On February 17, a US judge arranged a rare court hearing on Monday's holiday. The case was brought by the attorneys general of Democratic states to protect major federal agencies from Musk's "Department of Government Effectiveness" (DOGE). The judge did not say why the hearing was held, but on Friday, she heard arguments from 13 Democratic state attorneys general for a temporary restraining order aimed at banning DOGE teams from accessing the information systems of several government entities, i...
According to the relevant provisions of the "Notice on Holiday and Market Closure Arrangements for Some Holidays in 2025" (Guangzhou Issue [2024] No. 370), the notice on the trading schedule during the Spring Festival in 2025 is as follows: The market will be closed from January 28th (Tuesday) to February 4th (Tuesday), and the market will be open as usual from February 5th (Wednesday). January 26th (Sunday) and February 8th (Saturday) will be closed for weekends. All member units are requested ...
On December 24th, the National Financial Work Conference was held in Beijing. The meeting pointed out that in 2025, we should implement a more active fiscal policy, continue to work hard and be more awesome, and play a good policy "combination fist". First, increase the fiscal deficit rate, increase the intensity of expenditure, and speed up the progress of expenditure. Second, arrange larger-scale government bonds to provide more support for stabilizing growth and adjusting the structure. Third...
On December 1, the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson answered a reporter's question on the "transit" of Lai Qingde, the leader of Taiwan, to the United States. China firmly opposes any form of official exchanges between the United States and Taiwan, firmly opposes the leader of the Taiwan authorities trying to reach the United States under any name and for any reason, and firmly opposes any form of connivance by the United States to support "Taiwan independence" separatists and their separatist acts...
On November 8th, Minister of Finance Lan Foan introduced at the press conference of the 12th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress held on November 8th that starting from 2024, our country will arrange 800 billion yuan from the new local government special project bonds every year for five consecutive years, which is specially used for chemical bonds, and the accumulated replaceable hidden debt is 4 trillion yuan. Coupled with the 6 trillion yuan debt limit app...
Meituan (03690.HK): Due to other work arrangements, Shen Nanpeng retired as a non-executive director.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority expanded the cross-border pilot of digital RMB in Hong Kong yesterday. Li Dazhi, deputy chief executive of the HKMA, pointed out that digital RMB wallets are not ordinary electronic wallets. This is equivalent to people holding RMB cash. At present, they can only be used for retail payment purposes and cannot be used for personal (i.e. P2P) transfers. Bao Keyun, assistant chief executive (financial infrastructure) of the HKMA, said that if P2P transfers are to be...
The Ministry of Finance issued the "Arrangements for the Issuance of General Treasury Bonds and Ultra-long-term Special Treasury Bonds in 2024", of which the medium and ultra-long-term special treasury bonds involve maturities of 20 years, 30 years, and 50 years.