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34 thousand tons! The heaviest single low-pylon cable-stayed bridge in China successfully turned around. At 1: 10 am on December 13th, the overpass crossing Jiaoji Line and Jiaoji Passenger Dedicated Line on Qingping Road in Weifang City began to turn slowly, and the bridge body had to rotate 70 degrees, crossing Jiaoji Line and Jiaoji Passenger Dedicated Line. This swivel bridge weighs 34,000 tons, which is equivalent to the weight of about 20,000 cars. It is the heaviest single pylon cable-stayed swivel bridge in China. At 2: 10 a.m. on the 13th, after 60 minutes of turning, the swivel bridge achieved precise closure and alignment. After the project is completed and opened to traffic, it will run through the northern and southern urban areas of Weifang, improve the traffic network in the west, become a new traffic trunk road in the city, and greatly enhance the smoothness and comfort of urban traffic. (CCTV News)Mitsubishi electric will invest $143.5 million to build a heat pump factory in the United States.Hongxin Electronics: Promote the technical research and development and product supply of folding mobile phone reels with Xiaomi. Hongxin Electronics officially announced today that recently, the 2024 Xiaomi Global Core Supplier Conference was held in Beijing Yanqi Lake International Convention & Exhibition Center. Under the background that Xiaomi's strategy of "people, cars and homes are all ecological" continues to deepen, Hongxin Electronics will closely follow Xiaomi's footsteps, actively expand emerging fields such as home appliances and automobiles, and provide all-round support and services in flexible electronics for Xiaomi's intelligent hardware all-ecological products. At present, in the face of the booming folding mobile phone market, Hongxin Electronics and Xiaomi jointly promote the technology research and development and product supply of folding mobile phone reels. According to reports, in the era of vigorous development of artificial intelligence and digital economy, at present, Hongxin Electronics has deeply laid out frontier fields such as AI mobile phones, AIPC, smart cars, smart homes, smart wearable devices, robots, industrial control, medical care and meta-universe.

From January to October, the total output of lithium batteries in China increased by 16% year-on-year. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's lithium-ion battery industry continued to grow from January to October 2024. According to the announcement of lithium battery industry norms, enterprise information and industry associations, the total output of lithium batteries in China from January to October was 890GWh, up 16% year-on-year. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, the profit of China's lithium battery manufacturing industry increased by 39.4% from January to October. In the battery sector, the output of energy storage lithium batteries exceeded 200GWh from January to October. The loading capacity of power lithium batteries for new energy vehicles is about 405GWh. From January to October, the total export of lithium batteries in China reached 350.2 billion yuan, down 9.2% year-on-year, and the decline was 3.3 percentage points narrower than that in January-June.Bank of China Securities Guan Tao: As long as the economy is stable and risks are prevented, the spring of China's capital market can be expected. The Central Economic Work Conference will be held in Beijing from December 11th to 12th. Guan Tao, global chief economist of Bank of China Securities, said that the meeting continued the policy thinking since the end of September and emphasized the need to implement more active and promising macro policies. Among them, implementing a more active fiscal policy is an important point to strengthen unconventional countercyclical adjustment. I believe that as long as the economy is stable and risks are prevented, the spring of China's capital market can be expected.The United States ITC officially launched a 337 investigation on injection molding machines, their components and downstream products. According to China Trade Relief Information Network, on December 12, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) voted to launch a 337 investigation (investigation code: 337-TA-1427) on specific injection molding machines, their components and downstream products.

20% of the wildfires in California, which have burned more than 1,600 hectares, have been initially controlled. On December 12, local time, it was learned that 20% of the wildfires in Malibu, a coastal city in Los Angeles County, southern California, have been initially controlled, and local officials lifted some mandatory evacuation orders on the same day and allowed a certain number of people to return home. The wildfire has burned about 1,664 hectares of land, causing about 6,300 people to evacuate and about 22,000 people to be affected by the fire. Local officials said that wildfires also destroyed four houses, and another six houses were damaged. The California Fire Department said that nearly 2,000 firefighters are protecting buildings in the fire area and strengthening fire boundary control. (CCTV News)The exposure of Xiaomi Auto to the sea is accelerated, and overseas sales will be carried out around the local Xiaomi Home store. Many sources say that Xiaomi Auto is preparing to build a car business to the sea. The international department of Xiaomi Group has added a preparation team for the sea sales business, and is recruiting positions such as market research, project management and electric vehicle after-sales engineers. Under the Ministry of Automobile, Xiaomi's autonomous driving department has added a number of jobs for overseas markets to solve the problem of overseas legal verification and function landing of autonomous driving function. It is foreseeable that autonomous driving will be one of the key points of Xiaomi Automobile's betting on the sea. The report quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that after the formation of the team, Xiaomi will sell small quantities of cars overseas in recent years to test the market reaction and prepare for the large-scale development of the sea business. The overseas sales of Xiaomi Automobile will mainly rely on the Xiaomi Home store under the International Department. At present, Xiaomi has more than 100 direct stores overseas. In July this year, Lei Jun replied, "When can I buy Xiaomi cars in France?" The goal is to sell Xiaomi brand cars in Europe before 2030. Judging from the speed of the formation of Xiaomi Auto's sea team, this progress is likely to be accelerated. (36Kr Auto)It is reported that Canada is considering imposing export taxes on commodities such as uranium and oil to counter Trump's tariff threat. Canada is studying the imposition of export taxes on major commodities exported to the United States, including uranium, oil and potash, in the case that Trump fulfills the comprehensive tariff threat. Officials familiar with the internal discussions of Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau's government said that the export tax would be Canada's last resort. According to people familiar with the matter, retaliatory tariffs on goods made in the United States and export controls on some Canadian products are more likely to come first. However, these officials said that if Trump decides to launch a full-scale trade war, the commodity export tax is a practical option, which will push up the costs of American consumers, farmers and enterprises. They said that the Trudeau government may also propose to expand its export control power in the latest report on the country's financial and economic situation scheduled to be released on Monday. It is reported that Canada is currently the largest external oil supplier in the United States. Some refineries rely on cheaper Canadian heavy crude oil, and there are few other options. The impact of rising costs is particularly severe in the Midwest of the United States, where nearly half of the crude oil used by fuel producers to produce gasoline and diesel comes from Canada.