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Wafer factory "bargains for orders"? Insiders: It's not so exaggerated that there is no need for drastic price reduction at present. Recently, some industry media reported that the Chinese mainland wafer foundry has overflowed its capacity and is striving for more IC design factory orders to return at a low price discount. A manager of Chinese mainland Head Wafer Factory told reporters that the actual situation was "not as serious as reported by the media, and not so exaggerated". The source said that since the fourth quarter of this year, the quotation of its wafer factory has been "stable at present". In the fourth quarter, product orders from display drivers, power management and other categories were "not bad", and the market demand was similar to that previously publicly disclosed. The independent control of the mainland market is still the main theme. It is understood that the fourth quarter is usually the "off-season" of the wafer foundry industry, and downstream customers will review the sales plan at the beginning of the year, and they are not willing to stock up and receive goods. A person from a consumer chip company in Chinese mainland said, "Fab factories generally adjust prices according to market supply and demand." Yang Shengxin, a senior analyst of Sigmaintell's semiconductor business unit, said in an interview that according to the observation of Sigma Intell, Chinese mainland's wafer factory decreased by about 5% in the fourth quarter of 2024, and concentrated on 12-inch products; The price of China Taiwan Province Wafer Factory has not changed significantly. (science and technology innovation board Daily)Many people were killed and injured in the explosion in Thailand. The reporter from the General Desk was informed that an explosion occurred at a festival in Umpan County, Thailand in the early morning of December 14th local time. According to local media reports, the explosion killed four people, including a 14-year-old child, and injured 48 others. The local police have arrived at the scene to investigate the case. (CCTV News)National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC): More active and promising macro policies will be implemented next year. The reporter learned from the National Development and Reform Work Conference held by NDRC yesterday (13th) that in order to fully implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, countercyclical adjustment of macro policies will be intensified next year, so as to solidly promote economic stability, structural improvement and development trend. The relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission said that a more active and promising macro policy will be implemented next year to enhance the consistency of macro policy orientation. It will expand domestic demand in all directions. Accelerate the "two-fold" construction, expand effective investment, make good use of all kinds of construction funds such as central budget investment, ultra-long-term special national debt, and new local government special debt, promote the formation of more physical workload as soon as possible, and continue to promote the introduction of private capital into major projects. We will do a good job in the "two new" work, implement special actions to boost consumption, and promote consumption expansion, quality improvement and efficiency improvement. It will promote the further comprehensive deepening of the implementation of reform measures, organize the implementation of the "Guidelines for the Construction of a National Unified Big Market (Trial)", revise and introduce a new version of the negative list of market access, and deeply break down market access barriers. Promote the private economy promotion law as soon as possible. In addition, we will accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system and promote the upgrading of key industries. Vigorously support the high-quality development of manufacturing industry and comprehensively rectify the "involution" competition. (CCTV News)

Ministry of Education: Steadily promote the expansion of high-quality undergraduate courses and go all out to do a good job in the employment of college graduates. On December 13th, Huai Jinpeng, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Education, presided over a party meeting to convey the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, and to study, deploy and implement the work. The meeting stressed that it is necessary to strengthen the supporting role of education in science, technology and talents, focus on grasping strategic competition and historical initiative, closely promote educational development, scientific and technological innovation and personnel training, accelerate the construction of "double first-class", dynamically adjust disciplines and majors ahead of schedule, speed up the training of talents urgently needed in national strategy, strengthen the construction of national strategic scientific and technological strength, and strongly support the construction of modern industrial system.The head of the South Korean Police Department was formally detained. According to South Korean media reports, Zhao Zhihao, the head of the South Korean Police Department, and Kim Fung-sik, the head of the Seoul Police Department, were formally detained on the evening of December 13th. The Central District Court of Seoul said that Zhao Zhihao and Jin Fengzhi had the possibility of destroying evidence, so they issued detention orders. (CCTV International News)Han Wenxiu, Deputy Director of the Central Finance Office: China's GDP is expected to increase by about 5% this year. At the 2024-2025 China Economic Annual Meeting held at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, Han Wenxiu, deputy director of the Central Finance and Economics Committee Office and director of the Central Rural Work Leading Group Office, said that China's GDP is expected to increase by about 5% this year. The contribution to global economic growth is close to 30%; Employment and prices remained stable, the international balance of payments was basically balanced, and the country's foreign exchange reserves remained above 3.2 trillion US dollars. (CCTV News)

Syrian Human Rights Watch: Israeli troops attacked many places in Syria. According to Syrian Human Rights Watch's early morning news on the 14th local time, Israeli troops attacked the Kasong Mountain area in Damascus, the Syrian capital, the Harhala military airport in Suweida province in southern Syria and the military factory in Mesyaf, Hama province in western Syria on the evening of 13th. The Israeli military has not responded to this.Al Barawi, Chairman of the Bid Committee for the World Cup in Saudi Arabia: Welcome China investors to participate in the preparations for the World Cup. The special meeting of the International Football Federation recently announced that Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup. In an exclusive interview with reporters, Hamad Al Barawi, chairman of Saudi Arabia's bid committee for the 2034 World Cup, said that Saudi Arabia is taking the opportunity of hosting the World Cup to step onto the global stage, constantly showing its firm support for the development of sports industry and its enthusiasm and confidence in football, and welcomes China investors to participate in the preparations for the World Cup. (Xinhua News Agency)National Bureau of Statistics: Compared with the end of November, the market prices of 50 kinds of important means of production in 9 categories in the national circulation field increased in early December, 23 kinds decreased and 4 kinds remained flat. The National Bureau of Statistics released the market price changes of important means of production in the circulation field in early December 2024: According to the monitoring of the market prices of 50 kinds of important means of production in 9 categories in the national circulation field, compared with the end of November, the prices of 23 kinds of products increased in early December 2024, 23.