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Media: El Salvador will change its pioneering bitcoin practice in exchange for IMF transactions. According to media reports, two people familiar with the matter revealed that El Salvador is expected to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a loan plan of 1.3 billion US dollars in the next two to three weeks. In exchange, El Salvador will change its pioneering practice of using bitcoin as legal tender and reduce the government deficit. A delegation of the International Monetary Fund has arrived in San Salvador to finalize the details of the agreement with the government. People familiar with the matter said that the transaction is expected to release another $1 billion in loans from the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank in the next few years. This loan plan must be approved by the board of directors of the International Monetary Fund, which will enable this Central American country to return to the international financial circle after several years of relative isolation. The country passed a law in June 2021, making it the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. However, the International Monetary Fund opposes El Salvador's adoption of digital currency on the grounds that financial stability and integrity are at risk, and urges the government to stop accepting cryptocurrency as legal tender.UAE Foreign Ministry official: Pay close attention to the development of the situation in Syria; Emphasize the importance of safeguarding Syrian unity and protecting its national institutions.Dongfang Jincheng: In 2025, the policy interest rate cut may reach 0.5 percentage points. the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on December 9 to analyze and study the economic work in 2025. Dongfang Jincheng judges that in 2025, the central bank will continue to implement vigorous interest rate cuts and RRR cuts, among which the policy rate cuts may reach 0.5 percentage points, which is significantly higher than the rate cut of 0.3 percentage points this year, and the interest rates of various structural monetary policy instruments will also be lowered in a timely manner, thus guiding the financing costs of enterprises and residents to go down. It is not ruled out that in 2025, it is possible to continue to implement a large-scale targeted interest rate cut on residential mortgages by greatly guiding the downward trend of LPR quotations for more than five years. (The Paper)

About 40% of South Korea's stock prices hit a new low in the year, and the exchange rate of the won against the US dollar fell for four consecutive trading days. Today is the first trading day after the abolition of the impeachment motion of the South Korean President. Due to political instability, the financial market in South Korea fluctuated violently today. The Korea Composite Stock Index closed at 2360.58 points, down 2.78% from the previous trading day, and closed down for four consecutive trading days. Statistics show that about 40% of the stocks listed on South Korea's main board and Growth Enterprise Market today hit a new low this year. In addition, the exchange rate of the Korean won has also dropped simultaneously today. At the close, the exchange rate of the Korean won against the US dollar was 1,437 won to the US dollar, and the closing price hit the lowest value in more than two years for four consecutive trading days. (CCTV Finance)Ziyan Food is caught in a product safety storm: the products in the online mall have been removed from the shelves and entrusted to a third party for testing. Ziyan Food, whose total number of exposed product colonies exceeds the standard, responded to the food safety storm. On the evening of December 8, Ziyan Food issued a clarification announcement. "After review and investigation by the company, the factory inspection report of the corresponding batch of products released in the video was qualified. The company has also entrusted a number of authoritative third-party testing institutions to conduct microbial testing on the company's products in the near future, and the relevant test results will be made public in time. " On December 9, Ziyan Food related people explained to reporters that the products involved in the video inspection were the "locked fresh clothes" series of Ziyan Baiwei Chicken Online Mall, which were sold by Shanghai Zihao Food Co., Ltd. through e-commerce platforms (JD.COM, Tik Tok, Taobao, Tmall, etc.) and new retail (box horse, ding-dong, etc.). "After the products sold by e-commerce platforms are produced by foreign factories, they are directly distributed to consumers by logistics companies." "At present, the related products of the online mall have been removed from the shelves for the first time", and Ziyan Food related people pointed out that "the company actively accepts the inspection by the regulatory authorities", and the incident is still waiting for the final confirmation of the regulatory authorities. (21 Finance)Jiahe Meikang: Hongyun Jiukang plans to transfer 1.30% shares. Jiahe Meikang announced that Hongyun Jiukang Data Technology Co., Ltd. plans to transfer 1,788,400 shares through inquiry transfer, accounting for 1.30% of the company's total share capital. This transfer is a non-public transfer, and the transferee is an institutional investor with corresponding pricing ability and risk tolerance, and it shall not be transferred within 6 months after the transferee.

New york cocoa futures on the Intercontinental Exchange jumped more than 4% to $10,271 a ton.The British Chancellor of the Exchequer called on the EU to remove "unnecessary" trade barriers to Britain. It is reported that during his landmark visit to Brussels, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Reeves called on the EU to remove "unnecessary" trade barriers to Britain in order to promote economic growth. She said that in view of the fact that both Britain and the European Union are "struggling" in terms of economic growth, her goal is to persuade finance ministers of various countries to improve their post-Brexit relations. She said: "The first task of this government is to develop the economy ... and see the improvement of people's living standards. The fact is that these unnecessary trade barriers will lead to a decline in living standards and make it more difficult for British companies to be competitive on the global stage. " She added: "We all want to see our economy grow faster and be more competitive in the world ... One way to achieve this goal is to reduce some trade barriers. This is one of the arguments I will put forward when I meet my European counterparts today. "Hailiang shares: planning to invest in Jinlong Group and cooperative management. Hailiang shares announced that the company plans to invest no more than 1 billion yuan to acquire part of the shares of Jinlong Group held by Chongqing Wanzhou Economic and Technological Development (Group) Co., Ltd., and at the same time, Hailiang shares plan to cooperate with Jinlong Group. This transaction does not constitute a connected transaction or a major asset restructuring.