Zhu Min, former vice president of IMF: Domestic consumption, manufacturing and green transformation will become the growth drivers of China's economy. Recently, at the China 2024 Annual Meeting and the 22nd Financial Billboard, Zhu Min, former vice president of China International Economic Exchange Center, said that one of the three traditional locomotives of China's economic growth is infrastructure investment; The second is the real estate industry, and the third is export. The transformation of the whole economic structure needs a new growth impetus. Zhu Min said that this new growth driver is, first, based on domestic consumption, and second, insisting on doing a good job in domestic manufacturing and doing high technology; The third is green transformation. We will continue to take the road of sustainable development of green transformation in China and improve our core competitiveness.Kremlin spokesman: (Asked if Putin has been invited to attend Trump's inauguration ceremony) No invitation has been received.LambdaTest received $38 million in financing, and Qualcomm Venture Capital participated in the investment. On December 12th, LambdaTest, a unified cloud testing platform, announced that the company had received $38 million in financing led by Avataar Ventures and invested by Qualcomm Venture Capital, with a total financing amount of $108 million. Founded in 2017, LambdaTest has raised nearly $70 million from investors in previous rounds of financing, including Premji Invest, Sequoia Capital India, Titanium Ventures, Leo Capital Holdings and Blume Ventures.
Shanghai Science and Technology Commission: Increase financial support for projects in the fields of scientific instruments, scientific research reagents and technical standards in the Action Plan for Scientific and Technological Innovation, and Shanghai Science and Technology Commission issued the Action Plan for Promoting the Innovative Development of Scientific Instruments and Scientific Research Reagents in Shanghai (2025-2027). The plan points out that financial input should be increased. We will increase support for projects in the fields of scientific instruments, scientific research reagents and technical standards in the Action Plan for Science and Technology Innovation, support technology research and development, product development and standard development, select and fund high-end scientific instruments and scientific research reagent products, and support the construction of technical test and verification platforms, application scenarios and user experience centers. 16. Strengthen financial support. Establish and improve the industrial venture capital mechanism, encourage and guide market capital to participate in industrial development. Give play to the role of the parent fund of the three leading industries and the future industrial fund, encourage social capital investment, support debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, and promote enterprises to become bigger and stronger.Russian Savings Bank: The contribution of artificial intelligence to Russia's GDP may reach 11.2 trillion rubles by 2030. Alexander Bedia Xin, the first vice chairman of the board of directors of Russian Savings Bank, said in his speech at the AI Journey that the application of artificial intelligence in Russia may bring 11.2 trillion rubles to GDP by 2030.In 2023, the trade volume between the mainland and Macao increased by 4.3 times compared with that before the reunification. At the regular press conference held by the Ministry of Commerce today (12th), spokesman He Yadong introduced that by signing CEPA and its series of agreements, the mainland has fully liberalized its trade in goods and basically liberalized its trade in services. According to statistics, in 2023, the trade volume between the mainland and Macao was 3.84 billion US dollars, an increase of 4.3 times compared with that before the reunification. By October 2024, the mainland had absorbed a total of 23.93 billion US dollars of direct investment from Macao, and the mainland had invested 14.19 billion US dollars in Macao.
IEA monthly report: global oil inventories rebounded in November. OECD crude oil inventories fell by 30.9 million barrels in October. It was observed that global oil inventories fell by 39.3 million barrels in October.The monkeypox vaccine with independent intellectual property rights in China was approved for clinical use. On December 10th, the monkeypox vaccine jointly developed by China Bio-Beijing Institute of Biological Products and China Center for Disease Control and Prevention received the approval notice of drug clinical trial issued by National Medical Products Administration, and it was registered and classified as Class 1.2 innovative vaccine. The vaccine is an innovative vaccine independently developed by scientists in China with completely independent intellectual property rights, which is expected to play an important role in the prevention and control of diseases caused by monkeypox virus in China. (China Biology)LambdaTest received $38 million in financing, and Qualcomm Venture Capital participated in the investment. On December 12th, LambdaTest, a unified cloud testing platform, announced that the company had received $38 million in financing led by Avataar Ventures and invested by Qualcomm Venture Capital, with a total financing amount of $108 million. Founded in 2017, LambdaTest has raised nearly $70 million from investors in previous rounds of financing, including Premji Invest, Sequoia Capital India, Titanium Ventures, Leo Capital Holdings and Blume Ventures.