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Consumer stocks of Hong Kong stocks fell, with Budweiser Asia Pacific (01876.HK) and China Resources Beer (00291.HK) falling more than 5%, Nongfu Spring (09633.HK) and Mengniu Dairy (02319.HK) falling 4%, and Li Ning (02331.HK) and Anta Sports (02020.HK) falling more than 3%.From January to October, the total output of lithium batteries in China increased by 16% year-on-year. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's lithium-ion battery industry continued to grow from January to October 2024. According to the announcement of lithium battery industry norms, enterprise information and industry associations, the total output of lithium batteries in China from January to October was 890GWh, up 16% year-on-year. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, the profit of China's lithium battery manufacturing industry increased by 39.4% from January to October. In the battery sector, the output of energy storage lithium batteries exceeded 200GWh from January to October. The loading capacity of power lithium batteries for new energy vehicles is about 405GWh. From January to October, the total export of lithium batteries in China reached 350.2 billion yuan, down 9.2% year-on-year, and the decline was 3.3 percentage points narrower than that in January-June.The Emergency Management Department made unannounced visits to inspect enterprises involved in dust explosion. Recently, the Emergency Management Department sent a working group to carry out unannounced visits to enterprises in key industries of industry and trade in Henan and Guangxi without greeting, accompanying reception and preparing materials, so as to promote the key areas of industry and trade to do a good job in the investigation and rectification of potential safety hazards in industry and trade this winter and next spring. It was found that some enterprises involved in dust explosion did not take explosion prevention and control measures, did not set up gas lock and ash unloading devices, did not set up spark detection and elimination devices, and did not implement dust cleaning system.

Ukrainian energy company DTEK: Russia caused "serious damage" to the thermal power plant in the attack on energy in the morning local time.From January to October, the national output of photovoltaic polysilicon, silicon wafers, batteries and components all increased by more than 20% year-on-year. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, from January to October 2024, China's photovoltaic industry operated smoothly as a whole. According to the announcement of photovoltaic industry norms, enterprise information and industry associations, the output of photovoltaic polysilicon, silicon wafers, batteries and components in China increased by more than 20% year-on-year, and the export volume of photovoltaic cells increased by more than 40%. In the polysilicon sector, the national output from January to October was about 1.58 million tons, up 39.0% year-on-year. In the silicon wafer link, the national output from January to October was about 608GW, and the export volume was about 53.2GW. In the battery sector, from January to October, the national output of crystalline silicon batteries was about 510GW, and the export volume was about 45.9GW. In terms of components, from January to October, the national output of crystalline silicon components was about 453GW, and the export volume was about 205.9GW.Organic fluorides in two underground waters in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan exceeded the standard. On the 13th, local time, it was learned that the government department of Tochigi Prefecture in Japan said on the same day that organic fluorides exceeding Japan's provisional safe range were detected in the underground waters of two wells located in Ghost Nuqiu, Zhengang City. (CCTV News)

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited applied for the trademark of "Chargeo Charging Dog", and the intellectual property information of Tianyancha shows that recently, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. applied for the registration of three trademarks of "Chargeo Charging Dog", which are internationally classified as transportation, scientific instruments and building repair, and the current trademark status is awaiting substantive examination. According to media reports, "CharGo charging dog" is a storage, charging and inspection integrated robot developed by Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited. The charging dog has three functions in one. It is not only a mobile charging facility, but also a distributed energy storage, and it is also a battery safety guardian of new energy vehicles.Asia-Pacific Pharmaceuticals: The new specifications of cefmetazole sodium for injection were approved, and Asia-Pacific Pharmaceuticals announced that the company was approved by National Medical Products Administration, and the new specifications of cefmetazole sodium for injection were 0.5g and 2g, which further enriched the product categories on the basis of the original 1g specifications. The annual sales income of this drug in 2023 was 96.3946 million yuan, accounting for 22.92% of the company's operating income. New specifications are helpful to market promotion and competitiveness improvement, but drug production and sales are affected by policies and market environment, and there are uncertainties.The merger of Guotai Junan Haitong Securities was approved by the shareholders' meeting, and the merger and reorganization of Guotai Junan and Haitong Securities completed a key step. On the evening of December 13, the two companies simultaneously announced the resolutions of the shareholders' meeting. The merger and reorganization transaction plan and other related proposals were reviewed by the shareholders' meeting and passed by high votes. The merger and reorganization of Guotai Junan and Haitong Securities is the first merger and reorganization of head brokers since the implementation of the new "National Nine Articles". It is also the largest A+H bilateral market merger and the largest integration case of listed brokers in the history of China capital market, and the largest M&A project in international investment banking since 2008, involving multi-business licenses and a number of domestic and foreign listed subsidiaries.