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Shanghai Stock Exchange: This week, the coastal market has a surplus of transportation capacity, and the comprehensive index is under pressure. According to Shanghai Stock Exchange, this week, the downstream demand is sluggish, the terminal purchasing enthusiasm is not high, and due to multiple factors such as the recovery of ship turnover and the return of concurrently operated ships, the market transportation capacity is surplus, and the comprehensive index is slightly lower. On December 13th, the China coastal (bulk) comprehensive freight index released by Shanghai Shipping Exchange closed at 1123.01 points, down 1.7% from the previous period.American polls show that half of Americans lack confidence in Trump's ability to nominate qualified cabinet members. A recent poll by the Associated Press -NORC Public Affairs Research Center shows that half of Americans lack confidence in President-elect Trump's ability to nominate qualified people for the new cabinet or key administrative positions. According to the survey results, 55% of American respondents have "a little confidence" or "no confidence at all" in Trump's ability to select qualified candidates during his second term, and another 27% have "very confidence". The poll was conducted from December 5 to 9, and the respondents were 1251 American adults, with a margin of error of 3.7 percentage points. (CCTV) 

Hainan: Accelerate the implementation of the core policy of Hainan Free Trade Port. The (enlarged) meeting of the Standing Committee of Hainan Provincial Party Committee was held on the 13th, which conveyed the spirit of studying the Central Economic Work Conference and studied and deployed the implementation work in Hainan Province. The meeting stressed that the core policy of Hainan Free Trade Port should be accelerated, and the policy system of free trade port should be continuously optimized and upgraded, so that enterprises and ordinary people can get a real sense of gain. We should expand domestic demand in an all-round way, make full use of more active macro policies, fully implement the national package of incremental policies, do everything possible to boost consumption and improve investment efficiency, continuously expand effective demand, strengthen project planning, give full play to the role of ultra-long-term special national debt, and plan and build forward-looking investment projects in seed industry, deep sea, aerospace and other fields. It is necessary to cultivate and expand the modern industrial system, focus on "five strong plans", improve the system and mechanism for cultivating and developing new quality productivity, promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and build an important practice place for China's new quality productivity according to local conditions.Moody's: Downgrading France's sovereign credit rating to Aa3, the outlook is stable.The United States announced the 72nd aid plan to Ukraine, Pentagon: The Biden administration has so far promised that the total aid to Ukraine has exceeded $63.5 billion. According to Fox News, the Biden administration announced on the 12th local time that it would provide Ukraine with a new military aid plan of $500 million. In addition, the Biden administration will continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine until its term expires in January 2025. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, so far, the total amount of military aid promised by Biden's government to Ukraine has exceeded $63.5 billion. However, CNN said that before Biden left office, the Pentagon was unlikely to use nearly $7 billion of surplus funds approved by Congress to arm Ukraine, mainly because the military's ability to replenish stocks was limited. (World Wide Web)

Shanghai Airlines Exchange: This week, the export container transportation market was basically stable, and the market freight rates fluctuated. According to Shanghai Airlines Exchange, this week, the export container transportation market in China was basically stable, and different routes were divided due to their different supply and demand fundamentals, and the comprehensive index rose. On December 13th, the comprehensive freight index of Shanghai export containers released by Shanghai Shipping Exchange was 2,384.40 points, up 5.7% from the previous period.Han Wenxiu, Deputy Director of the Central Finance Office: China's GDP is expected to increase by about 5% this year. At the 2024-2025 China Economic Annual Meeting held at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, Han Wenxiu, deputy director of the Central Finance and Economics Committee Office and director of the Central Rural Work Leading Group Office, said that China's GDP is expected to increase by about 5% this year. The contribution to global economic growth is close to 30%; Employment and prices remained stable, the international balance of payments was basically balanced, and the country's foreign exchange reserves remained above 3.2 trillion US dollars. (CCTV News)The head of the South Korean Police Department was formally detained. According to South Korean media reports, Zhao Zhihao, the head of the South Korean Police Department, and Kim Fung-sik, the head of the Seoul Police Department, were formally detained on the evening of December 13th. The Central District Court of Seoul said that Zhao Zhihao and Jin Fengzhi had the possibility of destroying evidence, so they issued detention orders. (CCTV International News)