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Enterprise IT Expenditure Survey: Google Cloud is expected to be the first choice for 50% of the respondents. Tae Kim, a science and technology columnist, wrote that according to a recent survey, Google Cloud has risen rapidly in the enterprise AI expenditure competition and may become the winner. According to the 2025 CIO survey released by Piper Sandler, 81 CIOs were asked about their budget priorities in different suppliers and technical fields. According to the survey, 87% of CIOs surveyed expect to increase the IT budget in 2025, which is the highest proportion of the survey since 2020. In this survey, the status of Google Cloud has risen significantly, surpassing Microsoft and OpenAI to become the "most strategic" AI supplier, with a support rate of 27%, a significant increase from 15% six months ago. Relatively speaking, Microsoft's support rate dropped from 33% to 24%. When asked which cloud company they plan to use to test or implement AI projects next year, 50% of the respondents chose Google Cloud, making it the top AI infrastructure provider. In addition, Harsh Kumar, a Piper semiconductor analyst, pointed out that these results are also beneficial to Invista, because all cloud companies are the main buyers of AI chips in NVIDIA. Kumar estimates that the entire AI chip market will have more than $500 billion in business opportunities by 2028.On the 12th, South Korea's National Assembly voted to pass a special civil strife inspection law to investigate President Yin Xiyue's suspicion of civil strife. (Xinhua News Agency)On December 11th, there were 683 sets of online signboards for new houses and 1032 sets of online signboards for second-hand houses in Beijing. According to the data of official website of Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, there were 683 sets of online signboards for new houses in Beijing on December 11th, with an area of 38,449.38 square meters, including 167 sets of online signboards for residential houses and an area of 22,638.67 square meters. There are 1032 sets of second-hand housing online signs with an area of 93,714.26 square meters, including 928 sets of residential online signs with an area of 88,314.64 square meters.

On December 11th, it was reported that the U.S. government was divided over the U.S. steel acquisition, and Biden considered blocking the transaction. It was reported that the U.S. Department of Defense, the Ministry of Finance and the State Council all believed that the Japanese Steel Company's $15 billion acquisition of American steel companies would not bring national security risks, but U.S. President Biden was expected to block the transaction. Earlier, some media quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Biden planned to block the acquisition of American steel companies later this month on the grounds of national security. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has been reviewing the proposed acquisition for most of this year, and the group must submit its decision to Biden before December 22 or 23.Leshan Guotou Group and others set up an industrial guidance equity investment fund with a capital contribution of 4.5 billion yuan. According to Tianyancha App, recently, Leshan Jiarong Industrial Guidance Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership) was established, and the executive partner is Leshan Guorong Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd., with a capital contribution of 4.5 billion yuan, and its business scope includes investment activities with its own funds. According to the partner information, the fund is jointly funded by Leshan State-owned Assets Investment and Operation (Group) Co., Ltd., Leshan Finance Bureau and Leshan Guorong Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd.Lu Dongsheng was appointed Deputy Secretary and General Manager of the Party Committee of Shanghai Futures Exchange. The Party Committee of China Securities Regulatory Commission decided that Comrade Lu Dongsheng was appointed Deputy Secretary and General Manager of the Party Committee of Shanghai Futures Exchange. Comrade Wang Fenghai no longer serves as deputy secretary and general manager of the Party Committee of Shanghai Futures Exchange. (website of last issue)

EU finalizes new sanctions against Russia: strike against the "shadow fleet". According to a report on the website of the German newspaper Sü ddeutsche Zeitung on December 11th, EU countries have reached an agreement on a new package of sanctions against Russia. Several diplomats told DPA that the new sanctions were aimed at strengthening the crackdown on the so-called "Russian shadow fleet" transporting oil and petroleum products. It is reported that more than 50 ships will be banned from entering EU ports. In addition, they can no longer get the services of EU enterprises. In June this year, the EU has taken preliminary measures to blacklist more than 20 Russian ships. It is reported that this is the 15th package of sanctions against Russia drawn up by the EU so far. The plan also stipulates that trade with more than 30 other business entities should be restricted, and the EU has determined that they should keep in touch with Russian defense and security departments. In addition, the EU also plans to impose an entry ban and asset freeze on some individuals. According to the report, senior EU officials are pleased that member States have reached a consensus on this. Kaya Karas, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said: "This will further weaken (Russian President) Putin's war machine." Roberta Metsola, Speaker of the European Parliament, said: "This sends another strong signal: our support for Ukraine will not weaken." The sanctions plan will be officially confirmed at the meeting of foreign ministers of member States in Brussels on the 16th, and then will be published in the official gazette of the European Union and come into effect. (Reference message)More than 83,000 outdoor base stations have been built in Shanghai, and the China 5G Development Conference opened in Shanghai on the morning of December 12th. Chen Jie, vice mayor of Shanghai, revealed in his speech at the meeting that at present, Shanghai has built more than 83,000 outdoor 5G base stations and more than 10,000 3c5g-a base stations, which are at the leading level in China. Chen Jie said that facing the future, Shanghai will co-ordinate scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, seize the development opportunities of 5G and 5G-A, 6G, promote the construction of public service platforms in the communication industry, support enterprises to carry out research and development, test and verification, standard formulation and application demonstration of key technologies in the new generation of communication industry, and especially promote the construction and application of 5G-A synaesthesia integrated base stations to help the development of the communication industry in light of the development needs of new industries such as intelligent networked cars and low-altitude economy.Alleged of tax evasion, Adidas' German headquarters was raided for two days in a row. On December 11th, local time, criminal prosecutors and customs investigators raided Adidas' German headquarters for the second day in a row, which was an escalation of years of investigation on the sports brand's alleged tax evasion. The amount of tax evasion may exceed 1.1 billion euros. The European Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), headquartered in Luxembourg, said on the 11th that it was conducting a "criminal investigation" against a German sportswear trading enterprise group on the grounds that it was "suspected of tax evasion related to customs duties and import and sales taxes". Adidas said that this long-term investigation is unlikely to have "any significant financial impact".