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Nine associations, including China Consumers Association and internet society of china, China Hotel Association, China Self-employed Workers Association, china electronic chamber of commerce, China Packaging Federation, China Chain Store & Franchise Association, China Baked Food and Sugar Products Industry Association and China Nutrition Society, jointly proposed on December 11 to encourage catering industry operators (including self-employed workers) to curb catering waste in the industry through innovative measures, public welfare publicity and optimized services.Jiayi Co., Ltd.: It plans to increase capital by 28 million US dollars to set up Vietnam Sun Company. Jiayi Co., Ltd. announced that the company plans to increase capital by 28 million US dollars to its wholly-owned subsidiary Jiayi Singapore with its own funds for the establishment of wholly-owned Sun Company Jiayi Drinking Water Co., Ltd. in Vietnam. This investment aims at expanding overseas production bases, enhancing supply chain flexibility, enhancing core competitiveness and accelerating business internationalization.Tang Shikai, a member of the board of directors of Mercedes-Benz, will retire next year and is now in charge of the company's business in Greater China. Mercedes-Benz Group Co., Ltd. announced that Hubertus Troska, the current member of the board of directors in charge of the company's business in Greater China, will retire in 2025 as planned. He himself decided to take up a new position as a member of the board of directors of Mercedes-Benz Group Co., Ltd. and a special representative for China affairs from February 1, 2025 to promote the company's business system in the world's largest market. Tang Shikai will officially retire on July 31, 2025.

Huaxi Securities: Maintaining the "Buy" rating of this century is expected to outperform the industry. Huaxi Securities Research Report pointed out that the Spring Festival is the most rigid peak season for liquor demand in a year, and it is also the key node for liquor companies to complete sales and promote marketing. It is expected that the demand for business banquets, corporate annual meetings, family gatherings, gifts from relatives and friends will be stronger, and the marketing of the industry will be improved after the Spring Festival. This century (603369.SH In the short and medium term, in order to seize the window period of intensive cultivation in the province, it is relatively more important for the company to improve its market share and expand its market coverage. It is considered that under the trend of intensified competition in the industry, it is not excluded that the company can maintain its current investment and even increase its investment in a targeted manner, so it is relatively cautious to calculate the profit elasticity. At present, the industry has entered a period of slowdown and the company will be more pragmatic in setting goals. However, the company's own advantages are still accumulating and it is expected to outperform the industry relatively. Maintain the "buy" rating.Expert: Central enterprises will continue to recruit in A-shares. On the evening of December 9, Huada Jiutian, a domestic EDA leader, announced that China Electronic Information Industry Group Co., Ltd. will become the actual controller of the company. So far, the number of A-share listed companies "incorporated" by central enterprises reached 10 in 2024. The end of 2024 is an important node for central enterprises to optimize the layout of listed platforms. The Work Plan for Improving the Quality of Listed Companies Controlled by Central Enterprises previously issued by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council made it clear that the adjustment and revitalization of the listing platform should be basically completed by the end of 2024, and it is supported to revitalize through absorption and merger, asset restructuring and cross-market operation, or to withdraw through free transfer and equity transfer, so as to further focus on the main business and advantageous areas. Looking forward to the next layout rhythm of central enterprises in the capital market, many experts interviewed by reporters believe that the pace of "recruiting" of central enterprises in A shares will continue. In the coming period, the cases of central enterprises strengthening their main business through capital operation and giving play to their strategic support and industrial leading functions will be on the rise. (shanghai securities news)Hengrui Pharma: HRS-4729 injection was approved for clinical trial. Hengrui Pharma announced that the company and its subsidiary Fujian Sheng Di Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. received the Notice of Approval for Clinical Trial of HRS-4729 injection approved and issued by National Medical Products Administration. The drug is a polypeptide drug independently developed, and it is a GLP-1R/GIPR/GCGR triple agonist, which is suitable for obese or overweight patients. Up to now, HRS-4729 injection has invested about 19.56 million yuan in research and development.

Xia Yiping, CEO of Extreme Vietnam: The company is experiencing difficulties at present, and the company needs to adjust immediately. On December 11th, it was learned from the inside of Extreme Vietnam Automobile that Xia Yiping, CEO of Extreme Vietnam, communicated with all employees through video conference, frankly indicating that the company is experiencing difficulties at present, and the company needs to adjust immediately and enter the 2.0 stage of entrepreneurship. The management will go all out to tide over the difficulties with all employees. Xia Yiping said that in the new entrepreneurial period, the following four things must be done well: 1. Adhere to the long-term investment in core technologies to maintain the leading edge; 2. Strengthen sales and service capacity building to cope with fierce market competition; 3. Merge departments and posts with duplicate functions and change inefficient internal workflow; 4. Reduce projects that cannot improve financial performance in the short term. (Blue Whale Finance)The National Southeast Regional Emergency Rescue Center is about to be delivered. It was learned from the recent press conference held in Chaozhou, Guangdong that the National Southeast Regional Emergency Rescue Center is about to be delivered. The National Southeast Regional Emergency Rescue Center is located in Chao 'an District, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province. It is one of the six national regional emergency rescue centers in China, focusing on the emergency rescue of typhoons and their secondary and derivative disasters. It has basic functions such as emergency command, comprehensive rescue, training drills, equipment storage and transportation, etc., to ensure that it can reach the disaster area in the shortest time to complete the difficult rescue task. (CCTV News)Meituan Enterprise Edition released the SIMPLE model: to meet the demands of enterprise consumption compliance, cost reduction and efficiency improvement, and experience improvement. Meituan Enterprise Edition held the second enterprise consumption management conference of "SIMPLE Activating Enterprise Endogenous Force" in Shanghai. At the meeting, Renmin University Business School, Meituan Enterprise Edition, Meituan Research Institute and Ipsos jointly released the SIMPLE model, focusing on serving enterprise consumption management and digital transformation. At present, the scale of consumption expenditure of enterprises in China has reached trillion level, and "integration of supply chain, scene management and control, and service performance" will become the key to competition in the future. (Sina Technology)