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According to court documents, the US Department of Justice asked the court to reject ByteDance and TikTok's request to postpone the law banning applications before January 19.In response to Trump's tariff threat, some Canadian governors supported the "cut-off" of energy products to the United States. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and provincial governors held another meeting on December 11 local time to discuss the tariff threat of US President-elect Trump. After the meeting, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Christia freeland told the media that "many governors strongly supported Canada to take strong countermeasures, and some of them took the initiative to list the key minerals and metals produced in their provinces and exported to the United States." Doug Ford, Governor of Ontario, Canada, said after the meeting that if the United States insists on imposing tariffs on Canada, Ontario will "cut off" the energy supply to the United States. He said, "We will cut off the energy supply to Michigan, New York and Wisconsin." Ford also believes that Canada needs to "prepare for the battle" and Trump's tariff will be "100%". (CCTV News)The personal pension system has been extended to the whole country. On December 12th, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other five departments issued the Notice on the Full Implementation of the Personal Pension System. Since December 15th, the personal pension system has been extended to the whole country from 36 pilot cities (regions). (Xinhua News Agency)

The 10th anniversary of the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project, today (12th) is the 10th anniversary of the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project. Up to now, the project has transferred more than 10.6 billion cubic meters of water to Beijing. In the past decade, Beijing has greatly reduced the amount of groundwater exploitation and shut down more than 1,300 self-prepared wells. The groundwater level in the plain area of Beijing has risen for nine consecutive years. The groundwater depth has risen from 25.75 meters in 2015 to 12.61 meters today, and the groundwater reserves have increased by 7 billion cubic meters compared with 2015. There are 81 springs in Beijing that have re-flooded. Since 2019, the five major rivers in Beijing, Yongding River, Chaobai River, North Canal, Juma River and Chanhe River, have all been "flowing rivers" after a lapse of 26 years, and have been flowing into the sea for four consecutive years. (CCTV News)Ping An Securities: The gold price center is expected to increase in 2025. Ping An Securities released the 2025 annual strategy report of nonferrous metals and new materials industry, saying that nonferrous metals have entered a stage of high fluctuation in 2024, and the main pricing lines and core variables have changed to varying degrees. 2025 is still a year in which the core contradictions of various varieties continue to ferment, and the monetary attributes of precious metals represented by gold are expected to continue to be prominent. It is expected that the gold price center will still improve throughout the year, and it is recommended to pay attention to Shandong gold and Zhongjin gold; The long-term resource bottleneck of industrial metal copper has bottomed out, and the demand elasticity driven by internal and external policies is expected to be gradually released. It is suggested to pay attention to Zijin Mining and Luoyang Molybdenum Industry; The supply and demand pattern of electrolytic aluminum continues to improve, and the demand side maintains a high growth rate under the shrinking supply elasticity, and the long-term center of aluminum price is expected to further rise. It is recommended to pay attention to Tianshan Aluminum, China Aluminum, Shenhuo and Yunnan Aluminum. Tin resources are in short supply or accelerated transmission, and the gap between supply and demand is further enlarged. It is suggested to pay attention to tin industry shares; At the bottom of the energy metal industry, it is confirmed that enterprises with lower valuation level may enjoy greater flexibility under the marginal improvement of fundamentals. It is recommended to pay attention to enterprises with significant integration advantages, and it is recommended to pay attention to China Mining Resources, Tianqi Lithium Industry and Huayou Cobalt Industry.Meitu, a Hong Kong stock company, rose more than 10% in intraday trading, with turnover exceeding HK$ 400 million.

Cao Guo, leader of South Korea's opposition party, the Motherland Reform Party, was sentenced to two years in prison. On the 12th local time, Cao Guo, leader of South Korea's opposition party, was sentenced to two years in prison and lost his parliamentary qualification. (CCTV News)Many places have started issuing coupons to help the consumption of catering and cultural tourism. With the arrival of the peak consumption season at the end of the year, Beijing, Changzhou, Jiangsu, Xi 'an and other places have started a new round of issuing coupons to support the consumption fields such as catering and cultural tourism. Shanghai "Lepin Shanghai" food and beverage coupons were distributed in the first batch in the third round, and all four coupons were arranged at a 30% discount. The first round of 40 million food and beverage coupons were collected within 15 minutes. Consumer vouchers cover many fields and are distributed in rolling stages to meet the needs of different consumers. The data shows that the role of consumer vouchers in stimulating consumption has steadily increased, effectively boosting consumer confidence and driving the recovery of related industries. Experts believe that consumer vouchers can produce a multiplier effect and promote economic activities. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen supervision, prevent violations, introduce social capital to participate in the issuance of consumer vouchers, and form a diversified development model. (Securities Times)Trump said that he chose Kari Lake as the director of VOA.