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The financial technology companies supported by Wal-Mart are valued at $2.5 billion. The traditional banking industry is under threat. Wal-Mart is injecting more funds into its newly-started financial start-ups, obtaining a valuation of $2.5 billion for this company, and indicating its ambition to further set foot in the financial services industry. According to informed sources, the world's largest retailer is jointly leading the financing of more than 300 million US dollars with investment company Ribbit Capital. This marks a new valuation for the company named One, in which Wal-Mart holds a majority stake. Wal-Mart has been providing products to many customers and employees in order to gain a greater foothold in the field of financial services. For the financial industry, the threat of Wal-Mart and other companies encroaching on its territory is getting closer and closer. Just last year, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon mentioned the competitive threat of Wal-Mart and other enterprises, pointing out that its hundreds of millions of customers and huge resources at its disposal were "extraordinary competitive advantages".The green channel for emergency treatment of workers injured in coal mine safety accidents was opened. On December 13th, China Energy Chemical Geology Union and Emergency General Hospital (formerly Coal General Hospital) signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on Green Channel for Emergency Treatment of Workers Injured in Coal Mine Safety Accidents in Beijing. According to the agreement, employees of 38 committee units in the coal industry who need to go to Beijing for treatment if they are injured in coal mine safety accidents can apply to the Emergency General Hospital for emergency treatment through the China Energy Chemical Geology Union. Relying on the high-quality medical resources of the National Emergency Medical Research Center and the National Pneumoconiosis Diagnosis and Treatment Center, the Emergency General Hospital will provide safe, convenient, efficient and high-quality emergency medical services for injured workers in burns, bruises, wounds, skin, beauty and pneumoconiosis. In the next step, the two sides will communicate with each other on a regular basis about the construction of green channels, and jointly carry out related work such as pneumoconiosis screening and online free clinic for front-line workers in mining, so as to effectively protect the safety and health rights and interests of coal mine workers. (CCTV News)A number of officials from Turkey and Qatar will visit Syria to meet with the Syrian transitional government. On the 12th local time, the Syrian Ministry of Information announced that the Turkish Foreign Minister, the head of the intelligence department and the head of Qatar's national security department will visit Syria and meet with the leader of the Sharm el-Liberation Organization, Giulani, and the caretaker Prime Minister of the Syrian transitional government, Bashir. Up to now, Turkish and Qatar officials have not announced relevant news.

Guangdong: In the next five years, 10 billion yuan will be invested to support the development of the tourism industry. On December 12th, a site meeting was held to promote the implementation of the spirit of the provincial tourism development conference in Guangdong. The meeting proposed to promote the implementation of the "three hundred" plan for cultural tourism investment, that is, to promote 100 major projects under construction and 100 key investment projects, to coordinate provincial financial investment of 10 billion yuan to support the development of tourism industry in the next five years, and to accelerate the implementation of the list of 100 major projects under construction and 100 key investment projects. According to the deployment, Guangdong will focus on promoting the implementation of the "three hundred" plan for cultural tourism investment and establishing "three lists" for key cultural tourism projects (namely, the list of projects under construction, the list of investment projects and the list of projects supported by financial funds). According to statistics, there are 103 major cultural tourism projects under construction in Guangdong province, with a total investment of 282.6 billion yuan, and the accumulated investment has reached 74 billion yuan by the third quarter.Ecb governing Committee Escriva: it is logical to further cut interest rates at the next monetary meeting. If the basic scenario remains unchanged, interest rates will continue to be cut. The general idea yesterday was to continue to cut interest rates by 25 basis points. The lack of vitality in the European economy is a challenge.Hong Kong media revealed that French President Macron plans to visit China in the new year. On the 13th, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post quoted several people familiar with the matter as saying that French President Macron plans to visit China in the new year. The report mentioned that Bona, foreign affairs adviser to the French President, took a team of assistants to China this week to "act as an advance stop" for Macron's visit to China in 2025. (World Wide Web)

In the first three quarters, China's total cargo transportation was 41.63 billion tons, up 2.3% year-on-year. The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released the China Road Freight Development Report (2023-2024) today (13th). According to the report, due to the adjustment of transportation structure, although the proportion of road transportation in China has declined, it is still the main body of the freight market, and road freight has maintained steady growth. According to the report, in the first three quarters of this year, China's total cargo transportation was 41.63 billion tons, up 2.3% year-on-year. From the perspective of freight structure, the proportion of freight undertaken by railway and waterway transportation has increased, while the proportion of road transportation has decreased. In the first three quarters, the volume of road freight transport was 30.66 billion tons, up 3.1% year-on-year, accounting for more than 73%. Road transport is still the main body of the freight market. (CCTV News)Shenzhen Airport cooperated with China Airlines to build the first domestic civil aviation international transit service system. According to Shenzhen Airport, the first domestic civil aviation international transit service system jointly built by Shenzhen Airport and China Airlines was officially released recently. The system is dedicated to solving the problems of data barriers and information blind spots in the supervision of international transit passengers and luggage, which will effectively improve the security efficiency of international through flights and international transit passengers and further enhance the competitiveness of Shenzhen Airport International Aviation Hub.Zhaowei, Shenwan Hongyuan Securities: Macroeconomic policies pay more attention to cooperation with key areas such as stable employment and scientific and technological innovation. zhaowei, chief economist of Shenwan Hongyuan Securities, said that in terms of macroeconomic regulation and control, this meeting continued the tone of Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party in December, emphasizing "being more active and promising" and "improving the overall effectiveness of policies". The meeting mentioned "strengthening the coordination of fiscal, monetary, employment, industrial, regional, trade, environmental protection, supervision and other policies and reform and opening-up measures", on the one hand pointing to the follow-up fiscal and monetary policies or strengthening coordination and supporting steady growth; On the other hand, it points to "forming synergy" among multiple departments, and macro policies pay more attention to cooperation with key areas such as stable employment and scientific and technological innovation. (CSI Taurus)