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Du Zhaocai, former deputy director of the State Sports General Administration, was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment and fined 4 million yuan. On December 13, 2024, Wuhan Intermediate People's Court of Hubei Province publicly pronounced the bribery case of Du Zhaocai, former party member and deputy director of the State Sports General Administration and former party secretary and vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and sentenced the defendant Du Zhaocai to 14 years' imprisonment and fined 4 million yuan. The property and fruits of his crime shall be recovered according to law and turned over to the state treasury. It was found through trial that from 2012 to 2022, the defendant Du Zhaocai took advantage of his position as Party Secretary and Director of the Athletics Management Center of the State Sports General Administration, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Chinese Athletics Association, member of the Party Committee of the State Sports General Administration, assistant to the director, deputy director, and Party Secretary and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Football Association to provide assistance to relevant units and individuals in matters such as event hosting, personnel arrangement, player transfer, etc., and illegally accepted other people's property totaling RMB 4,341. (CCTV News)The qualification of general manager of Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance Co., Ltd. was approved. On December 13th, the website of Beijing Financial Supervision Bureau issued an official reply, approving the qualifications of directors and general managers of Gert Christian Middelhauve Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance Co., Ltd.. The company shall require the above-mentioned personnel with approved post qualifications to strictly abide by the relevant regulatory provisions of the General Administration of Financial Supervision, take up their posts within 3 months from the date of making this administrative licensing decision, and report their posts in a timely manner as required. If he fails to arrive within the above-mentioned prescribed time limit, this approval document will become invalid, and the decision-making organ shall go through the formalities for cancellation of administrative license.Spot gold fell $6 in the short term and is now reported at $2,676 per ounce.

China Securities Association: Let the margin financing and securities lending business truly become a powerful tool to serve the people's wealth growth and promote the healthy development of the capital market. On December 6, 2024, China Securities Association held a plenary meeting of the professional committee on margin financing and securities lending business in Chongqing. The meeting emphasized that industry organizations should give full play to the functional role of margin financing and securities lending business, strictly implement relevant regulatory requirements, optimize business processes, improve institutional systems, provide quality services to customers, always bear in mind the people-oriented principle, and put the protection of investors' legitimate rights and interests at the core, so that margin financing and securities lending business can truly become a powerful tool to serve the wealth growth of the people and promote the healthy development of the capital market. The meeting summarized the key work of the Committee in 2024 and discussed the work plan for the next stage. In the next step, the Committee will further play a professional and "handle affairs, discuss and communicate" platform role to jointly promote the high-quality development of margin trading and securities lending business.Ping An, China: From January to November, the accumulated property insurance premium income was 292.3 billion yuan."High-end liquor" was actually produced in a small workshop in a ravine. The police cracked a case of manufacturing and selling fake liquor across three provinces. The so-called high-end liquor was actually produced in a small workshop where garbage was everywhere in a remote ravine, and the price from production to sale was dozens of times. The police in Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province cracked a case of manufacturing and selling counterfeit liquor across Hubei, Henan and Jiangxi, arrested five suspects at the scene and seized more than 30 boxes of high-grade liquor such as counterfeit Maotai, Wuliangye and Jiannanchun. (CCTV News)

The retail price of refined oil may end up stranded. According to calculation, as of the seventh working day on December 13th, the average price of reference crude oil varieties was 70.58 USD/barrel, with a change rate of -0.87%, and the corresponding domestic retail price of gasoline and diesel should be lowered by 40 yuan/ton. At 24: 00 on December 18th, it is the last price adjustment window of the retail price in 2024, so the retail price is likely to end stranded. By December 13th, 2024, the domestic retail price of gasoline and diesel had experienced "9 up, 9 down and 6 stranded". After the fluctuation offset, gasoline and diesel (standard products) were reduced by 115 yuan/ton and 125 yuan/ton respectively. (Jin Lianchuang)US government audit: The FAA must take "urgent action" to modernize the air traffic control system after the shutdown in 2023.Spring Airlines: In November, the company's passenger transport capacity investment (in terms of available seat kilometers) increased by 10.36% year-on-year and decreased by 9.93% quarter-on-quarter; Passenger turnover (in terms of revenue passenger kilometers) increased by 12.73% year-on-year and decreased by 9.92% quarter-on-quarter; The load factor increased by 1.90% year-on-year and 0.02% quarter-on-quarter.