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Scott Richardson, Chief Operating Officer of Celanese, will be promoted to CEO. Celanese, a chemical company, announced on December 10th local time that Scott Richardson, the current Chief Operating Officer of Celanese, has been appointed as CEO since January 1st, 2025, and will join the board of directors of the company. Richardson will succeed Lori Ryerkerk, who will resign as president, CEO and Celanese director at the end of the year. Edward Galante has been elected as an independent director of Celanese since 2013, and he will be the chairman of Celanese board, which will take effect after Ryerkerk leaves office.HSBC: As two-way risks still exist, from the current point of view, gradual progress is the right approach for the Bank of England.Hang Seng Index fell 0.2%, led by Meituan. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.2% to 20,278.66 in Hong Kong for two consecutive days. Meituan dragged down the index the most, falling by 1.7%. Chuangke Industrial Co., Ltd. suffered the biggest decline, falling by 4.1%. In midday trading, 33 of the 83 stocks fell and 46 rose; Three of the four stocks fell, led by industrial and commercial stocks.

The number of foreign passengers entering and leaving the West Kowloon Station Port this year exceeded 1 million. The reporter recently (9th) learned from the West Kowloon Border Inspection Station of Shenzhen Border Inspection Station that since the beginning of this year, more than 1 million foreign passengers from 164 countries and regions have entered and exited through the West Kowloon Station Port, an increase of 90.2% over last year, and the highest single-day passenger flow this year exceeded 6,300. (CCTV News)Villagers: I am very assured that the income is also very good. The reporter learned from China Grain Storage Group that this year, China Grain Storage and its related enterprises increased the scale of domestic corn storage and storage in 2024 in major corn producing areas such as Northeast China. Up to now, China Grain Storage has set up more than 340 purchasing warehouses in major corn producing areas, which has actively played a role in stabilizing the market and stabilizing expectations. Guo Shiliang, a villager from Liufenzi Village, Ming 'an Town, Urad Qianqi, Bayannur City: I am very relieved, and my income is also very good. It provides us with a lot of convenience services. It is very convenient to unload grain on the same day and settle accounts on the same day without queuing. (CCTV News)On the 10th, the continuous beam of Banzhuyuan Bridge of Xiyu High-speed Railway across Chongqing-Guangzhou Expressway was successfully closed, which is the first closed cantilever cast-in-place beam across expressway in Chongqing of Kangyu section of Xiyu High-speed Railway, laying a solid foundation for the construction of girder erection as scheduled. The Banzhuyuan Extra Large Bridge of Xi-Yu High-speed Railway, which was built by China Railway 14th Bureau, has a total length of 1,137.181 meters. The bridge spans the Chongqing-Guangzhou Expressway, with a continuous beam of (48+80+48) meters and cantilever casting with hanging baskets. It is understood that the Xiqiao High-speed Railway connects Shaanxi, Chongqing and Sichuan. After its completion and opening to traffic, it will be connected with Chengdu-Chongqing High-speed Railway, Zhengzhou-Chongqing High-speed Railway and Chongqing-Kunming High-speed Railway under construction, Xi 'an-Yan 'an High-speed Railway and Xi 'an-Shiyan High-speed Railway, which will greatly facilitate people's travel along the route, consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, comprehensively promote rural revitalization, help urban-rural integration and regional coordinated development, and form a new pattern of western development. (CCTV News)

An increase of 91.3%! In the first 11 months, there were more than 33.1 million people entering and leaving Shanghai port. Since last year, China has successively introduced or resumed various visa-free policies, and the level of entry and exit facilitation has been continuously improved. From January to November this year, Shanghai Border Inspection Station inspected 247,000 inbound and outbound means of transport at Shanghai Port, and inspected more than 33.1 million passengers, up 43.6% and 91.3% respectively over the same period last year. (CCTV News)The Nikkei 225 index just broke through the 39,300.00 mark, and the latest report was 39,302.42, down 0.17% in the day.Thai Prime Minister: Cabinet approves debt support measures.