Malaysia set up a national office of artificial intelligence policies and regulations, and Malaysia set up a national office of artificial intelligence on Thursday to formulate policies and solve regulatory problems, and hoped to build itself into a regional center for the development of artificial intelligence. In the past year, this Southeast Asian country has received billions of dollars of investment from global technology companies, which seek to build critical infrastructure to meet the growing demand for its cloud and artificial intelligence services. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said at the opening ceremony of the new office: "This is another historic moment in our digital transformation. According to the detailed information published on its website, the office is expected to serve as the central organization of artificial intelligence, providing services such as strategic planning, research and development, and supervision. On Thursday, the Malaysian government also announced the establishment of strategic partnerships with six companies, including Amazon, Google and Microsoft, which all announced data center, cloud computing and artificial intelligence projects in Malaysia in the past year.The bauxite of the Guinea project of Tianshan Aluminum Group was shipped for the first time. According to the news of Tianshan Aluminum Group, on the afternoon of December 11th, local time in Guinea, Zeng Chaolin, the chairman of the company, attended and presided over the first shipment ceremony of the bauxite of Guinea project. This inaugural ceremony marks that the whole chain of the project has entered the operation stage. Subsequently, the company will increase infrastructure investment and mining scale, and gradually increase production capacity and transportation capacity. It is expected that the bauxite self-sufficiency rate will be 100% within two years, ensuring the company to obtain stable and low-cost bauxite resources and continuously maintain the competitive advantage of the integrated industrial chain.The Chinese representative called for promoting the political process in Yemen and stressed respect for sovereignty and peace. On the 11th local time, the UN Security Council held a meeting on the situation in Yemen. In his speech, the Chinese representative called on all parties to the Yemen conflict to take practical actions and jointly promote the political process of resolving the Yemen issue. Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said that Israel and Houthi forces have been attacking each other, and Israel recently said it would consider launching a new large-scale attack on Yemen, which is deeply worrying. At the same time, the recent dramatic changes in the situation in Syria have brought new unstable factors to the whole Middle East, and the situation in Yemen and the Red Sea may also suffer new shocks. China once again calls on Houthi armed forces to stop harassing merchant ships of various countries in the Red Sea waters and maintain the safety of the navigation channels in the Red Sea waters. At the same time, it calls on all parties concerned to maintain calm and restraint and stop actions that aggravate tensions. (CCTV News)
A total of 211 cases of monkeypox have been reported in France this year. The French Public Health Agency issued a communique on the 11th, saying that 211 cases of monkeypox have been reported in France this year, including 2 new cases in the past two weeks. The communique said that these monkeypox patients are all adults, including 203 males and 8 females. According to reports, after viral gene sequencing, 168 cases were infected with monkeypox virus II, of which 61 cases were further diagnosed as infected monkeypox virus IIb. (Xinhua News Agency)Meitu, a Hong Kong stock company, rose more than 10% in intraday trading, with turnover exceeding HK$ 400 million.The yield of active 2-year treasury bonds dropped by 9BP to 1.16%, which was 9BP upside down from the current 1-year treasury bond yield. The yield of active 2-year treasury bonds dropped by 9BP to 1.16%, which was 9 BP upside down from the current 1-year treasury bond yield.
The personal pension system has been extended to the whole country. On December 12th, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other five departments issued the Notice on the Full Implementation of the Personal Pension System. Since December 15th, the personal pension system has been extended to the whole country from 36 pilot cities (regions). (Xinhua News Agency)The annual passenger flow at the West Kowloon Station Port exceeded 25 million for the first time. It was learned from the West Kowloon Border Inspection Station of Shenzhen Border Inspection Station that as of 24: 00 on December 11th, the cumulative passenger flow at the West Kowloon Border Inspection Station exceeded 25 million for the first time this year, accounting for 36.7% of the total passenger flow since the opening of the West Kowloon Station Port, an increase of 36.5% compared with last year, an increase of 33% on average daily passenger flow, and 32.5% of foreign passengers entering the country without visas. Inspection ensures that cross-border trains increase by 36% year-on-year, and "customs clearance flow" helps "economic growth", injecting border inspection momentum into the country's high-level open and high-quality development. (Voice of Greater Bay Area)OPEC continues to lower its global oil demand forecast. According to Xinhua News Agency, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) released its monthly oil market report on the 11th, lowering its global oil demand forecast for 2024 and 2025. This is the fifth time that OPEC has lowered its global oil demand forecast for this year and next since August this year.