The main contract of CSI 500 stock index futures (IC) expanded to 1.00% in the day and is now reported at 6104.4 points. The main contract of CSI 500 stock index futures (IC) stood at 6100 points, rising by 0.99% in the day.With a case value of 6.891 billion yuan, the Anti-smuggling Bureau of Huangpu Customs launched a special campaign to crack down on smuggling and fraudulent tax refund, which was announced by the Customs. Recently, the Anti-smuggling Bureau of Huangpu Customs, together with the Third Branch of the Securities Crime Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the Economic Investigation Corps of the Hunan Provincial Public Security Department and the Yueyang Public Security Bureau of Hunan Province, launched a special campaign to crack down on smuggling and fraudulent tax refund, and simultaneously carried out arrests and investigations in Dongguan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Yueyang and Jinjiang. After preliminary investigation, criminal gangs were suspected of smuggling imported LCD screens and integrated circuits with a case value of 756 million yuan, falsely issuing special invoices for value-added tax and defrauding export tax rebate of 6.135 billion yuan, with a total case value of 6.891 billion yuan.Samsung Electronics will hold its 2025 strategy meeting next week. Yonhap News Agency quoted unnamed industry sources as saying that Samsung Electronics will hold its 2025 global strategy meeting next week. The electronic products business meeting is scheduled to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, while the semiconductor department meeting will be held on Thursday. The main agenda items include the upcoming Galaxy S25 smartphone. Lee Jae-yong, the company's executive chairman, is not expected to attend these meetings.
It is reported that NVIDIA has increased its recruitment in China, and it is expected to add 1,000 employees this year. According to people familiar with the matter, NVIDIA has increased its recruitment in China this year to enhance its research ability and focus on new autonomous driving technology. According to sources, the company is expected to have about 4,000 employees in China by the end of this year, compared with about 3,000 at the beginning of this year. As a key part of the expansion, NVIDIA added about 200 employees in Beijing to strengthen a research team engaged in autonomous driving research. One person familiar with the matter said that the company has also expanded its after-sales service and network software development team.Samsung Electronics shares rose 3%.South Korea will gradually reduce the rice planting area to cope with the decline in demand. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of South Korea said on Thursday that South Korea will strive to gradually reduce the rice field area to solve the problem of declining demand and adopt environmentally-friendly planting methods. Due to the change of diet structure, the annual rice consumption of Koreans has decreased, and the per capita rice consumption has dropped significantly from 61 kg in 2018 to 56.4 kg in 2023. At present, the total area of rice fields in South Korea is about 698,000 hectares, and the government says it plans to reduce the area of rice fields by 80,000 hectares next year. In addition, by 2029, the planting area of environmentally friendly rice will be expanded from 35,000 hectares this year to 68,000 hectares. The government will also allocate 244 billion won (about 170 million US dollars) to subsidize farms that grow strategic crops other than rice, such as wheat, beans and barley, which is an increase from 186.5 billion won this year.
Foreign media: Blinken testified in Congress about the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, and the pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted his speech several times. According to the Turkish Anadolu News Agency, US Secretary of State Blinken testified in the House of Representatives on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan on the 11th local time, during which several pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted his speech several times.Israel's Mossad Director held talks with Qatar's Prime Minister on promoting the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza. Two Israeli sources revealed that Israel's Intelligence and Secret Service (Mossad) Director Barnea visited Doha, Qatar, on the 11th and held talks with Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad. The two sides focused on promoting the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza.The concept of Internet finance strengthened in the afternoon, with Zhaori Technology's daily limit rising, Zhaori Technology and Guolian Securities' daily limit rising, huijin technology rose more than 15%, and Harbin Investment Co., Ltd., Fortune Trend, Winning Time and Straight Flush also rose.