NO.1 On the afternoon of December 30, President Xi Jinping held a video meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing. Xi Jinping said that holding video meetings at the end of the year has become a good tradition for us.

Picture source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs website

NO.6 On December 30, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin hosted a regular press conference. According to reports, the U.S. State Department approved the sale of the "Volcano" anti-tank mine-laying system to Taiwan worth approximately US$180 million. In this regard, Wang Wenbin said that China has always firmly opposed the United States' sales of arms to Taiwan, and urged the United States to abide by the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-US joint communiques, earnestly implement the commitment made by the US leader not to support "Taiwan independence", stop arms sales to Taiwan and US-Taiwan military ties, and stop creating new tensions in the Taiwan Strait. China will take effective measures to firmly defend its sovereignty and security interests. (CCTV News) On December 30, Ministry of National Defense Spokesperson Tan Kefei answered a reporter’s question on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. Tan Kefei said that China is strongly dissatisfied with and will resolutely counterattack . The United States' attempt to use the "Taiwan card" to curb China's development and obstruct China's reunification is completely wishful thinking. We urge the United States to stop arms sales and military ties with Taiwan, stop creating new tensions in the Taiwan Strait, and stop sending wrong signals to the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces. Otherwise, it will eventually set fire to , and the United States will be responsible for the serious consequences. (Released by the Ministry of National Defense)

NO.7 Domestic epidemic information

On December 30, the State Food and Drug Administration approved the listing of 12 new coronavirus infection symptomatic treatment drugs including ibuprofen suspension through the fast review channel . The approved varieties are all commonly used symptomatic treatment drugs recommended in the "Guidelines for Home Treatment of Patients with New Coronavirus Infections" issued by the National Health Commission.

Image source: National Food and Drug Administration website

On December 29, The State Food and Drug Administration conditionally approved the import registration of Merck & Co.’s new coronavirus treatment drug Monolavir Capsules (trade name: LAGEVRIO).

On December 30, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin hosted a regular press conference. Wang Wenbin said that China will resume Chinese citizens’ travel to qualified countries based on their willingness to travel. China will strengthen communication with relevant countries, provide corresponding services and guarantees for Chinese citizens’ outbound travel, and start relevant work in a timely manner.

On December 30, The Ministry of Education's leading group for responding to the new coronavirus infection epidemic issued the "Work Plan for the Prevention and Control of Novel Coronavirus Infection in Schools".It mentioned that colleges and universities will no longer carry out nucleic acid screening for all employees, and will conduct nucleic acid or antigen tests for key personnel in schools in accordance with relevant regulations; schools without epidemics will carry out normal offline teaching activities . During the epidemic, primary and secondary schools and kindergartens will adopt strict closed management, and colleges and universities can implement zoning management.

Why do you think there are more white lungs? Zhang Wenhong, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, said that the current epidemic strain in my country is still the Omicron strain . The proportion of pneumonia caused by Omicron is much lower than that of Delta and the original strain . However, due to the large infected population base, the number of patients with white lung, that is, severe pneumonia, will also increase.. Other bacterial pneumonias, that is, all severe pneumonias, can cause white lungs , which is not a sign of Omicron. (CCTV News)

On the evening of December 29, Zhang Wenhong said in a live lecture: "For susceptible people, the following New Year's Day and Spring Festival will be a hurdle, and they need to focus on protecting . It is recommended that people returning home reduce gathering activities and pay attention to protection when gathering with uninfected elderly people. The Spring Festival is a festival of reunion. Pay attention to protection so that you can have a happy New Year." (The Paper News )

On December 30, the reporter consulted many community health service centers in Beijing's Chaoyang District, Dongcheng District, Fengtai District, Shijingshan District, and learned that the first batch of Pfizer's new crown oral drugs applied for by some community health service centers in Beijing have arrived, but the quantity is limited, and drug prescriptions must undergo strict evaluation before they can be issued. (Health Times)

On December 30, reporters learned that Pfizer's new coronavirus oral drug Paxlovid (nematvir tablets/ritonavir tablet combination) has been put into use in some community health service centers in Shanghai, and can be used under medical insurance. For example, the community health service center in Malu Town, Jiading District has stocked up on Pfizer's new coronavirus oral medicine. It is currently only available to patients over 65 years old who may be critically ill, and is not available to ordinary patients for the time being. (The Paper) On December 30, the Shanghai Epidemic Prevention and Control Leading Group Office decided to extend Shanghai’s normalized nucleic acid testing free 6-point testing service to January 7, 2023. (Released in Shanghai)

According to the Hainan Epidemic Prevention and Control WeChat public account, the number of new daily new coronavirus infections in Hainan Province is in a period of high fluctuations, and the province's estimated infection rate has reached 50%. Sanya City and Haikou City have generally passed the peak of infection (as of December 25, the survey infection rates were 57.1% and 52.8%).

