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Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited: It is planned to distribute a cash dividend of 12.3 yuan to all shareholders for every 10 shares. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited announced that the company plans to distribute a dividend of 5.4 billion yuan, which is 15% of the net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies in the first three quarters of 2024, and distribute a cash dividend of 12.3 yuan to all shareholders for every 10 shares based on the existing total share capital of 4.403 billion shares excluding the share capital of 15.9915 million shares repurchased in the repurchase special securities account. This dividend will not be distributed to bonus shares, and will not be converted into share capital from reserve fund.Raw sugar futures fell more than 1.5%, while new york cocoa futures rose more than 3.5% and continued to hit a record high. In late new york on Monday (December 9), ICE raw sugar futures fell 1.56% and ICE white sugar futures fell 1.21%. Coffee "C" futures 0.94%. Robusta coffee futures rose 1.39%. New york cocoa futures rose 3.52% to $10,200/ton, reaching $10,454 at 21:44 Beijing time, continuing to hit a record high. London cocoa futures rose 2.17% to 8061, and also rose to 8306 at 21:45, a record high. ICE cotton futures fell 0.23%.China and New Zealand held the sixth consultation on South Pacific affairs. On December 9, 2024, Qian Bo, Special Envoy for Pacific Island Affairs of the China Government, held the sixth consultation on South Pacific affairs between China and New Zealand with kavanagh, Deputy Secretary-General for Pacific and Development Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand. The two sides had a frank and in-depth exchange of views on the situation in the South Pacific region, their respective policies towards Pacific island countries and regional cooperation. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs website)

Xu Ji Electric: It is estimated that China Southern Power Grid will win the bid of 468 million yuan. Xu Ji Electric announced that the company is expected to win the bid for the special bidding project of DC main equipment of Guangdong 220 kV Tianhe Tangxia Flexible Straight Back-to-Back Project of China Southern Power Grid, with the amount of about 468 million yuan. This project mainly embeds flexible DC in urban power supply area to realize flexible interconnection technology and improve the flexibility and security of urban power grid. After winning the bid and signing the contract, the performance of the contract will have a positive impact on the future operation of the company but will not affect the independence of the company's business. The flexible DC converter valve products developed by the company based on 6.5kV IGCT devices will be applied in this project, which is the first engineering application in the field of high voltage DC. At present, the project is still in the publicity stage of the winning candidate, and the company has not received the notice of winning the bid.Yin Xiyue, commander of the special forces of Korea, personally instructed to "pull members out of the National Assembly Hall". Guo Zhonggen, commander of the special forces of the South Korean Army, said when attending the question of the National Defense Committee of the National Assembly on the 10th local time that after the announcement of the emergency martial law, President Yin Xiyue "personally called me on a confidential phone and said," It seems that the minimum number of voters in the main assembly hall of the National Assembly has not yet reached, so hurry to break in and pull members out ". After hearing this instruction, Guo Zhonggen thought that it could not be implemented after consulting with the on-site commander; Because even if they broke into Congress in order to fulfill orders, the combat troops who entered Congress "will become lawbreakers in the future" and stopped their actions. Guo Zhonggen also said that he knew about the emergency martial law on the 1 ST of this month. At that time, the then Minister of National Defense, Jin Longxian, instructed him by confidential telephone that he would "control three places, including the National Assembly, the Central Electoral Management Commission and the office building of the Common Democratic Party, and six places, including a public opinion survey agency, and restrict the entry and exit of personnel in these places. On the night of the announcement of the emergency martial law, Yin Xiyue called Guo Zhonggen twice. The first time was to ask about the location of the special forces. The second time was at about 0: 30 am to 40 am on the 4 th, and the instructions of "pulling out members of parliament" were issued. (CCTV News)International Air Transport Association (IATA): It is estimated that the global air passenger traffic will exceed 5 billion next year, and the total revenue of the aviation industry will exceed 1 trillion US dollars for the first time. On December 10th, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released the financial outlook for the global aviation industry in 2025, and it is estimated that the global air passenger traffic will reach 5.2 billion passengers in 2025, an increase of 6.7% over 2024, and it will exceed the 5 billion mark for the first time. In 2025, the net profit of the global aviation industry will reach 36.6 billion US dollars, an increase of nearly 16% compared with 2024, and the profit rate will be 3.6%, higher than 3.3% in 2024. IATA also predicts that the total revenue of the global aviation industry will exceed $1 trillion for the first time in 2025. According to the International Air Transport Association, North America will remain the largest profit contributor to the global aviation industry in 2024, although the profit rate is lower than the pre-epidemic level, especially for low-cost airlines, due to the slowdown in aircraft delivery and rising costs. Thanks to the strong demand for high-end long-distance travel, the financial performance in the Middle East is the strongest, and it is also the only region where the passenger yield has increased.

Polish Defense Minister: The United States will not quit NATO. Trump just wants to mobilize allies. Polish Defense Minister Wadyslaw Caussignac-cames said on Radio ZET in Poland that the United States will not quit NATO, and US President-elect Donald Trump just wants to mobilize allies with his own words.Chief negotiator of Volkswagen: We still had constructive discussions.Yunnan Statistics Bureau: The burden of labor support in Yunnan is relatively light, and the demographic dividend is better than that in the whole country. Recently, the series of reports on the achievements of Yunnan's economic and social development in the 75 years since the New China was released by Yunnan Statistics Bureau held that the age structure of Yunnan's population is better than that of the whole country, and the demographic dividend still exists. The population aged 60 and over in Yunnan is 7.92 million, accounting for 16.9%, which is 4.2 percentage points lower than the national average. Among them, the population aged 65 and over is 5.58 million, accounting for 11.9%, which is 3.5 percentage points lower than the national average. The population aging situation is better than the national average. On the whole, the age structure of Yunnan population is better than that of the whole country, and the labor resources are abundant. The total dependency ratio (43.4%) is lower than the national average level (46.5%), the dependency burden of the labor force is relatively lighter than that of the whole country, and the demographic dividend is better than that of the whole country. (澎湃)