[selected News of the Financial Associated Press in the morning of May 12] 1. Data released by the central bank on the 11th showed that the scale of social financing increased by 1.22 trillion yuan in April, 272.9 billion yuan more than the same period last year; in April, new RMB loans were 718.8 billion yuan, estimated at 1.4 trillion yuan, with a previous value of 3.89 trillion yuan; and the money supply M2 increased by 12.4% year-on-year in April, with an estimated 12.5% and a previous value of 12.7%. RMB deposits fell by 460.9 billion yuan in April, of which household deposits decreased by 1.2 trillion yuan. 2. According to a large state-owned bank, the upper limits of self-regulation of agreed deposits and call deposits of banks will be lowered from May 15, the self-regulatory limits of agreed deposits and call deposits of the four major state-owned banks will be reduced by 30BP, and other financial institutions will be reduced by 50BP. 3. The party committee of the State-owned assets Supervision and Administration Commission held an expanded meeting a few days ago to emphasize the need to guide and promote central enterprises to strengthen the layout of strategic emerging industries such as new generation information technology, artificial intelligence, integrated circuits, and industrial mother machines. we will promote the digitization, intelligence, and green transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. 4. When asked by a reporter, US President Joe Biden said that work was under way to make a phone call with President Xi. In response, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin responded on the 11th, "I do not have such information." 5. From May 10 to 11, local time, Wang Yi met with Sullivan, assistant to the US president for national security affairs, in Vienna, Austria. The two sides held frank, in-depth, substantive and constructive discussions on removing obstacles and stabilizing Sino-US relations. 6. Shu Pingting, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, reiterated on the 11th that if the news that the United States coerced its allies (other members of the Group of Seven) to jointly restrict investment in China was true, China would firmly oppose it. 7. According to data released by the China Automobile Association on the 11th, the production and sales of new energy vehicles completed 640000 and 636000 respectively in April, an increase of 1.1 times over the same period last year, with a market share of 29.5%. 8. Data released by Shanghai Iron and Steel Federation on the 11th showed that battery-grade lithium carbonate rose 13500 yuan / ton, the average price was 230000 yuan / ton, industrial-grade lithium carbonate rose 20000 yuan / ton, the average price was 207500 yuan / ton, and lithium hydroxide rose 12500 yuan / ton. 9. The Silicon Branch of China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association said on the 11th that the price of silicon wafers fell sharply this week, with M10 monocrystalline silicon wafers down 16.4% from the previous week. Mainly because this week's price decline spanned two weeks, the transmission of raw material price reduction space, and continue to release profits downstream. Xu Haidong, deputy chief engineer of the China Automobile Association, said on the 11th that at present, the relevant ministries and commissions are still in the process of preparing the detailed rules for new energy vehicles going to the countryside. According to Bloomberg and Reuters, Mathee Supapongse, deputy governor of the Bank of Thailand, said that the Bank of Thailand and the people's Bank of China are holding talks to relax rules to promote the use of the renminbi in bilateral trade, which may be fruitful this year. 12. MSCI said its global index will add 86 stocks and eliminate 39, effective May 31. Among them, the three largest newly added stocks in the MSCI emerging markets index are Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, Jingke Energy and Daquan Energy. 13. Longji Green Energy announcement, May 11, the company and Han Hua formally reached a patent cross-license, both parties have the right to legally use the relevant patented technology worldwide, and undertake to revoke all global litigation and patent invalidation procedures between the two parties. 14. SMIC announced that the first-quarter net profit was 1.59 billion yuan, down 44% from the same period last year and 42% from the previous month. The company expects sales revenue to grow by 5% Murray 7% in the second quarter compared with the previous quarter, and has not yet seen an overall recovery in the market, and the guidelines for the whole year remain unchanged. 15. Tom Cat received an inquiry letter from the annual report of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, asking for additional information on the progress of the construction of the Tom Cat theme park and the reasons why it has not carried out actual business activities so far. 16. Based on the feedback from the regulatory authorities, the Association of Dealers has conducted a self-discipline investigation into the suspected violations in the underwriting business of debt financing instruments of the Construction Bank. JD.com CFO Xu ran will replace Xu Lei as JD.com CEO. 18. JD.com Group's net income in the first quarter was 243 billion yuan, an increase of 1.4% over the same period last year, and is estimated to be 240.49 billion yuan. In the first quarter, the adjusted EBITDA was 9.5 billion yuan, an increase of 57% over the same period last year. 19. Gravitation Media received an inquiry letter from the Shanghai Stock Exchange asking for a description of the specific cooperation content pointed to in the strategic cooperation agreement with Lanzhou Science and Technology. 20. Rongxin Culture announced that it signed a strategic cooperation agreement with iFLYTEK that the company is not the developer of AI technology. 21. The three major indexes of US stocks closed mixed, with the Dow down 0.66%, the Nasdaq up 0.18%, the S & P 500 down 0.17%, most hot technology stocks up, and Google up more than 4%. Hot Chinese stocks rose generally, and the Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index rose 3.82%. VIPSHOP rose by more than 8%, JD.com and pinduoduo by more than 7%, Tencent Music by more than 6% and Alibaba by more than 5%. 22. Us PPI rose 2.3 per cent in April from a year earlier and is expected to rise 2.4 per cent, compared with a previous rise of 2.70 per cent. PPI growth slowed for 10 consecutive months compared with the same period last year. Us PPI rose 0.2 per cent month-on-month in April and is expected to rise 0.30 per cent after falling 0.5 per cent. 23. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits for the first time in the United States last week was 264000, the highest since the week of October 30, 2021; it is estimated at 245000, compared with a previous figure of 242000. 24. Musk said on the 11th that he has found a new CEO for X and Twitter and that she will take office in six weeks. Musk will become executive chairman and chief technology officer of X and Twitter, responsible for product, software and system operations. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tan Desai announced on the 11th that the monkeypox epidemic no longer constitutes a "public health emergency of international concern." 26. The Bank of England raised interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.5 per cent, in line with market expectations, reaching its highest level since October 2008 and has raised interest rates by 440 basis points since December 2021.