On December 30, according to news released by Anhui, Anhui Provincial Medical Security Bureau and other three departments jointly issued an emergency notice to unify the coverage of new coronavirus infection clinics. When insured persons are treated for COVID-19 infection in general outpatient (emergency) clinics in the coordinated area, the medical expenses that comply with the COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment plan and other regulations are included in the payment scope of the basic medical insurance coordinated fund. There is no deductible or reimbursement limit, and the reimbursement ratio is uniformly 70%.

NO.8 On December 30, a number of OTA platforms announced that domestic route tickets fuel surcharges will usher in a round of significant reductions . Starting from January 5, 2023, the fuel fee charging standards for domestic flights will be adjusted to: html A fuel surcharge of 80 yuan per adult passenger for segments over 3,800 kilometers, and a fuel surcharge of 40 yuan per adult for segments 800 kilometers and below . They are 40 yuan and 20 yuan lower than the current fuel surcharge standards respectively. This is the third reduction in fuel prices since August this year.

According to multiple platform reports, the inter-provincial travel market will be active during the 2023 New Year’s Day holiday. According to the Flight Manager APP, during the New Year's Day holiday in 2023, the average price of domestic flight tickets was 861.5 yuan, which increased by 34.92% compared to the same period last year. Same Trip Travel data also shows that among train ticket orders for New Year's Day holiday travel, inter-provincial travel orders accounted for nearly 50%, and the average price of air ticket orders also increased by 32% compared with the same period last year..

NO.9 On December 30, according to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission, former member of the Party Leadership Group of the National Development and Reform Commission and former director of the National Grain and Material Reserves Administration Zhang Wufeng was expelled from the party and public office for serious violations of discipline and law.

Chen Rugui, former member and deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial People’s Congress Standing Committee, was expelled from the party and public office for serious violations of discipline and law..

Zhou Jie, former member of the party committee and vice president of the Guangdong Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, was expelled from the party and public office for serious violations of discipline and law..

NO.10 International News

Ukraine's Interfax news agency reported on December 30 that Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmeygar said that day that Ukraine would meet the standards for joining the EU before the end of 2024. This is a strategic task .

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree on December 30, local time, allowing buyers from "unfriendly countries" to use foreign currencies to pay arrears for Russian natural gas .

On December 30, local time, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced that due to shelling the night before, the backup power supply line of Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant was damaged and had been shut down in an emergency. The damage to the backup power supply line is currently unknown, and the working group is conducting emergency repairs.

On December 30, local time, Russian International Airlines (Aeroflot) purchased 10 Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft from an Irish lessor. Aeroflot stated that the transaction was carried out taking into account the permissions of all relevant Russian and foreign departments. Aeroflot will continue to purchase aircraft to ensure the normal operation of the existing foreign-made fleet.

On December 30, local time, a court in Mali sentenced 46 Ivorian soldiers to 20 years in prison . Prosecutor Sala said in a statement that the Ivorian soldiers were guilty of "attacks and conspiracy against the government" and attempted to undermine national security. On July 10, local time, 49 Ivorian soldiers were arrested after arriving by plane at the airport in Bamako, the capital of Mali. Mali's transitional government designated them as "mercenaries" and wanted to take them to court. Côte d'Ivoire demanded Mali's immediate release, saying that these soldiers signed a separate contract with MINUSMA in July 2019 to provide the latter with security and logistical support.

On December 30, local time, the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives released former U.S. President Trump’s tax returns from 2015 to 2020.. It is reported that a 39-page report released by the Joint Committee on Taxation shows that Trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017, and zero in 2020. (CCTV News)

On December 30, local time, the European Commission issued an announcement stating that from January 1, 2023, Croatia will officially use the euro as its currency and join the Schengen Area .

