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There will be another high-speed railway station in Xi 'an. According to the news of WeChat official account released by Xi 'an, on December 7th, with the completion of the last concrete pouring, it marked the completion of the underground structure construction of Gaoling Station of Xi 'an-Yan 'an high-speed railway, which was built by Shaanxi Company of Xicheng Passenger Dedicated Railway and Beijing Engineering Bureau Group of China Railway, and entered the construction stage of the above-ground main structure in an all-round way."Black Myth: Wukong" won three nominations for IGN's annual awards. On December 11th, IGN, the Imagine Games Network, released the nomination list for IGN's 2024 awards. Among them, the domestic 3A masterpiece Black Myth: Wukong was nominated for "Best Action Adventure Game of the Year", "Best PS Game" and "Best Game of the Year".On the 10th, the continuous beam of Banzhuyuan Bridge of Xiyu High-speed Railway across Chongqing-Guangzhou Expressway was successfully closed, which is the first closed cantilever cast-in-place beam across expressway in Chongqing of Kangyu section of Xiyu High-speed Railway, laying a solid foundation for the construction of girder erection as scheduled. The Banzhuyuan Extra Large Bridge of Xi-Yu High-speed Railway, which was built by China Railway 14th Bureau, has a total length of 1,137.181 meters. The bridge spans the Chongqing-Guangzhou Expressway, with a continuous beam of (48+80+48) meters and cantilever casting with hanging baskets. It is understood that the Xiqiao High-speed Railway connects Shaanxi, Chongqing and Sichuan. After its completion and opening to traffic, it will be connected with Chengdu-Chongqing High-speed Railway, Zhengzhou-Chongqing High-speed Railway and Chongqing-Kunming High-speed Railway under construction, Xi 'an-Yan 'an High-speed Railway and Xi 'an-Shiyan High-speed Railway, which will greatly facilitate people's travel along the route, consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, comprehensively promote rural revitalization, help urban-rural integration and regional coordinated development, and form a new pattern of western development. (CCTV News)

KPMG: It is expected that the amount of IPO funds raised in Hong Kong will remain in the top five next year. After the second half of this year, Hong Kong's new stock market welcomed Midea Group and other leading enterprises to come to Hong Kong for listing, KPMG said that the annual amount of IPO funds raised in Hong Kong is expected to reach HK$ 82.9 billion, ranking fourth. KPMG estimates that the new stock market in Hong Kong will continue to improve next year. It is estimated that 80 companies will come to Hong Kong to list, raising 100 billion to 120 billion Hong Kong dollars, and it is expected to remain in the top five.Scott Richardson, Chief Operating Officer of Celanese, will be promoted to CEO. Celanese, a chemical company, announced on December 10th local time that Scott Richardson, the current Chief Operating Officer of Celanese, has been appointed as CEO since January 1st, 2025, and will join the board of directors of the company. Richardson will succeed Lori Ryerkerk, who will resign as president, CEO and Celanese director at the end of the year. Edward Galante has been elected as an independent director of Celanese since 2013, and he will be the chairman of Celanese board, which will take effect after Ryerkerk leaves office.Microsoft has set up a new consumer artificial intelligence health department. According to the Financial Times, Microsoft has set up a consumer artificial intelligence health department in London, which will use generated AI to focus on consumer health applications, including specific health conditions, symptoms and mental health. Mustafa Suleyman, head of artificial intelligence at Microsoft, hired Dominic King, former head of DeepMind's health department.

The Taiwan Province Weighted Index closed down 221.45 points, or 0.96%, at 22,903.63 points on Wednesday, December 11th.The 2024 National Conference on Cultural and Tourism Project Construction was held. On December 10th, the 2024 National Conference on Cultural and Tourism Project Construction was held in Hefei, Anhui Province. The meeting demanded that we should accurately grasp the situation and opportunities faced by the construction of cultural and tourism projects, deepen the concept of integration, strengthen financial support, pay attention to scientific and technological empowerment, strengthen the guarantee of factors, strengthen the bottom line thinking, continue to promote the high-quality construction of cultural and tourism projects and the high-quality development of industries, and help to cultivate cultural tourism into a pillar industry. During the meeting, large-scale equipment renewal and consumer goods trade-in projects in the fields of culture and tourism were held, and representatives of relevant parties carried out policy propaganda and supply-demand docking exchanges around the "two new" work.The decline of treasury bonds futures narrowed in the afternoon, with the 30-year main contract falling by 0.05%, the 10-year main contract falling by 0.06%, the 5-year main contract falling by 0.08% and the 2-year main contract falling by 0.04%.