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Hengrui Pharma: SHR-2173 injection was approved for clinical trial. Hengrui Pharma announced that its subsidiary, Guangdong Hengrui Pharma Co., Ltd., received the Notice of Approval for Clinical Trial of SHR-2173 injection approved and issued by National Medical Products Administration, and agreed to carry out clinical trial. The indication is lupus nephritis. SHR-2173 injection is a therapeutic biological product independently developed by the company, and the research and development expenses have been invested about 45.03 million yuan. The period from research and development to listing of drugs is long, there are many links, and there are uncertain factors. The company will actively promote research and development projects and fulfill its information disclosure obligations.20% of the wildfires in California, which have burned more than 1,600 hectares, have been initially controlled. On December 12, local time, it was learned that 20% of the wildfires in Malibu, a coastal city in Los Angeles County, southern California, have been initially controlled, and local officials lifted some mandatory evacuation orders on the same day and allowed a certain number of people to return home. The wildfire has burned about 1,664 hectares of land, causing about 6,300 people to evacuate and about 22,000 people to be affected by the fire. Local officials said that wildfires also destroyed four houses, and another six houses were damaged. The California Fire Department said that nearly 2,000 firefighters are protecting buildings in the fire area and strengthening fire boundary control. (CCTV News)Deputy Director Huang Huabo attended the 2024 annual discussion meeting of members of the National Medical Security Standardization Working Group. On December 12, 2024, the 2024 annual discussion meeting of members of the National Medical Security Standardization Working Group was held in Beijing. Huang Huabo, chairman of the working group, member of the party group and deputy director of the National Health Insurance Bureau, attended and spoke. The symposium summarized the work results of the National Working Group on Medical Security Standardization in 2024, and discussed the work in 2025, the five-year development plan of medical security standardization, the framework system and relevant medical insurance standards. Huang Huabo pointed out that in 2024, with the guidance of the National Standards Committee and the support of the bureau party group, all the work of the working group was smoothly promoted through the joint efforts of all members and relevant units inside and outside the bureau. In 2025, the high-quality development of medical insurance put forward higher requirements for medical insurance standardization. It is necessary to further strengthen the sense of responsibility, professionalism and cooperation, accelerate the construction of medical insurance standardization team, and play a supporting role for the high-quality development of medical insurance. (National Medical Insurance Bureau)

Centaline Property: The price of second-hand houses in Hong Kong dropped by 0.6% on a weekly basis. Centaline Property said on its website that in the week from December 2 to 8, the leading index of Central Plains cities, which measures the price of second-hand houses in Hong Kong, fell by 0.6% to 137.59.Saudi institutions are optimistic about China's "huge investment opportunities" in the fields of health care and biotechnology. Ekta Torani, chief investment officer of Saudi KBW Venture Capital Company, recently said in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates that with the increasingly close economic and trade ties between the Gulf region and China, the institution is optimistic about China's "huge investment opportunities" in the fields of health care and biotechnology.On the 13th, the European futures of the container freight index rose by 7.03%, and the latest main contract positions changed as follows. According to the data of the exchange, as of December 13th, the European futures of the main contract container freight index closed at 2502, up or down by +7.03%, with a turnover of 41,900 lots. The position data showed that the top 20 seats were net, and the difference position was 3,022 lots. A total of 78,900 lots of European futures contracts were traded, an increase of 8,599 lots over the previous day. The first 20 seats in the contract held 25,100 lots, an increase of 466 lots over the previous day. The short positions in the top 20 seats of the contract were 22,100 lots, a decrease of 120 lots from the previous day. (Sina Futures)

Villeroi, Governing Committee of the European Central Bank: Interest rates will be cut several times next year. Francois Villeroy de Galhau, a member of the Board of Governors of the European Central Bank, said that the European Central Bank will further reduce borrowing costs in 2025, and there is still a way to go before monetary policy is no longer restrictive. "There will be more interest rate cuts next year, and many times," he said on BFM Business TV on Friday He added that the central bank did not promise the specific interest rate trajectory in advance, but was "quite satisfied with the financial market forecast". The current expectation of the swap market is to cut interest rates by about 120 basis points by the end of next year.According to TASS news agency, Turkish President Erdogan said that if national security is threatened, Turkey will take action against Syrian terrorists.On the 13th, the No.20 rubber fell by 2.05%, and the latest main contract positions changed as follows. According to the exchange data, as of December 13th, the main contract No.20 rubber 2502 was closed, with a turnover of 159,100 lots. The position data showed that the top 20 seats were clear, and the difference position was 5,142 lots. A total of 205,200 lots were traded in the No.20 rubber futures contract, an increase of 8,176 lots over the previous day. The first 20 seats in the contract held 84,200 lots, an increase of 812 lots over the previous day. Short positions in the top 20 seats of the contract were 94,500 lots, a decrease of 1,708 lots from the previous day. (Sina Futures)