December 11th, Baolingbao Biological Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Baolingbao") and Beijing Fengli Jingqiu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Fengli Jingqiu") formally signed an agreement to start the strategic cooperation of lactulose bulk drug products. The two sides will carry out global technology and market expansion in the field of pharmaceutical raw materials.

Agency: It is expected that the folding smartphone market will continue to decline in 2025. Counterpoint Research, a market research organization, issued a document saying that the year-on-year shipments of folding smartphone displays declined for the first time in the third quarter of 2024, and it is expected that the shipments in 2025 will also continue to decline.The South Korean prosecutor once again summoned Brother Lv Yinxiong, the anti-espionage commander of the Ministry of National Defense. On the 12th local time, the South Korean prosecutor once again summoned Brother Lv Yinxiong, the core figure of the "emergency martial law incident". (CCTV News)United Nations Report: The number of victims of human trafficking caused by poverty, conflict and climate change has surged. On December 11th, local time, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in its latest report covering 156 countries that the number of victims of human trafficking in the world has risen again after the decline during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Global Trafficking in Persons Report 2024 shows that the number of victims increased by 25% from 2019 to 2022. Vulnerability caused by poverty, conflict and climate crisis has led to the exploitation of children and a sharp increase in forced labor cases.