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Pan Xuan, Beijing Local Financial Administration: The total investable assets of households in Beijing's wealth management market are about 16 trillion yuan. Pan Xuan, deputy director of Beijing Local Financial Administration, pointed out in the global wealth management forum today that Beijing's wealth management industry has good basic conditions, huge market potential and strong demand, and has unique advantages in developing wealth management industry. Among them, on the supply side, the asset management scale of institutions such as bank wealth management, insurance asset management, Public Offering of Fund, private equity funds, trusts and brokerage asset management in Beijing exceeds 30 trillion yuan, accounting for nearly 30% of the country; At the same time, the scale of private equity and venture capital management is also the first in the country. On the demand side, the total investable assets of households in Beijing are about 16 trillion yuan, and the number of high-net-worth families, ultra-high-net-worth families and international ultra-high-net-worth families ranks first in the country.Zhu Haoxiang, the Chinese director of the US SEC, resigned. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that Zhu Haoxiang, the director of the Trading and Marketing Department, will leave on December 10, 2024, and he will return to the Si Long School of Management at MIT to continue to serve as an associate professor of finance. As one of the important members of Gary Gensler, the current chairman of the SEC, Zhu Haoxiang was appointed by the SEC in December 2021. (Caixin. com)Xia Yiping, CEO of Extreme Vietnam: I won't run away! Agreeing with employees' reasonable demands, communication with Baidu and Geely working groups has been established. The reporter learned from the inside of Extreme Yue Automobile that on the evening of December 12, Xia Yiping, CEO of Extreme Yue Automobile, informed all employees of the latest progress by means of synchronous news of flying books. Xia Yiping said: "Shanghai, the social security provident fund tax payment is completed; Beijing Jidu Technology has paid the provident fund before, because the system can't pay the social security tax tonight (December 12), and will go to the counter to pay it early tomorrow (December 13); Beijing jidu service, social security provident fund tax payment is completed; Wuhan, the social security provident fund tax payment is completed; Zhejiang, the provident fund has been paid before, and the social security tax will be paid tomorrow (December 13); In the remaining cities, the social security provident fund has been paid, and the individual tax will be paid tomorrow (December 13). " (national business daily)

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)Ministry of Finance of Thailand: It is estimated that the global minimum corporate tax of 15% will be implemented from January 2025.Hong Kong stocks opened lower, with the Hang Seng Technology Index falling to 2% and the Hang Seng Index falling 1.76%.

CEO of Cloud Whale Intelligence responded to layoffs: In order to optimize the organizational structure, it was streamlined from 1,600 to 1,400. Zhang Junbin, CEO of Cloud Whale Intelligence, recently issued a statement in a circle of friends, responding to previous reports of layoffs: "The company's personnel adjustment is to optimize the organizational structure and improve organizational efficiency." According to Zhang Junbin, the company was downsized from the original 1,600 to 1,400, which was not a large-scale layoff. Previously, a number of insiders and employees of Cloud Whale Intelligence revealed to Sina Technology that the company has recently started a major layoff. This round of layoffs involves a wide range of business departments, including development departments, testing departments, etc., and in groups, some groups directly cut their staff by half, and extreme groups cut their staff by 65%. In addition, the company's 12 director-level leaders, three of whom left in the past year, "is very mobile." (Sina Technology)Japanese Prime Minister's Assistant: Japan must be prepared for Trump to impose tariffs. Japanese Prime Minister's Assistant Akihisa Nagashima said that Japan needs to be prepared for US President-elect Trump's threat to impose tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, and adjust the supply chain to reduce the collateral damage suffered by Japanese enterprises. In an interview with the media on Thursday, Akihisa Nagashima said that he had "frank" communication with Trump team members on tariff issues during his recent visit to the United States. "I realized that Japan must be ready for Trump to implement his plan," he said. Akihisa Nagashima said that these tariff measures may encourage Japan to reduce its dependence on these three countries, where some Japanese companies operate and parts made in Japan are transported to these three countries to manufacture finished products for export to the United States. "Japanese companies will certainly try to restructure the supply chain," he pointed out. "This is economically reasonable." (Interface News)Wanwu Lianghang upgraded its real estate management with wisdom and low carbon. On December 12, Wanwu Lianghang released a smart+low carbon solution for real estate operation, relying on AI wisdom brain-Wanwu Yunlingshi to help asset holders carry out asset management, enterprise services, energy management and property supervision more efficiently and transparently.