A laboratory in Australia lost hundreds of deadly virus samples. It is reported that a laboratory in Australia lost hundreds of deadly virus samples, causing a "major loophole" in biosafety. On December 8th, Queensland Health Minister announced that there are currently 323 bottles of live virus missing. These include nearly 100 bottles of Hendra virus, two bottles of Hantavirus and 223 bottles of rabies virus-all of which are extremely deadly to human beings. The Queensland authorities insist that although these samples can be used as weapons, it is "not something that amateurs can do". The sample was lost in 2021, but investigators did not confirm the leak until August 2023. Queensland authorities waited for a year before being allowed to open the freezer where the samples were stored, and only this month were they able to confirm that the samples were lost. It is not clear where these samples may be or whether they have been destroyed. However, there is no evidence that the public is at risk of infection because of the disappearance of samples.HSBC: As two-way risks still exist, from the current point of view, gradual progress is the right approach for the Bank of England.Moon Jae in: Impeachment is inevitable, and the candidate for acting president should be established as soon as possible. On the 11th local time, former South Korean President Moon Jae in posted on social media that impeachment is an inevitable way out at this stage. South Korea should establish a candidate for acting president as soon as possible to ensure that the political situation in South Korea returns to normal. (CCTV News)
Wang Tao, UBS: It is expected that the Central Economic Work Conference will focus on the short-term policy package. Recently, the market highly expects the Central Economic Work Conference to guide the high-quality economic development of China next year. Wang Tao, head of Asian economic research at UBS and chief China economist, said: "I expect that the Central Economic Work Conference may focus on the short-term policy package in 2025 and 2026, but it will also emphasize accelerating some reform measures already outlined at the Third Plenary Session." Wang Tao believes that the next important reform measures may include providing better protection and access for the private economy, deepening the reform of state-owned enterprises to improve efficiency and governance, promoting household registration reform to improve the welfare of migrant workers, strengthening the social security network, and carrying out fiscal and taxation reforms to solve local fiscal revenue problems. "I think structural, deeper and faster reforms will be very important, not only to attract foreign investment, but also to boost domestic confidence." (China Daily)Ice and snow tourism concept stocks strengthened in the short-term, with Inpais trading daily, Yuanlongyatu and Longjiang traffic rising.Coal stocks fluctuated higher, with the daily limit of Antai Group in the afternoon, Anyuan Coal Industry rose more than 5%, and Orchid Science and Technology, Luan Huaneng, Gansu Nenghua, Baotailong, Dayou Energy and Shaanxi Black Cat followed suit.
Goldman Sachs believes that even if the dollar appreciates, the price of gold is expected to rise to a record high next year, and central banks may continue to increase their holdings of gold.Ice and snow tourism concept stocks strengthened in the short-term, with Inpais trading daily, Yuanlongyatu and Longjiang traffic rising.The 2024 National Conference on Cultural and Tourism Project Construction was held. On December 10th, the 2024 National Conference on Cultural and Tourism Project Construction was held in Hefei, Anhui Province. The meeting demanded that we should accurately grasp the situation and opportunities faced by the construction of cultural and tourism projects, deepen the concept of integration, strengthen financial support, pay attention to scientific and technological empowerment, strengthen the guarantee of factors, strengthen the bottom line thinking, continue to promote the high-quality construction of cultural and tourism projects and the high-quality development of industries, and help to cultivate cultural tourism into a pillar industry. During the meeting, large-scale equipment renewal and consumer goods trade-in projects in the fields of culture and tourism were held, and representatives of relevant parties carried out policy propaganda and supply-demand docking exchanges around the "two new" work.