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US government audit: The FAA must take "urgent action" to modernize the air traffic control system after the shutdown in 2023.Zhang Liling, Assistant Managing Director (Economic Research) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, will leave in May next year. On December 13th, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced that Ms. Zhang Liling, Assistant Managing Director (Economic Research), has resigned for personal reasons and will leave in May 2025. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority will arrange an open recruitment for the post of Assistant President (Economic Research), and will make a separate announcement after the recruitment process is completed.Blinken asked Turkey to urge Hamas to agree to the hostage agreement, and US Secretary of State Blinken asked Turkey to use its relations with Hamas to urge Hamas to agree to the hostage agreement. Blinken said that during his talks with the Turkish President and Turkish Foreign Minister, he discussed the necessity of Hamas saying "yes" to the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Blinken said: "We talked about the need for Hamas to agree to the (Gaza) agreement, which may eventually help end the war."

Syrian Human Rights Watch: Israel attacked military facilities in central Syria. On December 13, local time, Syrian Human Rights Watch said that the Israeli army launched an attack on military targets in the Mesyaf area of Hama province in central Syria and the rural area of Homs city in Homs province. (CCTV News)Ping An, China: From January to November, the accumulated property insurance premium income was 292.3 billion yuan.Zheng Meiji: It is planned to acquire 16.61% equity of the holding subsidiary Yaxinke Nanjing at RMB 699 million. Zheng Meiji (601717) announced on the evening of December 13th that the company plans to use its own funds of RMB 699 million (including tax) to acquire 16.61% of Yaxinke Nanjing held by other shareholders of the holding subsidiary Yaxinke Industrial Technology (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Yaxinke Nanjing").

Chinese researchers have developed a new type of implantable cranial nerve probe. The reporter learned from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences that Zhang Qiang, a researcher at the institute, and his collaborators have developed a new type of implantable hydrogel neural probe to realize long-term stable monitoring of cranial nerve signals, precise regulation of neural circuits, and preliminary exploration in the application of diagnosis and treatment of severe brain diseases. Related research results were recently published in the international academic journal Advanced Materials. (Xinhua News Agency)Four departments: Strengthen the application and promotion of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises and build a number of vertical industry models suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the People's Bank of China and the General Administration of Financial Supervision issued the Special Action Plan for Digital Empowerment of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (2025-2027) to strengthen the application and promotion of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises. Give play to the platform role of on-site exchange activities in pilot cities of digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, publicize and promote typical application scenarios and solutions of artificial intelligence to empower small and medium-sized enterprises, and accelerate the replication and promotion of artificial intelligence applications in small and medium-sized enterprises. Encourage all localities to refer to the typical application cases and application maps of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote the popularization of artificial intelligence technology in key business scenarios of small and medium-sized enterprises such as R&D design, manufacturing, quality inspection, operation and maintenance, and management. Strengthen the application foundation of artificial intelligence in small and medium-sized enterprises. Support open source communities such as the Open Atomic Open Source Foundation to take the lead in establishing an artificial intelligence open source community, set up special artificial intelligence open source projects focusing on the characteristic needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, and provide training frameworks, development examples, testing tools and open source codes that can be replicated and easily promoted. Guide small and medium-sized enterprises to actively participate in open source projects and lower the threshold for the deployment and development of artificial intelligence. Encourage leading enterprises, trading institutions, platform enterprises, data service enterprises and other business entities to build public data sets and industry data sets, and provide high-quality data for small and medium-sized enterprises for artificial intelligence model training. Build a number of vertical industry models suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, and strengthen the supply of large model technology products for small and medium-sized enterprises.Alipay launched the commercial insurance code, and the first batch has been connected to Taikang and Zhongan medical insurance. On December 13th, Alipay launched the commercial insurance code. This means that after the patient has paid the medical insurance for hospitalization, if it needs to be supplemented, he can directly use the business insurance code to apply for prepayment of hospitalization expenses, and then initiate reimbursement claims to the insurance company. At present, users can open this service by searching for "business insurance code" on Alipay, and can apply for medical treatment quota according to the prompts. The first phase of the commercial insurance code has covered the mainstream millions of medical insurance under Taikang Online and Zhongan Online, and will cover more insurance institutions and insurance types in the future.