According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on December 30, local time, witnesses said that the Donetsk area was shelled again , and multiple explosions were heard in some places. According to earlier reports from relevant local agencies in Donetsk, Ukrainian troops fired six multiple rocket launcher shells towards Donetsk.

On December 30, local time, the Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced that there are currently two possible reasons for the fall of a Ukrainian S-300 missile in Belarus. One is that the missile was inadvertently launched due to insufficient training of the operator or a malfunction of the missile, and the other is a deliberate provocation by the Ukrainian army.

(Comprehensive CCTV News)

Sports News

Saudi Football Club Riyadh Victory Team (Al Nasr Team) announced on social media in the early morning of December 31, local time, that the president of the club has officially signed a contract with Portuguese football player Cristiano Ronaldo (Cristiano Ronaldo). The newly signed contract will last until 2025, and Ronaldo will wear the No. 7 jersey in the Victory team. Victory did not disclose the specific amount of this signing. (CCTV News)

On December 30, the Chinese Super League announced that in the final round of the match, Beijing Guoan and Tianjin Jinmen Tigers had abstained. Therefore, the two teams' opponents in the last round, Shandong Taishan and Wuhan Sanzhen, defeated without a fight, winning 3-0 respectively. In the league standings, Wuhan Three Towns had 75 points with Taishan before the last round, relying on the goal difference advantage. Now both teams won the last round without a fight, and Wuhan Three Towns also won the Chinese Super League championship .

AIPS (International Sports Journalists Association) officially announced that Messi was selected as the AIPS Best Athlete of the Year in 2022.. A total of 420 journalists from 113 countries/regions participated in the voting, and Messi was elected without any doubt with 25.45% of the votes.

NO.1 Evergrande Automobile (HK00708, stock price HK$3.2, market value HK$34.7 billion): On December 30, Evergrande Automobile announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it had delivered a total of 324 "Hengchi 5" vehicles to customers. In order to save costs, the group is carrying out a series of cost-saving measures, including reducing the overall number of employees, arranging for some employees to take a break, and reducing the salary of some employees. The Group will continue to do its utmost to create favorable conditions for the mass production of Hengchi 5.

NO.2 BYD (SZ002594, stock price 256.97 yuan, market value 748.1 billion yuan): On the evening of December 30, BYD issued an announcement announcing the termination of the listing of BYD Semiconductor on the GEM. When conditions are ripe, the company will choose the opportunity to start the spin-off and listing of BYD Semiconductor again. Recently, BYD Semiconductor received the "Notice of Termination of the China Securities Regulatory Commission's Growth Enterprise Market Stock Issuance Registration Procedure."

NO.3 Futu Holdings (FUTU, stock price 40.65 US dollars, market value 5.7 billion US dollars), Tiger Brokers (TIGR, stock price 3.41 US dollars, market value 560 million US dollars): On December 30, the China Securities Regulatory Commission promoted the illegal cross-border expansion of Futu Holdings and Tiger Brokers. The China Securities Regulatory Commission plans to require Futu Holdings and Tiger Brokers to rectify violations of laws and regulations. Canceling incremental illegal business activities, prohibiting soliciting domestic investors, developing new domestic customers, and opening new accounts. Properly handle existing business and allow existing domestic investors to continue to conduct transactions through the original overseas institutions, but prohibit overseas institutions from accepting incremental funds that violate my country's foreign exchange management regulations and transfer them into the accounts of such investors.

That night, Futu responded that it would strictly comply with regulatory requirements and cooperate with corresponding rectification work, and regulate cross-border securities business for Chinese domestic investors in accordance with the law. Tiger Brokers stated that 90% of the company's new customers are from overseas, and it will respond to and strictly implement the rectification requirements of the Securities Regulatory Commission.

NO.4 Didi Chuxing: On December 30, the Office of the Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference on Collaborative Supervision of New Transportation Business Forms conducted reminder interviews with 15 major new transportation business platform companies, including Didi Chuxing, T3 Travel, Caocao Travel, Wanshun Taxi, Meituan Taxi, Shouqi Taxi, Ruqi Travel, Xiangdao Travel, Sunshine Travel, Amap Taxi, Dida Travel, Manbang Group, Lalamove, Didi Freight, and Kuaigou Taxi. The interview pointed out that there are still some platform companies that have not implemented their main responsibilities in place, and there are problems such as arbitrarily adjusting operating rules, infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of employees and passengers, and hiding safety and stability risks, which affects the healthy development of new transportation formats.

