Cui Xiangmu, Minister of Planning and Finance of South Korea: South Korea has done its best to stabilize the exchange rate through smooth operation. Compared with the past crisis, the current foreign exchange market situation in South Korea is different. South Korea will not do anything that may damage the "safety net" of foreign exchange.The number of foreign passengers entering and leaving the West Kowloon Station Port this year exceeded 1 million. The reporter recently (9th) learned from the West Kowloon Border Inspection Station of Shenzhen Border Inspection Station that since the beginning of this year, more than 1 million foreign passengers from 164 countries and regions have entered and exited through the West Kowloon Station Port, an increase of 90.2% over last year, and the highest single-day passenger flow this year exceeded 6,300. (CCTV News)South Korea's Minister of Planning and Finance, Choe Sang-mu: Strongly opposed to President Yin Xiyue's martial law plan.
Scott Richardson, Chief Operating Officer of Celanese, will be promoted to CEO. Celanese, a chemical company, announced on December 10th local time that Scott Richardson, the current Chief Operating Officer of Celanese, has been appointed as CEO since January 1st, 2025, and will join the board of directors of the company. Richardson will succeed Lori Ryerkerk, who will resign as president, CEO and Celanese director at the end of the year. Edward Galante has been elected as an independent director of Celanese since 2013, and he will be the chairman of Celanese board, which will take effect after Ryerkerk leaves office.The chairman of Japan's trade union called on the government to speed up its efforts to raise wages, and the chairman of Japan's Metal Workers' Union urged the government to speed up the pace of wage increase, while expressing concern about the premature tightening measures taken by the Bank of Japan. Akihiro Kaneko, president of the Board of Directors of the Japan Metal Workers' Union, said that we need to see the situation improve this year when talking about the government's measures to help small and medium-sized enterprises pass on costs to consumers through the supply chain. If we put off this effort for five or ten years, there will never be any improvement. Kaneko's remarks come as Japan prepares for annual wage negotiations, which will culminate this spring. In next year's negotiations, the union announced a record target of a monthly salary increase of 12,000 yen (US$ 79) or more. Kaneko said that we need to send a clear message that our salary increase target (this year) is higher.South Korea's Minister of Planning and Finance, Choe Sang-mu, said that he had tried his best to stabilize the turbulent financial market.
A number of private placements are optimistic about the market at the end of the year, and the two major directions are favored. Recently, A-shares have fluctuated, and the latest strategies of a number of first-line private placements for investment at the end of the year and the beginning of the year have been released one after another. A number of private placements are optimistic about the market at the end of the year. Kou Zhiwei, a partner of chongyang investment, said that the "strengthening unconventional countercyclical adjustment" proposed by the policy at the end of the year inspired market confidence. At present, compared with the end of September, the market has a large increase, and the market has fully expected and priced the policy overweight. The further rise of the short-term market may need the support of strong economic recovery data. Lei, deputy general manager and chief strategic investment official of Xingshi Investment, said that the current positive factors in the stock market are still accumulating, and the fundamentals, policies and funds are all supported. Judging from the recent overall investment trends of private placement, the reporter found that maintaining medium and high positions and maintaining high flexibility of portfolios have become the strategic focus of current private placement institutions. Judging from the specific optimistic investment direction at the end of the year, according to the comprehensive interview with private equity, consumption and technology are relatively more popular at present. (CSI Taurus)Barclays lowered its target share price of Nike from $81 to $79.Japan Space Agency: H3 5 rocket with QZS-6 satellite was launched on February 1st.