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In 2024, the actual sales revenue of the console game market in China was 4.488 billion yuan, up 55.13% year-on-year. On December 12th, Tang Jiajun, deputy secretary-general of China Audio-visual and Digital Publishing Association and secretary-general of the Game Working Committee, released the Report on the Survey of the Global Console Game Market in 2024 and the Report on the Protection of Minors in China Game Industry in 2024, which pointed out that the actual sales revenue of the console game market in China in 2024 reached 4.488 billion yuan, up 55% year-on-year. In 2024, the number of console game users in China reached 11,546,300, up 14.05% year-on-year. The launch of the domestic game "Black Myth: Wukong" has greatly increased the market size, user size and even the sales of host equipment in China, and promoted the development of the host game market in China.IDC: The global market for sweeping robots continued to grow in the third quarter. According to IDC's Quarterly Tracking Report on the Global Smart Home Equipment Market, the third quarter of 2024, the global market for intelligent sweeping robots shipped 5.014 million units in the third quarter, up 11.1% year-on-year. Among them, the domestic market was boosted by the trade-in of old models at the end of September, with 1.321 million units shipped, up by 17% year-on-year, and the efforts of most provinces were around 20%, which significantly stimulated the shipment of high-end models, and this trend also continued to this year's "Double Eleven". The proportion of overseas sales of China manufacturers continues to increase, and the competition of high-end all-around models in European and American markets is still fierce.Zhongkong Technology won the bid for the whole plant control system project of Rong Sheng New Materials and held a kick-off meeting. Recently, Zhongkong Technology successfully won the bid for the whole plant control system framework project of Jintang New Materials Project of Rong Sheng New Materials (Zhoushan) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Jintang New Materials Project") and held a kick-off meeting in Zhongkong Science Park. The project is expected to deploy 360,000-point I/O DCS system, 15,000-point SIS system and 10,000-point GDS system. At the same time, a number of new products and technologies that occupy the forefront of the industry, such as UCS products of central control technology, SmartEIO, million-point real-time database and calorific value analysis, will also be applied on a large scale in this project, helping Jintang new materials to build a world-leading intelligent factory.

Singapore iron ore futures fell 2.4%, almost erasing the gains this week.Thailand's finance minister said that Thailand is expected to levy the lowest corporate tax in the world from January 2025.Port hedland's iron ore exports increased to 48.755 million tons in November.

Tin Venture Capital and other companies have invested 300 million yuan in establishing low-altitude economic equity investment partnership. According to Tianyancha App, recently, Wuxi Liangxi Science and Technology City Xichuang Low-altitude economic equity investment partnership (limited partnership) was established. The executive partner is Wuxi Guolian Industrial Investment Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd., with a capital contribution of 300 million yuan. Its business scope includes investment activities and venture capital with its own funds, and it is invested by Wuxi Innovation Investment Group Co., Ltd., Wuxi Xiangyun Investment Co., Ltd. and Wuxi Liangxi Science and Technology City.Technology giants have shown that Amazon and Meta each donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund. An Amazon spokesperson said that the company will donate $1 million to the inauguration fund of US President-elect Donald Trump. American technology companies hope to establish a positive relationship with the government, and Meta Platforms Inc has previously donated funds for inauguration activities. Trump said on Thursday that he will also meet with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, highlighting his contacts with technology giants. Trump said in an interview that Bezos will come next week. An Amazon spokesperson said on Thursday that in addition to direct donations, Amazon will also broadcast the inauguration ceremony live. Amazon said that these donations are corporate activities and are not funded by Bezos. Trump said on Thursday that Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, also met with him and mentioned his friendship with elon musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, also donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund. "I want to hear ideas from them," Trump said of business leaders. "We hope they can do well."Tesla Customer Service responded to the declaration of Cyberpickup truck in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: If it can be listed in China in the future, it will be known to all. On December 11th, Tesla Cybertruck electric pickup truck completed the declaration of automobile energy consumption measurement in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. However, on the 11th, the latest data on the China automobile energy consumption inquiry page of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed that the energy consumption calculation declaration of Tesla Cybertruck electric pickup truck was also invalid on December 11th. Tesla staff responded that the policy of Cyberpickup driving in China is favorable at present, but it cannot be achieved for the time being. If it can be listed in the China market in the future, the official will announce it on the whole network.