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Yunnan Nengtou: It is planned to invest in Yongning wind farm expansion project. Yunnan Nengtou announced that Maitreya Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary, plans to invest in Yongning wind farm expansion project (Maitreya area), with a total installed capacity of 230,000 kilowatts and a total investment of 1.323 billion yuan (including 6.9 million yuan in working capital). On the same day, it was announced that Honghe Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary, planned to invest in the Yongning Wind Farm Expansion Project (Luxi Area), with a total installed capacity of 235,000 kilowatts and a total investment of 1.395 billion yuan (including 7.05 million yuan in working capital).Sources: Russia has suspended grain exports to Syria. Russian and Syrian sources said on Friday that Russia's wheat supply to Syria has been suspended due to the uncertainty of the new Syrian government and the delay in payment.Bayrou was appointed as the new Prime Minister of France. French public opinion regards him as a staunch political ally of Macron. The Elysee Palace, the French presidential palace, announced on the 13th that President Macron appointed francois bayrou, chairman of the Democratic Movement Party, as the new Prime Minister on the same day, replacing Banier, who resigned after being impeached by the National Assembly. According to French media reports, Macron had a telephone conversation with Bayrou on the evening of 12th, and on the morning of 13th, Macron met Bayrou in the presidential palace and talked again. Macron subsequently announced the appointment decision. Bayrou became the fourth French prime minister this year. Beru founded the Democratic Movement Party, a centrist party, in 2007, and has served as its chairman ever since. In 2017, Bayrou announced that he would give up running for the French president, and formed an alliance with Macron, one of the popular candidates in the presidential election at that time and the chairman of the "Forward" movement, to fully support Macron's presidential election. In 2022, in the process of Macron's re-election, Bayrou led the Democratic Movement Party to continue to form an alliance with the ruling party. French public opinion regards Bayrou as a staunch political ally of Macron. (Xinhua News Agency)

 In November, the real effective interest rate of the Russian ruble decreased by 1.6% from the previous month.Huabei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.: Four kinds of drugs under the company are planned to be selected for national centralized drug procurement. Huabei Pharmaceutical announced that the company and its subsidiary Xiantai Company participated in the tenth batch of national centralized drug procurement, and all four varieties are planned to be selected, including penicillin sodium for injection, piperacillin sodium for injection, ampicillin sodium for injection and sulbactam sodium for injection. The price of the drug to be selected this time has decreased compared with the original sales price. In 2023, the sales income of penicillin sodium for injection was 129 million yuan, accounting for 1.28% of the annual operating income. If the bid is confirmed and the purchase and sale contract is signed, the company will fully guarantee the supply according to the demand of the selected area, and promote the increment of related products in the selected area and the development of the off-standard market.

GCL Technology: It is estimated that there will be no more share repurchase cancellation in 2024. GCL Technology (03800) announced that in view of the fact that the photovoltaic industry is still in excessive competition, in order to ensure the stability of the company's operation and cope with the uncertainty in the future, the company expects that there will be no more share repurchase cancellation in the year ending December 31, 2024.Russia's seaborne grain exports in November increased by 39.5% to 4.8 million tons.State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC): Actively expand effective investment, improve investment efficiency, and focus on the layout of a number of major projects with strong traction and long-term benefits. The Party Committee of the State Council SASAC held a special meeting. The meeting stressed that it is necessary to promote central enterprises to improve their ability to cope with cyclical fluctuations, continue to exert efforts in performance appraisal, quality improvement and efficiency improvement, and economic operation, and strive to simultaneously improve efficiency and efficiency indicators, and strive to achieve development with stronger scientific and technological attributes and greater driving role; Actively expand effective investment, improve investment efficiency, focus on "two" and "two new" layout of a number of major projects with strong traction and long-term benefits; We will do a better job in helping small and medium-sized enterprises, promote central enterprises to deepen strategic cooperation in the industrial chain, take the lead in paying off debts owed by private enterprises, and go all out to stabilize employment, supply and flow, so as to better help the national economy continue to pick up. It is necessary to promote the central enterprises to improve the supply capacity of common technologies, further highlight the key points and strengthen the key core technologies, especially in areas with large investment and long cycle; Further highlight the original innovation, explore and create a "policy enclave", strengthen the applied basic research, and deeply root the "root technology"; Further highlight the transformation of achievements, promote the construction of a number of major pilot projects by central enterprises, and constantly open up the "last mile" of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces, so as to better help high-level science and technology stand on its own feet. (SASAC)