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Lan Foan, Minister of Finance, met with Nott, Chairman of the Financial Stability Board. On the afternoon of December 9, 2024, Lan Foan, Minister of Finance, met with Nott, Chairman of the Financial Stability Board, and his party by appointment. The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on the work of the Financial Stability Board, the financial stability situation in China and the economic and financial policies of major economies. (Ministry of Finance website)Lan Foan, Minister of Finance, met with Nott, Chairman of the Financial Stability Board. On the afternoon of December 9, 2024, Lan Foan, Minister of Finance, met with Nott, Chairman of the Financial Stability Board, and his party by appointment. The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on the work of the Financial Stability Board, the financial stability situation in China and the economic and financial policies of major economies. (Ministry of Finance website)The word "Jin" was elected as the Japanese Chinese character of the year in 2024. According to NHK, on the afternoon of December 12, local time, Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, Japan announced the word "Jin" as the Japanese Chinese character of the year in 2024. According to the report, this year's word "gold" has two meanings. One is that athletes such as Japanese Olympic athletes have performed well and issued a shining "golden light"; The second is the political black gold problem in Japanese politics and frequent robberies caused by underground part-time jobs, because the pronunciation of "gold" in Japanese, like the word "shadow", also implies the meaning of "shadow". (China News Network)

New Zealand plans to modify the "golden visa" to attract wealthy immigrants, and the New Zealand government is planning to modify its so-called "golden visa" program to attract more wealthy immigrants to invest in New Zealand. The active investor PLUS visa has always attracted the rich to New Zealand, bringing an average of NZ $1 billion (US$ 580 million) to New Zealand every year, but it has been sluggish since the rules changed in 2022. According to the data of Immigration New Zealand, in the past two years, only 35 applications were fully approved, equivalent to NZ $352 million in investment funds. In an interview in Wellington on Thursday, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said, "We realized that the previous government changed these settings, and we saw a significant drop in the number of investors. You can expect to see our announcement in this regard in the next few weeks. "Indian Rupee's exchange rate against the US dollar fell below 84.86, a record low.South Korea will gradually reduce the rice planting area to cope with the decline in demand. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of South Korea said on Thursday that South Korea will strive to gradually reduce the rice field area to solve the problem of declining demand and adopt environmentally-friendly planting methods. Due to the change of diet structure, the annual rice consumption of Koreans has decreased, and the per capita rice consumption has dropped significantly from 61 kg in 2018 to 56.4 kg in 2023. At present, the total area of rice fields in South Korea is about 698,000 hectares, and the government says it plans to reduce the area of rice fields by 80,000 hectares next year. In addition, by 2029, the planting area of environmentally friendly rice will be expanded from 35,000 hectares this year to 68,000 hectares. The government will also allocate 244 billion won (about 170 million US dollars) to subsidize farms that grow strategic crops other than rice, such as wheat, beans and barley, which is an increase from 186.5 billion won this year.

Extreme Vietnam insider: Xia Yiping still stays in the company's on-site office and is seeking financing. On the morning of the 12th, Xia Yiping, CEO of Extreme Vietnam, appeared in the company's headquarters office. Xia Yiping said that he appeared first to prove to employees that he had not run away, to tide over the difficulties with the company, and second to communicate with employees face to face. Network video shows that Xia Yiping is surrounded by many employees. The demands of employees mainly include paying social security, medical insurance and provident fund, paying wages and giving employees "N+1" compensation. Xia Yiping responded that knowing that everyone is very angry, everyone has followed us for so long, and I am very grateful. "These problems are being solved. Now I am communicating with you. If I escape, I will not come." Some employees in Vietnam confirmed this statement. "His main task at present is financing, and he is also actively contacting investors for help." Insiders revealed. (The Paper)Behind the cheers of the shooting of American medical insurance executives: blood-sucking insurance companies and the new threat of "ghost guns", the suspect who shot and killed a senior executive of an American medical insurance company in the streets of new york City was arrested on the 9th. Police said on the 11th that a number of evidences have confirmed the criminal facts of suspect Luigi Man Ghione. After the shooting, the American public's anger against medical insurance companies broke out on the Internet, and the "ghost gun" 3D printed pistol used by the suspect also showed that the problem of gun proliferation in the United States became increasingly difficult to solve. Agence France-Presse reported that since Thompson was shot, the voice of ridicule and satire has flooded the Internet, and the lack of sympathy has become the mainstream sentiment of the public, which reflects the dissatisfaction and anger of Americans towards the medical system. (CCTV)Employees demand to pay social security. Xia Yiping: The problems are all being solved. If you escape, you won't come. Some netizens posted a video showing that Xia Yiping, CEO of Ji Yue, was surrounded by employees in the company, and some employees shouted at Xia Yiping: "Take out your savings and pay social security to employees." Some employees at the scene said that if social security is broken, how many people will be affected, don't talk empty talk. Xia Yiping responded that knowing that everyone is very angry, everyone has followed us for so long, and I am very grateful. "These problems are being solved. Now I am communicating with you. If I escape, I will not come." Xia Yiping, CEO of Extreme Vietnam, issued an internal letter on the afternoon of the 11th, acknowledging that the company was encountering difficulties and needed immediate adjustment. (Sina Technology)