NO.5 Twitter: According to reports from the New York Post and other US media on December 30, Twitter will close its Seattle office and require employees to work from home to continue cutting costs. Twitter will be evicted from Seattle's Century Plaza building after it stopped paying rent, people familiar with the matter said. Twitter has told people working in its Seattle office via email to work remotely. (Overseas Network)

NO.6 Tesla (TSLA, stock price US$123.18, market value US$389 billion): On December 30, Tesla announced that the market prices of all Model X and Model S models in mainland China will be officially announced on January 6, 2023, and delivery will begin in the first half of 2023. According to China Business News, these models include Tesla's new models Model S Plaid and Model X Plaid, which have not yet been launched in the Chinese mainland market. All Tesla Model S and Model X series models are currently produced in U.S. factories.

NO.7 Huawei: On December 30, Xu Zhijun, Huawei's rotating chairman, said in his 2023 New Year's speech that 2022 will be a year for Huawei to gradually turn the corner. Huawei is expected to achieve sales revenue of 636.9 billion yuan in 2022, and its operating results are in line with expectations. Among them, the ICT infrastructure business maintained steady growth, the downward trend of the terminal business slowed down, the digital energy and Huawei cloud businesses grew rapidly, and the competitiveness and user experience of smart car parts improved significantly. Looking to the future, he believes that digitalization and low-carbonization are definite industry directions and opportunities.( Daily Economic News )

NO.8 "Zhengda Group", Dai Zhikang: Former Shanghai tycoon Dai Zhikang's case of illegally absorbing public deposits and raising funds for fraud was pronounced at the first instance on December 30. Dai Zhikang was sentenced to 19 years in prison and fined 25.5 million yuan. After trial, it was found that from November 2011 to August 2019, Dai Zhikang's "Zhengdai Group" companies sold financial products to more than 350,000 lenders totaling more than 59.666 billion yuan. By the time of the incident, more than 26,500 lenders had not repaid their principal, totaling more than 7.521 billion yuan. The funds raised were mainly used for lending, cashing out lenders' funds, and paying operating expenses.

NO.9 Xiaomi Group (HK01810, stock price HK$10.94, market value HK$272.9 billion): On December 30, Xiaomi Group announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that Lu Weibing was promoted to the group president and concurrently served as president of the international business department. He also managed the group's mobile phone department, ecological chain department, major appliance department, China region, and India region; Wang Xiaoyan, Qu Heng, and Ma Ji were promoted to vice presidents.

NO.10 Jianzhijia (SH605266, stock price 80.07 yuan, market value 7.9 billion yuan): On December 30, Jianzhijia announced that the company urgently organized ibuprofen tablets (or acetaminophen) worth 10 million yuan, and planned to distribute them to the public for free through stores under the guidance of regulatory authorities.

announced on the same day that the company plans to sign up to participate in the "Beijing Tongrentang Malhai Biotechnology Co., Ltd. capital increase project" listed on Beijing Equity Exchange Co., Ltd. If it becomes a qualified investor, the company will use its own funds to invest no less than 33.345 million yuan in Maierhai, hold 25% of the equity of Maierhai, and carry out in-depth follow-up business cooperation.

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On December 30, the net purchase of northbound funds was 93 million yuan. In the list of stocks with active northbound capital transactions, there were 12 net buying stocks, with the largest amount being China Ping An (601318.SH, closing price: 47.0 yuan), with a net purchase of 587.4 million yuan; a total of 8 stocks were net sold, with the largest amount being Guodian Nari (600406.SH, closing price: 24.4 yuan), with a net sale of 297.9 million yuan.

On December 30, southbound funds purchased a net HK$2.014 billion. In the list of stocks with active southbound capital transactions, there were 8 net purchases of stocks, with the largest amount being Tencent Holdings (0700.HK, closing price: HK$334.0), with a net purchase of HK$763.0 million; there were 5 net sales of stocks, with the largest amount being China Telecom (0728.HK, closing price: HK$3.07), with a net sale of HK$217.8 million.

Galaxy Securities: January 2023 is still in a period of structural shock, investment strategy should focus on sectors that benefit from the Spring Festival + cost-effective benefit themes and individual stocks. In January, it was recommended to strategically place traditional value stocks in sectors such as large consumer goods, medical services, and stable growth.

reporter: Chen Qing

editor: Hu Ling Wang Xiaobo

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