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According to the Quarterly Report of the Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong's capital market has benefited from the success of the interconnection mechanism with the mainland stock market since the third quarter, as well as the breakthrough in contact with the Middle East market. The net capital inflow of Hong Kong Stock Connect is strong. After the optimization of ETF Connect, the number of eligible Hong Kong ETFs has increased to 16, with a total market value of over HK$ 300 billion. Cross-border wealth management investment in the south has increased by over 60% since optimization, and the net subscription of Hong Kong funds has reached RMB 8.8 billion. The CSRC is considering the license applications of 15 virtual asset trading platforms, and it is expected that several operators will be licensed during the year. Liang Fengyi, Chief Executive Officer of China Securities Regulatory Commission, said that the ETF market in Hong Kong has achieved several new milestones this year and will devote itself to building a global hub. (Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission)South Korea's former defense chief Jin Longxian's confidential mobile phone was detained by the police and the Ministry of National Defense. On the 12th local time, it was learned that the South Korean police and the Ministry of National Defense detained the confidential mobile phone of former defense chief Jin Longxian. (CCTV News)Shanghai Minhang issued 50 opinions to promote high-quality industrial development and strengthen high-quality financial empowerment. The Minhang District People's Government of Shanghai issued the Policy Opinions on High-quality Industrial Development in Minhang District (Trial) on December 12, aiming at improving the basic industrial capacity and the modernization level of industrial chain, accelerating the concentration of various advanced production factors to the development of new-quality productive forces, and promoting the high-quality industrial development in Minhang District. The opinion proposes to strengthen the empowerment of high-quality finance, form a 30 billion yuan "special loan for high-quality development of enterprises in Minhang District", give preferential interest rates to loans, and give subsidies according to a certain proportion of loan interest. Form a credit line of 20 billion yuan "Minhang District Special Loan for Supporting New Infrastructure Construction" to give gradient support to various fixed assets projects.

Intel: Breakthrough progress has been made in chip interconnection, and the inter-line capacitance has been reduced by 25%. Recently, Intel OEM announced a major breakthrough in on-chip interconnection technology. The latest subtractive Ruthenium interconnection technology of the company can reduce the inter-line capacitance by up to 25%, effectively improving the on-chip interconnection. According to reports, the subtractive ruthenium interconnection technology has achieved great progress in interconnection miniaturization by using ruthenium, a new, key and alternative metallization material, and using thin film resistivity and airgap. This process does not need an expensive photolithographic air gap exclusion zone around the via, and it can also avoid using a self-aligned via that is selectively etched. When the spacing is less than or equal to 25 nm, the air gap realized by reducing ruthenium interconnection technology can reduce the capacitance between lines by up to 25%, which can be used as a metallization scheme to replace copper damascene process in closely spaced layers. It is reported that this solution is expected to be applied in the future process nodes of Intel OEM. (Sina Technology)New Zealand plans to modify the "golden visa" to attract wealthy immigrants, and the New Zealand government is planning to modify its so-called "golden visa" program to attract more wealthy immigrants to invest in New Zealand. The Active Investor Plus Visa has always attracted the rich to New Zealand, bringing an average of NZ $1 billion (US$ 580 million) to New Zealand every year, but it has been sluggish since the rules changed in 2022. According to the data of Immigration New Zealand, in the past two years, only 35 applications have been fully approved, equivalent to NZ $352 million in nominated investment funds. In an interview in Wellington on Thursday, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said, "We realized that the previous government changed these settings, and we saw a significant drop in the number of investors. You can expect to see our announcement in this regard in the next few weeks. "Increase to 6 flights per week. The Shanghai-Riyadh route of China Eastern Airlines will be encrypted soon. It was learned from China Eastern Airlines on December 12 that recently, China Eastern Airlines announced that it will encrypt the direct flight route from Shanghai to Riyadh from 3 flights per week to 6 flights per week from February 21, 2025.

The weighted share price index of Taiwan Stock Exchange closed 0.6% higher at 23,046.80 points.Home improvement stocks continued to rise, with daily limit of Wole Home, Meike Home, Yazhen Home, Mengtian Home, Jinpai Home and Double Gun Technology, while Dinggu Set rose by over 10%, while Shangpin home delivery, Fun Sleep Technology and Wrigley Home rose by over 5%.According to the Japan News Agency, Japan's House of Representatives is expected to pass an additional budget for fiscal year 2024 on Thursday.