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China calls on the Security Council to resume the blanket exemption from the travel ban for relevant personnel of the Afghan interim government as soon as possible. On December 13th, local time, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2763, extending the authorization of the Monitoring Team of the 1988 Sanctions Committee (Taliban Sanctions Committee) for 14 months. The Chinese representative expressed the hope that the team would continue to actively perform its duties as authorized by the resolution, provide strong support for the work of the Committee, support the monitoring team to strengthen contacts with the Afghan interim government, and look forward to the team's early visit to Afghanistan. Geng Shuang said that the resolution reaffirmed the necessity of reviewing the 1988 sanctions regime and stressed that the Security Council sanctions should help promote Afghan peace and stability. The Taliban has been in power for more than three years, the situation in Afghanistan is generally stable, and contacts between the outside world and the Afghan authorities are gradually expanding. China once again calls for timely adjustment of the sanctions mechanism according to the development and changes of the situation. As a first step, the Security Council should restore the blanket exemption from the travel ban for relevant personnel of the Afghan interim government as soon as possible, so as to create conditions and facilitate the international community to strengthen contacts and exchanges with Afghanistan.The giant pandas "Xingqiu" and "Yilan" set off for the Adelaide Zoo in Australia. According to china wildlife conservation association news, "Xingqiu" (male, born on September 29th, 2020) and "Yilan" (female, born on August 10th, 2021) set off for the Adelaide Zoo in Australia today (December 14th), continuing the 15-year panda protection cooperation relationship between the two sides for 10 years. China and Australia have arranged various preparations before transportation in an orderly manner, and made every effort to ensure the safe and smooth arrival of the two giant pandas at Adelaide Zoo. The Chinese side carried out quarantine and physical examination on the two giant pandas, and they were in good health. Experts were organized to go to Adelaide National Zoo for technical guidance, and food, water and medicines such as Wowotou, bamboo shoots and carrots were prepared to ensure the needs of giant pandas during the flight. China and Australia sent veterinarians and breeders to escort two giant pandas on the same plane. In order to welcome the arrival of giant pandas, Adelaide Zoo has made full preparations, the venue arrangement is brand-new, the edible bamboo has a long-term and stable guarantee, the feeding management team is experienced, and a complete feeding management system and technical specifications have been formulated.Shanghai Stock Exchange: This week, the coastal market has a surplus of transportation capacity, and the comprehensive index is under pressure. According to Shanghai Stock Exchange, this week, the downstream demand is sluggish, the terminal purchasing enthusiasm is not high, and due to multiple factors such as the recovery of ship turnover and the return of concurrently operated ships, the market transportation capacity is surplus, and the comprehensive index is slightly lower. On December 13th, the China coastal (bulk) comprehensive freight index released by Shanghai Shipping Exchange closed at 1123.01 points, down 1.7% from the previous period.

Syrian Human Rights Watch: Israeli troops attacked many places in Syria. According to Syrian Human Rights Watch's early morning news on the 14th local time, Israeli troops attacked the Kasong Mountain area in Damascus, the Syrian capital, the Harhala military airport in Suweida province in southern Syria and the military factory in Mesyaf, Hama province in western Syria on the evening of 13th. The Israeli military has not responded to this.A number of A-share companies "lead wars for their children" and state-owned institutions have become important buyers. Recently, subsidiaries of a number of listed companies in the A-share market have increased their capital and shares in the hope of obtaining more financial support. According to the incomplete statistics of the Securities Times reporter, since November alone, more than 10 listed companies have issued relevant announcements on the introduction of strategic investors by subsidiaries, most of which are distributed in power equipment, pharmaceutical biology, basic chemical industry and other industries. It is worth noting that many of the strategic investors introduced by the subsidiaries of the above-mentioned enterprises are state-owned investment institutions. For this wave of "war-inducing" trend, people in the industry interviewed by reporters believe that due to the influence of relevant policies, listed companies have great resistance to spin-off and listing, which is an important reason for their subsidiaries to increase their capital and shares. Most of the targets that state-owned investment institutions choose to buy shares are new businesses or core businesses of hard-tech enterprises, which can not only ensure the safety of state-owned funds, but also obtain high premium returns in future IPO opportunities.China calls on the Security Council to resume the blanket exemption from the travel ban for relevant personnel of the Afghan interim government as soon as possible. On December 13th, local time, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2763, extending the authorization of the Monitoring Team of the 1988 Sanctions Committee (Taliban Sanctions Committee) for 14 months. The Chinese representative expressed the hope that the team would continue to actively perform its duties as authorized by the resolution, provide strong support for the work of the Committee, support the monitoring team to strengthen contacts with the Afghan interim government, and look forward to the team's early visit to Afghanistan. Geng Shuang said that the resolution reaffirmed the necessity of reviewing the 1988 sanctions regime and stressed that the Security Council sanctions should help promote Afghan peace and stability. The Taliban has been in power for more than three years, the situation in Afghanistan is generally stable, and contacts between the outside world and the Afghan authorities are gradually expanding. China once again calls for timely adjustment of the sanctions mechanism according to the development and changes of the situation. As a first step, the Security Council should restore the blanket exemption from the travel ban for relevant personnel of the Afghan interim government as soon as possible, so as to create conditions and facilitate the international community to strengthen contacts and exchanges with Afghanistan.

Extreme Yue Xia Yiping voiced: The first-line stores did not resume work and production, and 200 sales were kept in the stores. The reporter was informed that at about 20: 30 yesterday, the CEO of Extreme Yue Xia Yiping replied whether the stores resumed work on the internal communication platform of Extreme Yue, saying that "the first-line stores did not resume work and production, and our purpose was only to ensure the minimum operating needs, that is, to keep 200 sales in the stores." At about 20: 25 on the same day, six employee representatives of Jiyue Automobile entered the conference room on the third floor of the enterprise to talk with Xia Yiping about related issues. Previously, the owner's representative and Xia Yiping talked in the conference room for nearly an hour. (Shell Finance)The position ETF--iShares Gold Trust, the world's largest gold ETF, decreased by 4.6 tons compared with the previous trading day, and the current position is 863.9 tons.Many people were killed and injured in the explosion in Thailand. The reporter from the General Desk was informed that an explosion occurred at a festival in Umpan County, Thailand in the early morning of December 14th local time. According to local media reports, the explosion killed four people, including a 14-year-old child, and injured 48 others. The local police have arrived at the scene to investigate the case. (CCTV News)