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KPMG: Artificial intelligence has produced a convincing level of return on investment, and the return on investment value of generative AI is higher. On December 10th, KPMG, one of the top four international accounting firms, said that artificial intelligence (AI) has produced a convincing level of return on investment, and the return on investment of machine learning, deep learning and generative AI all met or exceeded expectations. "Among them, the return on investment value of generative AI is relatively higher." KPMG pointed out that at present, the application of generative artificial intelligence is growing, and generative artificial intelligence has become the top priority of the future layout of enterprises. KPMG stressed that with the accelerated growth of AI applications, the technology dividend will increase exponentially, and the return on investment of AI is very significant. At present, the industry changes brought by artificial intelligence are taking place, and it is very important to change from passive thinking to active thinking.Kremlin: It is Assad's personal decision to resign as Syrian president.SOMO, Iraq's national oil marketing organization: Iraq set the official selling price of Basra Intermediate crude oil to North America and South America in January 2024 at-1.5 USD per barrel (lower than ASCI price).

The output value of cosmetics industry in Guangzhou has exceeded 100 billion yuan. The Information Office of Guangzhou Municipal Government held a press conference to introduce the second Guangzhou International Beauty Week, which will be held from December 17th to 21st. The reporter learned that the output value of Guangzhou's cosmetics industry has exceeded 100 billion yuan, ranking first in the country in scale, and beauty cosmetics are becoming a city feature of Guangzhou.Everbright Securities: The competitive pattern of K12 teaching and training is expected to improve, and the leading profits of the industry will gradually recover during the year. Everbright Securities released a research report saying that with the clearing of the industry and the improvement of the competitive pattern of the industry, the leading profits will gradually recover (the utilization rate of leading outlets and the teacher's schedule rate will gradually increase under the optimization of the pattern), and the dark moment of the teaching and training industry has passed. Under the optimization of competition pattern, the release of K12 leader operating leverage has driven the performance to pick up, and the profitability is expected to continue to be repaired. In the past 24 years, the income of leading enterprises has increased rapidly and the profitability has improved with high certainty. In the future, it is still necessary to continue to pay attention to the policy direction, cover the education sector for the first time, and give an "overweight" rating.Zhonglvdian: The company has not launched the financing business of Reits yet. Zhonglvdian (000537) said in an institutional investigation on December 10th that up to now, the company has not launched the financing business of Reits yet, but it will continue to strengthen the research and demonstration of diversified financing methods such as public offering of Reits, and rationally arrange the company's capital structure according to the company's business development needs and capital needs, and select financing tools suitable for itself in a targeted manner to meet the needs of project development and construction.

The Israeli navy destroyed several Syrian naval vessels, and the Israeli navy carried out a large-scale operation on the 9th, destroying several naval fleets of Syrian government forces. According to military sources, Israeli navy missile boats attacked the Gulf of Minato Beida and the port of Latakia on the Syrian coast, destroying several Syrian naval vessels equipped with sea-to-sea missiles. According to sources, the attack was to prevent Syrian naval forces and weapons from falling into the hands of hostile forces. In addition, since Assad left Syria, the Israeli air force has carried out about 300 air strikes against Syria.The 16th meeting of the Steering Committee for China-Vietnam Bilateral Cooperation was held, and the 16th meeting of the Steering Committee for China-Vietnam Bilateral Cooperation was held in Beijing. Member the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi co-chaired the meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pei Qingshan, and the heads of many ministries and commissions of both sides and local provinces and regions participated online and offline. Wang Yi pointed out that the two sides should maintain a stable strategic direction, maintain high-level exchanges and counterpart cooperation and exchanges, and jointly enhance their ruling ability. China supports Vietnam's preparations for the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the socialist road in line with Vietnam's national conditions. We must lay a solid foundation for security, give full play to the "3+3" strategic dialogue between China and Vietnam in diplomacy, national defense and public security, and firmly unite and cooperate to safeguard common interests. It is necessary to promote mutual benefit and win-win, expand two-way trade and investment, build a stable and smooth cross-border industrial chain supply chain, improve the level of infrastructure interconnection and trade and investment facilitation, and strengthen cooperation in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, e-commerce, digital economy and green development. We should cultivate people-to-people friendship, organize the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and China and the China-Vietnam People-to-People Exchange Year next year, encourage more Vietnamese tourists to travel to Vietnam, and support the opening of flights between the two countries. It is necessary to strengthen coordination and cooperation under the mechanisms of the United Nations, ASEAN and Lanzhou-Mekong cooperation, practice true multilateralism and safeguard the common interests of developing countries. It is necessary to manage differences properly, adhere to bilateral friendly consultations, continue to make good use of the border negotiation mechanism, and promote new progress in maritime cooperation. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)Shen Wan Hongyuan Hong Kong replaced the auditor KPMG and resigned. Shen Wan Hongyuan Hong Kong announced that it had reached a consensus with KPMG, and KPMG would resign as the company's auditor from December 10th.